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The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, says Ghana has started retaining a portion of its locally mined gold for refining, in a move aimed at increasing value addition within the country’s gold industry.
He said the development represented a departure from the previous situation where gold produced in Ghana was exported outside the country for refining, limiting the value that could be retained locally.
Mr Gyamfi made the remarks while speaking on a Twitter Spaces discussion on Sunday, August 9, 2026, where he highlighted changes in Ghana’s gold sector under the administration of President John Dramani Mahama.
“Before the assumption of office of President Mahama, all the gold mined in Ghana would have been exported outside of Ghana. But now a certain portion is refined in Ghana,” he said.
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