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Catholic Priests Backs Government Galamsey Fight With ‘operation Touch Heaven’

Some Catholic Priests from areas where there is illegal mining activities in the Central Region have launched a...

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MMIP For Miners To Cost US$10m

GOVERNMENT’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal...

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Galamsey Operators Vow Not Stop Mining If…

Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened...

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Galamseyers In Kumasi To Petition Otumfuo Over Gov’t Crack Down

The Small Scale Miners Association in Kumasi says it will petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over...

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Government’s Alternative Livelihood Program For Illegal Miners To Cost $10 Million

The five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project that will offer an alternative source of livelihood for illegal...

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Alternative Livelihood Programme For Illegal Miners To Cost $10m

Government’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal...

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Lands Minister Destroys Sachet Water Belonging To Illegal Miners

The Lands Minister has destroyed bags of sachet of water belonging to some illegal miners at Tumentu in the Western...

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Galamseyers Vacate Sites; Chinese Beg

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government appears to be winning the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as...

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Create Employment Opportunities For Affected Illegal Miners – WACAM Tells Gov’t

The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), a mining sector pressure group has advised government...

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Lands and Natural Resources Minister Tours Galamsey Sites

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, yesterday led a delegation to illegal mining sites in the...

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Galamsey Fight Is ‘war’ – Ken Ashigbey

Even though it appears the anti-galamsey fight has chalked some successes, “we should all know that this is not a...

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Galamseyers At Akrofusu Defy Government’s Ultimatum

Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites – Minerals Commission

About 544 excavators have voluntarily moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the...

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We’ll Allow You To Mine But Properly – Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners...

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Ministerial Task-Force Tours Galamsey Sites [Photos]

A ministerial task-force has toured some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region, as government’s three-weeks...

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544 Excavators Moved From Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum...

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Akufo-Addo Unveils Anti-Galamsey Strategy This Week

President Nana Akufo-Addo will this week unveil government’s strategy to deal with the menace of illegal mining in...

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Security Expert Cautions Against ‘violent’ Removal of Illegal Miners

Calls for a major clampdown against the activities of illegal miners have been shot down by a security expert, Dr...