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UER: Chief narrates how he rejected a mining Company that offered him a Tundra pickup, a mechanic workshop etc

The Paramount Chief of the Nabdam Traditional Area Nangonaab, Kosom Asaga Yelzoya II, The Na-Pariyoung of Nabroug has narrated how he rejected a mining company that offered him a Tundra pick up, a Mechanic workshop for repairs, and a hotel to stay with family. The chief narrates, “When I become a chief, companies came to mine and one company called ‘DOLLAR’ came to my palace, they gave me their cola but I didn’t accept it because I asked for their documents and their document didn’t seem right. I rejected their cola which traditionally is not done. But I didn’t want to initiate a relationship with lawless people”. Another company came and this company was very friendly with me, they initially gave me a very powerful pickup to be using, they gave me a Mechanical workshop where I could repair my vehicle in Accra and they told me, anytime you had a problem just come and pack the car and go what will be done will be done, even if it demands buying an engine it will be done. They were building a facility and they were going to give me an office in that facility. I was given a hotel in Kumasi where I could come and stay with my family and I used it a couple of times”. “But my people wrote to me a very long letter indicating how the mining was going to be done within the community and how it was polluting water”. “Am telling you exactly what my pain is this morning. The mining company I rejected had promised a lot of good things to the community as part of their social responsibility and then, they gave me all the things I was talking about. My people complained even to the extent the Tundra that was given to me, they said it was a hummer of course, the rumor carried it as a hummer”. “Well, I wanted to be sure that am not been controlled or led by my selfish gain even though I was in full agreement with my people. I thought it was a source of employment which I care so much and worry so much for those who know me would agree with me. For me, I thought, they could resettle the people and mine because we are compelled. There is no employment, serious unemployment everywhere, poverty all over, the widows were weeping, the orphan everybody is a poor person for which reason I cannot consistently stay within my jurisdiction. So, I thought they will benefit from the good opportunity but because I have taken these things, I also thought I could be influenced by these things”. “So, in public and in Nangode, I declared that we didn’t want to have anything to do with them and they should pack. When I made that great statement, my people were so excited I woke after the meeting and they followed me and was hailing me and that was the end and I gave them back every item, every facility”. Ladies and gentlemen, are the people of this region only looking for the faults of Chief? When we do the good things no body hails us. The Na-Pariyoung of Nabroug asked Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining, Opinion

Unique Mining Group suspends Robert Boazor as a member.

It appears the misunderstanding between the Unique Mining Group and one Robert Boazor is not getting any better, as members of the group have unanimously suspended him from the group till police concludes investigation. The group’s acting Chairman Mr. Abdulai Amaligo confirmed the letter to Apexnewsgh.com However, when this portal extended a call to Mr. Robert Boazor for his response he said, “I don’t want to be talking about the letter with anybody. Those who gave you the letter, you should deal with them” He stated Mr. Robert Boazor has been allegedly accused of some fraudulent actions against members of Unique Mining Group which according to the letter is under investigation. Read the full letter below: “We the members of Unique Mining Group, having considered some accusation of fraudulent actions leveled against you, and the matter having been reported to the police for investigation, all agree to sanction you by suspending you according to the provisions of our constitution. Your alleged actions contravene the provision of our constitution section 10(a,b and c), hence the decision to suspend you. The decision to suspend you was taken during a general meeting that also saw Mr. Abdulai Amaligo elected as the new acting Chairman of the Unique Mining Group. You are hereby suspended until the police conclude the matter. You are directed to hand over all properties including documents belonging to the group in your possession to the acting Chairman with immediate effect”. Meanwhile, the letter was copied to the Regional Police Commander and Mineral Commission, Regional Minister, and District Chief Executive. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining

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

Politics

Ghanaians can apply and get mining license with their phones at the comfort of their homes –Dr. Krugu

