REGULATOR
Ghana Gold Board
GoldBod is the licensing authority for gold-trading participants and maintains an official licence registry.
GHANA · GOLD REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE
Ghana / GoldBod
A centralized gold-trading regulatory model under the Ghana Gold Board: licensing, approved offtakers, FX flows, assay/export approval and mandatory local refining of doré for SFAs.
Verified from official sources · 13 September 2026
Current framework
2026 UPDATE
Local refining
From 1 September 2026, Self-Financing Aggregators must refine gold doré in Ghana before export through an approved or designated refinery.
OFFTAKER
Pre-onboarding
An SFA must submit a prospective international offtaker to GoldBod for KYC/AML and financial due diligence before commencing business.
EXPORT
Consignment approval
GoldBod performs assay/verification and confirms associated FX inflows before facilitating export to an approved offtaker.
REGION INVESTS verification points
Legal entity and licence against the official GoldBod registry.
Licence category and authority to perform the claimed role.
Offtaker / transaction approval where the SFA model applies.
Assay, refinery, export approval and FX trail for the specific shipment.
Critical 2026 change: GoldBod’s published rule requires local refining of SFA doré before export from 1 September 2026.
Official sources
GoldBod — LicensingLicence categories and regulator powers.GoldBod — License RegistryOfficial licence validation.Offtaker Onboarding Rules — 13 July 2026KYC/AML and transaction workflow.Mandatory Local Refining — 26 August 2026Local refining before export.
Rules and approvals are re-verified at the date of each live transaction.