[ { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:commodity-dependence-context:001", "statement": "Ghana operates in a regional context where Middle and Western Africa show very high commodity-export dependence according to UNCTAD's latest commodity-dependence assessment window.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:region:middle-western-africa", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.7, "rationale": "UNCTAD regional statistics are verified for the region; applying them as Ghana corridor context is inferred, not a Ghana-specific verified measurement." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:unctad:commodity-dependence-2025", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/ditccom2025d3_en.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "archive citation group [S2] — regional commodity dependence" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T08:55:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:unctad-s2" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:minerals-commission-exists:002", "statement": "Ghana maintains a public Minerals Commission institutional presence that publishes sector information relevant to licensed mineral operations.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-minerals-commission", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Official public institutional homepage is independently inspectable; claim limited to existence/public presence, not license validity of any counterparty." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-10-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:minerals-commission-public", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://www.mincom.gov.gh/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "official public home" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T08:55:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mincom-home" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:lbma-not-title:003", "statement": "LBMA Good Delivery / market-integrity references do not constitute Ghana land title, export authorization, or Minerals Commission licensing proof for a counterparty.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:lbma", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Negative claim about Ghana's licensing scheme, inferred from (a) Act 1140's licensing provisions (ss.26–28) naming only the Gold Board as licensor and (b) LBMA's self-described market-integrity scope. Downgraded from verified per hostile replay (B1): a boundary inference is not an independently inspectable fact, and internal synthesis must not carry a verified lane." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-07-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:lbma:good-delivery", "source_class": "market_feed", "locator": "https://www.lbma.org.uk/good-delivery", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "LBMA Good Delivery programme scope" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "ss.26–28: licence granted by the Gold Board; qualification provisions — LBMA appears nowhere in the licensing scheme" }, { "source_id": "source:archive:fable-benchmark-2026-07-11", "source_class": "internal_synthesis", "locator": "archives/fable-chat-2026-07-11/reports/01_GTCX_Research_1_to_10_Benchmark_Report.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "forbidden boundary: not regulator/registry/bank/certifier (posture context, non-load-bearing)" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T08:55:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:lbma-boundary" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:capital-markets-shallowness:004", "statement": "African public equity markets remain concentrated and relatively shallow versus global totals per OECD Africa capital-markets reporting — increasing the value of provenance-bound market intelligence over dashboard spectacle.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:region:africa-capital-markets" ], "jurisdiction": "AF", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.75, "rationale": "OECD report supports concentration/shallowness; the product implication for Terminal is an inference for GTCX Research design." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:oecd:africa-capital-markets-2025", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/africa-capital-markets-report-2025_7d26e1d3-en.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "archive citation group [S2]/S8]" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T08:55:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:oecd-acm" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:gold-spot-shelf-sparse:005", "statement": "The local protocols/commodity-trade/Gold Spot shelf exists as a research placeholder but does not yet contain a decision-grade claim library for Ghana ASM gold counterparty trust.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:internal:protocol-gold-spot", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "internal", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Local filesystem inventory of protocols/commodity-trade/Gold Spot; treat as inferred until a formal inventory witness is sealed." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:protocol:gold-spot-shelf", "source_class": "derived_inference", "locator": "protocols/commodity-trade/Gold Spot", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "shelf path present; sparse content" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:commodity-dependence-context:001", "status": "deferred", "note": "Not a logical contradiction — marks coverage gap: regional context exists while local protocol shelf lacks decision objects." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T08:55:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:gold-spot-shelf" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:act-1140-establishes-goldbod:006", "statement": "Ghana enacted the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), establishing the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) to oversee, monitor and undertake the buying, selling and export of gold and other precious minerals (long title; object at s.2). Its sole-authority provisions bite on non-large-scale gold — see claim 007.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.95, "rationale": "Long title and s.2 object verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint; official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed with SHA-256 for integrity (image scan — no text layer); Ghana Mission Dubai page corroborates. ASM-focus gloss removed per hostile replay (D4) — segment emphasis lives in claim 007's sole-authority provisions." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-07-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 long title & s.1-2 — GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt (OCR companion of this sealed PDF) lines 118-123 (long title), 127-135 (s.1 Establishment), 138-149 (s.2 Object)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://dubai.mfa.gov.gh/Exporting-Gold-From-Ghana.aspx", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140); GoldBod statutory mandate" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "https://superlawgh.com/ghana-gold-board-act-2025-act-1140/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.1 Establishment of the Ghana Gold Board", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.1 'Establishment of the Ghana Gold Board' — superlawgh reprint; same section at ocr.txt lines 127-135 (s.2 object at lines 138-149)" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:act-1140-establish" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-sole-asm-trade-export:007", "statement": "Under Act 1140, GoldBod has the sole authority to purchase and sell gold produced by miners other than large-scale miners, and to export gold produced by mining companies other than large-scale mining companies.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.93, "rationale": "Sole-authority language grounded in the official Act 1140 PDF (goldbod.gov.gh, sealed with SHA-256); reprint and MFA corroborate. Not a substitute for case-level license verification of any counterparty." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.3(2)(b)-(c) — GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt (OCR companion of this sealed PDF) lines 203-212 (purchase/sell at 209-210, export at 211-212)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "https://superlawgh.com/ghana-gold-board-act-2025-act-1140/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sole authority to purchase and sell gold produced by miners other than large-scale miners; export gold other than large-scale", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.3(2)(b)-(c) 'Functions of the Gold Board' — superlawgh reprint; same section at ocr.txt lines 203-212" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://dubai.mfa.gov.gh/Exporting-Gold-From-Ghana.aspx", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "GoldBod central institutional authority for gold trading value chain / ASM focus" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-sole-authority" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:foreign-buyer-mission-first:008", "statement": "The Ghana Mission in Dubai publishes guidance advising prospective foreign buyers intending to purchase or export gold from Ghana to contact the nearest Ghana Mission or Consulate as the official first point of contact before commercial engagement. Not shown to be MFA-wide policy — one mission's page.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-mfa", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Directly stated on the Ghana Mission Dubai page, sealed as an HTML snapshot with SHA-256 (live page intermittently unreachable). Scoped to that mission's published guidance — generalization to MFA-wide policy would be an inference this claim does not make." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/mfa-dubai-exporting-gold.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:57:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:5f41b10737cf1c721cc2faa165eb34ce0f114e349ce0f4778d6d9d52f8329553 — 'The Ghana Consulate serves as the official first point of contact'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mfa-mission-first" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-not-minerals-commission:009", "statement": "GoldBod's trading/export authority under Act 1140 does not eliminate the Minerals Commission as a relevant mining-sector institution; counterparty trust still requires mining-license and environmental posture checks beyond GoldBod trade licensing alone.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:ghana-minerals-commission", "entity:law:gh-act-1140" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.8, "rationale": "Act 1140 lists Minerals Commission among collaborating/relevant institutions and MFA describes regulated multi-institution framework. Inference: trade authority ≠ mining title/license authority. Critical for Terminal trust UX — do not collapse institutions." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "https://superlawgh.com/ghana-gold-board-act-2025-act-1140/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Minerals Commission as relevant/collaborating institution; Board composition includes Minerals Commission representative", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.4(1)(f) (Minerals Commission representative on the Board of Directors) — superlawgh reprint; ocr.txt lines 234-236. s.74 'relevant institution' definition naming the Minerals Commission — ocr.txt lines 1530-1533" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:minerals-commission-public", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://www.mincom.gov.gh/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Minerals Commission public institutional presence" }, { "source_id": "source:archive:fable-benchmark-2026-07-11", "source_class": "institutional_report", "locator": "archives/fable-chat-2026-07-11/reports/01_GTCX_Research_1_to_10_Benchmark_Report.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "forbidden: do not become regulator/registry; evidence substrate only" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-sole-asm-trade-export:007", "status": "open", "note": "Not a hard contradiction — tension between sole trade/export authority and multi-institution licensing. UI must show both without collapsing into one 'licensed' badge." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-vs-mincom" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:asm-export-surge-2025-news:010", "statement": "Secondary reporting attributes a large 2024→2025 increase in recorded ASM gold export volumes to GoldBod formalisation / reduced smuggling rather than a sudden production shock — but this volume claim is not yet independently verified in this pack against primary official statistics.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.5, "rationale": "Secondary news summary of a technical report. GoldBod Q2 statutory report (sealed 2026-07-12) confirms the formalisation mechanism exists but does not verify the specific 63.6t→103t series — upgrade path is annual/Q-series statutory volumes. Must not drive counterparty trust decisions." