The Kofreze Construction and Engineering Limited, a mining firm, says illegal miners have forcefully taken over its legally acquired small-scale mining concession at Dadieso in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region.
Mr Frederick Korankye, Co-Director of the company, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that the mining site was acquired through the appropriate regulatory processes in 2024, granting them the authority to undertake mining activities on the concession. 
He said the company mobilised to site in 2025 where it started operations, but suspended activities later due to some financial and other operational challenges.
He, however, said: “About three months ago, we had an information that illegal miners have taken over the concession because they think we were not active on the site, so we went there and saw them actively mining with excavators and bulldozers.”
Mr Korankye noted that the activities of the illegal miners were damaging their asse
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