The Government has revoked the lease of Akonta Mining Company Limited with immediate effect.
This is because Akonta Mining does not have a lease to mine in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve, making their mining activities in the forest illegal and criminal.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, briefing the press in Accra yesterday said President John Dramani has authorised the Minerals Commission to take steps to revoke the lease of Akonta Mining Company Limited with immediate effect.
Adding that the Mahama government will stop at nothing to bring the company to book. "One of the most egregious cases we have uncovered involves Akonta Mining Company Ltd., a company legally registered and granted a government lease to mine responsibly off-reserve outside the forest," he said. "The company, however, did not possess an entry permit into the forest reserve of the Samreboi enclave of the Western North Region.
