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Artisanal Mining and Its Ramifications on the People of Prestea

Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Edward Brenya and Ezekiel Abakah
Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences  2016  1:12-24
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/crjss.8.2693  |  © The Author(s) 2016
Received: June ‎8, ‎2015  |  Accepted: July ‎14, ‎2015  |  Published: January 25, 2016

Abstract

This research aims at outlining the various effects of artisanal mining on the Prestea community in Ghana, measures adopted to minimize these effects as well as recommendations and the way forward. Artisanal mining is a worldwide phenomenon and Ghana is no exception. Prestea is a community endowed with gold and located in the Western Region of Ghana. In view of this many people engage in artisanal mining to extract the gold deposits which bring them lots of monetary benefits. However, their activities have posed great threat to the society, the environment and the economic growth of the community. This research adopted purely a qualitative approach of data collection as well as analysis and reporting in an effort to outline the socio-economic effects of the activities of artisanal mining in the community. It is evident that, though artisanal mining provides high incomes directly to those engaged in it and indirectly to those in the commerce and agriculture sector, the subsector wreaks havoc on the environment, the society, economy and the health of the community. Though some efforts have been made by the Traditional Authority in the Prestea community and the Town Council by organizing sensitization programmes on the dangers of artisanal mining to the community as a whole, there has been no significant improvement.

Keywords:

Artisanal mining, galamsey, gold, Ghana, river ankobra, prestea,


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Competing interests

The authors have no competing interests.

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ISSN (Online):  2041-3246
ISSN (Print):   2041-3238
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