One-on-One with Minerals Commission - Badwam Mpensenpensemu on Adom TV (24-07-23) - video Dailymotion

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05:54 Contract mining alone.

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07:11 2018, say, catering services, about $26 million.

07:25 For just about 13 or 14 mines.

07:29 - Last year? - Last year.

07:31 Wow, that is one.

07:33 Also, that's also another opportunity.

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08:02 Another area which is an opportunity.

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08:07 Before 2018, free for all.

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08:22 Before that, almost $100 million.

08:37 2021 report, that is two years ago.

08:43 The amount of money companies spend here,

08:48 I think just about 13 or 14 companies,

08:51 on fuel alone is $304 million.

08:55 So within two years, you are jumping

08:59 from roughly $100 to $304 million.

09:01 - That's what we're getting, about 200%.

09:03 - Yes, it's kind of like that.

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09:07 - Four stations of supply, mining sites,

09:10 and fuel, are Ghanian-owned companies.

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09:18 Yes, and are private companies.

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09:29 So that means that within a,

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09:44 Wow, so look at new mines here,

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10:01 $1 billion mine, within the next two or so years.

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10:05 Four new mines within two and a half years.

10:08 So by two and a half years time,

10:12 if you have petrol, maybe 500 million.

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10:16 In the next six, seven years,

10:17 petrol will be a billion dollar industry.

10:20 - For the mining sector?

10:21 - Yes, just petrol.

10:22 $304 million, we had two years ago, 2021 report.

10:26 Where will the money stay?

10:28 If you don't own the mine,

10:29 do you also want foreigners to come in,

10:34 set up four stations and supply fuel to the mine?

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10:39 - Medical services.

10:41 Medical services, so this year,

10:44 they are too less, you know, so.

10:46 If the foreign companies,

10:47 some of the medical services in the country,

10:50 we say we're going to do pay, and no one will know.

10:54 If you have a good instance,

10:55 we'll say, no foreign company be in the area

10:57 of medical services, Swiss, German company be, ISOS.

11:01 If the last thing, the Asian mining companies,

11:04 for the country, we say, hey, from January this year,

11:06 we say, we be able to take it from January every year.

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11:14 - The company now be able to provide the medical services

11:18 among the miners, this is what the mine is.

11:20 Because we see,

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11:26 - Sure.

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11:55 So Newmont alone, you're looking about 8,000 people

12:15 under coverage.

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13:22 All the mines in Ghana,

13:23 they say Ghana for private security.

13:28 The private security of the mine,

13:30 catering services, haulage.

13:32 - Medical services.

13:33 - Medical services.

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13:38 A year or two, maybe two, three years ago,

13:41 before they say any lubricants, two, three years ago,

13:43 medical started this year.

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13:47 Tailings storage facility.

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13:54 And to generate this here,

14:15 and perform the companies from Australia,

14:19 what do you call it?

14:20 - South Africa.

14:21 - South Africa.

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14:26 Phase one and two is over $72 million.

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14:52 You cannot capture that.

14:54 So, (speaking in foreign language)

14:57 support services.

14:59 Services that support the activities of the mine

15:03 and our operations.

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15:06 even ownership.

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15:12 Yes.

15:15 Now Chinese forbid here.

15:17 And now Ghana government, what, 20% says.

15:19 Now 80% in Ghana, (speaking in foreign language)

15:21 This is a mine that has been there since 1941.

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15:25 Proud.

15:26 Said the entire Ghana bauxite company,

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15:30 in the Seshu area, 100% state and Ghanaian owned.

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15:37 We need to see more of this.

15:39 Then we can be proud, say,

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15:44 Ghana foreclosed about 40% or more.

15:50 Wow.

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15:54 You see increasingly, Ghanaians owning the mine.

15:57 And yet Chincha said,

15:59 you can also own the mine by leasing and stock exchange.

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16:09 History way here,

16:12 maybe let me put it in a contest.

16:13 Then you understand where we are coming from.

16:16 Maybe a problem, you see.

16:18 And then where we must go.

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16:24 In primary school also,

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16:27 many of the mines used to be Ghanaian owned mines.

16:30 Not prestige, dunkwa.

