The Presidential Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will begin vetting of licenses of all artisanal and small-scale miners September 3.
This is in line with President Akufo-Addo’s quest to sanitise and regularise artisanal and small-scale mining operations. There is currently a ban on all forms of artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana.
A road map for government to lift the ban on small-scale mining was rolled out in Accra on Thursday August 16.
Although the road map does not state the specific time the ban will be lifted, there are indications that it may happen before Christmas this year, depending on how the implementation of the roadmap is done.
Accordingly, members of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) have been advised to submit their documents to the office of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining for vetting
A letter dated August 28, 2018 and signed by Secretary to the inter-ministerial committee and addressed to the members of the GNASSM asked that anybody who needs further clarification should contact the secretariat at the Office of President Annex.
