Galamsey continues on Pra River despite ban

Illegal mining activities along the Pra River in the Western Region continue unabated despite the coming into force the ban on all forms of illegal small scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, in the country.

Galamsey activities have caused massive destruction to the country’s environment and particularly polluted water bodies, destroyed arable and farmlands as well as the forest covers.

A stepped up campaign by government and some civil society groups to end all forms of illegal mining across the country has forced some of the miners to surrender their equipment as the government is set to move in on the recalcitrant ones.

Following the expiration of a three-week ultimatum issued to illegal miners by the government to leave their mining pits, some of the galamseyers have since Wednesday left their sites and surrendered their excavators.

But illegal alluvial gold miners operating on the Pra River appear unfazed by the ban as they are still mining for gold.

Source: 3news