Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu, will on Wednesday, May 12, open the first Regional Dialogue on Small Scale Mining in Kumasi.
The Dialogue follows the National one recently held in Accra.
The objective of the Regional Dialogue is to decentralise the discussion to provide input into the national discourse on the regularisation of the small scale mining sector through coordination of diverse views, and to help develop appropriate policy options with the overarching good of improving the operation, regulation, management and good governance of the sub-sector.
Artisanal and small scale mining contributes at least a third of the total gold produced in Ghana.
The sector provides jobs, creates opportunities to support rural livelihood, develop entrepreneurship and provide source of development for minerals such as clay, kaolin and limestone.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, said government will continue to work closely with all stakeholders to curb the menace of illegal mining.
