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The government has secured part of the funds needed to address the damaging effects of illegal mining across the country. The money will be spent under the Multilateral Mining Integrated Programme (MMIP) designed by the government to regulate artisanal small-scale mining and to reclaim lands destroyed by illegal mining. The …

A portion of the Atewa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region has been cleared by a mining company to begin mining operations in the rainforest. About 11 trees have so far been uprooted by the unknown company and a small pit dug at the Kobreso side of the reserve. Local …