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MarketsGold Price in Ghana Weekly Open: Gold Starts the Week 1% Higher Ahead of US Inflation Data; GoldBod at GH₵11,294 (US$978.68) per Pound, Mon 9 Nov 2026GoldBod opened the week at GH₵11,294 (about US$978.68) per pound in Monday's 10:30 AM window, up 1.00% on Friday's close, with world…9 November 2026

MarketsGold Price in Ghana Weekly Close: Gold Ends the Week Up 2.7%; GoldBod at GH₵11,182 (US$967.30) per Pound, Fri 6 Nov 2026GoldBod closed the week at GH₵11,182 (about US$967.30) per pound in Friday's 3:00 PM window, up 2.74% on Monday's open, as the…6 November 2026

MarketsGold Price in Ghana Mid-Week: World Gold Jumps Back Above US$4,000; GoldBod at GH₵10,870 (US$940.31) per Pound, Wed 4 Nov 2026World gold jumped 2.2% to US$4,016 an ounce on Wednesday after the US midterms weakened the dollar. GoldBod's latest official price is…4 November 2026

MarketsGold Price in Ghana: GoldBod Opens the Week at GH₵10,884 (US$944.79) per Pound, Mon 2 Nov 2026Ghana's official gold price opened the week at GH₵10,884 per pound (about US$944.79), set from the LBMA PM benchmark of US$3,955.25 at…3 November 2026

NewsMinority Calls for GoldBod CEO’s Resignation Over Galamsey Remarks; GoldBod Says Video Was Taken Out of ContextThe parliamentary Minority wants Sammy Gyamfi to resign over comments on small-scale mining. GoldBod says the clip was selectively edited and described…27 October 2026

Company NewsKonongo Lease Dispute: Minerals Commission Cites US$8.3m in Unpaid FeesNorthern Ashanti Mines is challenging the termination of its Konongo lease in court. The Minerals Commission says about US$8.33 million in mineral…27 October 2026

MarketsUAE and India Overtake Switzerland as Ghana’s Top Export MarketsThe United Arab Emirates took a quarter of Ghana's exports in 2025, with gold the main driver, according to Ghana Statistical Service…27 October 2026

MarketsBank of Ghana Makes Reserve Rebuilding a Priority After GoldBod Export SlowdownGold reserves stood at 25.2 tonnes in August. The central bank says rebuilding buffers comes first ahead of fourth-quarter forex demand, after…27 October 2026

MarketsSmall-Scale Gold Exports Reach US$11.6bn So Far in 2026, GoldBod SaysGoldBod says it exported 85.4 tonnes of artisanal and small-scale gold between January and 20 October, ahead of large-scale exports for the…27 October 2026

NewsGoldBod Moves Daily Gold Price Announcements One Hour Later Until March 2027From 26 October, GoldBod announces local gold prices at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Ghana time, following the end of British Summer…27 October 2026

GoldBod & RegulationGhana’s Sliding-Scale Gold Royalty and the Cut in the Mining Levy, ExplainedRoyalties on gold now rise with the gold price, while the Growth and Sustainability Levy on gold miners was cut from 3%…27 October 2026

GoldBod & RegulationSince 1 September, Ghana’s Small-Scale Gold Must Be Refined Locally Before ExportGoldBod has barred the export of unrefined doré bought under approved off-take arrangements. What the directive requires of aggregators and foreign off-takers.27 October 2026

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Ghana gold news you can act on

This page brings together all Ghana gold news from The Ghana Gold desk. First, you get GoldBod’s official gold prices three times a week. Next, you get the rules that decide who can buy, sell and export gold. Finally, you get company, project and market updates from across the industry.

Every story is written for people who make decisions. That includes investors, offtakers, miners, joint venture partners and the service firms that work with them. So each article explains what changed, why it matters and who it affects.

What our Ghana gold news covers

• Gold prices: GoldBod’s buying price in cedis and US dollars, set against the world price. See the Markets tab.
• Regulation: new rules from the Ghana Gold Board, the Minerals Commission and the Bank of Ghana. Read them all on our GoldBod and regulation page.
• Companies and projects: leases, disputes, new mines and expansions.
• Trade: where Ghana’s gold goes, from the UAE and India to Switzerland.

How we report

We check every figure against its source before we publish. For example, prices come from GoldBod, reserves and trade data come from the Bank of Ghana, and licence news comes from the Minerals Commission. When a story develops, we update the original article and add a dated note at the top. As a result, the full story always stays in one place.

In addition, when news changes a number on our Intelligence Dashboard, we mark it. Those stories also appear on the dashboard, next to the figure they changed.

Who reads our Ghana gold news

Our readers are in Accra, Dubai, London and beyond. Many of them are not Ghanaian, so we show prices in both cedis and US dollars. We also explain local terms, such as GoldBod windows and small-scale licences, in plain English.

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