Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy.
Ghana is among the top two gold producers in Africa. What has caught little attention, however, is the fact that more than 35% of total gold output in Ghana comes from artisanal and small-scale ...
Galamsey solution lies not in halting all mining activities but …
In a statement signed by its Cordinator Baffour Asare Yamoah, the chamber representing small-scale miners across Ghana said a more nuanced approach is needed that focuses on strictly enforcing existing mining laws to differentiate between illegal "galamsey" operations and licensed small-scale miners.
How to Acquire A Small Scale Mining Licence In Ghana
As such, a person seeking to engage in small-scale mining in Ghana must apply to the sector minister responsible for mines and obtain permission or approval before embarking on such an activity. ... Small-scale mining defined. Act 703, as amended, defines a small-scale mining operation as "…mining operation over an area of land by …
Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization challenges in …
Artisanal and small-scale mining for example accounted for 43% of Ghana's total gold production in 2018 (Adu-Baffour et al., 2021). Ghana was one of the first …
Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the …
The 1989 small-scale mining laws (Ghana Government, 1989a; 1989b; 1989c; 2006) sought to regularized and govern Ghana's small-scale operators. The laws were then revised under the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act (Ghana Govern-ment, 2006). However, Ghana's small-scale gold industry is no
Geoscientists urge immediate ban on small-scale mining to …
By Prince Ofori Amponsah (Prof) The Ghana Institute of Geoscientists (GhIG) has called for an immediate and temporary halt to all small-scale mining activities in water bodies, forest reserves, and biodiversity-sensitive areas to align practices with environmental protection standards and salvage what remains of Ghana's natural …
(PDF) Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in …
Given that 200,000 people in Ghana are involved in the small-scale gold mining industry and that the numbers are expected to grow in Ghana and many other regions of the world, elucidating mercury ...
Punish Chinese illegal miners caught abusing Ghanaian laws …
Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa has admonished Ghanaian law enforcement agencies to punish Chinese nationals caught involving themselves in illegal small-scale mining popularly termed as ...
Implementating Small Scale Mining Laws in Ghana
A REVIEW OF SMALL SCALE MINING LAWS IN GHANA Ghana did not have laws regulating small scale mining until the promulgation of the Small-Scale Mining Act, 1989, also referred to as P.N.D.C.L 218. This law resulted in two groups of operators in the small scale mining sector namely, legal
(PDF) Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana
The artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) sector-commonly described as low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and processing, in developing countries, is increasingly associated with the use of ...
GNASSM | Ghana National Association of Small …
A warm welcome. The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is the umbrella Association of registered Small Scale Miners as stipulated in our Mining Laws. The Association was formed in 2011 and …
Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the …
The 1989 laws established a supply chain of registered actors though the market (Ghana Government, 1989a, Ghana Government, 1989b, Ghana Government, …
Licensed small-scale miners reject mining ban; …
Members of the Responsible Small-Scale Miners Association have firmly rejected calls for a blanket ban on all forms of mining in Ghana, calling such proposals "irresponsible" and a misinterpretation of the …
SMALL SCALE MINING IN AFRICA: GHANA ON THE HOT SEAT
CASE STUDY; GHANA & SMALL-SCALE MINING. Ghana is well known for its mineral resources such as gold, salt, silver, limestone, and manganese. ... Initially, there were no laws governing small-scale mining until 1989 when PNDCL 218 was enacted. However, in 2006, all laws governing mining in Ghana were consolidated through the …
The impact of small-scale gold mining on …
According to the mining Act a license for small-scale mining operation shal l not be granted to a person unless that person is a citizen of Ghana, has attained the age of eighteen years,
Total ban on small-scale mining amounts to punishing law …
Respected Policy Analyst and co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has objected to calls by a cross-section of Ghanaians on
Small-scale mining wiII not be banned; help gov't chase out …
George Mireku-Duker, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and coordinator for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia rsquo;s campaign in mining areas has officially launched the Miners4Bawumia group, tasking the members to rise up and become leading voices in the fight against illegal mining in the country. At the launch held at Akwatia in …
A/R: Responsible Small Scale Miners declare 60-day
Members of the Responsible Small-Scale Miners Association in the Ashanti Region have announced a 60-day campaign aimed at eliminating illegal mining activities otherwise known as galamsey along river bodies and forest reserves. This initiative seeks to address growing concerns over the pollution ...
Implementing Small Scale Mining Mining Laws Laws …
A REVIEW OF SMALL SCALE MINING LAWS IN GHANA Ghana did not have laws regulating small scale mining until the promulgation of the Small-Scale Mining Act, 1989, also referred to as P.N.D.C.L 218 ...
Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
The application for a license for small-scale mining is made in a form the Minister may direct to the office of the Minerals Commission in the area where a person intends to engage in small-scale mining operations, with the prescribed fees. According to Section 83 of Act 703, the applicant for a small-scale mining license must be a Ghanaian ...
A. Basiru and E. O. Acheampong (2016) EFFECT OF GHANA MINING LAWS …
A. Basiru and E. O. Acheampong (2016) EFFECT OF GHANA MINING LAWS ON SMALL-SCALE MINING The importance of ASM to rural, regional and national economies is well distinguished. Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Generally, small-scale mining (SSM) is regarded by many as …
Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
The differences in mode of extraction, legality of operation, quantity extracted, as well as the extractive volumes splits the mining region of Ghana into two major approaches: large-scale legal mining and small-scale illegal "galamsey" mining. Small-scale mining is carried out at an individual level, mostly by the poor with very …
Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization challenges in Ghana
Artisanal and small-scale mining for example accounted for 43% of Ghana's total gold production in 2018 (Adu-Baffour et al., 2021). Ghana was one of the first African countries to recognize ASM through the promulgation of a landmark Small-scale Gold Mining Law in 1989 (Government of Ghana, 1989) aimed at mainstreaming ASM …
Mining Laws and Regulations Ghana 2025
Ghana. 2024. ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Ghana Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Handbook of Ghana
This Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Handbook for Ghana is the result of a training session held in Ghana in September 2017 through the sub-program on ASM under the overall PanAfGeo project. The ASM sub-program is co-funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General of Development and
MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA
Ghana's mining history, particularly gold, dates back to the fifteenth century. The industry was very vibrant during the pre- ... The Small-Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDC Law 218), the Mercury Law (PNDC Law 217) and the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Law (PNDC Law 219) were passed in 1989 to regularise and
SMALL SCALE MINING IN GHANA
"citizen of Ghana" has the same meaning as provided in section 84(1) of the Minerals and Mining Law, 1986 (PNDCL 153) but does not include a public Corporation; Small-Scale …
The hazardous nature of small scale underground mining in Ghana
The Minerals and Mining Act 2006 (Act 703) of Ghana defines small scale gold mining operation as the mining of gold by any effective and efficient method that does not involve substantial expenditure by an individual or group of persons not exceeding nine in number or by a co-operative society made up of 10 or more persons.
MINERALS AND MINING ACT, 2006 (ACT 703)
82. Licence for small scale mining 83. Qualification of applicant for small scale mining licence 84. Conditions for the grant of a licence 85. Duration of a licence 86. Areas …
It's time to sanitise, regulate and enforce the law
It is time, one needs to look at the whole regime of small-scale mining and sanitise the regime, regularise the regime, enforce the law and make sure that the Geological Survey Authority of Ghana ...