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Mission: The Ghana Geological Survey Authority, as the principal curator of national geoscientific data, has the main task to continuously generate, collect, store and archive relevant geoscientific data, and to disseminate data and information in a user-friendly Ghana’s geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2019, gold accounted for 93.28 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective share of manganese, bauxite and diamond were 17 行 Connect. Connect With Us. +233(0) 302 772783 / 772786 / 773053 / 771318 / 776802. The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) was established in 1913 by the colonial administration under the Directorship of Sir Albert Kitson to investigate and establish more exactly the extent and quality of both existing and yet undeveloped areas of mining activity and to prepare for their exploitation. Ghana has 71 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Ghana mines are Gold,Manganese,and Aluminum .At the time these mines were surveyed, 33 mines in Ghana were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine. 1 Ghana has 16 prospect mines. 2 17 mines were in production 2.1: MINING IN GHANA Ghana’s geological space teems with diverse kinds of precious minerals. A recent airborne geological survey confirmed the occurrence of over twenty-eight minerals, including, platinum, uranium, tantalite and rare earth. However, the country’s mining industry is has become the second largest gold mine in Ghana at about 500,000 oz/y. Despite a tradition of mining dating back a century and playing host to some of the world’s largest gold mining companies, Ghana is still not fully understood from a geological perspective and remains far from fully explored. “There is an enormous amount of opportunity Jun 29, 2020 Ghana Geological Survey Authority Act, 2016 (Act 928) These laws listed constitute the principal and subordinate legislation regulating the mining of industrial minerals, including gold in Ghana. It sets out the licensing regime for gold mining in Ghana, the rights of a mining leaseholder, as well as the objects and powers of regulatory U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2020 GOLD The11% decrease in domestic mine production in 2019 was attributed to decreases in production from the Bald Mountain, Carlin, and Cortez Mines in Nevada and the Fort Knox and Pogo Mines in Alaska. In 2019, worldwide gold
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