Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in ...
Mar 18, 2011· Tarkwa, covering an area of 11,400 ha is the oldest gold surface mine in Ghana, dating back to the early 1980s (Agbesinyale 2003). This concession has been mined by different enterprises, most recently AngloGold Ashanti Corp. and Goldfields Ghana Ltd. Surface mining in the Damang area was developed in 1989.