Galamsey

10 got buried under collapsed galamsey pit at Wassa Esikuma in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality in the Western region on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Seven others were also severely injured as they were plying their galamsey business in the...

Three small scale miners lost their lives on Friday November 12, 2021 when they were ambushed by armed robbers. The Friday incident also saw more than five people sustaining various degrees on injuries when the miners were returning home from...

The Public Relations Officer for Small Scale Miners Association, Abdul Razak has said that curbing illegal mining in the country is a gradual process which needs which must be pursued with the needed attention and commitment. According to him, there...

Seven persons, comprising two Ghanaians and five foreigners, who are involved in illegal mining activities in the New Abirem District in the Eastern Region have been arrested. They were arrested on Thursday September 30, 2021 when a Deputy Minister of...

The Minority in Parliament has revealed that a Jubilee House officer has been arrested for allegedly engaged in galamsey. Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, who made the discovery, did not provide details, instead referring to one Domoah as the official in...

Government’s attempt to rid the country’s forest of illegal miners has been described by Small Scales Miners Association as a sham and propaganda design to throw dust unto the eyes of unsuspecting citizens. According to the Public Relations Officer of...

Since the commencement of the 'Operation Halt' exercise, Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has revealed that 45 people have been charged with unlawful mining in Ghana. According to the Attorney General, ten Chinese nationals are among the suspects. He said...

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, disagrees with President Akuffo Addo's explanation for burning excavators as a deterrent for 'Galamsey' perpetrators. “I am not a supporter of excavators being set on fire. If the administration...

A-22-Year old small scale illegal Miner from Sekyere-Boase in the Wassa-East District of the Western Region, Mr Gyamieu Karim has been found dead after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit in which he was mining, caved-in and trapped him dead. The...

Three persons have been confirmed dead after a mining pit collapsed on them at Breman, a mining community in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. The three unnamed persons, a man, a woman, and a 10-year-old girl...