Galamsey Latest News

The Lebanese national, Mr. Yahaya, is claiming to be of Ghanaian descent, is seen and heard bragging to an undercover investigative journalist under the guise of a local concessioner that he has strong ties at the presidency.

Three illegal Miners have been sentenced to four years each in prison for mining gold in the Atiwa Forest Reserve. In what could be described as one of severest punishments for illegal miners, the convicts will also pay GHC36,000.

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has suggested a more ruthless solution to the problem of illegal mining in the country. According to him, the best way to stop people from being recalcitrant is to shoot them.

Police in the Western region are working around the clock to relocate some Chinese nationals in connection with the death of a Ghanaian, Nana Boamah over a debt

An illegal gold miner suspected to be a Nigerian national has drowned in a galamsy pit in the Brong Ahafo region. The illegal miner who was only identified

Even though there has been an effective ban on the activities of small-scale mining known as galamsey, some illegal miners bent on surviving are still in the bu