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "aging" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:news:myjoy:goldbod-asm-exports-2025", "source_class": "news_secondary", "locator": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/goldbod-credited-with-major-formalisation-of-small-scale-gold-exports/", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "reports ASM exports 63.6t (2024) → 103t (2025); formalisation narrative" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-sole-asm-trade-export:007", "status": "deferred", "note": "Institutional reform claim is stronger than the quantitative export-surge claim; do not let the weaker numeric claim inflate confidence on the stronger institutional claim." }, { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-100t-export-target:030", "status": "open", "note": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report self-reports exceeding its 100t 2025 ASM export target with over US$10bn in foreign exchange (claim 030) — consistent in magnitude with this news series' 103t figure but not an independent verification of the specific 63.6t→103t series, which remains unverified. The pack's sealed Q2–Q4 quarterly figures sum to 82,620.1993 kg (claim 090), so neither figure is reconciled inside the pack's verified series; the difference turns on Q1 2025 volume no sealed report in this pack covers." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:news-asm-surge" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-licensing-tiers:011", "statement": "GoldBod launched a national gold-buying licensing regime in Q2 2025 with a structured tier system for local gold buyers — Tier 1, Tier 2, Self-Financed Aggregators, and Aggregator Licensed Buyers — per its first statutory report under Section 42 of Act 1140.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.92, "rationale": "Q2 statutory report establishes the tier regime; Q3 (577 licences: Tier 2 432, Tier 1 123, SFA 22) and Q4 (154 licences: Tier 2 90, Tier 1 39) — both sealed — confirm the taxonomy persists through the latest published quarter. Buyer tiers are a sub-taxonomy of the ten s.27 categories (claim 015)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:b0a9ab9cbf9c5590e3738761b73bf7c3322be9580f2a62b25e6812bfaa4abf81 — tier regime launch" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "embedded layer text: '577 licences… Tier 2: 432 Tier 1: 123 Self-Finance Aggregators: 22 Suspensions: 2 Revocations: 1'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "pdftotext: 'GoldBod processed and issued 154 licenses… Tier 2: 90 Tier 1: 39'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T09:35:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q2-tiers" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:licence-requirement-offence:012", "statement": "Act 1140 s.26(1) requires a GoldBod licence for any business or related activity in the gold trading and marketing industry (s.26(2) enumerates aggregation, buying, selling, assaying, export, and more); engaging without a licence is an offence under s.26(5). Separately, s.63(1)(f) makes it an offence to buy gold from a person not issued a GoldBod licence, penalized under s.63(2) at 50,000–200,000 penalty units and/or 5–10 years imprisonment.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Section-accurate cites verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (s.26(1), s.26(2), s.26(5), s.63(1)(f), s.63(2)); official PDF sealed for integrity (image scan — no text layer). Open tension with s.67(1) recorded in contradictions." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.26(1): 'A person shall not engage in a business or a related activity in the gold trading and marketing industry unless that person has been granted a licence by the Gold Board.' · s.63(1)(f): 'buy gold from a person in the country unless that person has been issued with a licence by the Gold Board' · s.63(2): 'fine of not less than fifty thousand penalty units and not more than two hundred thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years or to both'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.26 'Requirement for licence' (s.26(1) lines 604-606, s.26(2) 608-627, s.26(5) 641-646) and s.63 'General offences and penalties' (s.63(1)(f) lines 1196-1197, s.63(2) 1199-1203) — superlawgh reprint; line ranges refer to GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.26(1)-(5), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 603-646; s.63(1)(f)-(2), ocr.txt lines 1196-1203" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:licence-requirement-offence:012", "status": "open", "note": "Internal statutory tension: s.67(1) permits a licensed person to purchase from 'the Gold Board, a miner or a person licensed by the Gold Board' — miners are Minerals-Commission-licensed, so the flat rule 'buying from a GoldBod-unlicensed person is an offence' is not unambiguous where the seller is a licensed miner. Requires counsel-grade resolution; do not present as settled." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T11:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:act-s26-s63-corrected" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:fronting-prohibition:013", "statement": "Act 1140 s.63(1)(e) prohibits fronting or conniving with a foreigner or a company to acquire a licence under the Act, and the Act separately addresses collusion with a foreign buyer to bypass regulatory oversight.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Prohibition text verified against the sealed legal reprint (s.63(1)(e): 'front or connive with a foreigner or a company to acquire a licence'); official PDF sealed for integrity (image scan — no text layer). Decision-relevance framing lives on the card, labeled as GTCX mapping." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-07-12T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; image scan — text verification via sealed reprint)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.63(1)(e): 'front or connive with a foreigner or a company to acquire a licence under this Act'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T10:10:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:act-fronting" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:repeal-transition:014", "statement": "Act 1140 s.75(1) repeals the PMMC Act, 1989 (PNDCL 219) and sections 6, 97 and 104 of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as pertains to gold — while s.75(2) preserves the Mines Minister's power to licence large-scale mining companies to purchase and deal in gold; s.78 transfers PMMC rights, assets, liabilities and staff to the Gold Board. The GoldBod↔Minerals Commission boundary moved at commencement; pre-Act gold-dealing arrangements cannot be presumed to survive.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:ghana-minerals-commission", "entity:law:gh-act-1140" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.88, "rationale": "s.75(1), s.75(2) and s.78(1)-(2) verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint; official PDF sealed for integrity. The closing sentence ('cannot be presumed to survive') is the direct consequence of the repeal provisions, scoped to a presumption — not a determination about any specific licence." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.75(1): 'The following are repealed: (a) the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Act, 1989 (P.N.D.C.L. 219); and (b) Sections 6, 97 and 104 of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as pertains to gold.' · s.75(2): repeal 'shall not affect the power of the Minister responsible for Mines to grant a licence to a large-scale mining company to purchase and deal in gold' · s.78(1): PMMC rights/assets/liabilities transferred to the Gold Board" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal)" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:goldbod-not-minerals-commission:009", "status": "open", "note": "Refines 009: the institutional split is real but the boundary MOVED at commencement (s.75 repeals Act 703 gold provisions; s.75(2) carve-out for large-scale). What survives at MinCom for gold is narrower than a static two-lane picture suggests — render 009 and 014 together." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T11:05:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:act-s75-s78-transition" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s27-licence-categories:015", "statement": "Act 1140 s.27(1) establishes ten licence categories the Gold Board may issue: Aggregation, Buying, Refining, Export Partnership, Storage, Importation, Transhipment, Transportation, Smelting, and Fabrication; s.27(2) requires the Gold Board to publish terms and conditions of the categories in the Gazette.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "s.27(1)-(2) verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint; official PDF sealed for integrity. Backs card 011's category-first prompt — a counterparty may legitimately hold a non-buyer category and fit no buyer tier." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "workstream/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.27(1): '(a) an Aggregation Licence; (b) a Buying Licence; (c) a Refining Licence; (d) an Export Partnership Licence; (e) a Storage Licence; (f) an Importation Licence; (g) a Transhipment Licence; (h) a Transportation Licence; (i) a Smelting Licence; and (j) a Fabrication Licence' · s.27(2): 'The Gold Board shall publish in the Gazette the terms and conditions of the categories of licences.'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal)" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-12T11:30:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:act-s27-categories" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-asm-aggregation:016", "statement": "In Q3 2025 (July–September), GoldBod aggregated 26,153.98 kg of gold valued at approximately US$2.76 billion from Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figure stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of GoldBod's sealed Q3 2025 statutory report (official_public). Aggregation volume is the purchase-side counterpart to export volume (claim 017)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A total of 26,153.98 kg of gold valued at approximately US$2.76 billion was aggregated from the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-asm-aggregation" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-gold-exports:017", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report records Q3 gold exports of 25,780.60 kg from the ASM sector (valued at US$2.71 billion) and 24,911.21 kg from large-scale mining / LSM (valued at US$2.43 billion).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Both export figures stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. This is the primary official export-volume series that claim 010's news-based surge claim lacked." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'ASM Exports: 25,780.60 kg (valued at US$2.71 billion)' · 'LSM Exports: 24,911.21 kg (valued at US$2.43 billion)'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-gold-exports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-bog-reserve-purchase:018", "statement": "In Q3 2025, GoldBod acquired 119.78 kg of gold from large-scale mining (LSM) producers for the Bank of Ghana's reserves, valued at US$11.82 million.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. Reserve accumulation is sourced from LSM supply, distinct from the ASM aggregation channel (claim 016)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod acquired 119.78 kg of gold from large-scale mining (LSM) producers for the Bank of Ghana’s reserves, valued at US$11.82 million.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-bog-reserve" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-licensing-577:019", "statement": "In Q3 2025, GoldBod processed and issued 577 licences under its tiered licensing regime — 432 Tier 2, 123 Tier 1, and 22 Self-Financed Aggregators — and recorded 2 suspensions and 1 revocation.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.92, "rationale": "Counts stated verbatim in the sealed Q3 statutory report; the breakdown sums exactly to 577. Trust-critical: suspension/revocation activity evidences that licence status is a live, policed signal a counterparty check must read." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A total of 577 licences were processed and issued under the new tiered licensing regime, comprising: Tier 2 Licences – 432 · Tier 1 Licences – 123 · Self-Financed Aggregators – 22 · Suspensions – 2 · Revocations – 1'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-licensing-577" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-legal-cases:020", "statement": "GoldBod's Legal Directorate pursued 20 active cases in Q3 2025, primarily involving illegal trading and smuggling of gold without valid GoldBod licences; reported case status was 10 under investigation, 6 granted bail, 1 court bail granted, 1 pending trial, 1 under police enquiry, and 1 suspect deported, with GH¢3,036,990.00 cash recovered and confiscations including gold doré, gold dust, mercury, firearms, and forged documents.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Case counts, status breakdown, and recovery figures stated verbatim in the Legal and Enforcement Activities section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. Trust-critical: active prosecution of unlicensed trading is the enforcement teeth behind claim 012." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The Legal Directorate pursued 20 active cases during the quarter, primarily involving illegal trading and smuggling of gold without valid GoldBod licences.' · 'Under Investigation: 10 · Granted Bail: 6 · Court Bail Granted: 1 · Pending Trial: 1 · Under Police Enquiry: 1 · Suspects Deported: 1' · 'Cash Recovered: GH¢3,036,990.00'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-legal-cases" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-taskforce-enforcement:021", "statement": "In Q3 2025, the GoldBod Taskforce, in collaboration with national security agencies, expanded enforcement coverage across mining and gold trading areas to curb illegal trading and smuggling; reported key outcomes include disruption of illegal gold trading networks, recovery of smuggled gold, and arrest and prosecution of offenders in partnership with law enforcement.