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Ghana needs to break the log-jam on registering ASM miners, experts say

Registering small-scale Ghanaian artisanal gold miners is an urgent task if the government is serious about better managing the environmental impacts of their activity.

David Whitehouse
 The Ghanaian president says miners must allow Ghanaians to benefit from their projects

The Ghanaian president says miners must allow Ghanaians to benefit from their projects

At peak times, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is estimated to employ over a million people in Ghana. The small-scale miners are known as galamsey. Their increased use of mechanised tools in recent...

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