‘Gold cannot save you at 2am’ - GMTF admin to mining giants

Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku is the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has issued a powerful challenge to Ghana’s mining industry to redefine its social responsibility by investing not only in roads, schools and boreholes, but in the healthcare systems that keep mining communities alive.

Speaking at the National Mining Dialogue 2026 in Accra under the theme “Rethinking the Social License to Operate,” Darko-Opoku told mining executives, investors and policymakers that the true wealth of Ghana is not buried beneath the soil, but found in its people.

Mining companies must leave more than pits behind Turning directly to Ghana’s mining industry, the GMTF Administrator challenged companies to move beyond the traditional definition of Corporate Social Responsibility.