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Over 300 illegal miners trapped in Obuasi mine shaft belonging to AngloGold

Over 300 illegal miners are allegedly trapped in AngloGold's Obuasi mine shaft at Anwiam, Ashanti Region. The miners reportedly entered the underground shaft in search...

Denkyira Gyaman: 12-year-old boy drowns in abandoned galamsey pit

A 12-year-old boy have lost his life after drowning in an abandoned galamsey pit at Denkyira Gyaman. The boy, Eric Ankrah was said to have...

Man found dead in galamsey pit at Kofikurom

A man in his fifties tragically lost his life while fishing in a galamsey pit at Kofikurom, near Aboso in the Prestea Huni Valley...

Not even the $3bn IMF loan can save Ghana’s polluted water bodies – CSIR Director highlights impact of galamsey

Director of Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Prof Mike Osei-Atweneboana ‘twitches’ at the extent of devastation done...

Re-introduce ban on small-scale mining to help save our water bodies – CSIR Water Research Institute to govt

Director for the CSIR-Water Research Institute, Prof Mike Osei-Atweneboana, has asked the government to re-introduce the ban on small-scale or artisanal mining as a...

Galamsey increases during election periods – Forestry Commission

A former Executive Director of the Forestry Commission, Oppon Sasu, has claimed that politicians' failure to crack down on illicit mining (galamsey) during election...

Illegal mining causes stillbirths, others – Pathologist

Pathologist Professor, Paul Opoku Sampene Ossei, has warned about the harmful impact of unlawful mining on unborn babies and pregnant women residing in mining...

King Charles III to aid Ghana restore lands destroyed by galamsey – Otumfuo

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has announced that an agreement has been reached with King Charles III to reclaim lands in Ghana that have...

Asantehene reaffirms determination to pursue chiefs involved in ‘galamsey’ activities

The Asante overlord, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has reiterated his true commitment to getting chiefs involved in galamsey and forest destruction menace severely punished,...

Akufo-Addo is not against small-scale mining — Jinapor

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has affirmed the government's commitment to fighting illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey”. He said the...

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