Ghana: Chiefs, assemblies will be involved in small-scale mining licensing – Bawumia

 The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has promised to involve traditional au­thorities and district assemblies in the licensing of small-scale mining as part of measures to reform the sector.

Additionally, an NPP govern­ment would task the Geological Survey Authority to identify gold-rich areas to curb environmental destruction.

Dr Bawumia announced this at a stakeholders’ durbar at Daboase in the Wassa East…