Around 1.1 million Ghanaians were estimated to work in small-scale mining before the ban, which was lifted in December, accounting for around 30 percent of the country's annual mineral production.
EPA's head of mining Michael Ali says the government is now going to great lengths to 'sanitize' the gold industry by formalizing galamsey sites, being stricter with paperwork and cracking down on the use of mercury.
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