Akonta Mining Limited, a mineral extraction company, owned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has demanded an unqualified apology from Minerals Commission over the assertion that the company is engaged in illegal mining.
The rebuttal follows a press statement released by the Minerals Commission on April 22, 2025, accusing the mining company of engaging in an illegality.
In the statement, dated April 22, 2025, and sighted by GhanaWeb, Akonta Mining Limited countered the claims by the Minerals Commission, describing them as palpable falsehood. "The Management of Akonta Mining Company Limited has taken notice of the press release issued by the Minerals Commission on 22nd April 2025, and wishes to set the record straight in response to the multiple inaccuracies, distortions, and damaging claims contained therein. "This allegation is false, baseless, and defamatory.
The Commission itself admits that: Akonta does not have a mining lease covering the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve; Akonta has not been granted a forest entry permit; the mining lease application submitted on 25th August 2022 was not approved or signed; no environmental permit or operating permit has been issued in respect of that area," portions of the statement read.
