Tag: small-scale mining

Mining Expert Challenges GoldBod CEO’s Claims on Gold Purchases and Legality of Sources

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has firmly rejected allegations that the state gold purchasing company sources gold from illegal small-scale miners, known locally ...

The Board Chairman of the Forestry Commission, Professor Martin Oteng-Ababio, has cautioned that Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, will continue to fail unless fragmented policies are ...

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on President John Dramani Mahama to take bold and decisive measures to end the growing menace ...

Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr. Theo Acheampong, has called on the government to prioritize the implementation of a robust gold traceability system to prevent illegally mined gold, commonly referred ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (Goldbod), Sammy Gyamfi, has credited Ghana’s improved economic outlook to the unprecedented performance of the country’s gold exports, particularly from the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (Goldbod), Sammy Gyamfi, has dismissed suggestions that the newly established statutory corporation is promoting or encouraging illegal small-scale mining, popularly known ...

GoldBod’s US$1 Billion MoU with Dubai Firm Sparks Calls for Parliamentary Oversight

Security consultant Richard Kumadoe has described the GoldBod initiative as a potentially transformative reform in Ghana’s gold mining sector but stressed that its success will depend on how effectively it ...

Ghana Retains Position as Africa’s Top Gold Producer Despite Industry Concerns