The National Coordinator for Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP) Dr. John Kingsley Krugu has said, the era cumbersome and difficult process of acquiring a mining license is gone. Speaking on Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Apexnews Ghana’s flagship developmental programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Dr. Krugu, the move is a long-term sustainable intervention that the government brought on board. Giving little history the how it started, Dr. said: “If you remember when his Excellency took in his second term, he called for a national dialogue, and Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor took it up and organize those dialogue and one of the key findings that came out of that dialogue was that a lot of people want to get licenses to do small-scale mining but because the process of getting those licenses are cumbersome and difficult, which is one of the reasons people will go and do it illegal and if you look at it, it makes sense that Stephen, if you were to wake up one day and they tell you behind your back yard there is gold and you need money and then, you looked at this gold and somebody say no, you have to go through a very long process in order to get a license to back and mine that gold, I think rationally, what you would do is to get a pickaxe and start digging. So, that finding came out from the national dialogue and the regional dialogue”. He said: “one of the orders that were given to us is to simplify the process of Ghanaians getting a license. The interesting thing is that small-scale mining is only the preserve of Ghanaians. No foreigner can get a small-scale mining license. So, the demand we have was to work out to simplify that process so that every single Ghanaian who wants to engage in small-scale mining activities can get the license and once you get the license, then you come under the regulation of the Mineral Commission, you come under the regulation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), you come under the supervision of Water Resources Commission and all of that will prevent what we are seeing and we are not all happy”. We have worked to already simplify that, the Mineral Commission has done a very fantastic job and with support from my office, recently I was in Bolga where we trained small-scale miners on how any Ghanaian can sit in the comfort of their home as long as they have access to the internet whether, on their phone or laptop, they can apply and get a license and do mining.Right now as we speak, you can go to the Mineral Commission website, there is a link called the MINING CADASTRE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (MCAS) and if you click it, it will take you to a place that says APPLY. He explained “When we finish this, one more step and we call it a one-stop shop. We want to put the EPA, Water Resources, and Mineral Commission all on that Common platform. So, in the future, there will be no need of carrying files from one Agency to another. All of that discourages people from doing the right thing”. He revealed So, that is the kind of long-term sustainable intervention that the government is doing, with a such move, in 10 years’ time, we don’t need to come back and talk about the issue we are talking about. Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining, Opinion, Politics

Talensi Gold: Some of us are seeking political leadership because things are not done right—Solomon TTB

The Talensi Constituency Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Solomon TTB has revealed that some of the Talensi youth are seeking political leadership today because things are not done right with the natural resources given to them by God.He made the revelation during an engagement with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on his flagship development programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” on Monday, September 19, 2022. He made the revelation during an engagement with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on his flagship development programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” on Monday, September 19, 2022. According to the Constituency Secretary, some of the youth are seeking political leadership, not because of certain things but because some of the things are not done right, “if things are done why should we be seeking political leadership?“We cannot have Gold in Talensi and our road is very bad, We cannot have Gold in Talensi and our health facilities are very deplorable, We cannot have Gold in Talensi and we don’t have portable drinking water, We cannot have Gold in Talensi and youth are unemployed, We cannot have Gold in Talensi and our youth are engaging in certain social miscreants No, it is time for us to engage the mining companies we don’t have to fight with them. Fighting will never resolve the matter”. He also blamed traditional leaders in the area for contributing to the current challenges affecting the plight of the people in the various mining communities in the Talensi district. “Traditional leaders have failed us, if you have chiefs, Tindaanas, the opinion leaders coming out together with a blueprint, a memorandum of understanding engaging the communities together, bringing the mining companies on a round table discussion to look at how employment is done, how they are procuring their things who are the people they are giving the contract to, youth that they are employing, whether they obeying the mining safety, are they giving royalties? If they are giving royalties, how do we share them? These are things traditionally we have to look at”. “We have a District Chief Executive (DCE), He is from the community, he knows the people very well, he has contact with each of the mine. And for that matter, once you are a government appointee and you are representing the people, your core mandate is to see how you will help our people to be supported. So, when the government wants to end their so-called illegal mining I would have thought that EPA, Mineral Commission, The lands and Natural Resources Minister, Regional Minister, and DCE would consider training these people on how not to cause harm to the environment and atmosphere and even how to mine without destroying our water body by way of giving them a place to mine under the community mining. Sincerely speaking, EPA and mineral Commission have disappointed Talensi and I must be frank with you. In fact, people are of the view and alleging that they come to take monies” he alleged Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining

Talensi Gold: Resident accuses Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd of unfair treatment against workers.

