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UER: RCC to Return Remaining Funds to Earl International Group Ghana Limited –RCC Reveals

The Chief Director of the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council, Alhaji Abubakari Inusah, has announced that funds paid into the council’s dormant account by Earl International Group Ghana Limited to facilitate settling of Small-Scale Miners in Gbane a community in the Talensi District, will be returned to the company. Apexnewsgh reports This decision he said, follows an agreement with the company’s lawyer and is related to a settlement with small-scale miners who released their concessions to Earl International. According to Alhaji Inusah, almost all small-scale miners have received their payments, except for three individuals – Bolga Naba, Charles Ndanbon (NPP Regional Organizer and Managing Director of Yenyeya Mining Enterprise), and one other unnamed person. The funds, currently in the council’s account, have been investigated by the Ghana Police and EOCO, and the report is available upon request. The RCC Director clarified that Hon. Stephen Yakubu’s role was limited to facilitating the process, and his actions were not improper. The return of the funds has brought relative peace to the region, and the council is committed to transparency in its dealings. This announcement was made during a maiden engagement between the Regional Minister, Hafiz Bin Salih, and journalists. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Thanks for reading from Apexnewsgh as a news publishing website from Ghana. We encourage you to freely share this story via social media platform and follow us on; Facebook on APEXNEWSGH-Tv or Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0248250270/0256336062.

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Clash Between Military and Illegal Miners in Gold Mining Concession Unfortunate and Avoidable, Says Assistant PRO Earl Intl Group Gold Ltd

The recent clash between the military and illegal miners in a gold mining concession owned by Earl International Group Gold Ltd has been deemed as unfortunate and avoidable by Albert Azongo, the Assistant Public Relations Officer of the company. Azongo stated that the company had engaged in discussions with relevant stakeholders, including regulators, community leaders, and identified operators of illegal mining pits, in an effort to prevent such incidents. He clarified that the mining pits in question were within the company’s 16.02sq.km concession, and the individuals operating them did not hold any mining licenses or concessions. While acknowledging the socio-economic impact of sealing the illegal mining pits, Azongo stressed that the company’s priority was to ensure the safety of the miners working in the area. He explained that the company had previously hired individuals who were working under concessionaires within their area after obtaining the large-scale mining lease. Azongo emphasized that the conflict was not with the Gbane Community as a whole, but with individuals seeking to protect their livelihoods. He expressed the company’s willingness to reopen discussions with relevant parties to address the issue and work towards a resolution. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Edward Adeti fires back, says Bognaab will perform better at company’s gate as a security officer than a PRO

