{"id":466363,"date":"2018-02-21T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/small-scale-miners-demand-immediate-lift-of-ban\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:11:06","slug":"small-scale-miners-demand-immediate-lift-of-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/small-scale-miners-demand-immediate-lift-of-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Small-scale miners demand immediate lift of ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/17458200.295.jpg\" alt=\"Min Johnpeteramewu\" title=\"Min Johnpeteramewu\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>John-Peter Amewu, Lands and Natural Resources Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519240266_262_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members from further financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to executives of the Association, their members have incurred $551 million over the ban period and the cost could worsen the financial woes of members if the ban continues.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a news conference in Kumasi, General Secretary of the Association Godwin Armah said the ban is an infringement on their rights considering the legal backing which they have to mine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ban on small-scale mining has curtailed the legal rights of our members who held legal titles to mine their concessions because our members went the legal, prescribed procedure to obtain their license to mine,\u201d he told journalists on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Association also says it is of the view that the ban on only small-scale mining is unfair and questioned why that has had to be so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ban is discriminatory to our members. Licensed small-scale miners and large-scale miners like Newmont, Perseus and others  are all regulated under the same mining law in Ghana but the ban only affects small scale miners, why?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved miners further questioned the plausibility of eradicating illegal mining through a protracted ban on small-scale mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe find it extremely difficult to logically understand that a long ban on licensed small-scale mining will lead to an end of illegal mining in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They made a clarion call to government to \u201clift the ban on small scale mining now\u201d while cautioning on the ramifications of an unemployed youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unemployed youth is a security threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 71 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-02-21 John-Peter Amewu, Lands and Natural Resources Minister The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members from further financial crisis. 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