Mining helps build a thriving community at Akyem

At Akyem, a different narrative pertains; Positive mining is breaking long held myths of an industry with image sometimes battered by awkward and wild rumours. In Akyem’s serene environment, mining is anchoring major community development projects; livelihoods have been transformed and indigenes have been economically empowered. The story of Akyem is worth telling. Stripped of any flowery depictions, Akyem still holds an important promise. Perhaps ample testament that when regulatory systems work and ethical mining companies are given some good guarantees, mining presents a great future for the nation’s development. In 2014, the Akyem Mines was adjudged the First Best Safe Mine in Ghana for...