West Africa's top gold markets, covered on the ground
Eight core gold-producing countries with dedicated guides — local supply, lawful export routes, known risks and how our financing applies — plus eight more we cover case by case.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is where Minerals Finance Team is headquartered, and it remains one of the most active artisanal gold and diamond markets in West Africa. It is also, unfortu…
Sierra Leone financing guide →Guinea (Conakry)
Guinea is one of West Africa's largest gold producers, and Conakry is one of the busiest origination points for international buyers — and for the scams that target them.…
Guinea (Conakry) financing guide →Mali
Mali consistently ranks among Africa's top gold producers, with industrial mines and a vast artisanal sector feeding the Bamako market. It is also a complex operating env…
Mali financing guide →Ghana
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer and the most institutionally developed gold market in the region — which means the rules are clearer, and ignoring them is more da…
Ghana financing guide →Burkina Faso
Gold dominates Burkina Faso's export economy, produced by industrial mines and one of the largest artisanal workforces in the Sahel. It is also our highest-caution market…
Burkina Faso financing guide →Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire has spent the last decade becoming one of West Africa's fastest-growing gold producers, with new industrial mines coming online and a substantial artisanal …
Côte d'Ivoire financing guide →Liberia
Liberia's gold and diamond trade is smaller than Ghana's or Mali's, but it is active, English-speaking, and right next door to our Sierra Leone home base — our teams cros…
Liberia financing guide →Senegal
Senegal combines one of the region's most stable political and banking environments with a serious gold industry concentrated in the far south-east. For buyers nervous ab…
Senegal financing guide →Also covered case by case
Benin, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Togo. If your transaction originates in one of these countries, submit it through the same qualification form — we will tell you honestly whether we can verify and finance it.
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