We are seeing a lot of activities, a lot of stimulations, a lot of talk, but no progress,” he said. He lamented that while the government had succeeded in creating structures like the Goldboard, passing laws, and setting up institutions to buy and trade gold, it had failed to stop illegal mining. But we have not been able to stop galamsey,” he stated. “We have managed to set up systems to harness galamsey gold, convert it into dollars, and stabilise the economy—but we have not been able to stop galamsey. We are doing more to mobilise the gold than to stop the mining,” he concluded.