Impacts of 'Galamsey' on Drainage and Sanitation in the ...
· halve of all large scale mining in Ghana, over 100 registered or legal small scale mining and over 600 galamsey operators by 2012, and that registered mining and galamsey at the place date back to 1877 and the 10th century respectively (Kumi-Boateng, 2012; Hilson, 2006; Griffis al et, 2002). It is also an important commercial and transit centre.