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Ghana plans gold board to increase earnings and curb smuggling

Ghana plans to launch a gold board to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings, and reduce smuggling, said Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson on Monday.
The gold board will be launched in early March and will act as the sole buyer of gold through licensed aggregators and local traders.
Total gold exports for 2024 stood at $11.64 billion, a 53.2% year-on-year increase, helping nearly double Ghana's trade surplus to $4.98 billion, according to Ghana's central bank.
Forson stated that the fragmented system has led to widespread gold smuggling and deprived the state of much-needed foreign exchange.

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