A Talensi resident and Constituency Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Solomon TTB has alleged that workers at the Shaanxi mine now Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd (EIGGGL) are subjected to some level of unfair treatment in line with their duty. He made the revelation during an engagement with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on their flagship development programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” on Monday, September 19, 2022. According to Mr. Solomon TTB, the government, duty bearers, stakeholders and CEO of Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd (EIGGGL) should as a matter of urgency organize a round table discussion because to him, “there is a lot behind what we are seeing. The workers who are at Shaanxi now Earl International, you people need to engage them, a very serious mine that is engaged in large scale mining, their salary should be of concern” He said “I am telling you that those people are more and less like they are working by day. They are working by day because, the moment you go to work they will mark your pay for the day, but the day you did not go to work, that day they won’t mark and you won’t get anything. And there is no mining firm in this country that is doing by day unless you are a casual worker or they are engaging you to come and do construction work for them”. “And if they employ you and you are asking for some days off, those days you are asking for, they will grant you alright but they won’t pay you for those days. If they grant you, you don’t have money to collect from them. If you are a professional teacher and you ask for permission from your school head and your school head grants you permission, do they write comptroller and accountant general not to pay you because you didn’t come to school? If you work with the Mineral commission and you ask for permission from your boss and it is granted does the government of Ghana refuse to pay you? Why are they allowing them to do this? These are some of the things going on there and we are not happy. They are our brothers and we want them to live a responsible life. So, they should be well compensated, they should be well paid”. He stressed “I don’t think that a diploma teacher teaching in Tola will not be paid less because he is working in a remote community. His colleague in Accra and the one at Tola receive the same salary. For example, If Newmonth Ghana gold mine is paying their PRO Ghc 20,000, a PRO in Earl International should be paid Ghc 20,000 too” he emphasized He further added, “If you went to work and there is an institutional failure at the site, they will not mark you for the day. Even though you went to work alright, they will not mark you for the day”. Mr. TTB alleged However, reacting to Solomon TTB’s position on maltreatment of workers at the Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited, the Union branch Secretary of Ghana mine workers Union Solomon Yintota refuted the claim. According to him, “In mining, we have 24 working days. We work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and 24 days a month. But if you worked more than 24 days, they calculate them as extra days because that is your rest day you have used to work. So, within the 24 days, the rest of the 6 days are meant for you to rest whether you asked for permission or you’re on leave. So, because you are entitled to work for 24 days, you have to take off 6 days. So, if you asked for permission for 3 or 4 days, it will not affect your 24 days. Assuming my salary is Ghc 2000.00, it will be based on the 24 days”. “So, if he is saying if worker asked for permission they won’t pay him, it is not within the 24 days and every institution has rules and regulation. So, if you are not there to know this is how we do it you won’t understand”.However, Mr. Yintota agreed to the fact that the payment issue needs to be addressed “Even though we have some issues with the company we need to address especially as he was sighting example with payment of workers like PRO in some other areas that are very perfect. But in the institution we are, they started from somewhere and get to somewhere”. Mr. Yintota admits Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0246336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining

