Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, says the Government is not against sanitized and regulated Small Scale Mining in Ghana.
This, he indicated, was because regulated and legal mining had the potential of contributing to the development of local economies and there was the need to build consensus and support for a National Policy on Small Scale mining.
“In fact, on the contrary, the Government wants to promote small scale mining but it has to be done in a more responsible manner that does not compromise on the environment, river bodies or depletes our forest cover,” he explained.