The Environmental Safety Agency (EPA) has structured a public listening to on the proposed underground gold mining and processing task by “Gan He Mining Assets Progress Enterprise Limited” at Abreshia in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality.
The challenge would be carried out at Huntado, Asuonkrom and Abreshia communities and is predicted to include about 64-kilometre square land in the Western Area.
The proposed underground mine operation will not involve the relocation of any big settlement and about 450 youth in the firm’s host communities would be utilized.
When “Gan He Mining Means Development Business Limited” commences functions, the governing administration would obtain $22 million as tax profits and $12 million will be paid out to landowners as royalties.
The Performing Director of EPA, Tarkwa, Mr Prosper Nkrumah, defined that the programme was in accordance with rules 17 (1a and 1c) of the Environmental Evaluation Laws 1999 (LI 1652) and Ghana’s Environmental Evaluation methods.
He indicated that the discussion board really should have been opened to the common community, interested events and groups to show up at and make their views and problems identified.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and its attendant constraints on public gathering, EPA opted to maintain the discussion board on-line by way of zoom to give the virtual house for the collection of sights from the standard public for the proposed venture, he mentioned.
The Performing Director of EPA implored the enterprise to make their presentation in a pretty clear and concise fashion to facilitate uncomplicated being familiar with.
He urged the community to scrutinize and supply constructive enter in a civilized fashion in order to reach a get-get circumstance that will promise economic advancement, social fairness and environmental protection ought to the organization be granted the allow.
The Administrative Manager for Gan He Mining Means Enhancement Organization Confined, Mr Amin Ayamga, nevertheless, assured the citizenry that they would function closely with their stakeholders and handle all problems that may well come up.
He reported the enterprise via the Municipal Assembly would guide the protection companies to combat the raising crime amount in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality.
Mr Ayamga extra that via it is cooperate social obligation prepare, they would supply vocational skills to the youth and people and also assistance other revenue technology actions.
Most of the residents in the afflicted communities appealed to the firm to adhere to all the tenets of the agreement they have documented as their resource of livelihood has been taken absent for the reason that of the mining pursuits.
Saamanghene Nana Kwame Ampong I, who represented the paramount main of the Wassa Amenfi Classic Council, Tetrete Okuamoa Sakyim, urged Gan He Mining Sources Development Company Confined to comply with the rules and regulation outlined by the regulatory authorities in purchase to assure peace and stability in the space when they begin operations.
