The erection of unauthorized structures on Newmont Gold Ghana Limited’s mining area is stalling expansion works of its Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) Project. Engulfed by the hushed and greenery scenery at Dokyikrom, in the Asutifi North in the Ahafo region, sits hundreds of the speculative structures made from metallic roofing sheets. The illegal structures numbering over 300 however do not serve as a home or sleeping place for their owners but an abode for weeds sprouting from the ground. As these speculative structures continue to spring up, their owners anticipate huge compensations, a practice that actors in the mining industry are displeased with. Speaking with Journalists for Business Advocacy (JBA) who visited the community to witness first-hand the level of speculative structures being erected, the Director of External Relations and Communication of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ahmed Nantogmah, bemoaned that speculative activities are bad for the mining industry, add...