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. According to the Association, apart from telecommunication services, economic growth in almost every...
Read morePinecrest 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 for gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000. Currently, Pinecrest shares are $0.18 per...
Read moreThe 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 pushing the edges of the development envelop, this is seen as yet another...
Read moreAMN 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 Health center in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. The items consist of one infrared thermometer,...
Read moreChallenges 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 of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), Ernest Ansah-Owusu tabulated the following five-point difficulties. Read more
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 of their respective communities. Read more
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, a Senior Researcher for Shaping Sustainable Markets at the International Institute for Environment...
Read moreNetwork trains small scale miners on sustainable mining
Takoradi, May 8, GNA – The Accra Mining Network, an environmental NGO has organised a two-day training in sustainable small scale mining to help in sanitising the sector. The programme, which was organised for 30 participants from the Small Scale Mining Union within Prestea and its environs centred on Innovation, Technology,...
Read moreAccra Mining Network honours Daniel Owiredu
By Jesse Owusu Ampah/Elizabeth Awinbono, GNA Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – The Accra Mining Network (AMN), an association of professional miners in the country, has honoured Mr. Daniel Owiredu, President and Chairman of the Local Board of Directors of Golden Star Resources, for the enormous contribution he has made to the...
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