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.88, "rationale": "Taskforce deployment and outcome list stated verbatim in the Compliance and Responsible Sourcing section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. Outcomes are qualitative (no per-outcome counts given), so the claim stays at that granularity." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod Taskforce, in collaboration with national security agencies, expanded enforcement coverage across mining and gold trading areas to curb illegal trading and smuggling.' · 'Key Outcomes 1. Disruption of illegal gold trading networks. 2. Recovery of smuggled gold and prevention of losses to the state. 3. Arrest and prosecution of offenders in partnership with law enforcement.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-taskforce" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-formalization-fast-track:022", "statement": "In Q3 2025, GoldBod implemented a fast-track licensing process to encourage unregistered gold traders and aggregators to regularize their operations, as part of its formalization drive under the Responsible Sourcing and Traceability Initiative of Act 1140.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.88, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Compliance and Responsible Sourcing section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. The report gives no conversion count for the fast-track lane, so the claim is limited to the programme's existence." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A fast-track licensing process was implemented to encourage unregistered traders and aggregators to regularize their operations.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-fast-track" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-foreign-nationals-investigation:023", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report states that investigations revealed the involvement of foreign nationals from the United States, Morocco, and Burkina Faso in Ghana's gold trading sector, and that further inquiries were ongoing to assess potential licence misuse by some Tier 2 licensees.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Legal and Enforcement Activities section of the sealed Q3 statutory report. Trust-critical: possible Tier 2 licence misuse is direct evidence that a presented GoldBod licence is necessary but not sufficient for counterparty trust." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Investigations revealed the involvement of foreign nationals from the United States, Morocco, and Burkina Faso in the gold trading sector. Further inquiries are ongoing to assess potential licence misuse by some Tier 2 licensees.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-foreign-nationals" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-asm-purchases:024", "statement": "In Q4 2025 (October–December), GoldBod purchased 25,596.1900 kg (766,844.27 oz) of gold from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) producers.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Gold Purchases (ASM Sector) section of the sealed Q4 statutory report. The executive summary rounds this to 'over 25,596 kg' — consistent." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod purchased 25,596.1900 kg (766,844.27 oz) of gold from ASM producers, injecting liquidity and supporting formalization.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-asm-purchases" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-gold-exports:025", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report records Q4 gold exports of 26,477.9593 kg from the ASM sector (valued at US$3.33 billion) and 26,912.2941 kg from large-scale mining / LSM (valued at US$3.14 billion), with combined ASM and LSM exports exceeding 53,000 kg.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Export figures stated verbatim in the Q4 report's Gold Exports section; the executive summary's 'exceeded 53,000 kg' is consistent with the sum of the two stated figures (53,390.2534 kg)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'ASM Exports: 26,477.9593 kg (US$ 3.33 billion)' · 'LSM Exports: 26,912.2941 kg (US$ 3.14 billion)' · 'Combined ASM and LSM exports exceeded 53,000 kg'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-gold-exports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-reserve-purchase:026", "statement": "In Q4 2025, GoldBod acquired 90.3349 kg (2,672.50 oz) of gold from LSM supply for sovereign reserves, valued at US$11.17 million.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Gold Reserve Purchases (LSM Supply) section of the sealed Q4 statutory report. Reserve purchases continue the Q3 pattern (claim 018) at a lower volume." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod acquired 90.3349 kg (2,672.50 oz) of gold for sovereign reserves, valued at US$ 11.17 million.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-reserve" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-licensing-154:027", "statement": "In Q4 2025, GoldBod processed and issued 154 licences — 90 Tier 2, 39 Tier 1, and 25 Self-Financed Aggregators — with zero suspensions and zero revocations, and opened formal licensing for jewellery, fabrication, and refinery operations.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.92, "rationale": "Counts stated verbatim in the sealed Q4 statutory report; the breakdown sums exactly to 154. Trust-critical: latest-quarter licence census and enforcement counters are the current baseline for counterparty licence checks. The jewellery/fabrication/refinery licensing expansion is stated in the Key Achievements section." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod processed and issued 154 licenses… Tier 2: 90 · Tier 1: 39 · Self-Finance Aggregators: 25 · Suspensions: 0 · Revocations: 0' · 'opening formal licensing for jewellery, fabrication, and refinery operations'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-licensing-154" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-enforcement-arrests:028", "statement": "In Q4 2025, GoldBod Taskforce operations led to the arrest of 53 suspects — including owners and operators of trading companies — across the Eastern, Ashanti, Savannah, and Greater Accra Regions, and the closure of 7 shops in Kumasi; inspections in Wa, Bole, and Bolgatanga revealed instances of gold being smuggled across Ghana's borders into neighbouring countries, notably Burkina Faso and Togo.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Arrest count, shop closures, named inspection towns, and smuggling destinations stated verbatim in the Taskforce Enforcement Actions section of the sealed Q4 statutory report. Trust-critical: names the northern border leakage routes relevant to corridor provenance risk." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'a total of fifty-three (53) suspects, including owners and operators of trading companies, were arrested across the Eastern, Ashanti, Savannah and Greater Accra Regions. Additionally, seven (7) shops belonging to some of the suspects were closed in Kumasi' · 'Operations carried out in Wa, Bole and Bolgatanga revealed instances of gold being smuggled across Ghana’s borders into neighbouring countries, notably Burkina Faso and Togo.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-enforcement" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-diamond-exports:029", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report records diamond exports of 9,562.30 carats valued at US$241,045.66 for the quarter.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.88, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Diamond Exports section of the sealed Q4 statutory report. Context only: GoldBod's mandate spans precious minerals beyond gold, but this is outside the ASM-gold corridor scope." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Exported 9,562.30 carats of diamonds valued at US$ 241,045.66.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-diamond" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-100t-export-target:030", "statement": "GoldBod reports in its Q4 2025 statutory report that it exceeded its 2025 small-scale gold export target of 100 tons, generating over US$10 billion in foreign exchange for Ghana, and that the Bank of Ghana affirmed GoldBod's central role in strengthening national reserves and supporting currency stability.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.8, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public), so the claim is verified as an attributed self-report — GoldBod's own annual aggregate, not independently reconciled here against Bank of Ghana or customs trade statistics. This is the official-series upgrade path claim 010 flagged, but claim 010 stays untouched: the news series (63.6t→103t) is still not itself verified in this pack." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod exceeded its 2025 small-scale gold export target of 100 tons, generating over US$10 billion in foreign exchange for Ghana. The Bank of Ghana affirmed GoldBod’s central role in Ghana’s gold strategy…'" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:asm-export-surge-2025-news:010", "status": "open", "note": "The news series (63.6t→103t, claim 010) remains unverified secondary reporting; this official self-report corroborates its magnitude but not the specific 103t figure. The pack's sealed Q2–Q4 quarterly figures sum to 82,620.1993 kg (claim 090), so the full-year 'over 100 tons' total rests on Q1 2025 volume not covered by any sealed statutory report in this pack — treat the annual figure as GoldBod's self-report, not as reconciled against the quarterly series." } ], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-100t-target" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-financial-performance:031", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states Q4 revenue of GH¢292.68 million against expenditure of GH¢132.04 million (net comprehensive income GH¢160.64 million), and unaudited year-to-date 2025 revenue of GH¢983.82 million against expenditure of GH¢186.02 million (net comprehensive income GH¢797.80 million), with cash and bank balances of GH¢451.34 million as at 31 December 2025; revenue is reported as driven primarily by service charges (GH¢568.34 million YTD) and assay fees (ASM GH¢340.43 million, LSM GH¢40.48 million YTD).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.78, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the Financial Performance section of the sealed Q4 statutory report, but the report itself marks the year-to-date financials '* Unaudited Financials' — verified as attributed self-reported figures, scored down for the unaudited caveat." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'the Goldbod raked in a total revenue of GH¢292.68 million relative to the total expenditure of GH¢132.04 million resulting in a net comprehensive income of GH¢160.64 million' · 'YTD (Jan – Dec, 2025)* GH¢983.82 million … * Unaudited Financials'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-financials" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3q4-export-trend:032", "statement": "Recorded gold exports rose quarter-on-quarter from Q3 to Q4 2025 in GoldBod's statutory reports: ASM exports from 25,780.60 kg to 26,477.9593 kg and LSM exports from 24,911.21 kg to 26,912.2941 kg.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.65, "rationale": "Derived by direct arithmetic comparison of the export figures stated in the two sealed statutory reports (claims 017 and 025). Neither report itself states a quarter-on-quarter trend; two data points do not establish a durable trend. Stays inferred." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'ASM Exports: 25,780.60 kg (valued at US$2.71 billion)' · 'LSM Exports: 24,911.21 kg (valued at US$2.43 billion)'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'ASM Exports: 26,477.9593 kg (US$ 3.33 billion)' · 'LSM Exports: 26,912.2941 kg (US$ 3.14 billion)'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3q4-export-trend" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3q4-licensing-trend:033", "statement": "Licence issuance slowed from 577 licences processed and issued in Q3 2025 to 154 in Q4 2025, and licensing-regime enforcement actions fell from 2 suspensions and 1 revocation in Q3 to zero of each in Q4, per GoldBod's two statutory reports.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.65, "rationale": "Derived by direct comparison of the licensing counts stated in the two sealed statutory reports (claims 019 and 027). Neither report explains the slowdown (e.g. backlog clearing vs demand drop), so no cause is claimed. Stays inferred." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A total of 577 licences were processed and issued… Suspensions – 2 · Revocations – 1'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod processed and issued 154 licenses… Suspensions: 0 · Revocations: 0'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3q4-licensing-trend" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-exports-exceed-purchases:034", "statement": "In GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report, recorded ASM gold exports (26,477.9593 kg) exceed recorded ASM gold purchases (25,596.1900 kg) by 881.7693 kg; the report does not state the source of the difference.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.6, "rationale": "Derived by subtraction of two figures stated in the same sealed Q4 report (claims 024 and 025). The report gives no reconciliation — drawdown of previously aggregated stock is one possibility but is not claimed. Logged so downstream consumers do not silently assume purchases = exports. Stays inferred." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod purchased 25,596.1900 kg (766,844.27 oz) of gold from ASM producers' vs 'ASM Exports: 26,477.9593 kg (US$ 3.33 billion)'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-exports-vs-purchases" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s28-licence-qualification-citizens:035", "statement": "Act 1140 s.28 restricts eligibility to apply for a GoldBod licence to Ghanaian citizens aged eighteen years or above, or to companies, partnerships, associations or other bodies (incorporated or unincorporated) that are wholly owned by a citizen.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Direct constraint on foreign counterparties: a non-citizen cannot hold a GoldBod licence directly." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.28: 'A person qualifies to apply for a licence under this Act if that person is (a) a citizen of eighteen years or above; or (b) a company, a partnership, an association or other body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which is wholly owned by a citizen.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.28 'Qualification for licence' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 667-673" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.28, GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 667-673" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s28-licence-qualification-citizens" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s3-sole-assay-authority:036", "statement": "Act 1140 s.3(2)(a) gives GoldBod the sole authority — despite any provision in any other enactment — to grade, assay, weigh and value gold produced in, brought into or exported from Ghana.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Extends claim 007's sole-authority cluster to the assay/valuation function: an assay or valuation from any other party carries no statutory standing in the corridor." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.3(2): 'Despite a provision in any other enactment to the contrary, the Gold Board has the sole authority to (a) grade, assay, weigh and value gold produced in, brought into or exported from the country'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.3(2)(a) 'Functions of the Gold Board' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 203-207" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.3(2)(a), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 203-207" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s3-sole-assay-authority" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s26-fabrication-licence-value-addition:037", "statement": "Act 1140 s.26(3) prohibits the fabrication of gold into castings, mints, jewellery, coins, bars, bullion or industrial components — or any other form of value addition — unless the person has been granted a licence by the Gold Board.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Statutory basis for the refinery/jewellery licensing class that GoldBod opened operationally in Q4 2025 (claim 027)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.26(3): 'A person shall not engage in (a) the fabrication of gold into (i) castings, (ii) mints, (iii) jewellery, (iv) a coin, (v) a bar, (vi) bullion, or (vii) an industrial component, or (b) any other form of value addition unless that person has been granted a licence by the Gold Board.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.26(3) 'Requirement for licence' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 628-638" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.26(3), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 628-638" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s26-fabrication-licence-value-addition" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s33-licence-non-transferable:038", "statement": "Act 1140 s.33(1) makes a GoldBod licence non-transferable except with the prior written approval of the Gold Board; transferring a licence contrary to s.33(1) is an offence under s.33(2).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. A counterparty presenting a licence issued to another person is a red flag unless GoldBod's prior written approval exists." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.33(1): 'A licence granted under this Act is not transferable except with the prior written approval of the Gold Board.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.33(1)-(2) 'Non-transferability of licence' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 743-751" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.33(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 743-751" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s33-licence-non-transferable" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s49-anti-smuggling-measures:039", "statement": "Act 1140 s.49 mandates GoldBod, in collaboration with relevant institutions, to conduct random audits of gold service providers, deploy enforcement teams at strategic border points and export terminals, and utilise drone surveillance and artificial-intelligence-driven monitoring to detect illegal gold movement; s.49(2) authorizes seizure and confiscation of gold and assets used in smuggling where gold is transported without the necessary documentation, a provider colludes with a foreign buyer to bypass regulatory oversight, or a transaction violates anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing laws.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Statutory basis for the border/terminal enforcement posture reported operationally in Q3–Q4 (claims 021, 028, 049)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.49(1): 'The Gold Board shall, in collaboration with relevant institutions, (a) conduct a random audit of a gold service provider; (b) deploy enforcement teams at strategic border points and export terminals; and (c) utilise drone surveillance and artificial intelligence driven monitoring to detect the illegal movement of gold.' · s.49(2): 'The Gold Board may seize and confiscate gold and assets used in smuggling gold…'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.49(1)-(2) 'Anti-smuggling enforcement measures' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1036-1050" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.49(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1036-1050" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s49-anti-smuggling-measures" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s65-smuggling-penalties:040", "statement": "Act 1140 s.65 makes smuggling gold or facilitating the smuggling of gold out of Ghana an offence liable on summary conviction to a fine of 500 to 1,000,000 penalty units or an amount equivalent to five times the market value of the smuggled gold (whichever is greater), or to 10–25 years imprisonment, or both.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.65(1): 'A person shall not smuggle gold or facilitate the smuggling of gold out of the country.' · s.65(2): '…a fine of not less than five hundred penalty units and not more than one million penalty units or to an amount equivalent to five times the market value of the smuggled gold, whichever is greater, or to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years and not more than twenty-five years or to both.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.65(1)-(2) 'Smuggling of gold' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1216-1227 (s.65(1) at 1217-1218, s.65(2) at 1222-1227)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.65(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1216-1227" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s65-smuggling-penalties" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s66-transport-documentation-offences:041", "statement": "Act 1140 s.66 prohibits any transporter of gold or gold mining products from tampering with the quantity or purity of the gold, transporting it without the necessary documentation and authorisation, or diverting a shipment to an unauthorised location; offences carry 200,000–500,000 penalty units and/or 5–10 years imprisonment, and s.66(3) lets GoldBod seize and impound a vehicle, vessel or aircraft used in illegal transportation pending legal proceedings.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Anchors the transport-logistics class: documentation and authorisation travel with the gold." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.66(1): 'A person who transports gold or gold mining products shall not (a) alter, compromise or tamper with the quantity or purity of the gold or gold mining products being transported; (b) transport the gold or gold mining products without the necessary documentation and authorisation; or (c) divert a shipment of the gold or gold mining products to an unauthorised location.' · s.66(3): '…the Gold Board may seize and impound the means of transportation, pending further legal proceedings.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.66(1)-(3) 'Offences relating to the transportation of and dealing in gold' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1229-1248 (s.66(3) at 1245-1248)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.66(1)-(3), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1229-1248" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s66-transport-documentation-offences" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s67-closed-purchase-loop:042", "statement": "Act 1140 s.67(1) prohibits a GoldBod licensee from purchasing gold in Ghana's local gold trading sector from any person other than the Gold Board, a miner, or another person licensed by the Gold Board; contravention is an offence under s.67(2).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Defines the closed purchase loop of the corridor's buying tiers: lawful buy-side counterparties are only GoldBod, miners, and licensees." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.67(1): 'A person licensed by the Gold Board shall not purchase gold from the local gold trading sector in the country from a person other than the Gold Board, a miner or a person licensed by the Gold Board.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.67(1)-(2) 'Purchase of gold' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1250-1260 (s.67(1) at 1252-1254)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.67(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1250-1260" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s67-closed-purchase-loop" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s74-aggregation-assay-definitions:043", "statement": "Act 1140 s.74 defines 'aggregation' as the process of collecting gold from small-scale producers, licensed traders or miners for onward delivery to the Gold Board, and 'assaying' as the process of testing and analysing gold to determine its purity, weight and value based on internationally accepted standards.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Definitional anchor for the corridor's aggregation and assay classes." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.74: '“aggregation” means the process of collecting gold from small-scale producers, licensed traders or miners for onward delivery to the Gold Board; “assaying” means the process of testing and analysing gold to determine the purity, weight and value of the gold based on internationally accepted standards'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.74 'Interpretation' — 'aggregation' and 'assaying' definitions — superlawgh reprint; same definitions at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1363-1369" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.74 'aggregation'/'assaying' definitions, GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1363-1369" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s74-aggregation-assay-definitions" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s74-export-partnership-licence-channel:044", "statement": "Act 1140 s.74 defines the Export Partnership Licence as a licence granted to an entity or individual that partners with the Gold Board to export gold in compliance with national and international regulations — the Act's defined channel for third-party participation in gold export.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Names the corridor's statutory export channel for partners of GoldBod." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.74: '“Export Partnership Licence” means a licence granted to an entity or individual that partners with the Gold Board to export gold in compliance with national and international regulations'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.74 'Interpretation' — 'Export Partnership Licence' definition — superlawgh reprint; same definition at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1402-1405" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.74 'Export Partnership Licence' definition, GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1402-1405" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s74-export-partnership-licence-channel" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s73-regulations-pricing-traceability:045", "statement": "Act 1140 s.73 empowers Regulations that provide for the digitalisation of Gold Board operations, prescribe rules for Ghanaian content and Ghanaian participation in the gold trading and marketing industry, provide responsible sourcing and traceability standards for the aggregation and buying of gold, and provide pricing guidelines that ensure fair market prices.