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Deal #7359 Version #79297
Ghana
Created at
2019-10-30
Last update
2019-11-12
Last full update
2020-07-20
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of community
Ahafo communities
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Consent
Comment on community reaction
The community accepted the project at its initial development phase.
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
land acquisition conflicts, deforestation
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Number of people actually displaced
9 500
Number of households actually displaced
1 705
Comment on displacement of people
Most of the households displaced were subsistence farmers. An additional 10 000 people expected to be displaced by the extension plan.
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Displacement, Violence
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Loss of livelihood.
Recurrent cyanide spills and water contamination. Newmont was fined $4.9 million for cyanide spill in 2010.
several thousands of fish died near the same dam as a result of the cyanide spills.
The miners pay young school girls to have sex with them and teenagers have also been raped.
Vicious attack on peaceful protestors against Newmont in Ghana.
Promised or received compensation
Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
7600 hectares has been fully compensated and 2600 hectares not been fully compensated.
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads, Capacity building, Financial support, Other
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
Agreed to support community development programmes through royalty and a profit share of the mines output
Employment agreement provision of infrastructure, employment opportunities (35% for local people)
Materialized benefits for local communities
Materialized benefits for local communities
Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Capacity building, Financial support
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
6177 students received scholarships
900 microfinance or start up capital clients reached
75 infrastructure project completed
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Continental network WoMin and the Ghanaian NGO Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD) had also carried on a participatory action research with the women from Ntotroso.
Ghanaian NGO WACAM (standing for: Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining), has been legally supporting the residents and documenting their loss of livelihoods and the worsening of their living conditions.
in January 2010 the Ghanaian government fined Newmont $ 1,6 million for negligence due to the cyanide spill.
Members of the Ntotroso community had protests against failed promises by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited in 2006 as well as protest against the deaths of 6 contractors.