Edward Adeti of Media Without Borders has written a response to Earl International hours after Ebenezer Bognaab the company’s Public Relations Officers (PRO) releases a response following Adeti’s publication about him and the company on September 22, 2023. Apexnewsgh.com reports Adeti captured in his recent response that Ebenezer Bognaab is not visible in the media. “He is only visible in courts. It appears he is only being paid to represent the company in courts. I am not suggesting to you (the company) to sack Bognaab. But I think he will perform better at your gate as a security officer. Maybe head of security. Or a security coordinator. Because he has the stamina it takes to man the front for you. And I can see that he is passionate about attacking people (as demonstrated in his response) and barking orders” He was responding to an earlier response issued by the PRO with the title “RESPONSE TO EDWARD ADETI’s FALSE AND VINDICTIVE DRAMATIC REPORT” Below is Adeti’s full response SHAANXI RATHER NEEDS EBENEZER BOGNAAB AT THE GATE AS A SECURITY OFFICER Dear Shaanxi, I trust this message finds you well. I was about to go to bed on Friday, 22 September 2023, when a friend gave me a call and asked me to check a message he had sent to me on WhatsApp. Before he ended the call, he laughed derisively. And when I checked, a piece of garbage said to have been scribbled by an overfed juvenile who took over from Maxwell Wooma as your public relations officer, perhaps for want of a suitably qualified successor, was what I found. After sparing some time to glance at the content, I concluded it was not worth a second look. It was then I realised why my friend ended his call with a laugh. When I was just about to fall asleep, another friend called. The call was on the same subject. And he laughed, too. But unlike the first caller, he suggested I respond because my response may serve you good as a company. I wrote a story about you (Shaanxi) and your “public relations officer” just today. The laughable stuff was what he wrote in response. So, this is my response to that response. It is a piece of advice, or an opinion. And I hope it serves you some good. Of course, I am not oblivious to the fact that my right to offer you any humble advice ends at your right to reject it. At present, you do not have someone you can call a public relations officer. You may think you do have. But what you have, as we speak, is a public relay-race officer. An officer who runs away with a baton of contempt to dodge when the press want answers from him on serious developments that happen in the company. That is what you currently have in Ebenezer Bognaab as your public relations officer. Your company has been recording tragedies with casualties this year. When a call is placed by the press to the person you pay to speak to these developments on your behalf, he refuses to answer. And when messages are sent to him on WhatsApp, he reads them (as evidence shows on my phone for example) but he declines to reply. He is not a quarter as smart as Wooma, his predecessor. When Wooma was in charge as public relations officer, he understandably preferred to see the press turn a blind eye to any accidents recorded in Shaanxi’s yard, but I do not remember even one occasion where Wooma ignored a call or a message from any journalist regarding any accident that was linked to the company. It was rare. Even in the wake of the worst ever mining disaster in 2019, where sixteen people died from an explosion for which Shaanxi was held responsible by the government of Ghana, an overwhelmed Wooma kept talking to media houses nationwide, day and night on that issue until another issue took over. And he kept talking until he ceased to be a Shaanxi mouthpiece. No matter how horrible the issue was and regardless of any personal differences he may have with a media practitioner, Wooma would speak to that issue and to anybody in an astute manner even his critics acknowledged he was cut out for the job. Although I cannot vouch for Wooma as innocent or perfect, he was knowledgeable, eloquent, clever and generally available to the media. It is public knowledge that the same good qualities cannot be seen in Bognaab. Look for the antonyms of the qualities Wooma possesses and match those antonyms against Bognaab; they will fit him. He is not knowledgeable. He is not eloquent. He is not clever. He is not available. He is just the opposite. I guess Bognaab runs away from critical questions because he is not competent and he thinks it is a smart way to do a public relations job. And he thinks the only way to conceal his incompetence is to attack anyone who is holding the company’s feet to the fire of accountability. He is not visible in the media. He is only visible in courts. It appears he is only being paid to represent the company in courts. I am not suggesting to you (the company) to sack Bognaab. But I think he will perform better at your gate as a security officer. Maybe head of security. Or a security coordinator. Because he has the stamina it takes to man the front for you. And I can see that he is passionate about attacking people (as demonstrated in his response) and barking orders. A public relations officer who runs away from accountability questions from the media is simply telling the public that the organisation he works for does not care about humanity. That public relations officer is only telling the public that the company he works for cares only about itself. To conclude, I will ask your “public relations officer” some

Opinion

Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited PRO describes Edward Adeti’s report as ‘false and vindictive’