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text. Statutory hook for the 'approved prices' and traceability expectations the Taskforce enforced in Q4 (claim 050)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.73: '…(g) provide for the digitalisation of the operations of the Gold Board; (h) prescribe rules for Ghanaian content and Ghanaian participation in the gold trading and marketing industry; (i) provide for responsible sourcing and traceability standards for the aggregation and buying of gold; (j) provide for pricing guidelines that ensure fair market prices'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.73 'Regulations' clauses (g)-(j) — superlawgh reprint; same clauses at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1342-1355 (OCR misrenders clause letters (g),(h),(j) as '(2)','(4)','(i)'; full s.73 at lines 1319-1358)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.73 clauses (g)-(j), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1342-1355" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s73-regulations-pricing-traceability" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s55-gold-board-tribunal-established:046", "statement": "Act 1140 s.55 establishes the Gold Board Tribunal, to be constituted to consider appeals regarding a decision made by the Gold Board, a matter relating to a licence issued under the Act, or a decision of the Dispute Resolution Committee.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:gold-board-tribunal", "entity:org:goldbod" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verified verbatim against the sealed legal reprint (load-bearing for statutory wording); official goldbod.gov.gh PDF sealed for integrity and its OCR companion corroborates the section text." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.55(1)-(2): 'There is established by this Act, the Gold Board Tribunal. (2) The Tribunal shall be constituted to consider appeals regarding (a) a decision made by the Gold Board; (b) a matter relating to a licence issued under this Act; or (c) a decision of the Dispute Resolution Committee.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.55(1)-(2) 'Establishment of the Gold Board Tribunal' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1093-1101" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.55(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 1093-1101" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-s55-gold-board-tribunal-established" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-tribunal-operationalized:047", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that its Legal Directorate operationalized the Gold Board Tribunal, finalized its Rules of Procedure, completed General Legal Council registration, and secured prosecutorial fiat for five lawyers from the Attorney General; three Tribunal applications were validated while eleven remained pending determination.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:gold-board-tribunal" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Legal Cases section of GoldBod's sealed Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Operationalizes the Tribunal established by Act 1140 s.55 (claim 046)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The Directorate operationalized the Gold Board Tribunal, finalized its Rules of Procedure, completed General Legal Council registration, and secured prosecutorial fiat for five Lawyers from the Attorney General.' · 'Three (3) Tribunal applications were validated, while eleven (11) remain pending determination.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-tribunal-operationalized" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-legal-cases-dockets:048", "statement": "In Q4 2025, GoldBod's Legal Directorate prosecuted or supported seven active criminal cases (including Republic v. RafMoh & Ors., Legend Precious Metals Ltd., and Wu Cheng Wei & 9 Ors.), handled four active civil suits and one post-judgment negotiation, and received 52 case dockets — 21 from National Security–CINIIT and 31 from the Gold Board Taskforce.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:gold-board-tribunal" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Legal Cases section of GoldBod's sealed Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Q4 counterpart to claim 020's Q3 caseload." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Seven (7) active criminal cases were prosecuted or supported, including Republic v. RafMoh & Ors., Legend Precious Metals Ltd., … and Wu Cheng Wei & 9 Ors.' · 'The Directorate handled four (4) active civil suits and one (1) post judgment negotiation.' · 'The Directorate received 52 case dockets (21 from National Security–CINIIT, and 31 from the Gold Board Taskforce).'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-legal-cases-dockets" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-border-interceptions-zebila-paga:049", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that its Legal Directorate strengthened collaboration with GRA–Customs to combat gold smuggling, with successful border interceptions including the arrest of two Burkinabe nationals carrying 64 g and 35.98 lbs of gold at Zebila and Paga respectively, and that international customs engagements with India, Dubai, Qatar and Egypt supported information sharing on declarations made by suspects abroad.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:gra-customs", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Legal Cases section of GoldBod's sealed Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Names two northern border crossing points on the smuggling corridor cluster of claim 028." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The Directorate strengthened collaboration with GRA–Customs to combat gold smuggling. Successful border interceptions included the arrest of two Burkinabe nationals with 64g and 35.98 lbs of gold at Zebila and Paga respectively. International customs engagements (India, Dubai, Qatar, Egypt) supported information sharing on declarations made by suspects abroad to build smuggling cases.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-border-interceptions-zebila-paga" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-taskforce-inspection-locations:050", "statement": "In Q4 2025, the GoldBod Taskforce conducted compliance inspections of shops and business facilities operated by licensed gold buyers across Bole, Bolgatanga, Wa, Techiman, Kenyase, Osino, Bekwai, Kumasi, Asankragua, Tarkwa, Diaso and Dadieso, verifying that operators were duly licensed to buy and sell gold, conducted transactions at approved prices and issued official GoldBod receipts.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Taskforce Enforcement Actions section of GoldBod's sealed Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Expands the geography named in claim 028 with the report's full inspection-location list." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The Goldbod Taskforce conducted compliance inspections of shops and business facilities operated by licensed gold buyers across several locations, including Bole, Bolgatanga, Wa, Techiman, Kenyase, Osino, Bekwai, Kumasi, Asankragua, Tarkwa, Diaso and Dadieso.' · '…verifying that operators were duly licensed to buy and sell gold, conducted transactions at approved prices and issued official Goldbod receipts to all customers.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-taskforce-inspection-locations" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-kimberley-process-chair:051", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that Ghana, through GoldBod, was appointed Vice Chair (2026) and Chair (2027) of the Kimberley Process.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:kimberley-process", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Reported appointment; the wedge does not independently confirm it with the Kimberley Process secretariat." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Ghana, through GoldBod, was appointed Vice Chair (2026) and Chair (2027) of the Kimberley Process.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-kimberley-process-chair" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-digital-showroom-gold-tablets:052", "statement": "In Q4 2025, GoldBod Jewellery Limited launched Ghana's first 24-hour digital gold showroom, giving global customers real-time access to Ghanaian handcrafted jewellery and investment-grade gold tablets, and GoldBod launched Gold Tablets as a store of value — per its Q4 2025 statutory report.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:goldbod-jewellery-ltd" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Value-addition / digital-market channel; existence of the showroom as described is the report's own account." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod Jewellery Limited achieved a major milestone with the launch of Ghana’s first 24 hour digital gold showroom, giving global customers real time access to the nation’s finest handcrafted jewellery and investment grade gold tablets.' · 'The Ghana Gold Board launched Gold Tablets as a store of value and Ghana’s first 24-hour digital gold showroom…'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-digital-showroom-gold-tablets" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-gsa-scale-standardization:053", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that GoldBod engaged the Ghana Standards Authority to standardize and calibrate gold scales nationwide during the quarter.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:ghana-standards-authority" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public). Weight-integrity initiative adjacent to the corridor's assay class." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod engaged the Ghana Standards Authority to standardize gold scales nationwide' · '…a pivotal meeting between the Ghana Standards Authority and the Ghana Gold Board to standardize and calibrate gold scales nationwide'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-gsa-scale-standardization" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-bog-sourcing-policy-benchmark:054", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that GoldBod continued to apply the Bank of Ghana's Responsible Gold Sourcing Policy framework as the benchmark for its sourcing operations, consolidated Phase 1 of its Responsible Sourcing and Traceability Programme, and advanced preparatory work toward GoldBod-specific responsible sourcing, traceability and sustainability guidelines.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Compliance and Responsible Sourcing Initiatives section of GoldBod's sealed Q4 2025 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod continued to apply the Responsible Gold Sourcing Policy framework of the Bank of Ghana as the benchmark for its sourcing operations, while advancing preparatory work toward the development of GoldBod-specific responsible sourcing, traceability, and sustainability guidelines.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q4-bog-sourcing-policy-benchmark" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-financial-performance:055", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report states Q3 revenue of GH¢691.14 million against expenditure of GH¢53.98 million (net comprehensive income GH¢637.39 million), with cash and bank balances of GH¢1.12 billion as of 30 September 2025; revenue is reported as driven mainly by Bank of Ghana service charges (GH¢386.62 million), ASM assay fees (GH¢244.73 million) and LSM assay fees (GH¢27.15 million).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.8, "rationale": "Page is image-only; text recovered via Docling OCR of the sealed Q3 PDF (official_public). Internal-consistency check: itemized revenue components (244.73+27.15+386.62+1.60+16.87+14.17) sum to the stated GH¢691.14M total. OCR lane discount applied vs embedded-text claims." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.ocr.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'During the quarter GoldBod grossed a total revenue of GHc 691.14 million driven mainly by licensing and registration fees, assay services and service charges from its buying programs with the Bank of Ghana.' · 'Assay Fees (ASM) GHc244.73M · Assay Fees (LSM) Ghc 27.15M · BOG Service Charges GH386.62M · Total Revenue GHC691.14M' · 'Total Expenditure:GHc 53.98M · Net Comprehensive Income: GHc 637.39M · Cash and Bank Balances: GHc 1.12B' (Docling OCR of image-only pages)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report 'FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE' section — .ocr.md heading line 189, revenue narrative line 191, revenue table lines 193-201, expenditure lines 203-207, financial position summary lines 209-213; highlights recap 'Financially, the GoldBod recorded strong performances' lines 136-146" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:56312bdbd977f3e5b6a1f2385092a8c1f8f140cad9408ccdc868b16180a13609 (integrity seal; page is image-only — text via Docling OCR companion)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report 'Financial Performance' section; text via Docling OCR companion .ocr.md lines 189-213" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-financial-performance" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-diamond-exports:056", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report records that it facilitated the export of diamonds valued at US$4.19 million during the quarter; the caratage figure on the image-only page is OCR-ambiguous (reads '1l,271.59 carats') and is therefore not asserted in this claim.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.75, "rationale": "Value stated in Docling OCR of the sealed Q3 PDF (official_public); caratage digits are degraded in the image-only page and are deliberately excluded from the statement rather than guessed. Q3 counterpart to claim 029 (Q4 diamond exports)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.ocr.