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Ghana has announced it was banning all foreigners from trading in its local gold market as part of sweeping reforms aimed at boosting foreign exchange reserves and stabilising the local currency.
The ban takes effect on May 1, 2025 and grants exclusive authority to a state body, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), to regulate and control artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
“All foreigners are hereby notified to exit the local gold trading market not later than 30th April, 2025,” said Goldbod spokesperson Prince Kwame Minkah.
Foreigners may however “apply to the GoldBod to buy or off-take gold directly from the GoldBod,” he added.
Ghana, the largest gold producer in Africa, derives more than a third of its gold output from small-scale miners.
But illegal small-scale mining, known locally as galamsey, has been a dominant and emotive issue in Ghana’s political campaigns, with successive governments vowing to tackle the environmental destruction and loss of revenue it causes.