Ebenezer Bognaab, the Public Relations Officer of Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited, a large mining company in Gbane community of the Talensi district in the Upper East region, has issued a response to a publication by Edward Adeti from Media without Borders. Apexnewsgh report The story published by Media Without Borders on September 22, 2023, after a court ruling on a case between Yenyeya Mining Group, Earl International and Wei Xing titled “Drama unfolds in series as Shaanxi suffers double blow at High Court” was described as a ‘false and vindictive dramatic report’ In his response, Mr. Bognaab further claimed that, in the said publication, Mr. Adeti made several claims which are preposterous and not factual. Read Mr. Bognaab full response below: RESPONSE TO EDWARD ADETI’s FALSE AND VINDICTIVE DRAMATIC REPORT I have taken notice of a malicious news report on some developments at the Bolgatanga High Court by one Edward Adeti on his personal blog called Media Without Borders. This tabloid and its owner have over the period been busily engaged in churning out reports that are aimed only at damaging my reputation and the company I work for, Earl International Group Gold Ghana Ltd. It is obvious from the chronology of reportage and the posturing of Edward Adeti that his website survives on only unfortunate happenings within Talensi and a mining company which has employed over 1000 people. Though I still consider him as a distraction and would ordinarily not respond to his treacherous, mischievous and misguided journalism, I find it important on this instance to correct the inaccuracies and wicked mischief contained in his latest news report titled ‘Drama unfolds in series as Shaanxi suffers double blow at High Court’. In the said publication, he makes several claims which are preposterous and not factual. They include but not limited to: 1.That one Benjamin Ndanbon was forcefully carried or thrown out of the yard of Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd by ‘Strong men’ on my instructions as Public Relations Officer of the company. 2.That a High Court bailiff went through some torture before successfully serving writ of summons on the company through me. 3.That the High Court bailiff visited our company premises twice to serve writ of summons. 4.That I refused to see the bailiff on his second visit to the company premises while I sat in an air-conditioned office. 5.That I deliberately refused to accept writ of summons and acted evasively. I wish to state clearly that: 1.Benjamin Ndanbon was NEVER forcefully or physically thrown out of our company premises, neither did I ever issue such instructions. Mr Ndanbon was only denied access to the company premises based on instructions from top management as a precautionary measure following a fall-out between the company and a partner the young man was representing. On the said date of the visit by Benjamin Ndanbon, my attention was drawn to his challenge in entering the premises. As PRO of the company, I made quick inquiries and then reverted to him via phone (because I was far away) to explain the reasons he was being denied access. It is therefore absurd for a journalist worth his salt to cook and dramatize an incident from the comfort of his office as if he was there in person. 2.The High Court Bailiff arrived in Gban on a single occasion and called me on phone to meet me. Unfortunately, I was in Accra on the said day. We cordially agreed to meet when I return. This same High Court Bailiff is shocked at Adeti’s narration. Subsequently, a Circuit Court bailiff came over on a completely different matter. He was received in my office in the company of colleague officers and left after a brief interaction. The desire by the reporter to run with hearsay has manifested in how he presented this mix-up in his report. 3.It is completely outrageous to suggest that I have been evasive in receiving writ of summons. As an employee of the company, I act on instructions on matters of the company. I had explained to the bailiffs on each encounter that writs and summons on the company should henceforth be served on our Lawyers or Directors of the company in an address that has been provided to the courts. 4.The Wednesday September 20 High Court Ruling which formed the basis for the publication equally dismissed an application by Mr Charles Ndanbon for injunction on the operations of Earl International. Strangely, that portion of the court ruling did not find space in the publication. Amazing!! Kindly disregard the spurious claims and reports. I wish to state emphatically that Edward Adeti’s hatred and aversion for Earl International is too glaring to avoid being noticed. Yet, he hides behind the veil of journalism to visit harm and treachery on people and entities he dislikes. That certainly cannot be fair journalism. Issued by: EBENEZER BOGNAAB Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Court dismisses Earl International Group GH Ltd and Wei Xing application against Yenyeya Mining Group

