Accra, April 26, GNA - The Ghana Chamber of Mines on Wednesday launched it's website with a call on Ghanaians to see mining as a way of life and not an activity that only sought to disturb the environment. Ms Joyce Rosalind Aryee, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Chamber of Mines, who made the call in Accra, said through the use technology, mining could be carried out with minimal effect on the environment. She said although Ghana might not be mining only for industrial use as she depended on other countries that also mined various minerals, which were transformed into various goods for human use.

Ghana currently produces gold, bauxite, diamond and manganese. According to her, with the advent of the Chamber's website it would now disseminate timely and accurate information about its activities to the public.

Ms Aryee noted that the information gap between the Chamber and the public had been wide over the years hence the need to bridge those gaps to enable the public to be adequately informed about mining activities in the country.

She said the Chamber was also to provide quarterly newsletters, which would also be displayed on its website dubbed, "www: ghanachamberofmines.org."

Mr Mike Ezan, President of the Chamber, said it was the desire of the Chamber to serve its members and the country by building information driven, people centred and development oriented industry where everyone could access, share and utilise accurate information on mining.

"Our challenge here is to harness the potential of information technology to disseminate information, facts and figures that would educate and also correct the misinformation about the impact of mining in Ghana."

He envisaged that the website would not only be a useful tool for bridging barriers of communication between the mining industry and various publics but would be a great source of information for students, media and researchers. April 26 06