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Ghana launches four new mining cooperatives in Tarkwa and Bogoso

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Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has inaugurated four artisanal mining cooperatives in the Western Region, as part of the fight against illegal gold mining. The rCOMSDEP programme aims to create jobs for young people and enforce environmental protection, according to MyJoyOnline.

The Ghanaian government on Monday inaugurated four new mining cooperatives in Tarkwa and Bogoso, in the Western Region, according to MyJoyOnline. Two are based in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality and two in the Prestea-Huni Valley District, as part of the rCOMSDEP programme.

The aim is to supervise artisanal gold mining and combat illegal exploitation, known as galamsey, by creating environmentally responsible cooperatives. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah recalled that the destruction of the country’s forest reserves amounts to an area of more than 12,000 football pitches.

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