In pursuing greater value addition to natural resources, the country has officially begun refining gold purchased from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector following commencement of ...

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced plans to begin local processing and refining of gold in October 2025, as part of major reforms aimed at boosting the country’s gold production. Speaking at ...

Ghana, Africa’s largest gold producer, has long relied on exporting the bulk of its gold in unrefined or semi-refined form, a practice that, while generating significant foreign exchange revenues, has ...

Refining locally means that costs previously incurred to ship gold abroad and pay foreign refineries can now remain in the country, bolstering domestic revenue. The government's 15 percent ...