Category: Mining

President John Mahama has served notice that his administration is shifting its focus from low-level perpetrators to the powerful financiers and orchestrators behind Ghana’s devastating illegal mining crisis, known locally as galamsey.

As gold prices surge, Ghana’s ability to benefit depends on transparency, traceability and stronger oversight of artisanal gold.

Stacey Pizzino, The University of Queensland and Michael Waller, The University of Queensland When a war ends and peace agreements are signed, most people assume the danger is over. But for many communities around the world, the danger remains in the ground, waiting.

Ghana’s Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson has announced plans for the Ghana Gold Board to buy up to 127 tonnes of gold annually from artisanal and small-scale miners, as part of a new national policy aimed at strengthening Ghana’s external reserves.

The Forestry Commission has initiated steps to complete ten military protection camps at strategic locations in forest reserves that are hotspots for illegal mining and illegal timber activities.

Illegal mining in forest reserves increased by 5,252.9 hectares in 2021 to 8,923.8 hectares as of December 31, 2024, a survey conducted by the Forestry Commission has revealed. 

Accra, Ghana//-Atlantic Lithium Limited, the Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company targeting the delivery of Ghana’s first lithium mine, has once again provided an update to the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE).

Cape Town, South Africa// — Africa’s mining sector maintains its role as a key contributor to employment creation, fuelled by rising global demand for critical minerals.

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has stopped a bribery attempt by three suspected galamsey operators following the seizure of illegal mining equipment in Bekwai Municipality, Ashanti Region.

Atlantic Lithium Limited (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11, GSE: ALLGH, “Atlantic Lithium” or the “Company”), the Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company targeting the delivery of Ghana’s first lithium mine, advises that trading in the shares of the Company has been halted on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”), effective 19 February 2026.