The Minerals Commission says illegal miners recently ejected illegal miners from the Anglogold Obuasi mine concession would not be back to the site.

The process to relocate the miners last month was met with fierce resistance as the miners expressed fear that their livelihoods were being curtailed.

Close to 6 thousand illegal miners who encroached the concession have since been relocated and regularized by the Commission to enable them to operate legally following the company’s decision to cede 60 percent of the concession back to government.

Speaking with JOY BUSINESS Chief Executive of the Commission Tony Aubyn said steps are currently underway to ensure the Obuasi concession is secured.

"Reports I am getting are that all the illegal miners have been removed  from the Obuasi mine last week. They have now moved to the area we have prepared for them," he said. 

He added that he is happy that the move has gone according to plan as "our objective was to move them without losing a pint of blood and we have achieved that."

Mr Aubyn said although the problem was not to have happened in the first place, the amicable solution works for all parties stressing that the Commission with the support of government needs to secure the area so they do not go back. 

AngloGold is now fencing its area to tighten its security to keep out trespassers.