{"id":718853,"date":"2019-10-08T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/gbane-leaders-want-cassius-mining-out\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:37:44","slug":"gbane-leaders-want-cassius-mining-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/gbane-leaders-want-cassius-mining-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Gbane Leaders Want Cassius Mining Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Kweku Asomah-Cheremeh <\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\nchiefs and people of the Gbane Traditional Area in the Talensi District of the
\nUpper East Region have petitioned Lands and Natural Resources Minister Kweku Asomah-Cheremeh
\nto revoke the mining licence of Cassius Mining Limited.<\/p>\n

In
\na petition addressed to the minister, the residents and traditional leaders
\nexpressed concerns over what they claimed to be some unhealthy developments in
\nthe mining community which they respectfully proffer some measures to be
\nadopted to cure the challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt
\nis the larger interest of majority of indigenes that the said licence should be
\nrevoked outright for cogent reasons subsequently stated in this petition,\u201d the
\npetition read.<\/p>\n

Those
\napproving the petition are Chief of Gbane, Assembly Member of Gaare-Gbane,
\nNdaan Gugbazaah-Tassoh, among others.<\/p>\n

According
\nto the petition, the introduction of Cassius Mining Limited (Cassius) brought
\nwith it \u201ca cascade of inter-company disputes, as well as hostilities amongst
\nsmall scale miners and traditional authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo
\nsooner had the said Cassius mining company arrived in the community than there
\nwere a series of mining concession litigation, sponsored fragmentations of
\nsmall scale miners\u2019 front and utter disregard for community and traditional
\nauthorities,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n

The
\npetition noted that \u201cno traditional authority has been recognised as one
\ncapable of amicably resolving most of their self-inflicted problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs
\na matter of concern and to douse the growing tension in the community, we have
\ntaken it upon ourselves to assess the operations of that company and have come
\nto the following demand\/concerns: the licence area of the Cassius company came
\ntoo close to an already existing operational area belonging to the Yenyeya and
\nPabortaaba Mining Groups who are enjoying Mine Support Service from the Shaanxi
\nMining (Ghana) Limited, who equally have potentials of expanding their
\noperations to large scale,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt
\nis obvious that the Cassius licence gave birth to potential cases of overlaps
\nboth surface and underground,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The
\npetition revealed that \u201cthis is what has been the beef between the two mining
\n\u2018giants\u2019 in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe
\nconsider our petition timely since we are reliably informed that the prospecting
\nlicence of Cassius has expired since December 2018. It is our position that the
\nlicence should not be renewed anymore to avoid what has visited our community
\nin the past three years,\u201d it observed.<\/p>\n

Cassius Mining is yet to respond to the claims.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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