President Mahama Attributes High Mineral Gains to Legal Reforms

His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, the president of Ghana has stated that Ghana’s small-scale gold sector achieved 104 tonnes in official exports during 2025, yielding US$10.8 billion in foreign exchange inflows following the operational rollout of national legal reforms.Speaking in Moscow, Russia, he outlined that the institutional establishment of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140) successfully reformed artisanal trade monitoring, directly elevating recorded export volumes from the 64 tonnes documented in 2024.