Mineral Commission stops Cassius Mining Limited in Ghana

The Minerals Commission has rejected a request by Cassius Mining Limited to continue with its prospecting of gold with the Gbane Mining Project in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The Commission has declined to extend the mining company’s prospecting license due to lack of beneficial Ownership Disclosure in registering in accordance with the Regulation 107 (1) (b) of the Minerals and Mining ( Licensing) Regulation, 2021, ( L.I 2176). The gesture means that the directors and shareholders of the company cannot engage in any mining activities in Ghana. In a letter dated January 23, 2020 to Cassius Mining Limited, the Commission regretted to inform Cassius Mining Limited that the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources had considered its request but was unable to approve the extension of its prospecting license for the following reason: “You concealed and or suppressed the fact that Messrs Anthony Upul Samantha and Radwin Elhassan, listed as directors and shareholders of Cassius Mining Limited, (the “Company”) in the company’s incorporation documents submitted in support of the application for the PL have been convicted for various offences in Australia and thus not qualified to have been named directors of the company under the companies legislation of Ghana at the time of applying for the PL” “The company would not have been legally established with the above officers being part of its promoters and subsequently part of its directors if they had fully disclosed their criminal past prior to applying for the PL” “The suppression of the foregoing vitiating material facts, clearly known to the Company, at the time of applying for the PL, meant the Company’s application for the PL and for extension of same, contained a statement which was misleading or false in relation to the legal capacity of the said directors and same is a breach of Regulation 107 (1) (b) of the Minerals and Mining (Licensing ) Regulations, 2012, ( L.I 2176)”. The letter partly stated that “in view of the conviction of Anthony Upul Samantha and Radwin Elhassan, they are barred from being directors in Cassius mining company by virtue of section 177 of act 992”. On September 16, 2019, Northern Patriots in Research and Advocacy (NORPRA) submitted a petition to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General to investigate the report on the Directors and Shareholders of Cassius Mining Limited for breaching Regulation 107 (1) (b) of the Minerals Commission. NORPRA’s petition, which was accompanied with some documents, revealed that the Australians who are shareholders and directors of Cassius Mining Limited at the time of registration at the Registrar-General Department were ex-convicts and that is criminal according to Companies Act. The Directors and Shareholders who were found to be ex-convicts are Messrs Anthony Upul Samantha and Radwin Elhassan. On December 5, 2019, the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice wrote to the Registrar General of the Registrar’s General Department to strike out the names of Anthony Upul Samantha and Radwin Elhassan as Directors of Cassius Mining Limited for being convicted of criminal acts in Australia and that they cannot be directors of a businss in Ghana in view of section 172 of the companies Act 2019 ( Act 992). The Executive Director of NORPRA, Bismark Adongo Ayorogo, in an interview with 3news.com, said: “NORPRA appreciates and commends the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General and the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources for acting positively on the petition we presented to them on ex- convicts acting as Directors and Shareholders of a Mining Company in Ghana.” Mr Adongo Ayorogo revealed that they have conducted a study on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure and Integrity Secreening of Mining Companies in Ghana, and found the reason Ghana gave her mineral resources to Australian ex-convicts in Cassius Mining Limited. NORPRA therefore said: “Ghana having signed onto the open Governance Partnership (OGP) in 2014 needed to strengthen its Beneficial Ownership ( BO) Disclosure regime and due Diligence system to be able to effectively identify and keep high- risk companies out of the country and ensuring that, only honest and responsible mining companies with a strong business integrity track record are granted Mineral rights”. 3news For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining

Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd accomplished its resettlement project promise at Biung and Accra New Site Area

