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Some communities around the world have been considerably transformed by the mining industry but same cannot be said about Prestea community. …

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Prestea-Bogoso Mine's future unknown | African Mining …

G hana's Minerals Commission has said it is yet to receive any formal application from operators of the Prestea-Bogoso Mine, previously operated by Golden Star Resources Limited, to put the mine under care and maintenance.. The mine – currently in the hands of Future Global Resources (FGR) Bogoso Prestea Limited and its principal …

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The Prestea mining community in Ghana has produced approximately nine million ounces of gold and ranked the second highest production of any mine in the country. It is a fact that, some ...

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Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of Mining …

Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper …

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Fish Community Assemblages of Mining-Impacted Freshwaters at Prestea…

Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research 1(1): 1-9, 2018; Article no.AJFAR.39543 Fish Community Assemblages of Mining-Impacted Freshwaters at Prestea, Ghana Osei O. Antobre1, Nat Owusu-Prempeh1* and Michael J. Twumasi-Ankrah1 1 Department of Land Reclamation and Rehabilitation, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and …

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Termination of Mining Lease; A New Hope for FGR Bogoso Prestea Mining

The decision to terminate the lease of the mine operated by Future Global Resources (FGR) at Bogoso Prestea Mining Limited has brought a wave of relief and excitement to both workers and the local community.. The Chairman of the Senior Staff Association at FRG Bogoso Prestea Mining Limited Mr. McDonald Kitson expressed his …

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Poverty and mine's compensation package: Experiences …

Prestea mining community Obed Adonteng-Kissi Department of Social Inquiry, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia ... alleviation of local farmers in Prestea community, which is well known for both farming and gold mining since the colonial days. Adonteng-Kissi et al ...

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Over 200 workers vow to resist Minerals Commission's coup …

…Declare support for British company. The Minerals Commission, has appointed a six-member caretaker team, including some dismissed workers of the Future Global Resources' (FGR) Bogoso and Prestea mines to assist the regional manager of the commission in overseeing operations of concession, following what it says was a …

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Corporate Social Responsibility Agreements Model for …

(Bogoso/Prestea) Limited and its Mine Local Community* D. Mireku-Gyimah and R. Gyamfi Mireku-Gyimah, D. and Gyamfi R. (2016), "Corporate Social Responsibility Agreements Model for Community Development: The Case of Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited and its Mine Local Community", Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. …

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Lands Minister terminates FGR Begoso Prestea Mining …

The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) staged a demonstration on April 25 and 26, 2024, at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources demanding action against the company. Their protest aimed to highlight the government's inaction regarding FGR Bogoso Prestea Mining Limited, which was impacting the community's livelihood.

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Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs of Conflicts in the Prestea …

Notwithstanding, about a century of mining, Prestea is still a deprived community. There is protracted community-level conflicts in the face of contemporary international standards and growing expectations for the mining industry to convert the rhetoric of corporate social responsibility into actual practice. There have been instances …

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Bompieso community mining scheme launched; over 500 …

Economic and social activities in Bompieso, in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, came to a standstill on Friday, 1st March 2024 when the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Mines, Hon. George Mireku Duker, led a delegation to officially launch the Bompieso Community Mining …

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is …

The Prestea mining community in Ghana has produced approximately nine million ounces of gold and ranked the second highest production of any mine in the country. It is a fact …

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is …

Generally, one of the sources of conflicts at different levels of the community relations is contending for mineral rich parcels of land in the Prestea mining area …

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The Prestea mining community in Ghana has produced approximately nine million ounces of gold and ranked the second highest production of any mine in the country. It is a fact that, some communities around the …

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Gov't Cites Regulatory Breaches in Termination of FGR Bogoso Prestea …

Implications for Ghana's Mining Sector. The termination of FGR's mining leases highlights broader concerns around governance and operational transparency within Ghana's mining sector. It follows a growing trend of government interventions aimed at curbing underperformance and ensuring that mining companies adhere to contractual …

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Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs Of Conflicts in …

The Prestea mining community in Ghana has produced approximately nine million ounces of gold and ranked the second highest production of any mine in the country. It is a fact that, some communities around the world have been considerably transformed by the mining industry but same cannot be said about Prestea community.

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is …

DOI: 10.1016/J.JSM.2017.12.005 Corpus ID: 158093910; Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer? …

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Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs of Conflicts in the …

Notwithstanding, about a century of mining, Prestea is still a deprived community. There is protracted community-level conflicts in the face of contemporary …

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Lands Minister terminates FGR Begoso Prestea Mining …

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Abu Jinapor, has officially terminated the mining leases of FGR Bogoso Prestea Mining Limited. This decision, announced in a press statement on ...

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Former Canadian-owned mining firm was a nuisance for …

A mining behemoth, when Canadian-owned, devastated the communities it took over, making things very tense. Mining communities are still feeling the effects of Golden Star Resources' (GSR) operations after, in 2020, it sold Future Global Resources (FGR) a 90 percent ownership in the Bogoso-Prestea gold mine for $55 million USD. …

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Ghanaian government cancels mining licence for Bogoso-Prestea Mine …

30 September, 2024 After conditions of employment for over 1,000 workers deteriorated and became precarious, the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) and other organizations, campaigned and petitioned the Ghanaian government to cancel the gold mining licence for Bogoso-Prestea Mine.

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community …

The Prestea mining community in Ghana has produced approximately nine million ounces of gold and ranked the second highest production of any mine in the country. It is a fact that, some ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility Agreements Model for Community

In Ghana, community development is regarded by mine local communities as the most important aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), to the extent that often community development is perceived to be a statutory responsibility of mining companies. Consequently, mine local communities demand for more and more, sometimes …

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Save Bogoso-Prestea Mine from collapse now – Angry …

Traditional leaders in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region are up in arms against the new owners of the Bogoso Prestea mine, Future Global Resources (FGR) for failing to ...

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Poverty and mine's compensation package: Experiences of local …

This paper focuses on bringing to light the experiences of local farmers in Ghana's Prestea agrarian and mining community and the ratings of community compensation package by Golden Star Resource (GSR) as a practical tool to alleviate poverty. The Prestea local community economy encompasses agrarian and mining …

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Poverty and mine's compensation package: Experiences of local farmers in Prestea mining community

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is …

community engagement is provided. Prestea is an old mining town. in the Western Region of the south-western part of Ghana. It is. about 50 km north of the coast …

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Golden Star supporting the community in Ghana

Since then community development projects that were previously committed have been completed and Golden Star has funded the Endowment Fund at an initial rate of $0.50/oz of gold sold. With the completion of the previously committed development projects, the Endowment Fund has been officially launched and the …

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Small-scale Mining and its impact on Rural Livelihoods and …

The study revealed varied effects with respect to small scale miners and the general community. Small scale mining has contributed positively in improving the lives of the people in the form of employment, revenue generation and meeting health, educational and basic family needs. ... in the case of Prestea, a vibrant mining town in the Prestea ...

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Members of mine Workers Union to Hit the Streets over …

The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has served notice of a demonstration in three days to make a case for their grievances in respect of the Prestea-Bogoso mine. The leadership of the Union is demanding that the government, through the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry terminates the mining lease of Future Global …

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community …

Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer?

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