Ghana must reclaim Tarkwa Mine as Gold Fields' lease expires in 2027 - IEA

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• EXCELLENT, WE TIRED OF FOREIGNERS ROBBING US 2 days ago

  MAHAMA LET A GHANAIAN BUSINESS MAN SEIZE IT

  MAHAMA LET A GHANAIAN BUSINESS MAN SEIZE IT

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• Tj 2 days ago

  Even if they extend it,it certainly shouldn't be 20 hears wtf do we understand what is 20 years

  Even if they extend it,it certainly shouldn't be 20 hears wtf do we understand what is 20 years

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• mr amin 1 day ago

  Govt should not agree for the extension

  Govt should not agree for the extension

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• JANKROMAH 2 days ago

  Difference between MAHAMA and NADAA
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  Mahama will never agree to the extension, especially not when the other Mahama is running Damang mines TO THE BENEFIT OF GHANA and GHANAIANS!
  
  In fac ...
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  Difference between MAHAMA and NADAA
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  Mahama will never agree to the extension, especially not when the other Mahama is running Damang mines TO THE BENEFIT OF GHANA and GHANAIANS!
  
  In fact, Obuasi Goldfields should be NATIONALIZED....even with penalty.
  Obuasi Goldfield was at some point the richest gold mine in the world....far richer than the Johannesburg one. But comparing OBUASI and JOHANNESBURG will make you cry....
  
  Obuasi is still a stuggling small town....whilst JoBurg is a gargantuan city.
  
  The clever dwarf NADAA would have agreed to the extension, and determined the percentage with his and his family as "part of it"......That is what the NPP did.
  
  With the NPP out of power, All GOLD MINES should now come under Ghanaians.....

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• Corrupt Government 2 days ago

  This corrupt government does have the sense to reject the request. I hope they do not allow this historic opportunity to manage our affairs.

  This corrupt government does have the sense to reject the request. I hope they do not allow this historic opportunity to manage our affairs.

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• Francis Mccarthy 2 days ago

  THIS IS “A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY “.

  THIS IS “A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY “.

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• GOLDEN 2 days ago

  TIME TO ENFORCE TRANSPARENCY,TRANSPARENCY AND STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!!!
  OUR LEADERS SHOULD STOP BEING PUPPETS,STOP INTERNAL CORRUPTION ASAP!!!!!!
  PUT AN END TO DECADES OF EXTERNAL FOREIGN EXPLOITAION IN DIFFERENT FORMS,F ...
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  TIME TO ENFORCE TRANSPARENCY,TRANSPARENCY AND STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!!!
  OUR LEADERS SHOULD STOP BEING PUPPETS,STOP INTERNAL CORRUPTION ASAP!!!!!!
  PUT AN END TO DECADES OF EXTERNAL FOREIGN EXPLOITAION IN DIFFERENT FORMS,FOREIGN FIRMS MAKE HUGE PROFITS,ENRICHING THEIR COUNTRIES,AT THE BENEFIT OF GHANAIANS,SO MUCH HYPOCRISY AND DOUBLE MORALS INDEED!!!!!!!!!!

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• SA 2 days ago

  20 years for what? Hell no, enough of slavery and corruption by foreign investors in Ghana, they bribed minister's and few unpatriotic Ghanaians for legal right to extend their contracts and leases for 30, 40 and 50 years, wh ...
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  20 years for what? Hell no, enough of slavery and corruption by foreign investors in Ghana, they bribed minister's and few unpatriotic Ghanaians for legal right to extend their contracts and leases for 30, 40 and 50 years, when the rest of the population suffers in dire poverty, and national debts everywhere. We have to fix our country and take back all the mining contracts in house, Ghana government ownership, full stop, no more playing games and lies by our government and leaders who just can't think for themselves, enough of poverty in Ghana. Ghana was and is meant to be the richest country on earth, the entire country sits on gold or other important minerals, yet we are poor, which is down to corruption, mismanagement, thievery, lies by our useless leaders over the past 50 years.

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• The truth 2 days ago

  Respectfully, the position of IEA is totally wrong. Goldfields is a public company listed on ghana stock exchange and own by institutional investors thus the enviable operational success. Every Ghanaian can own part of Goldf ...
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  Respectfully, the position of IEA is totally wrong. Goldfields is a public company listed on ghana stock exchange and own by institutional investors thus the enviable operational success. Every Ghanaian can own part of Goldfields unlike our local company's that is privately own by few.
  
  Johannesburg and other places developments because the government uses the revenues for good use. No mining company builds a city.
  
