“The high gold price on the world market has made low grade ores profitable, thus illegal miners with their ‘get-rich-quick’ mentality, have thrown operational safety precautions to the wind,” he stressed saying galamsey was a very dangerous activity.
“The negative impact it has includes land degradation through unsafe mining practices leading to accidents and loss of lives.”
He also mentioned the destruction of crops and farm lands which impacted negatively on food production in the local economy as well as pollution of streams and rivers resulting in increased costs of water treatment rendering water unsafe for drinking in downstream areas.
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