Do you serve retail or personal exporters?

No. Ghana Metals is an institutional B2B firm — we serve refineries, banks and bullion buyers, institutional investors, manufacturers and jewellers, export houses, and licensed sourcing operations. We do not handle personal or unsolicited "buy/export gold" enquiries. Our export-compliance work is documentation, assay, due diligence, and chain-of-custody — the legitimate, documented side of the trade, within the GoldBod regime.

Gold Export Compliance in Ghana — Documentation & the GoldBod Regime

Exporting gold from Ghana means documenting it correctly within the GoldBod regime — chain-of-custody, independent assay, OECD due diligence, and full GRA Customs documentation. Ghana Metals provides the export-compliance service that gets a parcel cleanly through the regulated framework. Valued against international spot, never below it. Institutional clients only. Since 1976. Request a compliance brief.

If you need to move gold out of Ghana cleanly, the parcel has to be documented correctly within the GoldBod regime — chain-of-custody from origin, an independent assay, OECD due diligence, and full GRA Customs paperwork — not improvised, and certainly not advanced on the promise of an unsolicited “discount” parcel. Ghana Metals provides the export-compliance service that prepares a parcel to move correctly through Ghana’s regulated framework, since 1976. Request a compliance brief — or a quote against spot: +233 27 000 0844. Institutional clients only.

Why Institutions Use Ghana Metals for Export Compliance

Inside the GoldBod Regime

We work within Ghana’s GoldBod-regulated framework — the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), under which GoldBod is the national assayer and the sole legal assayer/exporter of ASM-sector gold. We prepare parcels to move correctly within that regime and coordinate the official GoldBod assay/export route where it applies. We operate under the regime; we do not claim to be GoldBod, the licensed ASM exporter, a miner, or a refinery.

Documented, Not Improvised

A compliant export rests on a documented chain-of-custody from origin, an independent assay certificate, and a clean OECD due-diligence record — assembled in advance, so the parcel that leaves matches the parcel on paper.

Valued Against Spot — Never Below

Where valuation is part of the engagement, gold is valued against the prevailing international spot price (LBMA / COMEX) for its assayed fineness and weight. There is no separate “Ghana gold price”, and we never value or offer gold below spot.

One Accountable Process

From origin documentation to GRA Customs clearance, the compliance work runs through one documented, accountable process — recorded, sealed, and traceable at every handover.

What Export Compliance Covers

| Step | What we deliver | |---|---| | Chain-of-custody & origin record | Recorded, sealed, traceable parcel + provenance | | Independent assay certificate | Method, fineness, weight — transparent | | OECD due diligence | Provenance and supply-chain risk, documented | | GoldBod-regime route | Official assay/export coordination where it applies | | GRA Customs documentation | Royalty (5%), customs paperwork, designated-lab seals | | Spot valuation | Against LBMA / COMEX, for assayed fineness |

How Export Compliance Works

Chain-of-custody & origin documentation — recorded, sealed, traceable from origin.
Independent assay & certification — fire assay (definitive) + XRF (screening), documented.
OECD responsible-sourcing due diligence — provenance, participants, and risk.
GoldBod-regime & GRA Customs documentation — official route, royalty, seals.
Valuation against international spot — never an invented price, never below spot.

The Regulatory Picture — Honestly

Under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), GoldBod is the sole legal buyer, assayer, and exporter of ASM-sector gold; it repealed the PMMC Act and absorbed PMMC’s National-Assayer role. Old PMMC and ministerial trading licences ceased to be valid, foreigners were required to exit the local gold trading market (dealing without a GoldBod licence an offence from 1 May 2025), and eligibility to be licensed is a Ghanaian aged 18+ or a wholly Ghanaian-owned company. On the tax side, the GRA mineral royalty is 5% and customs seals and documentation are required for any doré leaving Ghana. Ghana Metals provides the compliance service inside this regime — we do not claim to be GoldBod, to be the licensed ASM exporter, to mine (a Minerals Commission matter under Act 703), or to be a refinery.

What It Costs — Honestly

Export compliance is quoted per engagement — the parcel, the consignments, the documentation, and the turnaround drive it, and there is no flat published rate. Statutory costs (the 5% GRA royalty, customs charges) are passed through transparently. The gold itself, where valued, is valued against the prevailing international spot price for its assayed fineness and weight. We never offer or value gold below spot: a “discount to spot” is the signature of a scam, not a deal.

Legitimacy & Compliance

We work within Ghana’s GoldBod-regulated framework — the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140) — and coordinate the official assay/export route where it applies; we do not claim to be GoldBod, the licensed ASM exporter, to mine, or to be a refinery
Documented chain-of-custody from origin, independent assay certificates, and responsible-sourcing due diligence aligned to the OECD framework and LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance
Institutional clients only — refineries, banks, investors, manufacturers, export houses; we do not sell or export gold for the public
Established 1976 — a real, documented precious-metals service firm

Export Compliance Across Ghana

We serve institutional clients across Accra, Tema, Kumasi, and the Ashanti and Western mining regions, coordinating compliance, documentation, and clearance within the regulated framework.

Areas We Serve

Ghana Metals provides export-compliance, assay, due-diligence, and precious-metals services to institutions across Greater Accra, Tema, Kumasi, and the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana.

Gold Assay & Fineness Verification — determined, not estimated
Responsible Gold Sourcing — OECD due diligence at origin
Verifying a Legitimate Gold Supplier — the anti-scam checklist
Chain-of-Custody Assurance — sealed, tracked, traceable

Frequently Asked Questions

What documents are needed to export gold from Ghana? A documented chain-of-custody, an independent assay certificate, OECD due diligence, and the regulated-framework paperwork — the official GoldBod route where it applies, plus GRA Customs documentation, the 5% royalty, and designated-lab seals. We prepare the parcel to move correctly within that framework; we do not claim to be GoldBod.

Who can legally export gold from Ghana now? Under Act 1140, GoldBod is the sole legal exporter of ASM-sector gold; old PMMC/ministerial licences are void and foreigners exited local trading from 1 May 2025. We operate within this regime as a compliance service, not as GoldBod.

What does export compliance cost? Quoted per engagement; statutory costs (5% royalty, customs) pass through transparently. The gold itself is valued against international spot — never at a discount to spot.

Do you serve retail exporters? No — institutional B2B only (refineries, banks, investors, manufacturers, export houses). We do not handle personal or unsolicited “export gold” enquiries.