Coffreys Building and Engineering Restricted has petitioned each the Nationwide Safety and Minerals Fee over the unlawful occupation of its licensed mining rights by unlawful miners at Wasa Dadiso in Wasa Amenfi East Municipality within the Western Area.
The corporate claims that unidentified people engaged in unlawful mining forcibly seized a few of its mining rights roughly three weeks in the past, disrupting operations and inflicting large-scale environmental injury.
In a separate petition dated April 14, 2026, addressed to the Nationwide Safety Coordinator and the Chief Govt Officer of the Minerals Board, the corporate mentioned an inside safety report first introduced the alleged intrusion to administration’s consideration.
A subsequent analysis by the corporate revealed widespread property destruction, unauthorized mining actions and environmental degradation within the mining space, based on the petition.
“The continued presence of those unlawful miners is a breach of peace, undermines professional funding, and dangers escalating battle inside host communities,” the petition reads partly.
The corporate is subsequently interesting for pressing intervention to evict the unlawful miners, restore authorized possession of the mining rights, and stop additional financial and environmental injury.
Paperwork seen by MyJoyOnline embody an environmental allow issued by the Division of Environmental Safety to Kofreze Building and Engineering Restricted for small-scale floor gold mining and processing at Dadieso No. 2 in Wassa Amenfi East Municipality.
Permits issued on March 20, 2025 are legitimate till March 19, 2027.
Different paperwork obtainable to JoyNews and MyJoyOnline embody a number of the contracts signed and notarized paperwork stamped by the Excessive Court docket and the Land Registry, which the corporate says assist its authorized proper to function on the concession.
Kofreze Building and Engineering Restricted claims to be a duly licensed operator below the Minerals and Mining Act 2006 (Act 703).
Unlawful mining, generally referred to as galamsey, is a serious problem in a number of mining communities throughout Ghana, significantly within the Western and Western North areas, the place conflicts over concessions, destruction of water our bodies and environmental degradation proceed to trigger concern.
Minerals Fee and nationwide safety officers haven’t but publicly responded to the petition.
