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Residents of Tindonmolgo, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, are appealing to the Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari and the Regional Police Command, to clamp down on illegal miners in the region.

Operation Vanguard [a taskforce comprising a joint military and police of about 400 personnel] was sent to three regions — Ashanti, Eastern and Western, to flush out illegal miners in those areas.

The teams have so far arrested over 100 illegal miners in Eastern, Western and Ashanti regions since they began their work some two weeks ago.

Some illegal miners in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have vowed to vehemently oppose anyone or group of persons who attempt to halt their operations in the area.

Meanwhile, New Patriotic Party [NPP] MP for Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Frimpong, has said the suggestion for a shoot - to - kill approach in dealing with illegal miners in the country is inappropriate.

Not exact matches

As the president and CEO of Inmet — a Canadian copper miner with global operations — Jochen Tilk dealt with everything from illegal strikes in Papua New Guinea to runaway costs in Panama and environmental protestors in Spain.

The challenge has been that alternatives have generally have been as bad or worse, relying on high - temperature acids or in the case of illegal gold miners, using mercury.

In recent decades, however, illegal loggers, irresponsible farmers, and gold miners have begun to raze large swaths of once - pristine rainforest in pursuit of short - term profiIn recent decades, however, illegal loggers, irresponsible farmers, and gold miners have begun to raze large swaths of once - pristine rainforest in pursuit of short - term profiin pursuit of short - term profit.

In his view, government must show more concern for local businesses and that should mean separating illegal miners from legal miners and allowing the latter to freely operate because they have done nothing wrong.

Aside the wanton destruction of water bodies by illegal miners, some communities, especially in Accra, have complained about the health hazards posed to them by factories operating within residential areas.

A code of practice for small - scale mining operations will be outdoored and committees will be formed in all mining Districts to fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small - scale miners

To make matters worse, we can state authoritatively that Chinese illegal miners have found their way back into the forests in parts of the Ashanti Region to engage in the same mining activity for which the «Operation Vanguard» force of the President have killed and maimed many innocent Ghanaians.

[177][178] In 2013, there was a mass deportation of illegal miners, more than 4,000 of whom were Chinese nationals.

Ahead of the announcement of how to deal with the situation, a government delegation will on Monday visit some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region as the deadline for illegal miners to evacuate nears.

About 15 illegal miners are reportedly trapped in a mining pit at Petriensa in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region.

Government has come under attack by thousands of Ghanaians engaging in illegal mining threatening to vote against the ruling party in the next elections despite their (illegal miners) hazardous activities on the environment.

He recently became very popular when he led a media campaign against illegal mining in the country, forcing the NPP government's hand against galamsey, even though President Akufo - Addo had promised illegal miners, during the 2016 campaign, that galamsey would not be discouraged by an NPP government.

Meanwhile, Citi FM's #StopGalamseyNow campaign team in the Eastern Region toured some mining sites at Bunso, Osino, Kwabeng, Anyinam and Kyebi last week and shared fliers and t - shirts to residents while engaging some illegal miners as well duty bearers on how to curb the menace in the region.

But as we put a stop to illegal mining, we must apply common sense and ensure that a livelihood package is in place for the miners.

Their operations have resulted in the arrest of at least 600 illegal miners including foreign nationals, particularly Chinese.

The Chinese illegal miners and their Ghanaian accomplices who were arrested on River Ankobra in the Western Region last Friday, appeared at the Sekondi High Court on Monday [March 27th 2017], where they were remanded into police custody to reappear on April 10, 2017.

He said the activity was getting out of control in the district because the illegal miners are well armed, thereby making it difficult for the security forces in both the region and the district to flush them out.

In my opinion, the president is effectively executing the part of article 257 (6) to the advantage of illegal miners throughout the country.

Guards at an abandoned mine shaft in South Africa have shot and killed at least four illegal miners, according to reports.

The anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard, recently expressed unhappiness about what it said was the courts leniency in dealing with illegal miners brought before them.

But the group has since the government's renewed fight against illegal mining in the country, expressed its dissatisfaction, particularly on the basis that even those operating with requisite licence have been boxed together with the illegal ones It has been demanding that government draws the line between illegal small scale miners and legitimate small scale miners with licence.

A police source told DAILY GUIDE that when the security agents got to the site, the illegal miners took to their heels, but the law enforcers managed to grab 26 of them on the spot, while the other 11 were arrested at Akyem Osenase in a different operation on the same day.

Coincidentally, it was at a time when some Chinese illegal miners had been arrested in the Western Region for mining in the River Ankobrah.

The Deputy Minister was reacting to comments made by some illegal miners at the Akwatia Diamond Market in the Eastern Region who say getting them out...

According to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, who made the revelation in an exclusive interview with Host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, when the illegal miners are prevented from operating during...

Government has said it will put in place an alternative livelihood programme for illegal miners who are expected to be out of work soon, following moves to end their activities.

Teachers in the East Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region, an area ravaged by the activities of illegal miners, have pledged to join Citi FM's efforts in ending illegal mining also known as galamsey.

The man, who is seen in a viral social media boasting about being an illegal miner, said the President must think of how any such move will affect the livelihood of the...

A middle - aged man claiming to be an illegal miner, has warned President Akufo - Addo not to initiate moves to stop illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country.

Even before government takes action ahead of the expiration of its three - week ultimatum to illegal miners to cease their activities, some miners in the Western Region have voluntarily turned in their excavators.

The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions.

Ten Chinese illegal Miners have been arrested by police in Tarkwa in the Western Region.

«That ended up in a scuffle between the illegal miners and community members.

Farmers in these areas also say they are happy because some illegal miners have started reclaiming some mined...

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday granted bail to a miner, Alh Abdullahi Adamu alias Dan - China, 16 Chinese nationals and 9 other Nigerians, who are being tried by the federal government over alleged illegal mining.

Other Chinese illegal miners have already been arrested in other areas including Kyebi in Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining.

Speaking at this year's Ohum Festival in Kyebi on Saturday, the President stated that he will not allow illegal miners to destroy the environment with impunity.

According to him, most of them were fined by the courts, a punishment he said was not «heavy» enough to deter other illegal miners from engaging in the act.

There is currently a ban on small - scale mining in the country following the widespread devastation of the water resources and forest reserves due to the activities of illegal miners.

It's quite slow and it's quite a challenge to us because we think that the faster they are prosecuted and results are made public, it will serve as a disincentive for prospective illegal miners and even those who are already in the field,» he said.

Fourteen illegal miners operating on the Offin River at Manso Keniago in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have been arrested.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, on Tuesday arrested seven illegal gold miners in Itagunmodi community, Atakumosa West local Government area of the State.

«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.

While parading the suspects, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mineral and Natural Resources, Hon. Tunde Ajilore, said the state government's effort to curb the activities of illegal miners underscored the importance of a structured biometric database of miners in the state.

The operation recorded a near setback about two weeks ago after the military personnel shot an illegal miner at Obuasi Anyimadukrom in the Ashanti Region.