Kwesi Enyan calls for complete revolution in the mining sector

Kwesi Enyan, Director General of Operations, Rocksure International -- an indigenous Ghanaian mining company, has called for a complete revolution in the country’s mining sector to help promote needed development in the country.

 

He said the country is endowed with abundant minerals, but there must be appropriate policies to properly redefine the country’s minerals sector as a catalyst for development.

Mr. Enyan, who was speaking in an interview with the B&FT, explained that the public perception about mining companies has been negative, with the mind-set that miningcompanies just take minerals out of the country; but when you look at it, mining companies bring great benefits to the country they operate in.

“We look at the direct money government gets such as royalties, corporate tax; they also do not look at the employment benefit as in what goes in, what comes out; even the fact that we have multi-nationals who come into the country and bring money,” he said.

Commenting on the new contract agreement, he explained that Rocksure has secured a US$20million contract with Perseus Mining (Ghana) company at Ayanfuri in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Western Region, to execute ‘a complete mining project for the company’.

Rocksure’s five-years of experience in drilling, blast and haulage among other expertise with giant Anglogold Ashanti in Bogoso and Daman, as well as foreign projects scattered across the continent, including Mali, easily won it the job.

The Perseus contract takes Rocksure’s business units to four after similar ones in Bogoso, Daman and Takoradi which are all running concurrently.

The Chief Executive Officer of Rocksure Mr. Kwasi Osei Ofori, and the Board Chairman of Perseus, Nana Prah Agyeinsem VI, signed for their respective companies to officially signal the project’s commencement.

As per the agreement, at least 40 percent of the workforce would be locals within the Ayanfuri community and its environs in the spirit of promoting indigenisation.

Perseus Mining will manage the final leg of the production process and the marketing aspect.

Nana Agyeinsem VI, who is also the Paramount Chief of Assin Kushia in the Central Region, said the victory by Rocksure in a stiff competition was an indication that Ghanaian local mining companies have come of age and are ready to take the world by storm.

Mr. Ofori promised to build on the experiences of the last five years to add value for Perseus and to enhance its own image.