One had swimming goggles and another a rice bag covering his torso. The unlicensed gold mining industry, known in Ghana as "galamsey", has grown at a breakneck pace this year as global gold prices ...

STORY: This unlicensed gold mine in Ghana is a booming business. It's one of many in the country generating livelihoods and informal revenue streams. Even as it harms miners' health, pollutes ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) recently launched the Ghana Gold Coin, a significant initiative under the domestic gold program, aimed at providing a new investment option for Ghanaians. The move comes at ...

Hussein Murray, a Rochester Hills Michigan man who was murdered by two men posing as a DTE Energy crew, is being mourned by his family. Murray, 72, was murdered in his own basement by the two suspects ...

For Ayisi, the rise in gold prices is good for Ghana, helping it recover from a severe economic crisis in 2022 that required a $3-billion IMF bailout. "We should be able to get a lot of money and ...

PRESTEA-HUNI VALLEY, Ghana, - At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and ...

Men in t-shirts, shorts are rubber boots at an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pulling out rocks with bare hands and operating a rickety sluice as ...

Questions and Answers on the recently launched Ghana Gold Coin 1. What is a Gold Coin? Response: A gold coin is a coin manufactured primarily from refined gold. 2. What are the types of Gold Coins?