A call to duty has been placed on all licensed small-scale miners across the country to rise up and participate in national conversations about the illegal mining menace.
The call was made by the deputy minister responsible for Mining, George Mireku Duker, MP, who warned the small-scale miners that their voices are important to help contextualize the illegal mining problem.
Addressing a gathering of small-scale miners at Prestea Huni Valley in the Western Region on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Duker noted that the miners have maintained a deafening silence on the raging matter of galamsey and that owing to their silence, the discourse is being swayed in a direction that could potentially deprive them of their livelihoods.
The deputy minister who has been a strong advocate for responsible small-scale mining, stated that he and the government need the public support of the small-scale miners to help take charge of the conversation and situate it in the right context.