He stated that in such district mining offices, personnel from the Minerals Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will accept mining licence applications.
These officials would also monitor small-scale mining methods to verify that they follow best standards, he said.
Mr Mahama made these remarks on Thursday, February 1, while addressing to small-scale miners in Nsutem, Fanteawkwa South Constituency, Eastern Region, as part of his Building Ghana Tour.
He said “Every district will have a district mining office and in the district mining office, we will have a Minerals Commission officer and an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officer.
“If you want to apply for a mining license you apply to your district office, when you are mining they will come and supervise and make sure you are doing the right thing.
“Aside from that, we will employ the graduates from the University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa, everybody who has a small-scale concession and you are mining we will attach those young mining engineers to you so that they will teach you how to go about mining in safety so that people don’t die on your mining site and you are able to mine properly without misadventure.”
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