On February 23, the Inspector of Takoradi Supervision Ministry of Mincom, a government agency of Ghana, and personnel from relevant departments went to Wassa Gold Mine to inspect and accept the construction of the second stage of Unit 2 of the Phase II tailings pond. After investigation, the project construction met the design standards and Mincom's acceptance standards, which was unanimously approved on the same day. On March 4, Wassa Gold Mine received an official permission letter from the Ghanaian government, and the construction work at this stage successfully passed the acceptance. This means that the Unit 2 of the Phase II tailings pond of Wassa Mine has been approved for discharging production tailings, and it has also obtained the permission to continue the construction of the tailings pond in the next stage.

According to the new production plan and follow-up operation and development plan of Wassa Gold Mine, the design life of the original tailings pond can no longer meet the needs of future large-scale development, and the continuous construction of tailings pond is imperative. Thanks to the good relationship between Wassa Gold Mine and government agencies such as Mincom and Environmental Protection Agency, as a member of International Cyanide Management Association (ICMC) of Wassa Gold Mine, a series of preferential policies were obtained during the construction of tailings pond, which saved considerable construction costs. Wassa Gold Mine will make good use of these favorable conditions and continue to carry out the next stage of tailings pond construction in combination with the production expansion plan. With the completion of each stage of tailings pond expansion, it will lay a solid foundation for the next rapid development stage of Wassa Gold Mine to usher in a comprehensive and substantial increase in production and capacity expansion.