Sentences with phrase «illegal mining areas»

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

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The Eastern Region town of Akwatia is among the areas where small - scale legal and illegal mining activities are very high.

The District Chief Executive for Dormaa East in the Brong Ahafo Region, Emmanuel Kofi Agyeman, has incurred the wrath of persons engaged in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, for waging a sustained fight against the activity in the area.

He commended President Nana Akufo - Addo's vision and determination to bring to an end these societal enemies with the introduction of the Operation Vanguard, establishment of a permanent secretariat for the inter-ministerial committee, and recently the formation and inauguration of District committees against Illegal Mining (DCIM) in areas where the practice is common to bring the menace under control.

The EPA for instance, said in a statement that: «The bottom line is that Exton Cubic Group Limited has not obtained the required EPA permit under its mining lease and, therefore, any attempt to enter the area for mining activity is illegal.»

This is because Capt. Mahama was the leader of a military detachment to fight illegal mining in the area.

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 illegal miners were mining opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School very close to an area where the Lands Ministry was holding a National Stakeholders» workshop on the Multilateral...

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

The illegal miners were mining opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School very close to an area where the Lands Ministry was holding a National Stakeholders» workshop on the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (mining opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School very close to an area where the Lands Ministry was holding a National Stakeholders» workshop on the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (Mining Integrated Project (MMIP).

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

Capt. Mahama, who was deployed to the Denyira - Obuasi community in the Central Region region together with his colleague military officers to wage war on illegal mining, was lynched by residents of the area after they mistook him for an armed robber.

Operation Vanguard is the latest stage in the government strategy to end illegal mining and it began with the deployment of the first batch 400 security personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Police Service to three regions considered to be the most affected areas.

Some illegal miners also operate under cover of areas where one will not even think mining operations can take place.

This according to him, will curb illegal mining (Galamsey), which has become rampant in many gold mining areas of the country.

We respectfully appeal to you to mobilise law enforcement resources to all threatened areas to secure the affected areas as a matter of urgency, and stop all illegal mining activities.

But the EPA in a statement said, «the bottom line is that Exton Cubic Group limited has not obtained the required EPA permit under its mining lease and therefore, any attempt to enter the area for mining is illegal.»

Currently, illegal mining is rife in the Talensi, Nabdam, Fumbisi, Bolga - Sirigu, and the Zebilla areas of the Upper East Region.

Mr Amewu told journalists at Kyebi in the Eastern Region after inspecting some degraded mined sites, to acquaint himself with the extent of damage caused by illegal mining in the area.

«In some areas, there's rapid social change due to the rapid growth of illegal gold mining,» Jones says; when one person, often an outsider, shoots a lemur and isn't harmed, others follow suit.

Borneo is one of the world's richest regions, in terms of biodiversity, but the area had no special status that might have protected it against illegal mining or logging.

-- Proliferation, due to the current impunity, of destructive practices such as illegal mining and slash - and - burn agriculture within protected areas and environmentally sensitive areas.

(Much of Indonesia's untapped geothermal resource lies in forested areas where mining is illegal.)