1,350 small-scale miners across the country will go through vetting before their activities are regularized that is according to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on mining set up by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo.
The committee made this known at the inauguration of the District Mining Committees in Tarkwa in the Western region.
The Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng who spoke  revealed that the fight against illegal mining though succeeding is fraught with many challenges and therefore tasked the District Mining Committees that have been inaugurated in the 18 mining districts of the Western Region to ensure it implements government’s policy and strategy to fight illegal mining to the letter.
He indicated that illegal mining has a negative toll on the country and need the concerted effort from all citizens to help fight it to achieve the expected results.
Source:a1radioonline.com
