The Vice President, Dr.
Mahamudu Bawumia has assured miners and mining communities in Ghana of his commitment to implement policies that will ensure responsible and beneficial mining in the country.At the beginning of his Ashanti Regional tour on Monday in Atwima Mponua, a mining community, Dr.
Bawumia said he is committed to empowering miners to be millionaires through responsible mining by implementing game-changing policies which include a new licensing regime, community mining schemes, establishment of a Mining Development Bank to resource miners and the involvement of the geological survey department for mapping."I want you to be millionaires through responsible mining, so we will license you, formalize you, regularize you and supervise you", Dr.
Bawumia said, explaining that traditional rulers at mining communities will be involved in the licensing regime."I am also going establish the Minerals Development Bank which will be a bank for small-scale miners so that they can be assisted to buy the right equipment for responsible mining."We are also going to introduce community mining scheme and we will get the geological survey department to ensure mining is done at the right place accurately.