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16:35 As usual, they mismanage it.

16:37 As I said, they are,

16:38 the various GEOC, pharmaceutical,

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16:42 State owned enterprises.

16:43 State owned enterprises.

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16:49 Economic recovery program.

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17:02 It was discouraged.

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17:08 To be precise, phosphate.

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17:33 1989, 34 years ago.

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17:39 All governments for the past 34 years,

17:43 I understand.

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17:48 It was just in about four regions.

17:50 Actually five.

17:51 Asante, Eastern, Western.

17:55 And then, what do we call it?

17:59 Eastern region, Central region, Asante region,

18:03 Western region, and the Upper East.

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18:10 And confound also, maybe 100,000 or so in it.

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18:23 Because mostly, (speaking in foreign language)

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18:34 That is the cause of the issue.

18:38 Well, lastly, (speaking in foreign language)

18:58 That is landscape for you.

19:00 Prospecting, exploration, to understand basic train

19:04 in Swishem, (speaking in foreign language)

19:09 That is last game, they practice everywhere in the world.

19:19 But small scale, because you have the largest

19:22 artisans in the area in Africa.

19:25 - Ghana? - Yes.

19:26 It's a big place in the developing world.

19:29 Well, there are 40 tons of gold, a third of Ghana's gold,

19:32 no less than a third of Ghana's gold

19:34 comes from small scale mining.

19:36 And we didn't do anything.

19:39 And now, because of technology, and all those things.

19:43 So you're talking about 12, 13 regions now.

19:50 And then we have moved from four to about 12, 13 regions.

19:54 From barely 100,000 now to about three million people.

19:58 - In a small scale? - Yes, in a small scale.

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20:04 Practically, the rest of Ghana,

20:07 be a small scale is going on.

20:10 Whether lawfully or illegally.

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20:16 One of the major drivers of Galamsey,

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20:21 1,000 regions.

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20:24 And this particular one,

20:26 if we don't tackle it, we'll go round, round, round, round.

20:34 Which is lack of mineralized areas

20:38 for the small scale miners to work.

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20:42 Number one problem.

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20:48 One of the major drivers, in fact,

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20:55 Particular problem, we remember 9/10.

20:58 Lack of mineralized areas.

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21:08 So what is the issue?

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21:15 Hey, no more will go up.

21:17 And now, I'm going to jump into, will be concession.

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21:22 Almost all the large scale mining companies,

21:24 Galamsey for a home.

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21:31 How are we giving land to them?

21:36 You will block out areas, we believe.

21:40 One block out, you're blocking,

21:41 you're blocking as I said,

21:42 almost in all the regions in Ghana.

21:45 But how do you know?

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21:50 Because you see, 20, 30, 40 years ago,

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22:09 The N5 Geological Survey,

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22:14 Is it because now you name?

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22:25 Because Minerals Commission has been around for 37 years.

22:27 Every year we are here.

22:29 That time, normal forming the ministerial,

22:32 I am starting engagement.

22:33 That was the first thing we told them.

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22:45 Fortunately, no.

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22:50 The technical assistance will be

22:51 to Ghana Geological Survey Authority.

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23:00 40, 50 million, $40, 50 million a year.

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23:15 In the medium to long term.

23:17 What is the solution?

23:18 Because you see, (speaking in foreign language)

23:22 Fine, which is good.

23:23 Because we cannot allow (speaking in foreign language)

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23:34 You got to get a place for them.

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23:40 Our upper is region.

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23:59 The first place to get gold catcher in Ghana.

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24:13 So you see, (speaking in foreign language)

24:21 All these years, (speaking in foreign language)

24:26 This is what we are currently doing.

24:37 In Sunni, there are no way.

24:39 At the same time, (speaking in foreign language)

24:48 Anything between six months to one year or two, three years.

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24:54 Even $500,000, see the equivalent.

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25:04 The problem is the digging of everywhere.

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25:32 So what does that tell you?

25:53 It speaks volumes of the fact that

25:57 geological investigation is everything.

25:59 That is a key solution to illegal mining.

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One-on-One with Minerals Commission - Badwam Mpensenpensemu on Adom TV (24-07-23)

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