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  Perseus Mining Ltd Ghana - A decade of sustainable growth

  Perseus Mining Ltd Ghana - A decade of sustainable growth It has been a decade since Business Excellence first profiled Perseus Mining’s operations in Ghana. At that time, its first mine, the Edikan gold mine, was just about to begin commercial production. In the intervening period, the mine has produced over 2 million ounces of gold and based on …

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  Socioeconomic Effects of Large-Scale Gold Mining: …

  2019117 · This chapter draws from studies trying to identify the local and district-level efects of large-scale gold mining in Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania.1 Together, these countries accounted for about 35 percent of gold production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013.

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  Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in Western Ghana

  2011318 · Surface gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods often remain unclear. Our goal here was to assess land cover change due to gold surface mining in Western Ghana, one of the world’s leading gold mining regions, and to study how these changes affected land use systems.

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  Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana -Past, Present and Future

  2021328 · Indeed, Commercial Scale Gold Mining is believed to have commenced in Ghana in. the early 19th century by the British. After the ban in Gold mining was lifted in December 2018, there has been a ...

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  Obuasi, Ghana - AngloGold Ashanti

  200221 · This paper provides a concise historical account of gold mining in Ghana, from the pre-colonial period, through to the present. For over 1000 years, the Ancient Kingdom of Ghana, the former Gold ...

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  Obuasi Gold Mine, Ghana - Mining Technology

  2020731 · The Obuasi gold mine, located 200km north-west of Accra in Ghana, was the major asset of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC), established in London in 1897. AGC started underground mining in 1907. Lonrho purchased AGC in 1969 and the Ghanaian Government reduced its holding in 1994, leaving Lonrho (now Lonmin) with a 33% stake …

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  The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

  2021614 · People have been mining for gold in Ghana for centuries. Long before European colonists set foot in the area in the 1400s, Ghanaians looked for gold with pickaxes, shovels, and pans. They washed or “panned” for gold along river banks or dug holes on the surface to find deposits of gold dust and nuggets. Serious indigenous miners …

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  Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana ...

  2015513 · This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an IA framework was utilized to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data, and co-develop …

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