  Believe me, the mining industry will collapse in few years with this position. We have been there before not long.
  
  Is because gold prices are up. Mining investment is capital intensive and very risky
  Currently in the country, junior miners are seeking funds for development world wide , no Ghanaian or Ghanaian owned entity have showed interest. Tomorrow, foreign investment may come in and the chorus will be let nationalised.
  
  Blue gold is seeking 1bn usd because of emotions by our leaders.
  
  Mining don't build a country is quality leadership

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• Alex Mensah 2 days ago

  Its unfortunate we have failed leaders like Mrs Sophia Akuffo and former speaker talking without facts.Did they not hear in the news that E&P could not pay the workers Pf and other benefits and that they went on strike on tar ...
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  Its unfortunate we have failed leaders like Mrs Sophia Akuffo and former speaker talking without facts.Did they not hear in the news that E&P could not pay the workers Pf and other benefits and that they went on strike on tarkwa mine
  We need to take interest and investigate the impact these foreign investors bring on board
  Golfields held E&P hands to develop them to reach this far
  They cant even pay suppliers and other partners.
  We are in the community and knows the issues E& P has so please take a break and stop this deceiptful campaign against a company who has made huge impact incountry
  Few months ago,the mine workers union rose up against minerals commision decision to ensure every mine does contract mining .
  Lets build Ghana

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• wahalla 2 days ago

  As in many other comments, Goldfields is on the Ghana stock exchange any Ghanaian can buy a share of the company E&P is not on the Ghana stock exchange, the workers at E&P have salary arrears, are paid half the salary of a Go ...
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  As in many other comments, Goldfields is on the Ghana stock exchange any Ghanaian can buy a share of the company E&P is not on the Ghana stock exchange, the workers at E&P have salary arrears, are paid half the salary of a GoldField's worker, and the boss fly's around in an executive jet. When one of the E&P workers drove his $100,000 truck into the Tarkwa mine pit the E&P managers did not notice and listed his truck working for 12 hours on the time sheet supplied to GoldFields, there was no effort to check anything until the mans wife calls complaining her husband did not come home from work.

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• wahalla 2 days ago

  As in many other comments, Goldfields is on the Ghana stock exchange any Ghanaian can buy a share of the company. E&P is not on the Ghana stock exchange, the workers at E&P have salary arrears, are paid half the salary of a G ...
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  As in many other comments, Goldfields is on the Ghana stock exchange any Ghanaian can buy a share of the company. E&P is not on the Ghana stock exchange, the workers at E&P have salary arrears, are paid half the salary of a GoldField's worker, and the boss fly's around in an executive jet. When one of the E&P workers drove his $100,000 truck into the Tarkwa mine pit the E&P managers did not notice and listed his truck working for 12 hours on the time sheet supplied to GoldFields, there was no effort to check anything until the mans wife calls complaining her husband did not come home from work.

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• Ask and you shall be given 1 day ago

  Am getting tired of this comparism between Johannesburg and Obuasi/Tarkwa. Was it the mining companies that built the city of Johannesburg with some tax breaks or it was the government of South Africa then under their colonia ...
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  Am getting tired of this comparism between Johannesburg and Obuasi/Tarkwa. Was it the mining companies that built the city of Johannesburg with some tax breaks or it was the government of South Africa then under their colonial masters who used the taxes and royalties to built that city.

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• Herman 1 day ago

  Every one now a mining expert.
  Tarkwa s water problems due to Galamsey errects at water treatment plants at Bonsa.Nothing to do with mines.How is the country going to build more mines and engage mines to development projrams ...
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  Every one now a mining expert.
  Tarkwa s water problems due to Galamsey errects at water treatment plants at Bonsa.Nothing to do with mines.How is the country going to build more mines and engage mines to development projrams.We know if government controls mines the capital investment reduces and production eventually falls.Government interference and policy changes also play a part.
  Tarkwa would need serious capital to maintain production.
  International arbitration awaits Ghana with judgement debt looming.We need innovative thinking to grow sector.
  Mines can help in electricity generation projects etc which is the norm worldwide

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• Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY. 1 day ago

  All African governments must take absolute control of our minerals and exploit them for our own development instead of giving them away for free.
  
  We have entrusted the new Accra-Kumasi highway to DIHOC under the military. ...
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  All African governments must take absolute control of our minerals and exploit them for our own development instead of giving them away for free.
  
  We have entrusted the new Accra-Kumasi highway to DIHOC under the military. We should mandate DIHOC to extract all our minerals.

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