General News of Wednesday, 19 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Minister said, All Night mining phenomenon will be stopped soon through the Operation Halt being carried out• He also noted that regulations are being put in place to fight illegal mining in the country• According to him, the government is not against small scale mining but rather against the methods being usedSamuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has indicated that plans are steadily being made to curb the “All Night” Phenomenon of illegal mining in the country. According to him, illegal miners have resorted to mining in the night to avoid being caught by the military operatives. He said the illegal miners are aware of the schedule of the military so they do not go to the mining sites during the day anymore. Speaking at the Minister’s Press briefing in Accra, he noted that, stringent policies and measures will be adopted to ensure that, the night activities of illegal mining will be halted. “The mining activities in the night, they call it “All night” in the communities we visited, I think it is important that we deal with this “All night” phenomenon of mining activities.

Source: GhanaWeb May 19, 2021 18:33 UTC