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the Bolgatanga High Court 1, led by Justice Charles A. Wilson made the decision to dismiss the application brought against Yenyeya Mining Group by the legal team representing Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited and its CEO, Wei Xing. Apenewsgh.com report The application sought to nullify the writ of summon filed by Yenyeya Mining Group. Based on the available information on this platform, Yenyeya Mining Group, the plaintiff, claims that in September 2008, a contract was established with Shaanxi Mining Ghana to assist his small-scale mining operations. Yenyeya Mining Group alleges that the defendants, Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited and their CEO, Wei Xing, failed to fulfill their responsibilities outlined in the agreement. On May 12, 2023, Yenyeya Mining Group (the Plaintiff) filed a lawsuit against Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited (the 1st defendant company) and Wei Xing (the 2nd defendant chief executive), seeking the following remedies: A. Compensation for the infringement upon the Plaintiff’s rights through the conversion of its ownership of a small-scale mining concession by the defendants. B. An injunction compelling the 1st defendant company to immediately cease all illegal operations carried out within the Plaintiff’s concession. C. A permanent restraining order prohibiting the defendants from engaging in any illegal mining activities within the Plaintiff’s concession. However, on the 19th June 2023, the defendants (Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited and CEO Wei Xing) filed a conditional appearance and filed a process to set aside the writ claiming Yenyeya Mining Group (the Plaintiff) did not have the capacity to sue the defendants. Ruling on the applications, Justice Charles A. Wilson announced to the court that he would address first the 1st defendant’s (Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited) application to set aside the writ of summons, on the judge’s opinion, his explanation was that, if the 1st defendant (Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited) application to set aside the writ of summons is granted, it would render the plaintiff action otiose. In support of the application, the first defendant deposes and argues that the plaintiff, even though it is a licensed mining company is not a legal entity that is clothed with the capacity to sue and be sued. Furthermore, Justice Wilson acknowledged the parties counsel and agreed that there are two motion applications which they have respectively made, awaiting this court’s ruling. Giving his ruling on the said application, Justice Wilson said: “I would deny the application because it seeks largely the same injunctive relief. The application for an interim injunction by the plaintiff is refused”. According to the judge, Order 37 rule 2 of High Court Civil Procedure Rules C.1 47 provides. “it is the duty of the parties, their lawyers and the court to avoid all unnecessary adjournments and other delays, and to ensure that causes or matters are disposed of as speedily as the justice of the case permits.” “In the context of the above, the defendants are ordered to file a defense within 10 days from the date hereof”. “Cost of Ghc 5,000.00 is hereby awarded to the Plaintiff/Respondent Yenyeya Mining Group” the Judge rules. Despite the absence of Lawyer Joseph Awakpaksa legal representation for Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited and CEO Wei Xing, the court proceeded with the ruling. Lawyer Juliet Dale Agbo, representing Yenyeya Mining Group, provided additional details on the court proceedings to Apexnewsgh.com. The defendants’ counsel filed an application stating that the plaintiff lacks the legal standing to sue them, as they operate within the plaintiff’s concession area. “And you know the plaintiff has an agreement beginning from the days of Shaanxi and then, somewhere somehow, they changed the company from Shaanxi to Earl International and we have proof of all that. They changed from Shaanxi Mineral Processing to Earl International and these can be found in the Registrar General’s records. So, our search revealed that they initially changed Shaanxi to Shaanxi Mineral Processing Company and then subsequently to Earl International”. She stressed “So, in their application, one of the grounds they were standing on was that Earl International does not have any agreement with the plaintiff, that it was Shaanxi he had an agreement with. So, we produced all these documents to show that now indeed, Shaanxi has now become Earl International and the record with the registrar of companies has shown that is indeed the case”. “Today’s ruling is just the right thing to do, the plaintiff has the capacity to be in court to get redress for the bridge of the agreement which exists between the two parties”. “They have been ordered to file their defense within Ten days” She concluded Brief History: The Managing Director (MD) of Yenyeya Mining Group Charles Nadanbon brought Shaanxi now Earl International Group Ghana Limited into Ghana in 2008 to provide mining support services. Over the years, they formed a strong relationship, as evidenced by pictures showing their collaboration in China before the expansion in Ghana. However, in 2017, when Earl International (formerly Shaanxi) attempted to expand on a larger scale, they entered into a new agreement with Yenyeya Mining Group. Regrettably, the two businessmen are unable to meet and resolve their current differences. Find the ruling below: COURT RULING WED SEP 20, 2023 Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Talensi: DCE promises to revisit issues of unpaid compensation to families of 16 dead miners

The Talensi District Chief Executive (DCE) Thomas Duanab Wuni has promised to revisit issues surrounding the unpaid compensation to the families of 16 dead miners. Apexnewsgh.com report On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, some young youth numbering 16 from the Talensi community in the Upper East Region met their untimely death whereas others numbering over 15 went unconscious and was rushed to the hospital and after few days of going through a thorough medical treatment with the assistance of the Health workers at the Regional Hospital, Only a few recovered from the explosion. The majority of these lost lives were noted by friends, family, and community members as breadwinners, this simply means, these individuals carry their family responsibilities on their heads all alone, and they are the only source of happiness for their dependents. Is over 5 years down the lane since after the tragic incident occurred but, the question begging for answers is, what has been the situation for the families of these known breadwinners who regrettably lost their lives as a result of the negligence of a mining company and an individual according to the Mineral Commission Reports? Apexnewsgh.com investigation reveals, that no compensation has been awarded to any of the family members from both the company Shaanxi Mining Company now Earl International and Kwasi Bantama. Currently, as we published this article, we can confidently report that some parents of these dead victims have also died as a result of hardship and struggles of life and some of these dependents are still going through difficult conditions as at now. Sadly, it appears those whose negligence put these families in their current predicaments care less about their human rights and welfare. However, engaging the Talensi District Chief Executive Mr. Thomas Duanab Wuni on the said issue regarding the family’s compensation, he said in his handing over, he hasn’t chanced any issue regarding compensation of families of the 16 dead youths. He promised to revisit in January 2023. “I have been in this office for one year and two months and in my handing over notes, I haven’t chanced any issue regarding what you are telling me. So, is difficult for me to speak to that subject. But all the same, from January when we come back from the holidays, I will take a kin interest and I will revisit what you are telling me and I would make further enquiries to see what the issue is. I hear a lot of you the press guys talking about it but, we in the Assembly here, because it wasn’t included in my handing over note, I find it difficult speaking about it. Because as I took over, there was no indication that I had an issue to follow up. But, if that is the situation, is never too late. I can always go back and look at it. So, from January 2023, I will revisit it and see what the situation is and then, we will take it from there”. The DCE told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stepehn of Apexnewsgh.com Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Earl International Group (GH) Gold LTD to pay US$ 273,000.00 for non-compliance with Environmental Permit conditions

