Government endorses overhaul of 20-year-old Mining Law, reports gains across lands and forestry sectors
Cabinet has endorsed a comprehensive review of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), and forwarded it to Parliament for approval as the government moves to strengthen regulation of the country’s mineral resources and reposition the sector for national development.
Buah assured citizens that the sector would continue working to restore Ghana’s lands, forests and river bodies affected by illegal mining and appealed for national unity in protecting the country’s natural resources.“The revised Bill provides an updated, coherent and forward-looking legal regime to ensure that mining contributes immensely to national development,” he said.
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