The general perception is that implementation of small-scale mining laws to regulate the industry is confronted with a lot of challenges. This study uses a qualitative research method to assess the challenges confronting the implementation of small-scale mining laws in Ghana using the Bekwai Municipality as a case study.
Ghana is one of the first countries in Africa to promulgate a small-scale mining law. Ghanaian mining codes not only recognise artisanal and small-scale mining as a legitimate livelihood source ...
This paper identifies and examines nine factors that affect formalization of informal artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana. Despite a series of efforts to ensure cleaner and safer production, informal artisanal and small-scale mining continues to expand with the resulting increase in environmental pollution and damage. The nine …
Ghana's small-scale mining sector faces complex challenges, including environmental degradation and pollution, loss of life and increased health risks, despite several years of implementation of small-scale mining laws. These challenges, generally, are known to have escalated because of illegal small-scale mining, locally known as …
Most partnerships were illegal because Ghana's laws reserve small-scale mining for Ghanaians. But there was one exception: foreign companies were allowed to act as "support service providers ...
Mining Cadastre The implementation of Mining Cadastre Administration System (MCAS) at the Minerals Commission seeks to improve and strengthen current levels of compliance checks and license …
The government of Ghana realizing the mess created by ASM, tried to regularize their operations as early as the 1990s (one of the first countries to regularize ASM). ... the parliament passed into law: "Small-Scale Gold Mining Law, 1989 (PNDCL 218)" and acts "Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Law, 1989 (PNDCL 219) and …
Osei-Kojo A, Asamoah K, Yeboah-Assiamah E (2016) Implementing small Scale mining laws in Ghana: insights from the prestea Huni Valley District. Administratio Publica 24(3):235–256. Google Scholar Pressman JL, Wildavsky A (1984) Implementation. University of California Press, Los Angeles. Google Scholar
The three types of rights applicable are: (a) a mining lease; (b) a restricted mining lease; and (c) a small-scale mining licence. A mining lease is granted for an initial period of 30 years and may be renewed …
by reducing and where feasible eliminate the use of Hg for small-scale mining. However, due to some legal limitations to the current situation there is the need to amend some of these laws to help ...
The 1989 small-scale mining laws (Ghana Government, 1989a, Ghana Government, 1989b, Ghana Government, 1989c; 2006) sought to regularized and …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a major driver of the economy, directly employing an estimated 1m Ghanaians and supporting around 4.5m others. ASM – categorised by concessions of under 4000 sq metres – has accounted for around onethird of the country's total gold output in recent years. "Almost all the jewellery worn in Ghana
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is the umbrella Association of registered Small Scale Miners as stipulated in our Mining Laws. The Association was formed in 2011 and its formation was facilitated by the Minerals Commission under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703, subsection 90 (e)).
Ghana was one of the first African countries to recognize ASM through the promulgation of a landmark Small-scale Gold Mining Law in 1989 (Government of …
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The small-scale mining laws set a process for Ghanaians above 18 years to obtain a small-scale mining license for a parcel of land ( Teschner, 2012 ). In reality, this process is cumbersome and ...
This Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Handbook for Ghana is the result of a training session held in Ghana in September 2017 through the sub-program on ASM under the overall PanAfGeo project. The ASM sub-program is co-funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General of Development and
The small-scale mining (SSM) sector in developing countries is increasingly associated with the use of heavy earth moving machines and large volumes of hazardous chemicals for ore extraction ...
The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana Alex Osei-Kojo and Nathan Andrews IntroductIon Recent reports indicate that 'illegal' artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) contin - ues to ourish in mining communities in Ghana, despite several attempts by governmental apparatuses to stop it.1 In response, two presidents, John
A recent study by Osei-Kojo et al. found that government agencies lack the requisite resources, in terms of logistics and human capital, for effective implementation …
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of mercury (Hg) and available laws to regulate its use in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Community in Ghana.
Section 9—Mining activities require mineral right (1) Despite a right or title which a person may have to land in, upon or under which minerals are situated, a person shall …
An Overview of Small-scale Mining in Ghana 3 Historical Perspective 3 ... the end of the 1980s, the government had fully regularized the small-scale mining sector through a series of policies and regulations. Geological Setting Naturally, it is the favourable geological setting that enables widespread small-scale gold ...
A contextual analysis of implementation challenges of small-scale mining laws in Ghana: A case study of Bekwai Municipality. SAGE Open, 6(3), Article 25885. Crossref. Google Scholar ... Teschner B. A. (2012). Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the galamsey. Resources Policy, 37, 308–314. …
On December 17, 2018, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, minister of environment, science, technology and innovation, announced the end of a moratorium on small-scale mining after nearly two years. During this period, the government had developed a comprehensive framework to regularise and monitor the industry. Although the ban gave rise to a …
Small-Scale Gold Mining Law, 1989 PNDCL 218 11.8-4 (3) No person shall be granted a licence under subsection (1) of section 1 unless such person has been registered under subsection (1) of this section. Small-scale Gold Mining Committees. 10. (1) There shall be established in every designated area a Small-scale Gold Mining
Over a century, mining has been the cornerstone for the government's revenue and local development and has occurred in two main forms—large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining. Multinational corporations usually own the large-scale mines, which operate under a formal regulatory regime that demands responsible …
The Small-Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDC Law 218), the Mercury Law (PNDC Law 217) and the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Law (PNDC ... 28.3% of government revenue as collected by the Ghana Revenue Authority (Domestic Tax Division) and about 6% of GDP. ... 1.2 Broad Overview of the Small Scale Mining (SSM) Sector in Ghana. …
The 1989 small-scale mining laws (Ghana Government, 1989a; 1989b; 1989c; 2006) sought to regularized and govern Ghana's small-scale operators. The laws were then revised under the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act (Ghana Govern-ment, 2006). However, Ghana's small-scale gold industry is no
Over the years, a new form of mining known as artisanal and small-scale mining has emerged in Ghana and has become a source of revenue and income for poor people living in rural areas.
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