The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) has pledged to collaborate with all stakeholders to minimise illegal mining activities in the country.
Although, the association said they disagreed with the Trades Union Congress, University Teachers Association of Ghana, Ghana Medical Association, and a section of the public calling for a total ban on all forms of small-scale mining, they would not sit aloof.
Mr Godwin Armah, the General Secretary, announced this at Teberebie in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, when the association held a press conference on the activities of illegal miners.
The association said it had noted with great concern the recent discourse in the media by Ghanaians, regarding the pollution of water bodies and the destruction of the environment by illegal miners and sharing their plight, while strongly opposing the operations of these illegal entities.