Ghana Marks Three Key Wins for Mining Transparency – EITI

Ghana has reached three major milestones in extractive industry transparency through its implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s reporting specifications, according to Mark Robinson, Executive Director of EITI.

In an exclusive interview with Energy Capital & Power during the Mining in Motion 2025 Summit in Accra, Robinson noted that Ghana scored well in stakeholder engagement in the 2024 EITI Progress Report, released in April 2025.

The country’s achievements include the disclosure of all mining and energy contracts between the government and private companies. The second milestone is the establishment of a transparent beneficial ownership register, which gathers and makes accessible information about the real owners of companies operating in the mining sector.

“This is crucial as Ghana seeks to clearly understand who controls its resources,” said Robinson.

The third achievement is the formation of a multi-stakeholder group that brings together government representatives, companies and civil society actors. This group uses EITI data to guide policy decisions and plays an instrumental role in fostering local content development and community investment strategies, according to Robinson.

Robinson emphasized the need for Ghana to use EITI data to better track production and export revenues from the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. He called for Ghana to draw lessons from Tanzania, which is advancing the formalization of small-scale mining operations.

“There is a lot more that can be done, especially in relation to foreign-backed loans in the mining sector that are still not fully disclosed,” he said.

Robinson also called for greater clarity in the public disclosure of oil and gas revenues, particularly those managed by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.