{"id":11320,"date":"2025-06-05T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:32:11","slug":"goldbod-warns-unlicensed-gold-traders-no-extensions-beyond-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11320","title":{"rendered":"GoldBod warns unlicensed gold traders: No extensions beyond June 21."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has issued a warning to individuals trading gold without a valid licence, stating that prosecutions will begin immediately after the final deadline of June 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The board made it clear that there will be no further extensions for obtaining licences, following an earlier grace period which extended the initial cut-off date from 21st May to 21st June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, made the announcement during a stakeholder engagement with the Chamber of Licensed Gold Buyers.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the Chamber to support efforts to regulate and sanitise the sector, insisting that the government\u2019s policy on gold trading compliance will be enforced without compromise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be able to sustain this for the betterment of our people. We are not going to relent on that, and anybody who becomes a stumbling block will be dealt with in accordance with the laws of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, kindly encourage your members to play by the rules\u2014apply for a licence, then you can trade in gold,\u201d Mr Gyamfi urged.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Kwaku Amoah, Chief Executive of the Chamber of Licensed Gold Buyers, expressed the group\u2019s readiness to cooperate fully with GoldBod.<\/p>\n<p>He underscored the need for compliance and called on members of the chamber to meet the registration deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the second time we have had an extension. For us, as a chamber, our advocacy goes on behalf of the GoldBod.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are into encouraging them to drive that force and urge all the members to register on or before 21st June 2025,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<h6><em>Disclaimer: The content provided on Fish FM Online is for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information presented. Fish FM Online and its affiliates are not responsible for any errors or omissions, nor for any decisions made based on the content available on our platform<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has issued a warning to individuals trading gold without a valid licence, stating that prosecutions will begin immediately after the final deadline of June 21, 2025. The board made it clear that there will be no further extensions for obtaining licences, following an earlier grace period which extended the initial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3313],"class_list":["post-11320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-goldbod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11324,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions\/11324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}