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Release the excavators and stop theharassment and extortion against ourmembers – GNASSM cries out to gov’t

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has sounded the alarm on the alarming rate of harassment, intimidation, and extortion faced by small-scale miners at the hands of some law enforcement agencies and politically exposed individuals. They have, therefore, demanded immediate release of all excavators and other machinery seized from licensed small scale miners by the various anti-galamsey taskforce. At a press conference held in Kumasin on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, the National Communications Director, Abdul-Razak Alhassan, revealed that despite operating within the law, small-scale miners are being...