Minerals Commission secures 13 mining blocks for small-scale miners

Ghana’s Minerals Commission has secured 13 mining block areas for small-scale miners who currently operate in prohibited locations, especially along water bodies.

The move forms part of a broader effort to address illegal mining by offering miners access to legal sites while continuing enforcement against activity in restricted areas. The Commission said the alternative locations had been investigated and regularised for mining.

Maxwell Yao Akpene Klu, the Commission’s deputy chief executive responsible for small-scale mining and industrial minerals, said the sites would be available to miners. The initiative is intended to give operators a lawful alternative to areas where mining is not permitted.

The Commission has also acquired three drones equipped for electromagnetic exploration. They will conduct initial surveys of the identified areas as the authorities work to assess and prepare the mining blocks.

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Those alternative places are available for all miners.