Chemical and mineralogical properties of post-mining sites …
in two gold mining concessions in Ghana * Dora NEINA 1, Eric Van RANST 2 and Ann VERDOODT 3 . 1 Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, Un iversity of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 245, Legon ...
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Africa Mining gold in Ghana: debate 10,000 miners, …
mining concessions', Luning and Pijpers (2017) discuss important political issues around mining in Ghana. Using the companies Keegan and Newmont as ... export commodities, this meant that, without a crackdown on gold mining, Ghana would be losing out as a major cocoa supplier in international trade. Mining gold in Ghana: debate 865
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(PDF) Impact of Large-Scale Mining on Artisanal Mining in Ghana
Conflicts have increasingly arisen between the large-scale mining companies, which have legally acquired their mining concessions, and the numerous small-scale or artisanal miners operating illegally in the large-scale mining concessions (Hilson, 2002a, 2002b; Nyame and Blocher, 2010; Nyame and Grant, 2014; Geenen, 2014; Andrews, 2015).
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GOLDEN EMPIRE LEGACY LTD (GELL) – Gold Mining In Ghana…
Since its inception, GELL has established a corporate governance framework to fully adhere to the Ghana's legislative requirements, regulations, processes, and procedures. ... the break caused by the COVID pandemic to research and develop the mining and processing of a significant number of mining concessions in Ghana by 2021.
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Governing access to gold in Ghana: in-depth geopolitics …
Governing access to gold in Ghana: in-depth geopolitics on mining concessions Sabine Luning and Robert J. Pijpers Introduction In 2011, while studying the relation between large-scale and small-scale gold mining in the western region of Ghana, we were invited to visit a concession where the Canadian mining company Keegan Resources was about to move
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Governing access to gold in Ghana: in-depth geopolitics on mining …
Studies of articulations between large- and small-scale mining have overlooked the subterranean dimension of extraction and ignored how mining companies and artisanal miners cohabit in places with long histories of small-scale mining and are affected
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Detecting Gold Mining in Ghana
The image above shows gold mining encroachment in the Upper Wassaw Forest Reserve, a habitat for the green-tailed bristlebill and Tai Forest treefrog, which are classified as species of conservation concern.The image was captured on April 30, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Out of 28 protected areas in southwestern Ghana, Upper …
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Operators Perspective and Impact of Illegal Mining on …
Weak enforcement of Laws and Regulations pertaining to mining in Ghana, even as it broke out on large scale mining concessions 8. Drivers of illegal Mining- Cont'd The spate of illegal mining increased from @ 2004, in tandem with the steady appreciation in price of Gold
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Forest Invasion: The president's men and women mining in Ghana…
In addition to their active concessions, the is actively seeking permits to mine in more forest reserves. Between them, they have registered at least five mining companies: Limespec Mining Limited and Hapic Mining Limited were incorporated just three days apart, on September 19, 2022, and September 22, 2022, respectively. This was two ...
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Governing access to gold in Ghana: In-depth geopolitics on mining …
Between 2008 and 2016, more than 50,000 Chinese citizens migrated to Ghana to mine gold on small-scale concessions. This is particularly surprising given that small-scale mining is an activity ...
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Combating Illegal Mining (Galamsey) In Ghana Using …
AI can be used to establish geofences around authorized mining concessions, ensuring that mining activities do not encroach on protected areas such as water bodies and forests. ... AI offers promising solutions to the complex problem of illegal mining in Ghana. Through satellite imagery analysis, drone surveillance, predictive analytics, and ...
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Forest Invasion: Companies owned by Wontumi, Kumasi …
Three years after the memo raised the alarm, the EPA was pushing for the passage of LI 2462, which appears to have attracted even more interest in mining in Ghana's forest reserves.
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Map of Ghana showing gold deposits and the …
In Ghana, small-scale/artisanal gold mining has been on-going for more than a century. Artisanal mining has been the support for the rural people who more often than not are forced to sace ...
