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• JANKROMAH 3 days ago

  MASSA, we have heard this before....
  We were mining gold centuries before GOLDFIELDS and others wae.
  Thank you Goldfields...but there is never a perfect time....to move on. If after 70 years, we have cold feet then so be it ...
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  MASSA, we have heard this before....
  We were mining gold centuries before GOLDFIELDS and others wae.
  Thank you Goldfields...but there is never a perfect time....to move on. If after 70 years, we have cold feet then so be it.
  NO, IT IS LOCAL OWNERSHIP NOW.
  
  We may stumble a bit, but that is how to make progress.

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• Lord Hamah 3 days ago

  100%local ownership. Enough of Gold Fields and foreign mineral interests and capital flight!

  100%local ownership. Enough of Gold Fields and foreign mineral interests and capital flight!

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• Yaa 2 days ago

  Mining is not an industry fuelled by slogans. It is a business that runs and thrives on:
  1. Smooth and long-term policy,
  2. Careful planning,
  3. Ready access to large amounts of capital,
  4. Technical expertise,
  5. Tr ...
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  Mining is not an industry fuelled by slogans. It is a business that runs and thrives on:
  1. Smooth and long-term policy,
  2. Careful planning,
  3. Ready access to large amounts of capital,
  4. Technical expertise,
  5. Trained labour,
  6. Close attention to health and safety,
  7. Pure discipline - willingness to ignore the urge to gratify the instinct for instant gratification.
  
  Any Ghanaian agency or company that can offer any of these things should be welcome to bid for a licence to do that. What Ghanaians must no do is allow themselves to be sweet-talked into an idea of "local ownership" that bears no relation to reality and is just about wishful thinking........or slogans.

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• Okponglo Guy 2 days ago

  The type of discourse that should be promoted.

  The type of discourse that should be promoted.

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