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.
Ghana Chmaber of Mines nhwehɛmu a ɛfiri afe 2008 mu kyerɛ mu sɛ galamsey nnwuma ɛrenyini fri mpem aha aduasa kɔpem mpem aha nnum a nnwumayɛfoɔ a ɛyɛ saa adwuma yi dodoɔ ka fagutudeɛ bɔne kuo kɛse paa a ɛwɔ Abibirem ha a wabu fagutudeɛ nketewa mmara a wɔhyɛɛ no afe 1989 mu no a ne ntoasoɔ wɔ Minerals and mining Act, 2006 (Acts 703) a ɛkyerɛ agyinaeɛ titiriw sɛ fagudeɛ a ɛwɔ asaase ase nyinaa ara yɛ aban dea enti ɛkyerɛ abɔdin nkrataa a ɛfa fagudeɛ nnwuma ho, fagudeɛ ho faahodie ne mmara nnwumakuo no so nyinaa amma mfasoɔ wɔ afe 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines nhwewɛeɛ mu a wato no din (illegal mining Activities have been inɔreasing with an estimated number between 300,000 and 500,000 artisan miners yielding one of the largest groups of illegal miners on the ɔontinent.)