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod facilitated the export of 1l,271.59 carats of diamonds valued at US$ 4.19 million.' (Docling OCR of image-only page; caratage digits degraded)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report 'Operational Activities' item 4 'Diamond Exports' — .ocr.md lines 173-175" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:56312bdbd977f3e5b6a1f2385092a8c1f8f140cad9408ccdc868b16180a13609 (integrity seal; page is image-only — text via Docling OCR companion)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report 'Diamond Exports' item; text via Docling OCR companion .ocr.md lines 173-175" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-diamond-exports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-naimos-donation:057", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report states that GoldBod donated GH¢5 million and five Toyota Hilux pickups to the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) to boost the fight against illegal mining.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:naimos" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.8, "rationale": "Stated in Docling OCR of the sealed Q3 PDF (official_public); the donation page is image-only with no embedded text layer." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.ocr.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) donated GHc5 million and five Toyota Hilux pickups to the National Anti-illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOs) to [boost the fight against illegal mining]' (Docling OCR of image-only page)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report article 'GOLDBOD DONATES GHC5 MILLION, 5 HILUX VEHICLES TO BOOST FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL MINING' — .ocr.md headline line 46, body lines 52-53" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:56312bdbd977f3e5b6a1f2385092a8c1f8f140cad9408ccdc868b16180a13609 (integrity seal; page is image-only — text via Docling OCR companion)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report NAIMOS donation article; text via Docling OCR companion .ocr.md lines 46-53" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-naimos-donation" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3-wanted-reward-arrests:058", "statement": "GoldBod's Q3 2025 statutory report states that GoldBod declared four individuals wanted for their roles in an ongoing criminal prosecution for gold offences, offering a GHS1,000,000 reward via toll-free lines, and that it secured the arrest of two of the four — Abdul Karim Alhassan and Sadique Abubakar.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.8, "rationale": "Stated in Docling OCR of the sealed Q3 PDF (official_public); the wanted-notice page is image-only. Enforcement-specifics complement to claim 020 (Q3 legal cases)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.ocr.md", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'WANTED — MUHAMMED AFSALPUTHALAN · ABDUL KARIM · MUHAMMED NANDOLI RAFEEQ · SADIQUE ABUBAKARI — REWARD GHS1,000,000' · 'The Ghana Gold Board (“GoldBod”) has secured the arrest of Abdul Karim Alhassan and Sadique Abubakar, two of the four individuals earlier declared wanted for their roles in an ongoing criminal prosecution' (Docling OCR of image-only pages)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report 'UPDATE ON GOLD SMUGGLING CASE' / WANTED notice — .ocr.md heading line 92, wanted names lines 102-112, 'REWARD GHS1,000,000' line 120, arrest paragraph line 126" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:56312bdbd977f3e5b6a1f2385092a8c1f8f140cad9408ccdc868b16180a13609 (integrity seal; page is image-only — text via Docling OCR companion)", "pin_cite": "Q3 report gold-smuggling-case wanted notice; text via Docling OCR companion .ocr.md lines 92-126" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3-wanted-reward-arrests" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q3q4-reserve-purchase-decline:059", "statement": "GoldBod's reported gold acquisitions for Bank of Ghana reserves fell quarter-on-quarter from 119.78 kg (US$11.82 million) in Q3 2025 to 90.3349 kg (US$11.17 million) in Q4 2025.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.65, "rationale": "Derived by direct arithmetic comparison of the reserve-purchase figures stated in the two sealed statutory reports (claims 018 and 026). Neither report states a quarter-on-quarter trend; two data points do not establish a durable trend. Stays inferred." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod acquired 119.78 kg of gold from large-scale mining (LSM) producers for the Bank of Ghana’s reserves, valued at US$11.82 million.'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod acquired 90.3349 kg (2,672.50 oz) of gold for sovereign reserves, valued at US$ 11.17 million.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-q3q4-reserve-purchase-decline" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:foreign-participation-licence-routing:060", "statement": "Read together, Act 1140's provisions leave a foreign (non-citizen) buyer no direct route to hold a GoldBod licence: licences are restricted to citizens and wholly citizen-owned bodies (s.28), licences are non-transferable without the Gold Board's prior written approval (s.33), fronting or conniving with a foreigner to acquire a licence is an offence (s.63(1)(e)), and the Act's defined channel for third-party participation in export is the Export Partnership Licence (s.27(1)(d), defined at s.74).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.7, "rationale": "Derivation by conjunction of four individually verified statutory provisions (claims 035, 038, 013, 044); no single section states the routing conclusion, so it stays inferred. Decision-relevant for foreign-buyer structuring." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.28: 'A person qualifies to apply for a licence under this Act if that person is (a) a citizen of eighteen years or above; or (b) a company… wholly owned by a citizen.' · s.33(1): 'A licence granted under this Act is not transferable except with the prior written approval of the Gold Board.' · s.63(1)(e): 'front or connive with a foreigner or a company to acquire a licence under this Act' · s.74: '“Export Partnership Licence” means a licence granted to an entity or individual that partners with the Gold Board to export gold…'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.28 (ocr.txt lines 667-673), s.33(1) (lines 744-745), s.63(1)(e) (lines 1193-1195), s.74 'Export Partnership Licence' definition (lines 1402-1405; licence category at s.27(1)(d), line 658) — superlawgh reprint; line ranges refer to GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.28, s.33(1), s.63(1)(e), s.74 'Export Partnership Licence' — GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 667-673, 744-745, 1193-1195, 1402-1405" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:goldbod-foreign-participation-licence-routing" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-first-statutory-report:061", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 report (April–June 2025) is the first statutory reporting cycle of the Ghana Gold Board since its establishment under Act 1140, issued pursuant to Section 42 of the Act.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim on the opening page of the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). Anchors the provenance status of every Q2-derived claim in this pack." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The period under review marked the first statutory reporting cycle of the Ghana Gold Board (“GoldBod”) since its establishment under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140). This report is issued pursuant to Section 42 of the Act 1140.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-first-statutory-report" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-asm-purchases:062", "statement": "In Q2 2025 (April–June), GoldBod purchased 26,009.56 kg (780,437.60 oz) of gold from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector, valued at approximately US$2.62 billion.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figure stated verbatim in the Operational Activities section of GoldBod's sealed Q2 2025 statutory report (official_public). Purchase-side counterpart to Q2 export volume (claim 063)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod purchased a total of 26,009.56 kg (780,437.60 oz) of gold from the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector, valued at approximately US$ 2.62 billion.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-asm-purchases" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-gold-exports:063", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 statutory report records Q2 gold exports of 30,361.64 kg (910,387.31 oz) from the ASM sector, valued at US$2.99 billion — which the report states surpassed large-scale output in both volume and value — and 24,961.33 kg (693,599.83 oz) of large-scale mining (LSM) exports valued at US$2.29 billion.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). The 'surpassing large-scale output' comparison is the report's own statement and is attributed as such." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'ASM Exports: 30,361.64 kg (910,387.31 oz) valued at US$ 2.99 billion – surpassing large-scale output in both volume and value.' · 'Large-Scale Mining (LSM) Exports: 24,961.33 kg (693,599.83 oz) valued at US$ 2.29 billion.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-gold-exports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-diamond-exports:064", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 statutory report records that it facilitated diamond exports totaling 73,548.92 carats valued at US$2.40 million, with April 2025 accounting for the majority of exports and May and June recording declines attributed in the report to seasonal production and market factors.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). The seasonal-decline explanation is the report's own attribution and is presented as such, not as an independent cause." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod facilitated exports totaling 73,548.92 carats, valued at US$ 2.40 million. While April 2025 accounted for the majority of exports, May and June recorded declines due to seasonal production and market factors.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-diamond-exports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-licensing-135:065", "statement": "In Q2 2025, GoldBod issued 135 licences across its tier categories — 90 Tier 1 (67% of total approvals), 41 Tier 2, 5 Self-Finance, and 1 Aggregator — and recorded two suspensions during the period.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the Licensing and Regulatory Compliance section of the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). Baseline for the Q2→Q3→Q4 licensing series (claims 019, 027, 091)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod issued 135 licences across Tier 1, Tier 2, Self-Finance, and Aggregator categories. Two suspensions were recorded during the period… Tier 1 Licences: 90 (67% of total approvals) · Tier 2 Licences: 41 · Self-Finance: 5 · Aggregator: 1'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-licensing-135" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-reserve-purchase-launch:066", "statement": "In Q2 2025, GoldBod procured 2.03 kg (61.27 oz) of gold from large-scale mining supply for national gold-reserve accumulation — an initial June 2025 procurement that the report describes as the formal launch of the national LSM reserve accumulation programme.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figure stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). Baseline for the reserve-purchase series continued in claims 018, 026 and 059." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'In line with Government policy on national gold-reserve accumulation, the GoldBod procured 2.03 kg (61.27 oz). This initial procurement in June 2025 represents the formal launch of the national LSM reserve accumulation programme, an initiative that directly enhances Ghana’s foreign-reserve portfolio and macroeconomic stability.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-reserve-purchase-launch" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-assay-centre-kotoka:067", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 statutory report states that all gold and diamond exports in the quarter underwent mandatory assay at GoldBod's National Assay Centre at Kotoka International Airport, covering certification of purity and weight accuracy, Customs and National Security clearances, and compliance with international export standards.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). Decision-relevant: identifies the single official assay/certification point an export counterparty's documentation should trace back to." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'All gold and diamond exports underwent mandatory assay at the GoldBod’s National Assay Centre at the Kotoka International Airport which ensured: Certification of purity and weight accuracy; Customs and National Security clearances; and Full compliance with international export standards.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-assay-centre-kotoka" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-financial-performance:068", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 statutory report states Q2 revenue of GH¢381,451,219 against expenditure of GH¢24,733,637, with net comprehensive income of GH¢268,934,782 and a cash and bank balance of GH¢451,630,000 as of 30 June 2025.