The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Mines, Hon. George Mireku Duker has disclosed that Ghana’s newly constructed Gold Refinery, Royal Gold Ghana is set and ready to be Commissioned latest by August 2022 by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Deputy Minister made this known when he paid a working visit on behalf of the Sector Minister, Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor to inspect the Refinery at the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) premises in Accra, on Tuesday, 28th June, 2022.

Hon. Duker highly commended the team at PMMC saying that he is impressed with the work done and particularly happy that the vision of the President Akufo-Addo led government, to add value to the various Minerals produced in Ghana is on course with the completion of the Refinery.

“As we have a Refinery here in Ghana, the value addition goal of the President will be met and this tells you that we are going to expand the base, we are going to add more value and more importantly, Gold would not be exported in the raw form.”
He assured that government through the Lands Ministry will tick all boxes to ensure that the state-of-the-art refinery is not a “white elephant” but is put to the intended purpose for the country to benefit fully from it’s proceeds.

Hon. Duker hoped that the Refinery although currently being operated by foreign Nationals, will soon create more jobs for the Ghanaian youth through knowledge sharing and also add value to gold produced in Ghana as is the goal of the President Akufo-Addo led government.

The Mines Deputy Minister stressed that the Ministry is interested in building local champions to set up and own Mines that will rob shoulders with those of international standards like Newmont and Anglo Gold Ashanti.