The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has disclosed that small-scale gold exports carried out by the Board in collaboration with the Bank of Ghana between January and August 2025 amounted to 66.7 tonnes.
Speaking at the maiden edition of the Mining and Minerals Convention in Accra on Tuesday, September 9, he explained that the exports had an estimated value of $6.3 billion.
He indicated that the volume and value of small-scale gold exports within that eight-month period had already surpassed the total exports recorded in the whole of 2024, which stood at 63 tonnes with a value of about $4.6 billion.
“What this means is that the volume and value of small-scale gold exports from January to August 2025 alone have exceeded the total small-scale exports outturn for the whole of the year 2024. That is from January to December, which stood at 63 tonnes with a value of about $4.6 billion,” he stated.
