Gold Fields hands over US$1.53m legacy projects to host communities

[ad_1] Four communities in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality, impacted by the operations of Gold Fields Ghana Limited, have benefited from US$1.53 million healthcare and other social infrastructure legacy projects through the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation. The projects include a renovated maternity block with modern delivery facilities and other amenities at the Abosso Health Centre, accommodation for…

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Forest reserves as large as 30 football fields destroyed by illegal miners at Anhwiaso 

[ad_1] Illegal miners have cut down vegetation covering more than forty acres of land in the Anwhiaso-Bibiani Municipality of the Western-North Region.  This vast amount of space, comparable to thirty football fields, included several farmlands in the Aboabo community, the Anhwiaso River and portions of the Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve.  Residents of the Aboabo community are…

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Gold Fields rolls out skills development programme for youth in mining communities

[ad_1] To complement the government’s efforts to discourage more youth from joining destructive illegal small-scale mining, Gold Fields Ghana Foundation has intensified the skill development of youth in mining communities and provided them with startup tools to commercialize their skills. Speaking after completing a two-year skills training programme in fashion funded by Gold Fields Ghana…

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MPs express safety concern about encroachment of Gold Fields’ old underground shaft in Tarkwa

[ad_1] The Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology has expressed safety concerns regarding the encroachment of an old underground shaft on the concession of Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL) in Tarkwa. Illegal miners have made several attempts to take over the abandoned Mantraim shaft in the Brahabobome community, which has not been operated…

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