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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has laid out a detailed vision for the mining sector, which he says will help effectively regulate the industry, help small-scale miners and also protect the environment.<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking to the nation in Accra on Wednesday, February 7 to unveil his vision and priorities for Ghana, Dr. Bawumia said about one million Ghanaians are engaged in small-scale mining and there is the need to help transform these small-scale miners to practise responsible mining, create more wealth, and also save the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout one million people are engaged in small-scale mining. Our goal would be to help grow small-scale mining companies into large scale companies with capacity building and assisting them to access financing to acquire equipment. We can create many millionaires in the small-scale mining industry if we support them,\u201d Dr. Bawumia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy government will support the Minerals Commission and key stakeholders to formalize the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector with the objective of ensuring that the activities of the entire value chain are sustainably and responsibly done so that most of the gold produced by this sector can be sold to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and be eligible to be part of the gold reserves of the central bank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia added that in line with this, his government \u201cwill license all miners doing responsible mining. District Mining Committees, including chiefs, will provide initial temporary licenses to miners\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as miners mine within the limits of their licenses, for example, no mining in river or water bodies, there will no longer be any seizure or burning of excavators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will fully decentralize the Minerals Commission as well as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ensure that they are present in all mining districts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia added that under his government, every Ghanaian in small-scale mining will register under Ghana Small Scale Miners Association with their Ghanacard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will, in collaboration with the large mining companies, convert abandoned shafts into community mining schemes and open more new community mining schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other initiatives Dr. Bawumia announced for the mining sector are:<\/p>\n

*Pension scheme for small-scale miners as we have for cocoa farmers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Introduce vocational and skills training on sustainable mining for small scale miners in the curriculum of TVET institutions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Provide equipment to government authorities in mining communities to undertake reclamation of land<\/p>\n

\u2022Set up state-of-the-art common user gold processing units in mining districts in collaboration with the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u2022Conduct an audit of all concessions with various licenses and new applications which will allow government to know licenses that have expired, and non-compliance with licensing conditions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 To encourage exploration, a Bawumia governement will abolish the VAT on exploration services (like assaying) to encourage more exploration.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We will establish, in collaboration with the private sector, a Minerals Development Bank to support the mining industry.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We will establish (through the private sector) a London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) certified gold refinery in Ghana within four years.<\/p>\n

\u2022 All responsibly mined small scale gold produced will be sold to the central bank, PMMC or MIIF and will be required to be refined before export.\u201d<\/p>\n

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