The increasing rate of foreigners in Ghana’s small scale mining sector has been a source of grave worry to the citizenry.
Gold mined illegally leads to land degradation, destruction of farmlands, pollution of water bodies, high accident rates leading to death at the mines and rise in social vices in communities. The illegal miners also do not pay royalties and taxes to the State.
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