The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners (E&P), Ibrahim Mahama has accused the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi of sabotaging him in order to settle personal scores.
According to Ibrahim Mahama, the scheme of Chairman Wontumi by organizing his boys to undermine Exton Cubic will not succeed as planned.
“Let's support our own. The attempt by certain individuals especially the Ashanti Regional Chairman of NPP to whip up sentiments against the company by organizing his boys in the area to undermine Exton Cubic will surely not see the light of day”, he stated.
A statement from Ibrahim Mahama’s quarters has indicated that Exton Cubic Group Limited, the mining company in the centre of the recent Nyinahini Bauxite Concession saga is operating on a prospecting license making the statement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minerals Commission flawed.
The statement debunked the EPA’s claims, describing them as untrue and not supported by the evidence available, adding that the EPA and the Minerals Commission should have done proper checks instead of acting on rumour.
“The statement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minerals Commission are flawed. Exton Cubic is not engaged in mining. They're prospecting and the prospecting permit was issued by the EPA on 07/06/2016. It's regrettable the two state institutions acted based on a Newspaper publication (Daily Guide). The PRO of EPA shouldn't have acted based on hearsay they should have visited the site and confirm if any prospecting law was broken. Prospecting has been going on since 2016 and the permit will expire in 2018,” they said.
The statement explained that Exton Cubic has been collaborating with stakeholders in the mining sector for about 4 years, complying with all procedures leading to their attainment for a mining lease.
They suggested that the “Minerals Commission will not give a Mining lease to a Company if you don't submit your Prospecting permit.” A step that has already been taken by the Exton Cubic Group.
A prospecting license according to Ghana’s Mining Portal, “gives the holder the exclusive right to search for specific minerals (or commodities) by conducting geological, geophysical and geochemical investigations to determine the extent and economic value of any deposit within the license area.”
It adds that “Drilling, excavation or other sub-surface techniques are permitted under the prospecting license. The initial grant of the license is limited to three years and a maximum area of 750 contiguous blocks or 157.5 km².”
The EPA in a statement earlier suggested that Exton Cubic Group is not permitted to operate at the Nyinahini Bauxite Concession as they did not complete some requirements needed to gain the prospecting license.
“The EPA will like to clarify the position of the Exton Cubi Group Limited’s Environmental permit status under the Mining Lease. Exton Cubic Group has not obtained the required EPA permit under its mining lease and therefore any attempt to enter the area for mining activity is illegal,” it read.
“On 29th March 2016, Exton Cubic Group Limited applied for three separate Environmental Permits from the EPA to undertake prospecting of bauxite on its Mprasaso, Kiriyaso, and Kyekyewere concessions in the Ashanti Region covering a total of 346.08 km sq. The EPA granted the Environmental Permits to Exton Cubic Group Limited on 7th June 2016.
“The company among other conditions was to notify the EPA as soon as prospecting activities commenced, and also to submit within three months from the date of issuance of the Environmental Permit a liability estimate of environmental degradation to enable the posting of the Reclamation Bond in line with Regulation 23 of the Environmental Assessment Regulation 1999 (LI 1652). Exton Cubic Group Limited, unfortunately, reneged on all these conditions. This, therefore, means that the prospecting permits are no longer valid," the statement added.
However, the statement from Ibrahim Mahama's quarters also debunked the EPAs claim that Exton Cubic Group failed to adhere to some instructions rendering their prospecting license null and void.
“Exton Cubic has applied for the permit to start mining. The first letter was sent to EPA on 20/03/2017 and a second request was sent on 18/07/2017 after EPA failed to respond to the March 20 letter. For that matter, it's flawed for the EPA PRO to state that Exton Cubic failed to write to them for a mining permit,” they explained.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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wontumi can not compare himself to Ibrahim, so he should ***barred word***, if npp prefer foreigners to do mining instead of a Ghanaian, then they should continue, they will never be in power forever.
Do you think the rest of us are as gullible as Amewu? You and your brother are thieeeeefs. We don't pity you. You ***barred word*** man. Look at how your incompetent brother made us suffer for nothing. Massa, you are annoying us with your greed. Nana Addo is wasting too much time in locking you up. Nkwassssia p3p3nin.
Do the right thing and be free. EPA has said it all. Go back and do the proper thing and stop accusations. You thing Your c.or.rupt brother ex president is still in power
Listen to this th13f who is the brother of another th13f spin n0ns3nse Do you understand the word prospect?Well it implies that you are now going to take soil samples,rock samples etc for analysis to find out if the area actually has deposits of the mineral .You have for a long time been pestering Valco to sell their conveyor system to you.If you were now only going into the forest to look for bauxite why were you trying to buy that system?Do you think we are stup1do?It's been established a long time ago that that forest has 200 million tonnes of bauxite.So your plan is to side step the provision in the constitution that such a huge exploration of minerals should be put before parliament by going for a prospecting license.I am really disappointed in the NPP officials who have aided this insane act of th13very and crass avarice.This man is as greedy as his kleptomaniac brother It is time he realises that Ghana has other denizens aside from the Mahama family.
You still think your brother is the president eh? Go and mine there and let us find out if you think you can do what you like.
Go and tell your brother so that he can use his corrrrrruption to pave the way for you.
If you think you and your brother are the bosses in Ghana, go and start mining there.
see how the NPP TALK FOR THEIR PARTY. AND THEY THINK THAT'S ALL
Stop being a spoilt child and do the right. Who is sabotaging you? You haven't meet conditions yet you go about saying you are being sabotaged
if you leave in a glass house you dont throw stones