Ghana: Mining company leaves behind environmental mess

Bonte Gold Mines Limited, a Canadian owned company, has closed its Ghana alluvial operations along the river Bonte at Bonteso in the Ashanti Region. It took just about one week for the company to complete its liquidation process without following the due processes for mine decommissioning. The workers have accused the company of keeping them in the dark about the liquidation and owing them unpaid wages. Farmers whose lands were affected by the operations of the mine also received no compensation. Perhaps worst of all, the company closed without reclaiming or repairing the land destroyed by the operations of the mine.