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

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has commenced a nationwide exercise to profile artisanal and small-scale gold miners as part of efforts to establish comprehensive data on gold production and improve traceability within the sector.

The exercise, which began about two months ago, is expected to help GoldBod determine where gold purchased across the country is produced and establish the proportion supplied by artisanal miners compared with licensed small-scale operators.

Mr Gyamfi said the exercise would also establish how much gold was being supplied by small-scale miners and how much came from artisanal operators.