Sections 81 to 99 apply to Small Scale Mining. ASM is a significant sub sector providing livelihood for millions; ASM has contributed significantly to poverty reduction and …

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 they constitute a major source of employment especially for small-scale gold and diamond miners, and contribute some foreign exchange to Ghana's economy. ...

The use of small-scale, artisanal mining practices in gold-rich districts in Ghana date as far back as 2000 years. After encountering the budding trade and abundance of gold on these shores of the Gulf of Guinea in the 17th century, European colonists named today's Ghana the Gold Coast. True to the symbolism of the yellow in …

Accra, Sept.9, GNA – The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it will award the best traditional leader and the best metropolitan, municipal and district …

Securing a mining licence or permit is seen as the gateway for conducting artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations. Yet, the policy and the academic discourse on the environmental impacts of ASM and formalisation policies inadequately capture the diverse perspectives of institutional and local stakeholders regarding the …

"I would like to reiterate that the President and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is not against small scale mining but is absolutely committed and …

2006 (Act 703). This requires that a small-scale mining license applicant must be a citizen of Ghana and must be at least 18 years old. The duration of a small-scale mining license is five years and renewable upon satisfactory performance during the first term (Minerals Commission 2015). Note that artisanal and small-scale

Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable commodity, …

The Small-Scale Gold Mining Law 1989 (PNDCL 218) legalized and attempted to regulate small-scale mining by introducing a registration and licensing process. This was then incorporated into the current Minerals and Mining Act 2006 (Parliament of …

Mr Raymond Kudzawu-D'Pherdd, the first Vice President of AMN, spoke about the MCAS, noting that there was the need for its members to better understand …

Except for small-scale mining rights that can be granted to an individual as provided for under Act 703, only corporate bodies incorporated in Ghana under the laws of the Republic of Ghana shall be given a mineral right in Ghana. A license for small-scale mining is, however, granted only to a citizen of the Republic of Ghana who has attained ...

Small scale miners awarded. Ghana's Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that Small Scale mining currently contributes about 35 percent to Ghana's total Gold production. According to the vice president, the contribution of Small Scale mining has been instrumental to the significant increase in the country's gold …

Current collaborative efforts include the five-member inter-ministerial committee established in 2013 by former President John Mahama "to crack down on …

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Mining (GNASSM) has described as refreshing and welcoming, President Akufo-Addo's admission of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has vowed to bring to an end to the proliferation and scourge of illegal small-scale mining before his new term in ...

Minerals & Mining Policy of Ghana 2.0 Overview of Ghana's Minerals and Mining Sector Ghana is well endowed with substantial mineral resources, the major ones being gold, diamonds, manganese and bauxite. Gold is the predominant mineral produced in the country accounting for over 90% of all mineral revenues annually over the past two …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said often Ghana's problem solving has focused more on chasing and punishing wrongdoers, and less on recognising and rewarding those who do right. Speaking at the …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his government is putting in place measures to ensure that small-scale …

t of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in GhanaIn briefSmall-scale mining contributes about 30% of. Ghana's total gold output and provides livelihoods for many people. This study examines the impact of Ch. e involvement in the sector, much of it illegal and controversial. The authors found extensive collaboration and collusion ...

April 5, 2017. in Business. The government of Ghana has put a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, says the moratorium is aimed at helping fight the illegal small-scale mining menace (galamsey). A media coalition was launched by the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology ...

Small-scale mining in Ghana is defined to include both the exploitation of mineral deposits (1) using fairly rudimentary implements and/or (2) at low levels of production with minimal capital investment. While the large-scale mining—of particularly gold—has become predominant, small-scale mining, which predates such operations, …

in small scale mining. It is a novel mining model introduced under the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo, with the intention of vigorously addressing the underlying …

According to Ntibrey (2016), artisanal and small scale mining contributed 34.3% (1.49 million ounces) of total gold production in 2014, and 33.9% (1.44 million ounces) in 2013. All the diamonds produced in Ghana since 2008 came from artisanal and small scale mining (Ntibrey, 2016).

Except for small-scale mining rights which can be granted to an individual as provided for under Act 703, only corporate bodies incorporated in Ghana under the laws of the Republic of Ghana shall be granted a mineral right in Ghana. A licence for small-scale mining is however granted only to a citizen of the Republic of Ghana who has …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his government is putting in place measures to ensure that small-scale mining is conducted in a sustainable manner.

President Nana Akufo-Addo said between 2017 and 2021, some progress had been made in the fight to bring to the barest minimum illegal small-scale mining in …

Over $117 million in gold and $98 million in diamond product has been obtained from small-scale mining operations since complete legalization of the industry in 1989. Gold production from the small-scale gold-mining industry has increased nearly tenfold since 1989, from 17,234oz in 1990 to 107,093oz in 1997.

The application for a license for small-scale mining is made in a form the Minister may direct to the office of the Minerals Commission in the area where a person intends to engage in small-scale mining operations, with the prescribed fees. According to Section 83 of Act 703, the applicant for a small-scale mining license must be a Ghanaian ...

The President should find a way to separate us from them because even us, we were not in support of what they [the Chinese] were doing'' (Interview, 15th March 2020, Bibiani Old Town). ... Socioeconomic and environmental assessment of informal artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana. J. Clean. Prod., 202 (2018), pp. 465-475. View PDF …

Small-scale mining activities in Ghana date back more than 2000 years. There is evidence citing gold mining going as far back as the seventh and eight centuries AD (Hilson, 2001). Ghana is presently the second largest producer of gold in sub-Saharan Africa, only behind South Africa, and a leading exporter of bauxite, diamonds, and …