Mahama cautioned against repeating Rawlings-era mistake with Tarkwa Mine

Prominent Ghanaian lawyer and public policy analyst Kofi Bentil has waded into the growing controversy surrounding the future of the Tarkwa Gold Mine, urging President John Dramani Mahama not to repeat what he describes as a costly mistake made during the administration of former President Jerry John Rawlings, when mining rights over one of Ghana’s richest gold deposits were granted to South African mining giant Goldfields for what he claims was a consideration fee of just US$30,000.