GoldBod profiles artisanal miners to trace sources of Ghana’s gold – Sammy Gyamfi

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) is undertaking a nationwide initiative to profile artisanal and small-scale gold miners in order to establish comprehensive data on gold production and improve traceability within the sector. This effort, which has been ongoing for about two months, aims to determine the geographical distribution of gold production and the proportion supplied by different types of miners.

GoldBod's CEO, Sammy Gyamfi, explained that the Board's licensing, gold-buying, and receipting systems will enable them to track the source and category of gold entering the formal market, allowing them to establish the percentage of gold sourced from Upper East, Savannah, Central, and other regions, as well as the distribution among small-scale and artisanal miners.

GoldBod's CEO emphasized the importance of this initiative in formalizing the sector and improving monitoring of gold production, noting that Ghana currently lacks comprehensive and up-to-date data on the artisanal mining sector, which is primarily covered by records of small-scale mining licences issued by the Minerals Commission.

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