1.5 hectares cleared near Prestea, Prestea/Huni Valley
Likely galamsey
There is open water in or right beside this patch, and no licence to mine on the land. Mining pits fill with water and farms rarely have ponds, so this is likely galamsey. It is an educated guess from satellite data, not a finding. How we guess
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
- Size
- 1.5 hectares
- First seen
- 25 January 2026
- Last change
- 2 October 2026
- Nearest town
- Prestea, 8.1 km away
- District
- Prestea/Huni Valley
- Location
- 5.5059° N, 2.1308° W
- Reference
- 2026-01-5506n2131w
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 25 January 2026. 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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