“Begin the construction of a designed Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) before the date of expiry of the TSF permit issued to the company. The construction must be done in line with the standard requirement and procedures as spelt out in the condition of the TSF Permit issued by the Agency”. Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited a large-scale mining Company operating in Gbane a community in the Talensi District of the Upper East is in trouble again this time for non-compliance with EPA’s Environmental Permit Conditions. The Company has been tasked by EPA to pay an amount of Two Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand United State Dollars (US$ 273,000.00) or its Cedi equivalent using daily selling interbank exchange rate as administrative charges for non-compliance of Environmental Permit conditions within one month from the date of the letter in line with the Fees and Charges (Amendment) Instrument, 2019 (LI 2386). Apexnewsgh.com report “Notify the Agency of the commencement of the TSF construction where a third party shall be jointly chosen by both the Agency and the company to be present throughout the entire duration of the construction stages of the designed TSF.Notify the Agency after the construction of the TSF is completed, for the Agency to carry out a thorough inspection before any material can be pumped into the facility”.“Cease the construction of any further illegal temporal tailing’s storage facility/facilities”. “Post the long overdue Reclamation Bond as security for the decommissioning and rehabilitation of disturbed areas associated with your company’s Underground Mining and Processing Project In line with Regulation 23 of the Environmental Assessment Regulation, 1999 (LI 1652). The quantum of the Bond to be posted for the Underground Mining and Processing Project is Six Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand and Ninety-Eight United State Dollars (US$658,098.00) as presented in the approved Environmental Impact statement of November 2020 in an Escrow Account between your company and the Agency. Twenty percent (20%) of this Bond amounting to One Hundred and Thirty-One Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty United State Dollars (US$ 131, 620) shall be paid in cash and the remaining eighty percent (80%), in Bank Guarantee.Consistently submit without fail Monthly Environmental Monitoring Returns to the Agency taking cognizance of the Akoben Criteria of Compliance, Surveillance and Control sampling points for water, air and noise. “Desist from the discharge of any water from within the enclosed premises of your operation to the external environment without prior approval from the Agency”. “Immediately begin the processes of acquiring environmental permits for all other ancillary facilities/infrastructure of your operations which are not covered by the previously issued environmental permits”. “Submit a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for your operation to the Agency. These were captured in the EPA’s sanction letter to Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited dated 29th November 2022 which was intercepted by Apexnewsgh.com. The letter says, “In accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 490, 1994 and the Environmental Assessment Regulations Legislative Instrument, 1999 LI 1652, the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) undertook a compliance monitoring of your operations on the 11th and 15th of November 2022 at Gbane in the Talensi District”. “While the Agency was satisfied with some aspects of your Company’s compliance to conditions of the Environmental Permits (Underground Mining & Processing and Tailings Storage Facility- TSF) issued to Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited-Gbane, the Agency was grossly dissatisfied with several other occasions of non-compliance to EPA’s Environmental Permit Conditions. Chief among them were the non-posting of Reclamation Bonds for Underground Mining and Processing and TSF, six (6) months after the issuance of EPA permits, and the illegal construction of unapproved and sub-standard temporal tailings storage facilities without the Agency’s notice, among others”. The letter pointed However, the intercepted EPA sanction letter to Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited further cautioned the Company to comply. “As a result, the Agency is requesting Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited-Gbane to strictly and immediately comply with the following conditions as outlined in the attachment labeled Attachment A. Failure to comply with all the conditions in Attachment A, will result in an immediate and outright suspension of operations. EPA Cautioned Meanwhile, the letter signed by the EPA Regional Director for the Executive Director was copied to the Upper East Regional Minister, the Talensi District Chief Executive, The EPA Executive Director, Director, Mining Department EPA-Accra and EPA Legal Officer, Northern Zone, Kumasi. More to come soon Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Earl International Group (GH) Gold LTD to pay US$ 273,000.00 for non-compliance with Environmental Permit conditions

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