The Minerals and Mining Act, adopted in 2006, regulates all aspects of the exploration and exploitation of minerals in Ghana. This Act was amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act 900 of 2015.Both the Act and its Amendment are not available on any official website of the government. The official version of the primary law is in English and there are no official translations of this law into other languages. The government regulating entity is the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The country's mining contracts are available at resourcecontracts.org.
Last updated 1 May 2019
WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION ACT 1990
COMPANIES ACT 1963
INCORPORATED PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ACT 1962
MINERALS COMMISSION ACT 1993
PETROLEUM(EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION) LAW 1983
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT 1994
MARITIME ZONES (DELIMITATION) ACT - 1986 (PNDCL 159)
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF STOOL LANDS ACT 1994
COMPANIES ACT, 2019
MINERALS DEVELOPMENT FUND ACT, 2016
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2019
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ACT, 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS 1999
MINERALS AND MINING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2012
MINERALS AND MINING (SUPPORT SERVICES) REGULATIONS 2012
MINERALS AND MINING (HEALTH, SAFETY AND TECHNICAL) REGULATIONS 2012
MINERALS AND MINING (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2012
MINING LAW 2006
FORESTRY COMMISSION ACT 1999
INTERNAL REVENUE ACT 2001
MINERALS AND MINING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
MINERALS AND MINING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019