Regulators and mining firms must learn from the result of examinations into the ‘Apeatse Blast’ to prevent future event, Chris Griffith, CEO of Gold Areas Restricted, has said.
Portraying the blast as a “awful mischance,†he said regulators of the mining division must utilize the result to move forward certain ranges of the regulatory administration to improve security.
Mr Griffith, who was tending to writers at a media engagement session in Accra on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, said mining companies must moreover utilize the result of the request to make strides inside security guidelines.
“Indeed some time recently we know the results of the examination, we'll be looking at our possess guidelines to guarantee that we are compliant to anything directions are in put and to form beyond any doubt that we do the exceptionally best we are able to until such time that we get the answers,†he said.
Mr Griffith said the mining companies would work collectively with the Government to come out with remedial activities to thwart the repeat of such appalling blasts.
Fourteen individuals were slaughtered and more than 170 harmed within the blast, which happened on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Appiatse within the Prestea-Huni Valley District.
Preliminary examinations by the Police had demonstrated that a truck carrying explosives to the Chirano Gold Mine, approximately 140km absent from Appiatse collided with a tricycle at the Apeatse area of the Bogoso-Kumasi interstate.
The mishap reportedly caused fire, driving to the blast approximately 15 minutes afterward.
Government has since commenced examinations to unwind what caused the fiasco. Mr Griffith said security was foremost to the operations of Gold Areas, including that the company had a solid direction and security standard to guarantee the security of workers and communities in, which it worked.
He said the Company had not recorded any fatalities at its mines within the last decade which it had targeted zero fatalities, zero genuine wounds, and zero genuine environmental episodes as portion of its 2030 targets.
“We put esteem on security. We have made it clear that we'll not mine in case we will’t mine securely.
“Over 700 days without one representative losing a move in Tarkwa may be a confirmation to how the group is doing,†Mr Griffith said.
Mr Joshua Mortoti, Acting Official Bad habit President, Gold Areas West Africa, portrayed the Apeatse fiasco as an “terrible occurrence.â€
He said the existing control on the transportation, capacity, and taking care of of explosives within the nation “is truly solid,†including that the fiasco would assist progress regulatory frameworks.
“We are sharp to memorize from the examination report to get it what happened and the extra steps we are able to take going forward,†Mr Mortoti said.
Gold Areas may be a globally expanded maker of gold with 10 working mines and ventures in Australia, Ghana, Peru, Chile, and South Africa.
The Tarkwa, Damang, and Asanko mines in West Africa constitute 35 per cent of the Company’s add up to Gather generation.
The company has been working in Ghana for 29 a long time, with the Tarkwa Mine as its flagship mine and the single biggest gold maker in Ghana.