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23 Apr

Akonta Mining Responds To Illegal Mining Allegations By The Minerals Commission

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AKONTA MINING COMPANY LIMITED OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO THE MINERALS COMMISSION’S PRESS RELEASE DATED: 22ND APRIL 2025 RE: ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES BY AKONTA MINING LIMITED IN THE TANO NIMIRI FOREST RESERVE The Management of Akonta Mining Company Limited has taken notice of the press release issued by the Minerals Commission on 22nd April 2025, and wishes to set the record straight in response to the multiple inaccuracies, distortions, and damaging claims contained therein. We respond as follows: 1. ON THE CLAIM THAT AKONTA IS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL MINING IN THE TANO NIMIRI FOREST RESERVE This allegation is false, baseless, and defamatory.…

08 Dec

“This Deranged Lawyer Needs Mental Examination On Mining Activities” – Chairman Wontumi Schools Martin Kpebu

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Renowned miner, Chairman Wontumi has called for Martin Kpebu to undergo mental examination following his frivolous opinions about mining activities. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako affectionately called Chairman Wontumi has said it was wrong dishonest on the part of private legal practitioner, Martin to tag him with illegal mining activities. Chairman Wontumi who has openly put on display the activities of Akonta Mining Company, stated that he is surprised after that people like Martin Kpebu who have watched his video still come out to say he is into illegal mining. “After watching the documentary I put out there about the operations of Akonta…

12 Jan

Akonta Mining: Lands Minister Responds To Mahama

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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has reacted to former president John Mahama’s comments on President Akufo-Addo’s defence of Akonta Mining Limited. Mr. Jinapor said the former president’s description of president Akufo-Addo’s response to a question by the chairman of the 28th National and 16th Biennial Congress of the National Union of Ghana Catholic Diocesan Priests Association in Koforidua as empty was ill-informed. Akonta Mining was accused of engaging in illegal mining activities in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve. The Lands Minister said he would not have responded to Mahama’s comments on the matter, but he…

10 Jan

Some People Also Believe You Are A “Robbing Agent”- Chairman Wontumi’s Lawyer Replies John Mahama

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Former President John Mahama is still pained that he got badly exposed by Chairman Wontumi for attempting to gift the Nyinahin Bauxite concession to his brother at a time when he was leaving office, Lawyer Kwame Adom Appiah has said. Lawyer Adom Appiah has cautioned the former President to get proper education on the issue regarding Akonta Mining Company Limited and move away from making baseless statements that are being spearheaded by agents of propaganda. According to him if Mr. Mahama wants to nickname President Akufo-Addo as a “clearing agent” then he should be ready to accept the “robbing agent”…

05 Jan

President Akufo-Addo Is Right, Akonta Mining Was Falsely Accused- Lawyer For Mining Firm

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Lawyer for Akonta Mining Company, Kwame Adom Appiah, has appreciated President Akufo-Addo for exonerating the mining firm after it was wrongly accused of engaging in illegal mining. Lawyer Adom Appiah in an interview on Wontumi TV stated that from his position as counsel for Akonta Mining, he was aware that the operations of the mining firm never contravened the law. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has exonerated Akonta Mining Company Limited from any wrongdoing, stressing that the Company is not involved in any illegal mining anywhere in Ghana. “Let me respond briefly to the chairperson on the issue of illegal mining,” President…

29 Nov

Gold For Oil: Gov’t Must Give More Support To Akonta Mining Than Foreign Mining Companies- Financial Expert

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A Finance and management expert is calling on the government of Ghana to support the operations of Akonta Mining Limited if it aims to solidify its initiative to purchase oil products with gold rather the US dollars. Mr. Ishaq Kyei-Brobbey stated on Wontumi TV on Tuesday that government must emulate the culture of other countries where they set an agenda to support their own business folks over foreign nationals or companies. He therefore called for massive support for Akonta Mining Limited- a wholly Ghanaian owned mining company that is into large scale mining and owned by Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly…

13 Oct

Peace FM Spreading Fake News, Akonta Mining Site Not Set Ablaze (PHOTO)

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The publication on the Facebook page of Peace 104.3 FM that Akonta mining site structures have been destroyed is false and malicious. According to management of Akonta Mining Company Ltd, they do not have such structures at the Tano Nimiri Forest reserve as seen in the post and has therefore urged the general public to disregard such publication. When contacted by Movementtvonline.com, management of Akonta Mining company Ltd noted that they were not contacted by Peace FM for confirmation on whether or not, their structures have been destroyed, and yet went ahead to make such false publication. It went further…

06 Oct

Ishaq Kyei Brobbey Pens….

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Ishaq Kyei Brobbey pens.... Government must see to establishing Akonta Mining as one of the Local Mining Giants, and that, all processes must be easier for Akonta Mining to operate effectively. Benefits of supporting local companies to becoming giants are many. Specifically on the strategy to deal with our Cedi Depreciation. 1, Local Purchases of gold policy is intended to shore up our International Reserves. This initiative has taken off. Success of this policy requires that we don't undermine our own. Help them to produce responsibly, even if the they have production process limitations. 2, The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…

04 Oct

I Am Highly Responsible, I Won’t Do Things To Hurt The Environment And NPP- Chairman Wontumi

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The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Wontumi, has insisted that his mining operations are done in a responsible way and not in an illegal way. Chairman Wontumi insisted that he takes responsibilities and would not engage in activities that would let his company and political party down. “I won’t do things to hurt my company; I won’t do things to hurt this party (NPP). In 2017, I could have easily moved to the site to work but I waited till I got the license before beginning my operations”, Chairman Wontumi said. In debunking accusations of…

04 Oct

I’m Protecting Nimiri Forest Reserve Because It Has Been Gazetted To Akonta Mining Limited- Chairman Wontumi

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Owner of Akonta Mining Limited, Chairman Wontumi has vowed to protect the Nimiri Forest Reserve from operations of galamsey miners in the Nimiri Forest reserve to engage in galamsey operations. “I applied for Nimiri forest which is at Western North…I don’t have lease there but the truth is that they have gazetted the place for me”, Chairman Wontumi, who is also the Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said. In 2013, he recounted that some illegal miners invaded his mining site and left the place in deplorable state forcing him to use his own money for reclamation.…