April 2015 Dr. Joyce Aryee, former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has asked leaders to find solutions to the illegal mining menace, as it is draining the economy of huge revenue and destroying the...
The Obuasi Mine, a subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti steps up to developing the Obuasi community. The Mine is injecting $1 million into infrastructural development in the Obuasi Township as part of her corporate-social responsibility in Ghana. The Managing...
Two young researchers, Mr. Emmanuel Atta Mends and Mr. Obed Boakye Afriyie, both from the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, have won the 2020 AusIMM Scholarship Award. Emmanuel is looking forward to devoting the next 5 years...
The Top 10 largest gold mines in West Africa produced 1,051 koz of gold in Q1 2020 inching up 2% more than what they produced in the first quarter of 2019 (1,032 koz). Ghana featured 5 mines out...
The gold mining industry in West Africa showed resilience during Q1 2020 despite Covid-19 and preexisting negative factors. Loulo-Gounkoto was the largest gold producing mine in West Africa in the first quarter of 2020. Recent gold production numbers...
Industrial gold output from Ghana, Africa’s top producer of the precious metal, increased 6% in 2019 from the previous year while small-scale gold production dropped 20%, the Chamber of Mines said in its annual general meeting on Friday....
Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the previously announced acquisition of fellow Canadian gold miner Semafo (TSX: SMF) in a deal worth C$1 billion. Pursuant to the agreement, Endeavour will indirectly acquire all Semafo...
Researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have confirmed very high concentrations of mercury contamination in the countries water bodies from soil samples in mining communities. This underscores earlier belief that 90% of the country’s...
The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), has called on the government of Ghana to prioritize investment in the sector to help sustain Ghana’s economic gains and shore up revenue in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak....
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 19, 2020: Pinecrest Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that she intends to conduct a non-brokered private placement of up to 15,000,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.20 per share...
During the 2020 Executive Elections, the Accra Mining Network invoked and applied a comprehensive concept called the Commensurate Voting Rights (CVR). The Network used this 10-point system to assign weights to her membership for the Elections. Noted for...
Accra Mining Network (AMN), an association of mining professionals has joined actively in the fight against the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. The network has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) package worth 4,000 Ghana cedis to the Simpa...
