“I am against the small scale mining that is being conducted on the river beds because of pollution of the water. Government spends a lot of money to sink bore holes, so I am against it. I don’t have any proof of the Police and Chiefs supporting illegal mining in Prestea but what I will say is, it involves a lot of people. Government will have to come in,” he added.
According to Dr Toni Aubynn, Chief Executive Officer of The Ghana Chamber of Mines, “very often, the mining operations are done haphazardly with severe consequences to the environment, the surroundings, and even distant communities and to the miners themselves.”
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