Mining in the studied area is carried out without any precautionary measure. The radiological implication of this activity was reported in this work. Soil samples were collected from the gold mines and analyzed for activity concentration of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) using NaI (Tl). The average specific activity of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K were 62.73, 90.66 and 411.27 Bq/kg respectively. The radiological parameters D (nGy/h), AED (mSv/y) and Raeq had average values of 100.89, 0.13 and 224.04 respectively. Furthermore, the radiological hazard indices Hex, Hin, Iγ and Iα had average values of 0.61, 0.78, 0.86 and 0.31 respectively, which were lower than the United Nations Scientific Committee on effects of atomic radiation (UNSCEAR) recommended limit of unity. Finally, the total cancer risk due to NORMs in soil was 7.35 × 10 for the whole populations which was within the USEPA acceptable range of 1.00 × 10 to 1.00 × 10. Therefore, the gold mining activity poses no significant radiological hazard to the members of the public.
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