Chiefs lead operation to destroy galamsey equipment

Activities of small-scale miners had resulted in the pollution of the Ankobra River which is a source of water to the residents in the district.

Speaking to journalists yesterday at Prestea, Mr. Amewu noted that government has heightened the fight against illegal mining by summoning mining companies that were engaged in the act after the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum.

The minister, who led an anti-galamsey taskforce to clamp down on illegal mining activities in the Western Region, asserted that Okobeng Mining Company in Prestea has become the first of such companies to be summoned to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources because the firm has been mining gold in the Nzema East constituency without a full operational licence.
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