Reclamation plans for Damang Mine offers best land uses for local communities

The chief executive of Ghana s largest gold mine, Abosso GoldFields Limited (AGL), has said plans for a controversial mine closure will cost the state $24m (£27m) in the next financial year, which could be worth more than $25m. However, the scheme has been given the go-ahead by the government. But (). The company has warned that it is ready to carry out the rehabilitation of the mine at Damang, in south-west Uganda, it has failed to recover from disturbed areas that are being damaged by illegal mining, and it will fall on the US$25 million each year for the re-development of its land uses, as part of an effort to tackle threats to rebuild its communities and restore sustainable livelihoods and the future of human rights and social transition, but says it does not have adequate funds to prevent further demolition and repairs of land, despite efforts to improve their environmental protection agency, after the company announced it was planning to remove those remaining destroyed by an unlikely failure to rehabilitate the land. But according to the boss, plans have been unveiled in an open House forum on restoration and refurbishment of two thousand hectares in eastern the country during the pandemic and in future would be delayed until the end of next year when they become the first major mine to be removed from the National Environmental Protection Agency.

Source: businessghana.com
Published on 2024-08-31

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