A known mining establishment, Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited operating in the Talensi District of the Upper East Upper Region has successfully commissioned its Biung and Accra New Site resettlement projects. Apexnewsgh.com report The move is part of its process to resettle mining-affected people at Biung and Accra New Site area. According to Mr. Luis Santana, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited, the Biung, and Accra New Site resettlement project was planned to improve housing infrastructure without necessarily changing the way of life and social interaction of the project-affected victims. He said: “In a more cost-effective way of providing urban-type services such as reticulated electric power, improved water supply and sanitation, improved community access roads and social services including schools, healthcare facilities, church among other for 61 families at Biung and 56 families at Accra New Site all located within the Namdini Mining Area”. Mr. Santana said, in acknowledgment of the potential social and environmental impacts associated with a such development project, Cardinal Mining Limited introduced the concept of sustainability to mitigate the impact of involuntary resettlement by putting in place livelihood restoration and vulnerable assistance programmes, which are aimed at economic empowerment and social enhancement of the project affected people. According to the CEO, all households at Biung and Accra New Site are beneficiaries of the livelihood restoration programme and have also been provided with agricultural extension services, tractor services to plough their farmlands, farm inputs including maize, millet, beans, and groundnut seeds, farming tools such as cutlasses, hoes, wellington boots, spraying machines, pesticides, and fertilizers. He revealed, that the company has engaged the services of a local NGO, Widows and Orphan Movement (WOM) to implement a vulnerable assistance programme to support vulnerable households during the transitional period of the resettlement to cushion them against shocks and hardship and to attain self-sufficiency. According to Mr. Santana, the vulnerable assistance programme is providing various assistance packages such as healthcare services, food rations, and micro-enterprise development among others. He believes the objectives of the programme will be realized when all stakeholders, project beneficiaries, and implementers effectively and efficiently play their parts. Meanwhile, he acknowledged that the collaboration between Cardinal Namdini, the District Assembly, Tongraan, Chief and the people of Biung and Accra New Site is making the project a success. “The ongoing partnership between Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited and its local stakeholders has also culminated in construction in construction of a 25km public road from Balungu to the mine at a cost of U$7 Million. Which when completed, will improve communication between nearby communities and serve as mine access road”. He explained He said the completion of the resettlement project pave way for the construction of the Namdini Gold project, with an estimated gold production of over 1 million oz au during the first 3 years of operation and an average of 278k oz au during its year’s mine life”. He revealed He is of the view that the government’s plan to promote the social-economic development of the northern part of Ghana is highly aligned with Shandong Gold’s strategic goal. Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited will uphold the principles of regulatory compliance, transparency, and world-class standard, and will be a responsible developer of the Namdini Gold Project. Mr. Santana however expressed his personal appreciation and thanks to the Honorable Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Deputy Minister of Mines, CEO and Staff of Minerals Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, Tongraan and the Talensi Traditional Council, Talensi District Assembly, The Chief and the people of Biung and all the Local Contractors and workers that with their hard work and dedication helped to make the resettlement project a success. Baare Chief, Naab Nyaakora Mantii who spoke on behalf of the paramount Chief of the Talensi Traditional Area, Tongraan Kugbilsong Nanlebegtang advised Cardinal Namdini, the CEO and subordinate not to neglect their social responsibilities. “We all know as part of your work, you have to, in terms of development, employment and other support the community or the traditional area at large. We plead with you to make sure we get what is due to us. Make sure you live peacefully and cooperate with one another. Take good care of these nice-looking buildings we are seeing, make sure you are able to coexist with our partners and do not confront them in terms of problems. Whatever problem you have there are lay down procedure”. He advised However, expressing his excitement Sector Minister Samuel Abu Jinapor said his excitement was as a result of the potential jobs the Namdini Mining operation is going to create for the people of the Upper East Region, it impacts on the social-economic development of the area and the country at large. “I was happy to learn that even before the first gold they poured Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited had already factored local content in its employment policy including senior management like the Company Secretary and the head of legal who are from this very region Upper East”. “This is indeed a sign that the operation of the mine will bring many more jobs to the people of this region and Talensi in particular”. “The conventional that gold was only found in the southern part of our country no longer holds. Today, active mining operations are ongoing in almost every part of the country including northern Ghana. Before any mining operation commences the law of our country particularly the Minerals and Mining Acts 206 Act 703 and the Mineral and Mining Compensation resettlement Regulation 2012 enjoined mining companies to resettle persons who will be affected by Mining operations and the Minister is empowered to ensure that the resettlement is done on a suitable manner, paying particular attention to the wellbeing of the people. “Having realized that the operation of Cardinal Namdini will affect people Biung and Accra New Site, it was incumbent on us to work with the company to ensure that all affected families are relocated. Together with the Minerals Commission and Company, we have worked tirelessly

