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Over the past year as the price of gold has fallen many have asked how artisanal miners will be affected Some have speculated that the drop in the price of gold would lead to less artisanal mining activity as it has for the industrial gold mining sector But this […]
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SSM of gold in Ghana is a pre historic activity which can be traced to the 5thCentury Discouraged in the colonial era till 1989 This led to Secret Activities and Smuggling of Proceeds outside the country In 1989 SSM Activities were mainstreamed through promulgation of the Small Scale Gold Mining Law PNDCL 218 1989
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Mar 22 2022The total Basin area is approximately 23 200 km 2 and it extends through almost 55 percent of Ashanti 23 percent of Eastern 15 percent of Central and 7 percent of Western Regions of Ghana The Pra Basin falls within the Upper Guinean rainforest which has been recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot due to a high presence of endemic species
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According to Section 83 of Act 703 the applicant for a small scale mining license must be a Ghanaian citizen She must also be eighteen 18 years of age or above and must be registered by a District Office of the Minerals Commission in that area designated for mining operations
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Nov 7 2022The enforcement of the law is often poor particularly in rural areas where artisanal mining is most often located Hentschel et al 2024 The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence from the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality Gender Issues 38 2 2024
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The total Basin area is approximately 23 200 km 2 and it extends through almost 55 percent of Ashanti 23 percent of Eastern 15 percent of Central and 7 percent Western Regions of Ghana The Pra Basin falls within the Upper Guinean rainforest which has been recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot due to a high presence of endemic species
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NEWMONT GHANA SRC Consulting Study of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining ASM Risk in Newmont Operating Communities Brong Ahafo and Eastern Region 2024 WATER RESOURCE COMMISSION SRC CONSULTING Socio economic study and development of community communication strategy Disaster Risk Management Project Northern Region 2024
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Aug 10 2021In Ghana gold mining is conducted by way of industrial scale mines as well as smaller artisanal mines locally known as Galamsey While this industry has provided economic benefits to local communities the environmental and health impacts of this industry can be devastating Hilson 2024
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Nov 7 2022Tropenbos Ghana a civil society Tropenbos joins calls for small scale mining ban Date Nov 07 2024 08 35 Dr Nunoo underlined the need for all cocoa areas to be marked as red
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The growth of SSM has been linked to the use of heavy earth moving equipment like excavators Government of Ghana 2024 Hinton 2024 facilitated mostly by illegal foreign investors
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TodayThis is one of the two measures that the minister revealed in the government s efforts to combat corruption of land and forest destruction which became mining activities throughout the country especially mining Illegal small scale mining According to him banning all small scale mining will have a positive effect on forest protection
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other activities as small scale mining and wood n demands for firewood and charcoal production are on the rise 730000 730000 with a current rate of % within the district 725000 725000 the bosomtwe district being predominantly agrarian with forest cover has potentials for climate change mitigation 720000 720000 through redd mechanism among …
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The policy imposes a penalty on large scale electricity users namely special load tariff SLT customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana ECG whose power factor is below 90% This paper investigates the impact of this policy on these firms power factor improvement by using panel data from 183 SLT customers from 1994 to 1997 and from 2024
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Large commercial companies mine the majority of it using heavy machinery But about 35 percent is extracted through small scale mines many of which operate informally or without a valid license This unregulated small scale and artisanal gold mining is known locally as galamsey a slang word derived from the Ghanaian words gather and sell
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1 day agoThe Nigerian Geological Survey Agency has undertaken to produce a national 1 2 million scale litho structural Map of Nigeria This is the first edition map which brings into focus the
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In May 2024 Ghana is rumoured to have recently overtaken South Africa as Africa s largest gold producer Gold represents up to 49 per cent of the country s exports contributing $ billion to Ghana s $59 billion GDP With gold trading at over $1 an ounce in mid 2024 four times the value twenty years ago it represents a
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The issue of low wages of alternative jobs in relation to the potential economic gains through mining is particularly important and deserves careful attention particularly in areas where the work of small scale gold miners without registered concessions has been prohibited by district assemblies acting under the directives of the federal Inter Ministerial Task Force Against Illegal Mining
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What is small scale mining Unlike large scale mining where intensive labor technology and experience is a major factor small scale mining offers a simple way to carry out mining Small scale mining is usually done on areas with little mineral deposits near the earth surface It requires simple small scale mining methods to excavate the minerals
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Ghana has seen outbreaks of the disease roughly every five years since the 1970 4 As of April 2024 over 8000 cases with 89 municipality and more especially among young adult males probably due to the involvement of some of them in the brisk small scale mining activities in the area which exposed them to the index case through direct
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Small scale gold mining in Ghana has caused severe environmental problems caused in the mining communities over the years but the most principal environmental threat to the environment is mainly
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How many mining companies are in Ghana Ghana has 20 large scale mining companies producing gold diamonds bauxite and manganese and there are also over 300 registered small scale mining groups and 90 mine support service companies Other mineral commodities produced in the country are natural gas petroleum salt and silver
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The Small Scale Miners in Obuasi petitioned the President to come intervene and speed up the handing over of old concessions to them on 15th December 2024 It s been two whole months and we ve still not heard anything from the President s office
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The Wishbone II III and IV Projects are a sizeable 14 700 hectare 100% owned group of Exploration Licences in the Mingela area located about 80km south of the major Queensland port city of Townsville
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Small scale mining is essentially an artisanal or small industrial form of raw material extraction In Ghana there are about 300 registered small scale mining groups and
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There has been a significant growth in artisanal and small scale mining in many developing countries over the last twenty years International institutions like the World Bank estimate that 15 to 20 million people derive their livelihoods primarily from ASGM and believe that up to 20% of newly mined gold comes from ASGM sources
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The President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has assured that shortly Government will put out a statement setting out a comprehensive roadmap including the lifting of the ban on small scale mining to deal with on a permanent basis the grave threat of galamsey to the present and future health of Ghana
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Mining operations are categorized as either small scale or large scale depending on the size and the legal framework within which the operations take place Small scale concession is usually 25 acres in size allocated to only Ghanaian nationals to undertake mining in accordance with the Minerals and Mining Act of 2024 guidelines Act 703 82 99
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Through Insights we provide cutting edge articles on important areas of laws in Ghana of interest to governments companies and individuals Lom Ahlijah Edmund Akrong and Abigail Adikah EN
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