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MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA
Ghana to a state agency at a negotiated price determined by a High Court. It is noteworthy that Ghana's mining industry was to a large extent state controlled between 1957 and 1983. In 1961, the Ghana State Gold Mining Corporation acquired the assets of five mines (Prestea, Tarkwa, Dunkwa, Bibiani and Konongo [Gold
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Mining Laws and Regulations Ghana 2025
ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Ghana Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, processing, transfer and …
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Mineral Rights
The Minerals Commission of Ghana is the Government agency with the primary responsibility of developing and coordinating mineral sector policies and monitoring their implementation.
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Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in …
Since 2009, with the involvement of Chinese miners in gold mining, which peaked in 2013, small-scale mining in Ghana has become highly mechanized, involving the use of excavators, wash plants and other equipment. ... However, one key issue that the article omits is the size of the concessions that international mining companies such as Newmont ...
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Over 90% of mining concessions in Ghana owned by citizens
"The small-scale is not so capital intensive. About GH¢ 10,000 can start a mining operation. Local mining companies pay about 10% of what foreign companies pay in terms of licensing fees," Ahadzi said. The Ghana government over the period has supported identifiable small-scale mining groups in Prestea, Konongo and Bolgatanga.
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Asante Gold to acquire eight Ghanaian prospective concessions
Canada's Asante Gold has secured the recommendation notice to acquire eight highly prospective gold concessions located on Ashanti and Asankrangwa Gold Belts in Ghana. The recommendation from the Minerals Commission of Ghana involves the transfer of eight concessions covering approximately 314km 2.
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Struggle for natural resources in northern Ghana: …
Azumah Resources Ltd, a prominent mining firm prospecting for gold in the area, finds itself embroiled in accusations of monopolising mining concessions to the detriment of locals in the host ...
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Forest Invasion: Companies owned by Wontumi, …
In addition to their active concessions, the is actively seeking permits to mine in more forest reserves. Between them, they have registered at least five mining companies: Limespec Mining Limited and Hapic Mining …
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Concessions of Multinational Mining Companies in Ghana …
Dealing with Galamsey and Small-scale Mining on Concessions of Multinational Mining Companies in Ghana: "a Compromise or Confrontation" About This Study. This paper tries to look at the composition of Ghana's mining industry which is made up of two sectors which are the galamsey and small-scale mining and the Large-Scale mining sectors.
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Bright Simons: Bogus mining data in Ghana poses …
The laxity in regulating small-scale mining in Ghana led to this sector accounting for over 40% of total production in 2018 even though Ghana purported at that time to have banned the practice ...
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THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES
2.1: MINING IN GHANA Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2020, gold accounted for 97.2 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective shares of manganese, bauxite and diamond were 2.25 per cent, 0.54 per cent and 0.01 per cent.
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Geenen 2015 draft Hybrid governance in mining …
mining concessions in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)', which proposes to study the impact of transnational mining companies' activities in African mining areas in a novel fashion. It presents a lot of interview material that was …
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List of Mineral Rights/Concessions
The Minerals Commission of Ghana is the Government agency with the primary responsibility of developing and coordinating mineral sector policies and monitoring their implementation.
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Exposé: Check out top Ghanaian politicians linked to mining …
In addition to their active concessions, the is actively seeking permits to mine in more forest reserves. Between them, they have registered at least five mining companies: Limespec Mining Limited and Hapic Mining Limited were incorporated just three days apart, on September 19, 2022, and September 22, 2022, respectively. This was two ...
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Struggle for natural resources in northern Ghana: Clashes …
Azumah Resources Ltd, a prominent mining firm prospecting for gold in the area, finds itself embroiled in accusations of monopolising mining concessions to the detriment of …
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MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA
to nationalise and expropriate existing mining concessions based on grounds of public utility, security or the national interest1.
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ILLEGAL MINING AS THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA…
Within the past few decades, Ghana's mining sector specifically the small scale mining subsector has been marred by controversies mainly due to its threat to sustainable development.
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