General News of Saturday, 15 December 2018Source: classfmonline.comGalamsey ban still in force – Frimpong-BoatengProfessor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and InnovationThe lifting of the ban on small-scale mining does not mean illegal mining also known as ‘galamsey’ will be permitted, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), has said. “It does not mean the ban on galamsey has been lifted. Galamsey is still illegal,” Professor Frimpong-Boateng stated on Friday, 14 December 2018 in Accra. “All registered small-scale miners were given the opportunity to appear before a vetting committee to have their documents regularised. The ban on small-scale mining is being lifted for the compliant ones to go back to work within the regularised and reformed framework.

Source: GhanaWeb December 14, 2018 18:22 UTC