Let us assist small-scale mining operators -Aryee

Posted by Audrey Micah on November 7, 2007 at 3:29 pm in Mining

Ms Joyce R. Aryee, Chief Executive Officer of Chamber of Mines has called for assistance to small-scale mining operators to sustain their operations.
She said they could be grouped and provided with the requisite water quality and environmental testing equipments, crushing machines and ore extractors for a fee on assigned plots of land.
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Adamus Resources Limited to invest 100 million dollars in mining

Posted by GNA on September 28, 2007 at 10:59 am in Mining

Adamus Resources Limited, an emerging gold company in Australia, Canada and Germany, on Thursday announced the commencement of their gold mining operations in the Western Region.
Mr. Mark Bojanjac, Managing Director of the company, said they would invest up to 100 million dollars in their mining operations over the next two years.
Mr Bojanjac made the [...]

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Rescue team retrieves decomposed body of galamsey operator

Posted by Samuel Ampah on September 11, 2007 at 10:36 am in Mining

After several hours of searching at the 3,300 feet down the Ellis Shaft mine at Obuasi, the AngloGold Ashanti rescue team could only retrieve the decomposed left foot, wrist and some intestines of the body of an illegal miner (galamseyer) who was trapped at that depth during one of his illegal operations last Friday.
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