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Over 300 illegal miners trapped in AngloGold’s Obuasi mine shaft
Add a CommentAbout 300 illegal miners are said to be trapped in one of the shafts belonging to AngloGold’s Obuasi Mines at Anwiam in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region. The miners reportedly entered the underground shaft in search of … Read more →
W/R: 10 suspected illegal miners including Chinese national arrested at Dominase
Add a CommentTen suspected illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers), including a Chinese national, have been arrested by the joint team of police, National Investigations Bureau (NIB) and National Security personnel at Axim in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Municipality of the Western Region. The illegal miners … Read more →
187 Illegal miners jailed since 2017 – Attorney General
Add a CommentThe Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has revealed that some 187 persons have been convicted to various terms of imprisonment for their involvement in illegal mining in the Eastern Region since the current government took office. According … Read more →
3 Illegal miners die in mining pit
Add a CommentThree illegal miners have died in a mining pit at Akyem Apinamang a farming and mining community in the Denkyembuor District of the Eastern Region. The Assembly member for Akyem Apinamang John Boakye who went to the police station to … Read more →
3 Illegal miners jailed 45 years, fined GH¢720,000
Add a CommentThree illegal miners have been sentenced to a total of 45 years and also fined GH¢720,000 for undertaking small-scale mining operations without license. The three convicts, Joseph Donkor, 40, Joseph Paul, 27, and Charles Ewusi, 27, were each jailed 15years … Read more →
3 illegal miners jailed 15 years
Add a CommentThree illegal miners have been jailed five years each by a Circuit Court in Koforidua for engaging in illegal mining at Tentenku No.8 near Kofi Pare in the Kraboa Coaltar district of the Eastern Region. The convicts, Alhassan Abass, 28, … Read more →
W/R: 2 Chinese arrested after military raid on illegal miners at Ateiko (PHOTOS)
Add a CommentTwo Chinese illegal miners have been arrested at Ateiko close to Patachosu in the Wassa East District.These Chinese illegal miners were 10 in number which 8 of them bolted after having an information about the military operation. They have been … Read more →
811 illegal miners arrested and 1,788 equipment seized
Add a CommentA total of 811 illegal miners have so far been arrested by the joint military/police taskforce set up to enforce the ban on illegal mining, since it started operating on July 31. Colonel Michael Amoah-Ayisi, Commander of the Taskforce (Operation … Read more →
Illegal miners smuggled $7bn worth of gold in 2016
Add a CommentMore than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has said. Addressing a meeting with district chief executives … Read more →
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