A Chinese national, identified only as Wu, and five Ghanaian collaborators have been arrested for invading the mining concession of Zoar Mining Enterprise in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central region.
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The illegal miners have succeeded in destroying over 50 acres of the 120-acre concession belonging to the company, with the aid of excavators and other earth-moving equipment.
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The arrest of the armed miners follows days and nights of surveillance and ambush laying by the security personnel of Zoar Mining Enterprise.
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on November 15, 2023, granted a 5-year mining lease, subject to renewal, to the company to mine gold and diamond.
But before the company started operations, the illegal miners had invaded the concession with over 40 of them undertaking brisk business.
Nana Akwasi Yentumi Asante, Operations and Sustainability Manager of Zoar Mining Enterprise, tells Joynews the exercise was staged smoothly..
He said Zoar Mining has “lost millions of Ghana cedis” to the illegal mining activities.
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