The National PRO Mining Committee for the National Democratic Congress(NDC),Mr Adjei Baffour Acquah has clearly stated that, the next National Democratic Congress(NDC) government will set up a Gold Board to regulate and support the small-scale mining sector.
Mr Acquah said, the service support would range from concession , centralizing the mineral commissions to all the mining districts, all the small scale minings will be monitored. “All the town chiefs will have a say in whatever goes on with the mining in the communities”, he added.
He said the NDC government would develop a national policy to restructure the small-scale mining and miners to undertake skills training in land reclamation. “If you refuse to pay after the mining the government will use the money to reclaim the land”, he stated.
He continued they are going to make sure the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) and other institutions would monitor and guide them all on the basics of the mining to avoid destruction and polluting the water.
“Gold Board will issue licenses to Ghanaian companies and foreign companies with local partners, giving clear geographical boundaries as their catchment area for production”, he said.
