The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has disclosed that the outfit has hit the $5 billion mark in gold export value for the first half of 2025—surpassing the $4.6 billion recorded for the entire year of 2024.
Mr Sammy Gyamfi said this at a press conference in Accra on Monday, June 30, 2025.
He noted that achievement was chalked up to the ongoing regulatory reforms and efforts to formalise the gold trade.
He stated that the Board remains committed to achieving its target of a 60-tonne export mark by the end of July 2025.
This would be done driven by stronger compliance, improved oversight, and the streamlined licensing regime under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), he assured.
“In the whole of 2024, gold exports stood at 66 tonnes with an export value of $4.6 billion. We have done only six months, and yet we have crossed the $4.6 billion. We have gone beyond $5 billion, and in terms of volumes, we have done 50 tonnes and over, and we are optimistic that by the end of next month, we will have hit 60 tonnes,” he said.
He added, “This month alone we have brought in nothing less than $900 million in forex for the Bank of Ghana, and so if the Bank of Ghana has enough forex liquidity for the market and for government obligations and the Cedi is strong and stable, it is because of some of these things the Gold Board is doing,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
