President Akufo-Addo has stated that he is against illegal mining and will do all possible to stop it no matter the consequences. He made this known on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, when he commissioned...
Sixty nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti galamsey taskforce at Dunkwa Offin The ‘Stop Galamsey Operation’ Taskforce at Dunkwa -on-Offin in the Central...
Small scale miners in the Ashanti Region have expressed readiness to assist the government in fighting the menace of illegal mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. The Ghana National Association...
According to him, his Unit has been notified by the government to prepare themselves to give critica The Commanding Officer (CO) of 4 Infantry Battalion, Lt Col Sebastian Abraham Arhin has stated...
Lieutenant Colonel GNK Hoenyedzi, the commanding officer of second Battalion of Infantry (2Bn), Takoradi, has been suspended and recalled to the Southern Command headquarters in Accra to face an...
The Stop Galamsey Operation Taskforce in Dunkwa in the Central Region has destroyed 19 machines used by galamsey operators. The machines were used by the operators to mine on River Offin which serves...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says threats to vote him out in the 2020 election will not stop his government’s anti-galamsey fight. He said he will carry through his government’s plan to...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using an aggressive approach where necessary, to ensure...
President Nana Addo has called the bluff of illegal miners threatening to vote against his party in the 2020 elections, if he continues with his anti galamsey fight. Speaking at Soabe in the Eastern...
Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened to return to their sites. According to the illegal miners, government would have...
The Small Scale Miners Association in Kumasi says it will petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over government’s decision to stop galamsey. The Association said it wants the Asantehene to...
Some aggrieved artisanal miners in the Ashanti region are to petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over government’s fight to halt illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, across the...
Nine district mine officers of the Minerals Commission have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave with immediate effect. The dismissal followed their purported failure to ensure effective...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that all illegal miners will be engaged in tree planting and other reclamation programmes to help restore lands affected by...
Everywhere you look headlines scream #Stop Galamsey Now! But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where ‘Galamsey’ (i.e. artisanal/small-scale gold mining) is immense, you have seen it all. •...
Following the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources’ declaration of a 21-day ultimatum to all illegal miners to cease their operations and surrender their equipment, a number of significant...
An illegal miner was caught red-handed in the Western region following the expiration of an ultimatum to illegal mining operators to vacate their unauthorised mining sites. The middle-aged man, Nana...
The Minister's tour of some sites in W/R revealed some equipment still on site Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu has given a 30-day ultimatum for all mining equipment and...
Ghana’s Music Maestro, Kojo Antwi has hinted in an interview with Kasapa FM’s Fiifi Banson of a new music project he is embarking on to help curb the ‘galamsey’ menace. The former chairman of...
The Diocesan Bishop of the Methodist Church at Sekondi, Right Reverend, Daniel De-graft Brace, has declared the support of the Church in the fight against illegal small scale mining, popularly known...
