Gold Mining as Subsistence: Ghana''s SmallScale Miners ...
Consider its contribution to Ghana''s economy. Excluding Ashanti Goldfields'' Obuasi mine, which accounts for over 50 percent of Ghana''s gold production, smallscale gold miners and galamsey produce between 15 percent and 20 percent of the country''s gold. According to unofficial statistics at the Minerals Commission, an estimated 145,662 ounces ...