Conflicting accounts have emerged from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources over whether Adamus Resources was given notice before its mining leases were revoked.

A spokesman to the Lands Minister, Mahmud Kabore has admitted on radio that no notice was served despite a legal requirement to do so.

Kabore told Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme on Thursday (13 August) that Adamus was given “no any notice at all because the Ghanaian company did not deserve to be notified”.

That statement appears to contradict Section 68(2) of the Minerals and Mining Act 2006, Act 703, which mandates that “the Minister shall, before suspending or cancelling a mineral right… give notice to the holder and shall in the notice, require the holder to remedy a breach… within a reasonable period, being not less than one hundred and twenty days in the case of a mining lease”.

Civil society organisations in Ghana have described the revocation as an “indecent haste to expropriate an indigenous private mine without recourse to the laws of the country”.

Kabore however sought to defend the Ministry’s position during the interview, questioning how Adamus could remedy breaches cited by regulators.

“Some people have raised a concern that… the minister should have given a 120 day period for the company to remedy their actions but that second chance can be given where the issue can be remedied. A third party has been engaged and acted upon what they were engaged to do.

“How do you remedy that? You needed a permit before going to mine but you refused to get the permit. How do you remedy that?” he said.

The dispute over Adamus Resources Limited’s mining leases began in April 2026, when the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, revoked the company’s Akango, Salman and Nkroful mining leases following investigations by the Minerals Commission.

The government said the investigations uncovered sustained breaches of the mining laws and regulations.

Among the allegations were that Adamus had subleased portions of its concessions to foreign nationals without the required ministerial approval, conducted mining outside permitted areas without the necessary operating permits, and operated without some required environmental and forestry approvals.

The Minerals Commission also cited unpaid mineral rights fees, royalties and taxes, as well as other regulatory and financial concerns.

Adamus rejected the allegations, describing them as “manufactured and contrived”, and challenged the revocation. The company argued that the government had failed to follow the statutory procedure for cancelling a mining lease, particularly the requirement under Section 68(2) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) for the holder to be given notice and a reasonable period, of not less than 120 days in the case of a mining lease, to remedy a breach.

The company subsequently petitioned the Lands Minister for a review of the decision. An independent review process was undertaken, but on 10 August, the Minister upheld the original revocation, bringing the administrative review to an end.