According to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) report, illegal mining activities (galamsey) have been increasing with an estimated number between 300,000 and 500,000 artisan miners comprising one of the largest groups of illegal miners on the continent disregarding the small-scale mining laws promulgated in 1989 with its continuation in the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Acts 703) which expresses the basic position that minerals in their natural state are owned by the state and outlines the license scheme for mineral operations, the incidence of the various mineral rights and the power of the principal regulatory institutions yielded no results as according to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines (CGM) report, illegal mining activities have been increasing with an estimated number between 300,000 and 500,000 artisan miners yielding one of the largest groups of illegal miners on the continent.
Sɛ yɛhwɛ 2008 Ghana chamber of Minesfoɔ (GCM) nsɛnkae a wɔde bae no a, ɛkyerɛ sɛ, amenamutu adwuma a ɛmfa mmara kwan so no akɔ soro afiri 300,000 abɛduru 500,000 a wɔn a wɔde mfidie nketewa yɛ no na wɔdɔɔso pa ara na wɔmfa mmara a wɔhyɛɛ no 1989 no nyɛ adwuma na wɔde agudie ne famtu mmara Act, 2006 (Acts 703) a ɛkyerɛ sɛ agudie no yɛ ɔman no deɛ na ɛkyerɛ ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ obi fa so de gye tumi krataa ansa na wɔatumi akɔyɛ adwuma no bi.