My Mining Activities Has Not Destroyed The Ankobra River Or Other Water Bodies –Okobeng Mining CEO
Nana Okobeng was responding to the current allegations leveled against him that the mining activities of his company has polluted water bodies including the Ankobra River.
Freeman Koryekpor 
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer of Okobeng Mining Company, Nana Okobeng Amponsah, has debunked the current wide spread allegations to the effect that the gold mining activities on his mining concession at Dominase in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Municipality of the Western Region has been destroying Ankobra River and other water bodies.
"I want to set the records straight today that these allegations leveled against my company are completely false, unfounded and cooked. Having being the law abiding citizen who has dully registered and secured the certified necessary legal licenses or documents from the various state mining regulatory institutions including the Minerals Commission and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and have been mining gold resource for the past twenty-five (25) years in Ghana, he would be the last person to do something to destroy water bodies. I respect the water bodies.
"I dared anyone who knows the concession to go and verify how my company carries its responsible gold mining activities and see if its mining activities destroy water bodies as being claimed by these of my destructors," Nana. Okobeng set the records straight.
Nana Okobeng was responding to the current allegations leveled against him that the mining activities of his company has polluted water bodies including the Ankobra River.
But speaking in an interview Soireenews.com via telephone call on Wednesday December 14, 2022, the seasoned miner stated that the allegations are false and a deliberate attempt by his critics to score their points saying that they have failed.
According to him, he legally secured various necessary licences from the Minerals Commission and Environmental Protection Agency to mine gold at Dominase and that his company operates mining activities as being.m confined in the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006. Act 703.
Nana Okobeng pointed out that those who are pulluting the Akonbra River and other water bodies were the illegal small scale miners, popularly known as the galamseyers who are indiscriminately mining gold resources from the communities such as Bamiankor, Ayinase, Amgbasea, Akango, Dualle and Akosono in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Municipality.
He stated that the people in these areas can testify that his company activities does not involved in polluting the Akonbra River and other streams and rivers in the area.
“When you go to Dominase in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Municipality, the people will tell you I am against the pullution of water bodies by the galamseyers I serve water bodies from from the illegal miners.. I understand mining because that is where am coming from,” he stated.
He noted that he supported the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of fighting against illegal small scale mining activities by way of leading anti-galamsey Military task-force to some illegal concessions to clamp down on the illegal miners in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Municipality.
“I’m serving this notice to each and every one that my concession within Dominase didn't have hands in polluting of water bodies or Akonbra River so far mining activities are concern in the area.
"Nobody should dare mention my name or the name of my company in any media platform or publication that we have polluted water bodies because there would be dire consequences for those who will try to tarnish my company name again in this regard,” he warned.
He, therefore, cautioned media practitioners to be vigilant and do proper fact-checking with their informants before writing any false story against his company again.
Mincing no words, Nana Okobeng has warned that necessary legal actions will be taking against any person or media organization who is found to have written any story to tarnish his name and that of his company.
