Ghana's Minerals Commission has rolled out a new three-stage clearance process for mining operations, emphasizing that possession of a mining lease alone no longer grants automatic permission to begin work.
Speaking on Citi FM on Monday, April 22, 2025, the Commission's Deputy CEO in charge of small-scale and industrial minerals, Isaac Andrew Tandoh, said the new framework is aimed at curbing illegal mining and reinforcing regulatory oversight. "People assume once they get a mining lease, they can move in and start digging.
That's a wrong impression.
It actually amounts to an illegality," Tandoh explained.
