{"id":91932,"date":"2025-08-29T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91932"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:08:41","slug":"lands-minister-sets-sept-1-deadline-for-902-small-scale-miners-to-validate-licenses-or-face-revocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91932","title":{"rendered":"Lands Minister sets Sept.1 deadline for 902 small-scale miners to validate licenses or face revocation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), has warned that all small-scale mining license holders who fail to prove their legitimacy by 5:00pm on 1st September 2025 will have their licenses permanently revoked.<\/p>\n

The directive from the Minister follows a review of licenses conducted by a special committee tasked with auditing existing small-scale mining licenses.<\/p>\n

In the rigorous exercise, a total of 1,278 licenses were reviewed, out of which 316 were found to be clear of any irregularities.<\/p>\n

The remaining 962, however, were fraught with various irregularities, out of which 55 were revoked earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Following a plea for extension of the initial deadline, by the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources obliged and extended the deadline to the end of August 2025.<\/p>\n

With the expiration of the ultimatum drawing close, the Minister has indicated that all licenses that remain defective by 5pm on 1st September 2025 will be permanently revoked.<\/p>\n

This was contained in a statement issued by the License Review Committee of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cAffected license holders are therefore reminded to submit any documentation to prove the legitimacy of their small-scale mining licenses to the Ministry on or before 17:00 hrs., 1 September 2025. Failure to do so will result in the revocation of their license by the Honourable Minister,\u201d portions of the statement stressed.<\/p>\n

The license review and revocation are part of efforts by the Ministry to sanitize the mining space and combat the menace of illegal mining.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a robust review of large-scale mining licenses is expected to begin as part of comprehensive efforts by the Ministry to enforce compliance with mining laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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