The failings of the military over the years started with the late 1980s where the first recorded nationwide operation against illegal mining was undertaken after the passage of the Small Scale Mining Law, PNDCL 218, 1989.
Asraafoɔ a wontumi nhwɛ mma yɛntu fam agudeɛ tuo a ɛnnam mmara kwan so no hyɛɛ aseɛ 1990 no mu. Berɛ a edi kan asraafoɔ kɔɔ ɔman no afaanan nyinaa hwɛɛ sɛ wɔretu galamsey adwuma no ase berɛ a na wɔagye PNDCL 218, 1989 a fam agudie tuo ho no.