The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has dismissed claims that the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, endorsed illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, insisting that his remarks have been taken out of context.
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Be the big voice for Ghana’s dev’t – Minority urges Christian Council to prevail on government to address excesses
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the Christian Council of Ghana to leverage its moral authority as a national voice to confront what it describes as growing governance failures, rising illegal mining activities, concerns over free speech and losses associated with the operations of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod).
Policy think-tank CPS demands probe into GHS22bn GoldBod losses; says DGPP programme design drains cash
The Centre for Policy Scrutiny (CPS) has thrown its weight behind calls for an independent investigation into reported GoldBOD losses of US$1.7 billion, equivalent to approximately GH¢22 billion, under Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP).
ASM gold gains must not be sacrificed for politics – GNASSM tells politicians
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is calling on politicians to safeguard the progress made in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) gold sector. In a statement released in Accra on Thursday, January 1, 2026, and signed by its General Secretary, Godwin Nickleson Amarh, the association emphasised that despite the losses incurred […]
GNASSM endorses GoldBod initiative to formalize Ghana’s gold trading sector
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has thrown its weight behind the government’s initiative to establish the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), aimed at formalizing gold trading in Ghana.





