The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says he will use artificial intelligence to help fight illegal mining activities if he is elected president.
He announced this while speaking as a guest of honour at the 3rd Annual Transformational Dialogue on Small-scale Mining at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani.
The former president said a new NDC government will use “AI to locate all small-scale mining and galamsey operations, track excavators, and geofence all concessions.”
The initiative he explained will help coordinate and monitor activities within the small-scale mining sector to reduce environmental destruction.
He also pledged to set up a special fund to help provide a pool of mining equipment for sustainable exploitation in mining communities.
“A special revolving fund will be established with the private sector to provide capital and a mining equipment pool in each district where gold mining is prevalent. This will facilitate easy and affordable access to relevant mining equipment.”
Accoridng to him, tomensure the successful implementation of this initiative will be in collaboration with Ghana Mining Excellence Centre (GMEC) and coordinated by UENR and UMaT [University of Mines and Technology].
“To support all these brilliant initiatives and ensure that we are implementing them as best as possible, I have announced the launch of a Ghana Mining Excellence Centre (GMEC), to be run initially for five years and which will be coordinated by UENR and UMaT.
“As I have envisioned it, the Centre will collaborate with scientists from other universities worldwide to implement joint research and innovation projects that will simulate green growth within the Ghanaian mining and minerals industry.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
