Ghana inaugurates three mining cooperatives in Nzema East

Published: Oct 19, 2026 15:57 (GMT+8)

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[SMM Gold Flash] Ghana’s Lands and Natural Resources Ministry reports that the Axim-Agona, Akango-Douale and Adelekezo mining cooperatives had been inaugurated in Nzema East under its Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme. The programme is intended to give small-scale miners a structured route to work within authorised concessions while protecting land and water. The ministry did not specify the ceremony’s date.

The launch is a step in formalising mining in a gold-producing area, but it establishes no increase in gold output. The minister also described proposed district mining committees that would advise on licences; those measures remain proposals, not enacted rules. The cooperatives’ eventual production and compliance will need to be assessed separately.

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