A small-scale mining licence may only be granted to a citizen of Ghana who is at least 18 years old, and is registered by the office of the Minerals Commission in an area designated as a small-scale mining area.
How do you get a mining lease?
be at least 18 years old.
submit an environmental Impact statement.
submit details of proposed mining developments, including the type of minerals and description of the land.
notify the landowner / occupier in writing within 21 days of lodging the application.
What is a mining lease?
A mining lease gives the holder the exclusive right to mine for minerals over a specific area of land.
What is small scale mining?
Since there is a formalized process for mining gold on the small-scale, there are legally recognized small-scale mines.
Small-scale mining permits can be acquired for a parcel of land by Ghanaian citizens who are over 18 years old (Ghana Government 1989a).
What are the benefits of small scale mining?
In some areas, however, small-scale mining has a lighter environmental footprint than large-scale mining as it “uses less energy, releases fewer greenhouse gases and produces less waste rock and tailings [mining waste material] per unit of gold, the report says.
What is a gold lease?
Think of a gold lease in a way similar to “corporate paper.
A company needs to borrow short-term funds in order to make payroll, or rent.