{"id":324927,"date":"2026-03-11T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324927\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:05:15","slug":"ghana-defies-us-china-new-gold-tax-revealed-as-prices-hit-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324927\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Defies US &#038; China: New Gold Tax Revealed as Prices Hit Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Firstpost Image\" title=\"Firstpost\" id=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UMSvkgDMr6-1103MADAGASCARGOVTVODjpg-b6V4jYGfio.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/firstpost.png\" alt=\"logo\" class=\"jsx-1d6875532a5ce52d\"\/>Ghana Defies US &amp; China: New Gold Tax Revealed as Prices Hit Record High | Firstpost Africa<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-1d6875532a5ce52d popdclmr\">This is an AI-generated summary and has not been vetted by the Firstpost editorial team<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, Africa&#8217;s largest gold producer, has implemented a new sliding-scale gold royalty regime, linking state revenues to gold prices despite diplomatic pressure from the U.S. and China. Effective March 10, the policy replaces a flat five percent royalty, allowing rates to rise to twelve percent when gold exceeds $4,500 per ounce. Mindful of financial pressures and an IMF economic program, Ghana aims to enhance revenues through natural resources. Additionally, a similar royalty system will apply to lithium, with continued flat rates for other minerals. This shift reflects a broader trend towards resource nationalism in Africa.See More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghana Defies US &amp; China: New Gold Tax Revealed as Prices Hit Record High | Firstpost Africa This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-324927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}