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the financial summary of the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Revenue: GH¢ 381,451,219 · Expenditure: GH¢ 24,733,637 · Net Comprehensive Income: GH¢ 268,934,782 · Cash and Bank Balance: GH¢ 451,630,000'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-financial-performance" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-revenue-composition:069", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 revenue of GH¢381,451,219 was composed of Bank of Ghana service charges (GH¢213,837,473 — the largest source), ASM assay fees (GH¢154,091,995), large-scale assay fees (GH¢9,731,349), diamond export commission (GH¢1,446,515), registration and licence fees (GH¢176,695), and other income (GH¢2,167,192).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Revenue table stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public); component figures sum exactly to the stated total (internal consistency check passed)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Assay Fees (ASM) 154,091,995 · Assay Fees (Large Scale) 9,731,349 · BOG Service Charges 213,837,473 · Commission on Diamond Export 1,446,515 · Registration & Licence Fees 176,695 · Income – others 2,167,192 · Total 381,451,219'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-revenue-composition" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-legal-cases:070", "statement": "In Q2 2025, GoldBod's Legal Directorate handled seventeen criminal cases, of which twelve were discontinued.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). The high discontinuation rate is reported fact; the report gives no reasons, so none are inferred here." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'During the quarter, the Legal Directorate handled seventeen (17) criminal cases. Of the seventeen (17) cases that were instituted, twelve (12) of them were discontinued.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-legal-cases" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-enforcement-actions:071", "statement": "In Q2 2025, GoldBod's compliance enforcement included National Security training of 60 Taskforce members at the Asutuare Training facility, suspension of 2 licences for serious infractions, and the sealing of 22 shops operating without valid GoldBod licences.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Enforcement Actions section of the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A total of 60 Taskforce members were trained by the National Security at Asutuare Training facility. · 2 licenses were suspended for serious infractions. · 22 shops were sealed for operating without valid GoldBod licences.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-enforcement-actions" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2-dgpp-bog-routing:072", "statement": "GoldBod's Q2 2025 statutory report states that during the quarter all gold-related financial transactions under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP) were routed through the Bank of Ghana, contributing directly to foreign-reserve accumulation and currency stabilization efforts.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:bank-of-ghana", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the sealed Q2 statutory report (official_public). The contribution claim is the report's own and is attributed as such." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'During the period, all gold-related financial transactions under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP) were routed through the Bank of Ghana (BoG), contributing directly to the country’s foreign-reserve accumulation and currency stabilization efforts.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2-dgpp-bog-routing" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-ytd-financial-performance:073", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states unaudited year-to-date (January–December 2025) revenue of GH¢983.82 million against expenditure of GH¢186.02 million, yielding net comprehensive income of GH¢797.80 million and a cash and bank balance of GH¢451.34 million.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Figures stated verbatim in the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public), which itself marks the YTD financials as unaudited ('* Unaudited Financials') — score held at 0.85 accordingly." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Total year to date revenue reached GH¢983.82 million against an expenditure of GH¢186.02 million, yielding a strong net comprehensive income of GH¢797.80 million and a cash balance of GH¢451.34 million.' (table footnote: '* Unaudited Financials')" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-ytd-financial-performance" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-ytd-revenue-composition:074", "statement": "GoldBod's unaudited 2025 year-to-date revenue of GH¢983.82 million was composed of service charges (GH¢568.34 million — the largest source), ASM assay fees (GH¢340.43 million), LSM assay fees (GH¢40.48 million), other income (GH¢23.08 million), registration and licensing (GH¢9.87 million), and diamond export commission (GH¢1.62 million).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Revenue table stated verbatim in the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public); component figures sum exactly to the stated GH¢983.82 million total (internal consistency check passed). YTD financials marked unaudited in the report." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Assay Fees (ASM) GH¢340.43 million · Assay Fees (LSM) GH¢40.48 million · Service Charges GH¢568.34 million · Diamond Export Commission GH¢1.62 million · Registration & Licensing GH¢ 9.87 million · Other Income GH¢23.08 million · Total Revenue GH¢983.82 million'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-ytd-revenue-composition" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-combined-exports-53t:075", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that combined ASM and LSM gold exports exceeded 53,000 kg in the fourth quarter of 2025.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Executive Summary of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public). Consistent with the report's itemized figures (26,477.9593 kg ASM + 26,912.2941 kg LSM = 53,390.2534 kg); no derived figure is presented in the statement." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Combined ASM and LSM exports exceeded 53,000 kg, while diamond exports reached 9,562 carats.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-combined-exports-53t" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-tribunal-applications:076", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that three Tribunal applications were validated during the quarter while eleven remain pending determination.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:gold-board-tribunal", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Civil Litigation & Tribunal Matters section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public). Complements claim 047 (Tribunal operationalized) with caseload status." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Three (3) Tribunal applications were validated, while eleven (11) remain pending determination.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-tribunal-applications" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-licensing-jewellery-fabrication-refinery:077", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that during the quarter it opened formal licensing for jewellery, fabrication, and refinery operations.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public). Decision-relevant: activates the Act 1140 s.26(3) fabrication licence channel (claim 037) in practice." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod intensified oversight of the gold trade by opening formal licensing for jewellery, fabrication, and refinery operations and cracking down on illegal activities.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-licensing-jewellery-fabrication-refinery" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-jewellery-board-partnerships:078", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that a new Board for GoldBod Jewellery Limited was inaugurated during the quarter and strategically partnered with the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, the Geological Survey Authority, and international refiners to improve data accuracy, mapping, and sector efficiency.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:org:goldbod-jewellery-ltd", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'A new Board for GoldBod Jewellery Limited was inaugurated and strategically partnered with the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, Geological Survey Authority, and international refiners to improve data accuracy, mapping, and sector efficiency.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-jewellery-board-partnerships" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-dubai-precious-metals-conference:079", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that GoldBod represented Ghana at the Dubai Precious Metals Conference and other global platforms during the quarter.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Key Achievements section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'GoldBod also represented Ghana at the Dubai Precious Metals Conference and other global platforms, strengthening Ghana’s influence in responsible gold sourcing.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-dubai-precious-metals-conference" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-intelligence-led-enforcement:080", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that Q4 compliance and enforcement was conducted through targeted, intelligence-led operations, with the Taskforce deployed to selected mining and trading jurisdictions based on risk profiling and intelligence reports, and that enforcement actions prioritised corrective compliance measures — engagement, warnings, and operational guidance — with regulatory measures applied where necessary.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Monitoring and Enforcement section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public). Describes stated enforcement posture; not an independent assessment of enforcement effectiveness." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'The GoldBod Taskforce was deployed to selected mining and trading jurisdictions based on risk profiling and intelligence reports, with a focus on verifying adherence to licence conditions by authorised buyers and traders. Enforcement actions prioritised corrective compliance measures, including engagement, warnings, and operational guidance…'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-intelligence-led-enforcement" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q4-internal-audit-statutory-alignment:081", "statement": "GoldBod's Q4 2025 statutory report states that during the quarter its Internal Audit Department aligned audit activities with the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended by Act 914, and the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), applying a risk-based approach across the Corporation's operational and administrative activities.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Stated verbatim in the Internal Audit section of the sealed Q4 statutory report (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'This enhanced risk based approach enabled the team to evaluate emerging vulnerabilities, strengthen oversight mechanisms… Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended by Act 914 · Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921)'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q4-internal-audit-statutory-alignment" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:mfa-due-diligence-counterparty:082", "statement": "The Ghana Mission in Dubai's published guidance requires prospective buyers, before any gold purchase or export transaction, to establish that the Ghanaian counterparty is duly authorized or licensed under Act 1140, to confirm the gold has been sourced, aggregated, and certified through approved GoldBod channels, and to ascertain compliance with all regulatory, valuation, and export requirements under the Act. One mission's published guidance — not shown to be MFA-wide policy.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-mfa", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim on the sealed Ghana Mission Dubai guidance page (official_public). Scoped to that mission's guidance, as with claim 008. Decision-relevant: states the official due-diligence checklist for counterparty trust." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/mfa-dubai-exporting-gold.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:57:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Prior to entering into any gold purchase or export transaction, prospective buyers are required to undertake thorough due diligence to: Establish that the Ghanaian counterparty is duly authorized or licensed under the Ghana Gold Board Act; Confirm that the gold to be purchased has been sourced, aggregated, and certified through approved GoldBod channels; Ascertain compliance with all regulatory, valuation, and export requirements prescribed under Act 1140.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mfa-due-diligence-counterparty" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:mfa-foreign-participation-approved-structures:083", "statement": "The Ghana Mission in Dubai's published guidance states that foreign entities may only participate in gold export transactions through approved structures and arrangements recognized by GoldBod, in accordance with the applicable licensing regime. One mission's published guidance — not shown to be MFA-wide policy.