Dr.Asante, Dr Armah, Dr Asante-Poku, Emma Dzeble, Nii Adjetey, Jeffery Boakye, Mohammed Ayuba & Srodah
On Monday July 08, 2024 an inception meeting on the effects of the ban on small-scale mining took place by ISSER, GNASSM & the Jewelry Association at the Diamond House, Accra.
Dr. Takyi opened the discussion by introducing the Team from ISSER, and said the reason for their coming is to have interaction with the small-scale mining association on intended research on the Effects on the Ban of Small-Scale Mining in 2017.
Nii Adjetey of GNASSM also introduced Team GNASSM and Jewelry Association because we share adjacent offices. He said mining is done on the fields, but they are a contact office coordinating the various thirteen (13) Mining District Centre Associations nationwide.
Mr Shallovern Srodah, President of Jewelry Association who was once a miner, took us through the value-chain of small-scale mining, and painfully said gold bought locally is more expensive that jewelers had to buy cheaper finished product from Dubai and smelt it to produce their jewelry.
Dr. Nana Amma Asante-Poku was happy to interact both with miners and jewelers. Fallout of the discussion that:
- The ban affected every sector of economy, therefore as they are going to the field, they can get firsthand information on their
- GNASSM to identify two mining districts, one the was badly affected by the ban, and also one that was least affected by the
In conclusion, GNASSM do hereby present the Amansie West, Central and South Districts of the Ashanti Region as the most badly affected by the ban with Michael Adu-Gyamfi (0244957700), Ashanti Mining District Secretary of GNASSM as contact person. The least affected areas were the Savanna Areas, where because of rocky underground mining doesn’t affect any water bodies that demands radical intervention, with Abdul Razak Alhasan, National Communication Director as the contact person.
Thank you.
