{"id":347803,"date":"2017-08-24T18:52:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=347803"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:48:20","slug":"seizure-of-our-equipment-part-of-govt-witch-hunt-exton-cubic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/seizure-of-our-equipment-part-of-govt-witch-hunt-exton-cubic\/","title":{"rendered":"Seizure of our equipment part of Gov&#8217;t witch hunt &#8211; Exton Cubic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exton Cubic Group Limited believes the recent frustrations to halt its exploration of the Nyinahin bauxite concession may be a result of a witch hunt against it.<\/p>\n<p>The company has said the recent developments concerning the legality of operations in the Nyinahin\u00a0bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest reserve have given it a reason to be concerned.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ruQS9YC3MGuye5gUEDe2xna2mnydEzUe&#8221;]Vehicles belonging to Exton Cubic&#8217;s sub-contractor, Ibrahim Mahama\u2019s Engineers and Planners (E&amp;P), were impounded in the\u00a0Nyinahin township on orders from the\u00a0Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, following suspicions the mining company was operating illegally.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Exton Cubic suspected a\u00a0witch hunt during a press conference on Thursday, the company&#8217;s\u00a0Public Relations Officer, Samuel Gyamfi said: &#8220;&#8230; suspicions, yes, we will not discount that [a witch hunt] because the way things are happening and the way things are being done gives us great cause to worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gyamfi proceeded to accuse the\u00a0Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of not communicating clearly with it on any possible legal breaches, as the agency has <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/23\/nyinahin-exton-cubics-operations-illegal-epa\/\">purported publicly<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EPA, on March 29, 2016, Exton Cubic applied for three separate Environmental Permits to undertake the\u00a0prospecting\u00a0of bauxite on its Mprasaso, Kiriyaso, and Kyekyewere concessions in the Ashanti region.<\/p>\n<p>The permit was granted but the EPA said Exton Cubic reneged on commitments to notify the EPA as soon as prospecting activities commenced and also submit a liability estimate of degradation within three months from the date of issuance of the permit.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gyamfi, in response to this, said: &#8220;\u2026 you [Exton Cubic] are the client of a state institution like the Environmental Protection Agency. You have been writing to them and you don\u2019t receive any replies from them. The agency feels that you have done something untoward. You have breached a requirement of your permit. The agency doesn\u2019t write to you. The agency doesn\u2019t invite you for a meeting. Rather you will hear in the media that an adverse decision has been taken against you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347775\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-347775 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Exton-Public-Relations-Officer-Samuel-Gyamfi.jpg\" alt=\"exton-public-relations-officer-samuel-gyamfi\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel Gyamfi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Gyamfi also reiterated\u00a0the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, confirmation that his Ministry granted Exton Cubic an entry permit into the Nyinahin\u00a0bauxite concession, in the Tano Offin Forest reserve to prospect for Bauxite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have your vehicles which have not been used for any illegal activity impounded. All the necessary information and clarification have been provided by the sector minister and by the authorities concerned. There is ample documentary evidence to show that we are not engaged in any illegal mining activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when &#8220;authorities are telling you we are not ready to meet you \u2013 to hell with you. That obviously will feed into that public perception that maybe there is an unseen hand somewhere which is trying so hard to find faults when none exist,\u201d Mr. Gyamfi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exton Cubic Group Limited believes the recent frustrations to halt its exploration of the Nyinahin bauxite concession may be a result of a witch hunt against it. 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