Mining

UER: Fifteen Municipal and District Mining Committees Inaugurated

Fifteen Municipal and District Mining Committees from four Regions have been inaugurated in Bolgatanga, capital of the Upper East Region with the sole mandate to ensure responsible mining activities. The Regions were the Upper East and West, North East and Savannah Regions with six members in each Committee led by Municipal and District Chief Executives. The beneficiary Municipalities and Districts in the Upper East Region include the Bolgatanga and Kassena-Nankana Municipalities, Talensi, Nabdam, Bongo and the Bawku West Districts. In the North East Region, the Committees would be in the Mamprugu-Moagduri District, East and West Mamprusi Municipalities, while the Upper West Region, the Committees would be in the Nadowli-Kaleo, Jirapa, Wa, Sissala East and Wa East Districts. The Savannah Region had only one Committee in the Bole District. In his address, the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Stephen Yakubu tasked members in the respective Committees to work diligently to justify the confidence reposed in them. He said the inauguration was a rare opportunity to help the four Regions in the North to elevate its present unenviable status to different levels, adding that the task of the Committee was very important, and if handled well, the benefits would bring development to the unemployed teeming youth. He said the teeming unemployed youth, often migrated to the Southern part of Ghana, especially in the dry season to engage in illegal mining activities popularly called ‘Galamsey’ to earn a living. The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mining, Hon. George Mireku Duker who inaugurated the Committees, charged them to support President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the sector Minister to achieve the aim of the Committees. He said globally, countries such as Australia, South Africa among others, that were blessed with gold deposits, encountered challenges in regularizing the mining sector. “The onus is on us to get ourselves organized, be monitoring the activities of ‘galamseyers’ even more so, those who have been licensed to mine,” he said. The Deputy Minister noted that some licensed mining companies were engaged in irresponsible mining, and charged the Committees to work to ensure illegalities within the sector were stopped. As part of efforts to check the pollution of river bodies, Mr Duker said some speed boats were procured and would soon be commissioned by the President with river wardens to do intermittent patrols on the rivers. Apexnewsgh.com

Business

Yenyeya Mining Unhappy With Regional Minister’s Pronouncement of Sector Minister Coming ‘To Give Earl International Group More Soup to Eat Their Fufu’

The Upper East Regional Stephen Yakubu has assured officials of Shaanxi and now Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources visit to them, was to basically give them more soup to eat their fufu. Apexnewsgh.com reports A pronouncement that did not go well to the embattled Yeyenya Mining Enterprise who is currently having lots of issues with his colleague Chinese mining partner. Mr. Yakubu made the pronouncement to the Chinese officials at the Conference hall of Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, during the visit of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor. The Regional Minister who acknowledging the efforts of the Sector Minister told officials of Earl International Group (GH) Gold Limited that “…where we are today, is because of Honorable Sector minister’s help. And all the time, I keep telling you that we want the benefit as you also want the benefit”. However, officials of Yenyeya Mining Enterprise told Apexnewsgh.com that the Minister is supposed to be an arbitrator between them and Earl International but his pronouncement about the sector Minister’s coming to give more soup to Earl International to eat their fufu was shocking to them. “We all thank the Sector Minister for coming here to basically give you more soup to eat your fufu” However, the Regional Minister told Apexnews Gh that he is an arbiter who is trying to bring peace to the area. The Minister said, he only came in when all these agreements were ratified by parliament and those things has been done. “…but I am interested because of the jobs and also to make sure the two guys that are fighting, the agreement that they signed, they can go back to that agreement and then there will be peace and then all of them will meet each other and sort it out. That is why I come in with Mineral Commission. That’s all. So, if they have any problem, I have told them, you can go to the mineral Commission and resolved it, you can go to the minister and resolved it. But for me, what is on the table, I tried to make sure that the two of you don’t fight”. Mr. Yakubu said More to come Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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Minister Blames Leadership for 2024 Economic Crisis, Labels It ‘Worst in Ghana’s History’

All Government Institutions to Fully Adopt Electronic Payments by Early 2026—Controller and Accountant-General Affirms

Government Defends Aircraft Procurement, Cites Lower Cost Than Previous Luxury Jet Rentals

MTN Ghana Recognised for Communication Excellence with Triple Award Win

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Seven Others to Be Arraigned Over SML Case

Eduwatch Renews Call for Scrapping Teacher Trainee Allowance, Urges Shift to Student Loan Scheme

UER: Chief narrates how he rejected a mining Company that offered him a Tundra pickup, a mechanic workshop etc

Unique Mining Group suspends Robert Boazor as a member.

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

Ghanaians can apply and get mining license with their phones at the comfort of their homes –Dr. Krugu

Talensi Gold: Some of us are seeking political leadership because things are not done right—Solomon TTB

Talensi Gold: Resident accuses Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd of unfair treatment against workers.

Mineral Commission stops Cassius Mining Limited in Ghana

Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd accomplished its resettlement project promise at Biung and Accra New Site Area

UER: Fifteen Municipal and District Mining Committees Inaugurated

Yenyeya Mining Unhappy With Regional Minister’s Pronouncement of Sector Minister Coming ‘To Give Earl International Group More Soup to Eat Their Fufu’

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