Community Mining Initiative to Generate Over 126k Jobs – Minister

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-cheremeh, has said the Community Mining Initiative introduced by President Akufo-Addo led administration is going to generate over 126,000 jobs.

He said the Government is implementing the Community Mining Programme/Scheme by encouraging locals living in mining communities to undertake sustainable small-scale mining under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) and about 4,500 Small Scale miners have been trained since 2017.

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-cheremeh, made this known at the Information Ministry’s meet the Press series.

The Minister said the training took place at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT).

He stated that “these trained miners now operate within approved guidelines and the Ministry has created additional mining offices in the country.

These include one regional, four districts, and eight satellite new offices, he said.

Mr. Asomah Cheremeh revealed that 14 mining schemes have officially been launched to operate, effective June 2020 in the following communities:

• Nsiana, in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region;

• Tinga in the Bole District of the Savannah Region;

• Memiriwa in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region;

• Ayaase in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region;

• Wioso in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region;

• Adomanu in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region;

• Aketekyieso in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region;