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Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners has arrested 29 illegal miners operating in the Kwaebibirim Municipality of the Eastern Region. The illegal miners who were arrested in a swoop at 3 separate sites at Akyem Pramkese and Akyem Abodom had destroyed several acres of cocoa and palm plantations belonging …

The Juaso circuit court on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 remanded into police custody, ten alleged national security operatives who were arrested for alleged extortion at Asiwa in the Ashanti region. The 13-member syndicate was said to have been illegally operating within the Asiwa enclave, extorting monies from small-scale miners. At …

It was a chilly, windy, and occasionally rainy morning, but opportunities to serve as a model for a world-famous artist are rare. On Saturday, Nov 26, before dawn, tens of thousands of people flocked to Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach to strip off for nude photos by American photographer Spencer Tunick. …

George Mireku Duker, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has opposed calls for the government to ban small-scale mining as a way of tackling illegal small-scale mining a.k.a galamsey. According to him, any form of ban on small-scale mining will do the country more harm than good. Speaking to …

 The Assistant Auditor General who doubles as  the board chairman of Brakwa Breman Rural Bank, Mr. Alexander Koomson has pleaded with rural and community banks to support small business and enterprises in their areas to expand. Speaking in an interview with the media during the bank’s 36th Annual General Meeting …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, 6th June 2022, commissioned one 100 mercury-free gold processing equipment, commonly referred to as Gold Katcha, at a ceremony held at the Independence Square, in Accra. Gold Katcha is an equipment that extracts gold from the ore without the use of mercury, which …

• Small-scale miners are engaging the government to address the burning of excavators • The Association disclosed they will go to court to seek redress • Some small-scale miners have got their excavators destroyed by the Operation Halt team Abdul Razack Alhassan, the Spokesperson for the Ghana National Association of …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has opened the two-day national consultative dialogue on small-scale Mining. The Dialogue on Small Scale Mining which started on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, is being held at the Accra International Conference Centre. It will end on Thursday, 15th April, 2021. It seeks to solicit views, proposals and …

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons have destroyed a total 1,194 confiscated illicit weapons today, Thursday, 5 November 2020 at the Sekondi Prisons Park in the Western region. These weapons were confiscated in the Western and Western North Regions only. Speaking at a short ceremony prior to …

President of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, who was arrested by the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service, has been granted bail. Mr. Peprah was arrested on Saturday, August 29, 2020, in Kumasi for allegedly causing fear and panic with a Facebook post. He …