Ghana’s gold governance — verified end to end.
Under the Ghana Gold Board Act 2025, every legally produced gram of Ghana’s gold passes through a cryptographically auditable chain. Licences are publicly verifiable. Transactions are traceable. The audit log is open. Built on standards from OECD, LBMA, EITI, FATF, and the Bank of Ghana.
Verify a Ghana gold licence.
For international off-takers, refiners, banks, customs authorities, embassies, and compliance officers verifying that a Ghana gold counterparty holds an authentic, current licence from the Ghana Gold Board.
Every section of the Gold Board Act, enforced digitally.
GoldBod is the sole authority for buying, selling, assaying, and exporting gold and other precious minerals in Ghana. GIGGS implements the applicable sections of Act 1140 in software.
Sole authority
GoldBod as sole buyer, seller, assayer, and exporter of ASM gold. Every transaction is recorded and audited on the Hyperledger network.
Cedi pricing
All gold purchases settle in Ghana Cedis at the Bank of Ghana daily reference rate.
Source traceability
Every batch is traced from source mine through to export, with GPS tagging and a seven-step cryptographic custody chain.
Anti-money-laundering
Licensed entities are screened against UN sanctions, international AML, and PEP databases per FATF Recommendations 10 and 12.
Monthly reporting
Licensed entities submit purchase reports by the 5th of each month. Late submission triggers automatic penalties.
Foreign-entity restriction
Foreign nationals are restricted from local gold trading. Foreign buyers must apply through GoldBod directly.
From mine to export, in seven verified steps.
Each batch carries a cryptographic identifier from extraction through delivery. If any step is missing or fails verification, the export permit cannot be issued.
What the platform does.
GIGGS combines six core capability areas into one integrated system, calibrated for Act 1140 and aligned with OECD Due Diligence Guidance and LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance.
Multispectral satellite analysis
Sentinel-2 RGB identifies surface gold signatures. Sentinel-1 SAR penetrates cloud cover. NDWI and NDVI overlays detect water-pits and deforestation associated with unlicensed mining. Sentinel-3 thermal flags smelting hotspots.
Seven-step chain of custody
Each batch carries a cryptographic identifier from extraction through export. Custody transfers require dual confirmation. Missing steps block the export permit.
USSD field registration
Artisanal miners register via *714# on any phone. Five Ghanaian languages supported. Registrations sync to the central registry within seconds.
AI governance assistant
Conversational AI on every screen, drawing from live operational data. Drafts compliance reports, screens AML risk, predicts unlicensed-activity hotspots, and explains Act 1140 in context.
MD executive backoffice
Material approvals — licences, enforcement actions, staff access — flow to the Managing Director’s secure dashboard with a complete audit trail.
Permissioned distributed ledger
Custody transfers, MD approvals, AML flags, and audit events commit to a Hyperledger Fabric network operated by nine institutional nodes — Bank of Ghana, GRA, Minerals Commission, FIC, accredited refiners, partner banks, and GoldBod. No single party can alter history without majority consensus. Smart contracts (chaincode) enforce Act 1140 directly.
A complete governance estate.
Each module loads independently. If one fails, the rest continue. Updates ship per-module without downtime. 87 modules across 13 functional categories.
Licensing & Permits
- Mining licence
- Buying licence
- Export permit
- Renewal workflow
- Foreign entity block
- Application tracking
- Document verification
- MD approval queue
Chain of Custody
- Mine to buyer
- Buyer to refiner
- Refiner to vault
- Vault to export
- GPS tagging
- Batch numbering
- Seal integrity
- Transit logs
- Custody transfer
- Final verification
Production
- Daily production logs
- Method classification
- Grade assays
- Mass reconciliation
- Loss tracking
- Yield analytics
Revenue & Royalties
- Royalty calculation
- Sliding scale 5–12%
- Ground rent
- Licence fees
- Penalty tracking
- GRA tax allocation
- Minerals Development Fund
- District assembly share
AML & Compliance
- International AML check
- UN sanctions
- PEP screening (FATF Rec 12)
- Source-of-funds (FATF Rec 10)
- Threshold monitoring
- SAR filing
- FIC reporting
Enforcement
- Detection & alerts
- Operations coordination
- Site closure
- Asset seizure
- Fines & penalties
- Court referrals
AI & Detection
- Sentinel-2 RGB
- NDWI water-pit detection
- NDVI deforestation
- Sentinel-3 thermal
- Sentinel-1 SAR
- CAMS mercury trace
- Predictive risk model
- Geological AI
Beneficial Ownership
- UBO registry
- ORC sync
- Ownership diagram
- Change detection
- Cross-reference
Entities
- Company registry
- ASM registry
- Refiner registry
- Buyer registry
- Exporter registry
Staff & Access
- Staff registration
- Roles & permissions
- Department hierarchy
- MD backoffice
- Two-factor authentication
- Session audit
Reports & Analytics
- Monthly compliance
- Quarterly EITI
- Annual GRA return
- Bank of Ghana submission
- Custom dashboards
- Executive briefings
Public Transparency
- Public stats feed
- Whistleblower portal
- Transparency API
- Press releases
Field & Integrations
- Inspector mobile app
- USSD *714#
- Field reports
- Drone coordination
- MTN MoMo
- Bank of Ghana rate
- Copernicus open data
- Ghana.gov SSO
OECD-aligned due diligence on Ghana gold.
Five-step framework for off-takers, refiners, banks, and compliance officers evaluating Ghana gold counterparties under OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance, and FATF Recommendations.
Establish strong management systems
Every licensed buyer, refiner, exporter, jewellery fabricator, and aggregator is public record. Verify a counterparty’s licence status, expiry date, and trading category — free, instant, no account required.
Verify a licence →Identify and assess supply-chain risks
Each batch carries a cryptographic identifier from extraction through export. Custody transfers require dual confirmation. Missing steps block the export permit at GoldBod authorisation.
Seven-step chain →Design and implement risk mitigation
Every licensed counterparty is screened against UN sanctions, international AML lists, and PEP databases per FATF Recommendation 12. Source-of-funds verification per FATF Recommendation 10 on every transaction.
AML framework →Carry out third-party audit
Custody transfers, MD approvals, AML flags, and audit events commit to a Hyperledger Fabric network operated by nine institutional nodes. Refining oversight by Rand Refinery (LBMA Good Delivery accredited).
Platform architecture →Report on supply-chain due diligence
EITI compliant since 2010 with quarterly transparency reports on royalty collections, production volumes, and enforcement actions. The full hash-chain audit log is verifiable on request.
Transparency portal →Real-time feeds from authoritative sources.
Gold and currency rates from the London Bullion Market Association and the Bank of Ghana. Weather from Open-Meteo. Operational telemetry from the GIGGS hash-chain audit log.
Gold & FX reference
Mining-region weather
GIGGS Core status
Aligned with international best practice.
GIGGS implements the regulatory frameworks expected of a national gold platform serving an international market.
Act 1140 of 2025
Every applicable section of the Ghana Gold Board Act is enforced through software controls and the cryptographic audit chain.
Data Protection Act 843
Personal data processed under Ghanaian law with privacy by design. Agentics Technology Solutions Ltd. registered as data controller.
EITI 2023 Standard
Public transparency portal, beneficial-ownership registry, and quarterly disclosure of payments and revenues under the GHEITI multi-stakeholder framework.
Distributed ledger
Hyperledger Fabric with nine institutional nodes and six chaincodes enforcing Act 1140 through multi-party consensus.