Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) on sustainable … livelihoods in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of Ghana. The study seeks to answer the following questions: what is the impact of … unproductive due to the inability of the dominant ASM firms to reclaim lands after mining. The workers’ exposure to cyanide and …

The termination of mining activities resulting from the exhaustion of mineral resources usually kills the local … economies of mining communities and ultimately impoverish the inhabitants of the affected communities. Underpinned by this …, sustainable livelihoods in artisanal small-scale mining communities have assumed prominence in international and national …

This study examines the interaction between formalization of the artisanal and smallscale mining subsector and the …-scale mining subsector to legal status. Using documents, reviews, and interviews with key informants, the study suggests that there … is generally no automatic connection between formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining and improvement of …

operation, lack of earning opportunities for group members, management issues, and low profitability. Moreover, cost …