Story by George Yawson Vineh
The Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) has today officially opened its portal which aims at facilitate online application for good trading and related services licensing in Ghana
This comes at the backdrop of an earlier announcement of revocation of all licenses under the previous gold trading regime persuants the GOLDBOD operationalization.
The portal is set to take effect today, Wednesday, 23rd, 2025.
This was in a statement signed by its Media Relations Officer, Prince Kwame Minkah, listing the categories of licenses that can apply effectively immediately are:
Aggregator Licenses
Self Financing Aggregator License
Buyer License (Tier1)
Buyer License (Tier2)
The rest of categories are set to be applied for effectively July, 2025.
The public are to access the GOLDBOD website; goldbod.gov.gh for information.
Below the the press statement:
PRESS STATEMENT
23 April, 2025
For Immediate Release:
GOLDBOD COMMENCES LICENSING OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) wishes to inform the general public, particularly stakeholders in Ghana’s gold trading sector, that we are commencing the licensing of Service Providers effective today, Wednesday, 23 April, 2025.
A Ghanaian, 18 years and above or a fully-owned Ghanaian company may apply to the GoldBod for a license online via the GoldBod’s official website, goldbod.gov.gh or physically, at the license office of the GoldBod located at our main office in Accra.
The categories of licenses that can be applied for effective immediately are as follows:
- Aggregator license
- Self-financing Aggregator license
- Buyer license (tier 2)
- Buyer license (Tier 1)
Other licenses such as Refining License, Smelting License, Fabrication License, Storage License, Transportation License, Importation License among others, may be applied for effective July 2025.
All relevant information about the mandate, policies and operations of the GoldBod can be accessed from our website, goldbod.gov.gh.
A person may send a message to or make inquiries from the GoldBod through our website.
An applicant must carefully read, understand and accept the Terms and Conditions of a license before proceeding to apply for same.
The GoldBod wishes to reiterate its earlier directive to all foreigners to exit the local gold trading market effective April 30, 2025. A breach of this directive shall constitute a punishable offense under the Ghana GoldBod Act, 2025 (ACT 1140). A foreigner may however apply to the GoldBod to off-take gold from the GoldBod.
Additionally, the GoldBod in line with its mandate to oversee and regulate the gold trading sector, reiterates its earlier directive for all gold traders to buy and/or sell gold at the official Bank of Ghana (BoG) Reference Rate published on www.bog.gov.gh.
The GoldBod looks forward to working with all stakeholders to restructure and streamline the gold trading sector to optimize national benefits. We count on the full cooperation of the public and shall continue to prioritize your feedback.
Prince Kwame Minkah
Media Relations Officer
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