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-mfa", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim on the sealed Ghana Mission Dubai guidance page (official_public). Consistent with the statutory routing derived in claim 060 (Export Partnership Licence channel); the mission page does not itself name the licence category." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/mfa-dubai-exporting-gold.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:57:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Foreign entities may only participate in gold export transactions through approved structures and arrangements recognized by GoldBod, and in accordance with the applicable licensing regime.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mfa-foreign-participation-approved-structures" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:mfa-export-requires-goldbod-documentation:084", "statement": "The Ghana Mission in Dubai's published guidance states that no gold shall be exported from Ghana without authorization under Act 1140, verification and documentation issued through GoldBod-approved processes, and compliance with all prescribed export procedures. One mission's published guidance — not shown to be MFA-wide policy.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-mfa", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim on the sealed Ghana Mission Dubai guidance page (official_public). Decision-relevant: defines the documentation an export offer must be able to show." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/mfa-dubai-exporting-gold.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:57:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'No gold shall be exported from Ghana without: Authorization under Act 1140; Verification and documentation issued through GoldBod-approved processes; Compliance with all prescribed export procedures.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mfa-export-requires-goldbod-documentation" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:mfa-independent-legal-advice:085", "statement": "The Ghana Mission in Dubai's published guidance strongly advises foreign entities intending to engage in gold export transactions to obtain independent legal and professional advice before executing any transaction. One mission's published guidance — not shown to be MFA-wide policy.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:ghana-mfa", "entity:actor:foreign-buyer", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.85, "rationale": "Stated verbatim on the sealed Ghana Mission Dubai guidance page (official_public)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:mfa-dubai:exporting-gold", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/mfa-dubai-exporting-gold.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:57:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "'Foreign entities intending to engage in gold export transactions are strongly advised to obtain independent legal and professional advice prior to the execution of any transaction.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:mfa-independent-legal-advice" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s25-surplus-earmark-small-scale:086", "statement": "Act 1140 s.25 requires the GoldBod Board of Directors to earmark each year not more than thirty per cent of the Gold Board's surplus funds from the preceding year to support small-scale miners — including concessional funds and guarantees, equipment, training, processing and refining facilities, research, formalization support, and exploration collaboration.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verbatim section text from the sealed Act 1140 reprint (load-bearing text layer per sources.json), integrity-sealed against the official goldbod.gov.gh PDF." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.25(1): 'The Board of Directors shall, each year, earmark not more than thirty per cent of the surplus funds of the Gold Board from the preceeding year to the Gold Board to provide support to small-scale miners.' (sic — 'preceeding' as in sealed reprint)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.25(1)-(2) 'Funds earmarked for small-scale miners' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 556-593 ('preceeding' sic also at ocr.txt line 559)" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.25(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 556-593" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:s25-surplus-earmark-small-scale" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s37-register-gold-service-providers:087", "statement": "Act 1140 s.37 requires GoldBod to establish and maintain a register of gold service providers recording the names and particulars of licensees, the categories of licences issued, and any other information GoldBod determines, and to update the register every six months.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verbatim section text from the sealed Act 1140 reprint, integrity-sealed against the official goldbod.gov.gh PDF. Decision-relevant: the register is the statutory reference point for verifying a counterparty's claimed licence." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.37(1): 'The Gold Board shall establish and maintain a register of gold service providers in which the Gold Board shall record (a) the names and particulars of gold service providers issued with licences under this Act; (b) the categories of licences issued to gold service providers…' · s.37(2): 'The Gold Board shall update the register of gold service providers every six months.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.37(1)-(2) 'Register of gold service providers' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 825-834" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.37(1)-(2), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 825-834" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:s37-register-gold-service-providers" }, "transfer": { "lane": "observed", "decision_refs": [ "decision:observed:asm-gold-first-trade-001" ], "note": "Exercised in the first observed wedge decision (2026-07-28) — role recorded in the decision log. observed lane requires this backing log." } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s42-quarterly-public-reports:088", "statement": "Act 1140 s.42 requires GoldBod, for transparency and accountability, to publish every quarter on its website a report covering its operations, revenue, contracts entered into, expenditure, and responsible sourcing and traceability — and to ensure public access, with any person able to review the reports and submit policy recommendations to GoldBod and the Minister.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verbatim section text from the sealed Act 1140 reprint, integrity-sealed against the official goldbod.gov.gh PDF. This is the statutory duty under which the pack's Q2/Q3/Q4 statutory reports are issued (claim 061)." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.42(1): 'For the purpose of transparency and accountability, the Gold Board shall publish, every quarter, a report on the following on the website of the Gold Board: (a) operations of the Gold Board; (b) revenue accruing to the Gold Board; (c) contracts entered into by the Gold Board; (d) expenditure of the Gold Board; and (e) responsible sourcing and traceability.'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.42(1)-(3) 'Report by Gold Board' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 907-926" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.42(1)-(3), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 907-926" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:s42-quarterly-public-reports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:s43-licensee-quarterly-reports:089", "statement": "Act 1140 s.43 requires every gold service provider to submit quarterly reports on its business and related activities to GoldBod within fifteen days after the end of each quarter (or a period set in GoldBod guidelines), and empowers GoldBod to request additional information on the provider's conduct, transactions, and financial and operational compliance.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:law:gh-act-1140", "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "verified", "score": 0.9, "rationale": "Verbatim section text from the sealed Act 1140 reprint, integrity-sealed against the official goldbod.gov.gh PDF. Decision-relevant: licensees carry a statutory reporting duty, so a compliant counterparty should be able to evidence reporting history." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:act-1140:goldbod-text", "source_class": "legal_reprint_secondary", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/superlawgh-act-1140-reprint.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T10:56:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "s.43(1): 'A gold service provider shall submit quarterly reports on the business and related activities of the gold service provider to the Gold Board.' · s.43(2)(a): 'within fifteen days after the end of each quarter'", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.43(1)-(3) 'Submission of reports by gold service providers' — superlawgh reprint; same section at GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 927-940" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:act-1140-official-pdf", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "https://goldbod.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:31:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "sha256:ec3c65c1c66601d1201f70a360dfc66ba9d0f172f73676e26851a5af04f88810 (integrity seal; tesseract OCR companion corroborates section text)", "pin_cite": "Act 1140 s.43(1)-(3), GHANA-GOLDBOD-ACT-ACT-1140.ocr.txt lines 927-940" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:s43-licensee-quarterly-reports" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2q3q4-asm-export-sum:090", "statement": "Summing the ASM gold export figures in GoldBod's three sealed statutory reports gives 82,620.1993 kg for Q2–Q4 2025 (30,361.64 kg + 25,780.60 kg + 26,477.9593 kg). The pack contains no Q1 2025 statutory report — Q2 was the first reporting cycle (claim 061) — so GoldBod's reported full-year figure of over 100 tons (claim 030) depends on volume outside the pack's sealed quarterly series.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.7, "rationale": "Derivation: arithmetic sum of three individually verified quarterly figures (claims 063, 017, 025). The claim states the reconciliation gap without resolving it — no Q1 figure is invented or assumed." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q2: 'ASM Exports: 30,361.64 kg'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q3: ASM exports 25,780.60 kg" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q4: 'ASM Exports: 26,477.9593 kg'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2q3q4-asm-export-sum" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2q3q4-licensing-cumulative:091", "statement": "Across GoldBod's three sealed 2025 statutory reports, cumulative licences processed and issued Q2–Q4 total 866 (135 in Q2 + 577 in Q3 + 154 in Q4).", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:country:GH" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.7, "rationale": "Derivation: arithmetic sum of three individually verified quarterly licensing figures (claims 065, 019, 027). Wording differs slightly across reports ('issued' Q2, 'processed and issued' Q3/Q4); the sum mixes those report wordings and is therefore kept in the inferred lane." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q2: 'The GoldBod issued 135 licences'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q3: 577 licences processed and issued" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q4: 'GoldBod processed and issued 154 licenses.'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2q3q4-licensing-cumulative" } }, { "id": "claim:gh:asm-gold:q2q3q4-asm-export-trajectory:092", "statement": "Recorded ASM gold exports across GoldBod's sealed 2025 statutory reports fell from 30,361.64 kg in Q2 to 25,780.60 kg in Q3, then partially recovered to 26,477.9593 kg in Q4 — the Q4 level remaining below Q2.", "entity_refs": [ "entity:org:goldbod", "entity:corridor:gh-asm-gold", "entity:metric:asm-export-volume" ], "jurisdiction": "GH", "confidence": { "lane": "inferred", "score": 0.7, "rationale": "Derivation: quarter-on-quarter comparison of three individually verified figures (claims 063, 017, 025). Extends claim 032 (Q3→Q4 rise) with the Q2→Q3 decline; no cause is asserted for either movement." }, "freshness": { "observed_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2027-01-28T00:00:00Z", "staleness_class": "fresh" }, "provenance": [ { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q2-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q2-Statutory-Report-April-to-June-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T09:34:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q2: 'ASM Exports: 30,361.64 kg'" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q3-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q3-Statutory-Report-July-to-September-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q3: ASM exports 25,780.60 kg" }, { "source_id": "source:ghana:goldbod:q4-statutory-report-2025", "source_class": "official_public", "locator": "delivery/wedge-30d/claims/sources/documents/Ghana-Gold-Board-Q4-Statutory-Report-October-to-December-2025.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-12T11:22:00Z", "excerpt_or_hash": "Q4: 'ASM Exports: 26,477.9593 kg'" } ], "contradictions": [], "replay": { "compiled_at": "2026-07-28T00:00:00Z", "compiler_version": "wedge-30d/v0", "inputs_hash": "seed:q2q3q4-asm-export-trajectory" } } ]