Govt establishes technical committee to sanitise small-scale mining sector

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced an initiative aimed at restructuring and sanitising Ghana’s small-scale mining sector.

As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to promote sustainable and responsible mining practices, a Technical Small-Scale Mining Review Committee has been established to ensure that operations in the sector adhere to legal and environmental standards.




The Minister made this announcement during a press briefing on the ministry’s policies and programmes on Wednesday, March 19 where he emphasised that the newly formed committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, will conduct a thorough review of all small-scale mining licenses across the country.




“The committee is to audit all licenses to ensure that they were properly acquired, that due process was followed, that they meet all conditions of continuous validity with respect to how they have followed the rules on the environment and then how they have dealt with the issues of our water bodies, our forest reserves and land preservation.

“All those standards are going to be the guide in which these licenses will be sustained. They are also to ensure permitting fees and all those requirements by all the agencies EPA, Minerals Commission, Water Resources Commission that all those processes required have been met.”

Source:citinewsroom.com