Asanko Mine makes Top 10 list in West Africa
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...
West Africa, the new world-class gold mining province
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...
Ghana, Africa’s Top Producer of Gold, 6% Higher.
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 becomes the biggest gold miner in West Africa
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...
High mercury concentrates, 1000% above standards in soil and water bodies in mining communities – KNUST Researchers .
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...
Government Needs To Consciously Engender Investment in the Mining Sector – GNASSM
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....
Pinecrest to finance Enchi Gold Project in Ghana
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...
The Commensurate Voting Right of AMN
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...
AMN contributes towards COVID-19 fight in Ghana
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...
Challenges of the Small-Scale Mining Sector in Ghana Today
Ernest Ansah-Owusu for the Accra Mining Network.
When AMN asked him to comment on the problems that need immediate attention to sanitize and improve the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, TGreater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association...
Buying back the future of Africa by investing in the Extractives – Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo
Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo- Accra Mining Network
The President of the Accra Mining Network, Mrs Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo has called on the younger generation of the African continent to buy back their future by investing in the natural resource sectors...
Government urged to strictly enforce local content regulation on extractives
Accra, April 14, GNA – The Government has been urged to strictly enforce the Local Content Regulations governing the extractive industry to ensure that foreign investors give preferential treatment to the indigenes in their operations. Mr Fitsum Weldegiorgis,...