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Hight Street’s application to mine in Kakum park was rejected – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has stated that the Commission completely rejected an application submitted by High Street Ghana Limited for a license to mine in the Kakum National Park and therefore the said application not given any attention whatsoever. In a press statement signed by the chief executive officer, Mr Martin Kwaku Ayisi, …

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A 15-metric ton meteorite crashed in Africa; now 2 new minerals have been found in it

Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds). The minerals came from a 70-gram (nearly 2.5-ounce) slice of the meteorite, which was discovered in Somalia in 2020 and is the ninth-largest meteorite ever found, according to a news release …

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