The Technical Committee of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has taken its consultative stakeholder engagement to Tarkwa in the Western region.
The team, tasked to draft a policy proposal for the establishment of the GoldBod has been embarking on consultative stakeholder engagements with players in the gold value chain to put up a comprehensive draft for the establishment of the Board.
The team has already met players in Eastern, Greater Accra, and Ashanti regions, with the latest engagement taking place in the Western region.
Led by the Acting Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company, Sammy Gyamfi, a private legal practitioner, the meeting at Tarkwa, one of the popular mining communities in the country, brought together participants across the value chain.
They included small scale miners, gold dealers, bullion traders and jewelers in the Western region who were sensitized on the purpose, objects and functions of the soon to be established GoldBod and the need for stakeholders to cooperate with the Board.
The Friday, March 14, 2025 discussions were engaging, with participants declaring their support for the vision of President Mahama to establish the GoldBod, which they described as “the game-changer we have been waiting for.”
The technical committee, has, meanwhile, expressed its gratitude to the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Chamber of Bullion Traders, Gold Dealers Association and the Jewellers Association for their patriotism and invaluable contributions thus far.
The GoldBod, upon its establishment, shall restructure the gold trading sector and optimise national benefits, particularly through the mobilization of foreign exchange and the accumulation of gold reserves to strengthen the Ghana cedi and economy as a whole.
