
GoldBod raises US$75m from banks in test of new gold financing model
Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) raised US$75 million directly from commercial banks last week, testing a new financing model that allows it to fund gold purchases without using the Bank of Ghana (BoG) as an intermediary, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sammy Gyamfi, has said.
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