1.1 hectares cleared near Shama, Komenda-edina-eguafo-abirem Municipal
Licence on this land
No licence to mine
The register shows no mining licence on this land.
The labels come from the Minerals Commission's public licence register. We check it every week, last on 31 October 2026. Mining without a licence is illegal in Ghana, and that is what galamsey is. Read what each label means
Likely galamsey is our own guess. We add it where there is no licence to mine and the satellite sees water in or next to the cleared patch. In the clearest picture we have, from 30 April 2026, there was no open water in or next to this patch, so it does not get the label. A place without this label can still be galamsey. How the guess works
- Size
- 1.1 hectares
- First seen
- 3 November 2025
- Last change
- 12 October 2026
- Nearest town
- Shama, 8.2 km away
- District
- Komenda-edina-eguafo-abirem Municipal
- Location
- 5.0582° N, 1.5724° W
- Reference
- 2025-11-5058n1572w
See it closer
Google's pictures are sharper than ours but can be years older, so they may show forest where the land has since been cleared. Google Earth shows the date of its picture.
What this page does and does not say
Satellites saw most of the plant cover here disappear, starting on 3 November 2025. The pictures show the place before and after. Mining leaves pits, bare orange ground and muddy ponds, which you can often see in them.
We do not know who cleared this land or why. Look at the pictures and the licence, and judge for yourself.
What mining looks like from above
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