Written from Freetown — not copied from a template.
Most information online about buying Sierra Leone gold is recycled, unsourced, or years out of date. These guides cite the National Minerals Agency, the Kimberley Process, and official Ministry of Mines figures directly, and we date every page so you know what you are reading.
How to Buy Gold in Sierra Leone
The 2022 Act, licensing, the ten-step PMTD assay and export procedure, the 5% duty, and the verification checklist.
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How to Buy Diamonds in Sierra Leone
Kimberley Process, the three-valuer system that sets your duty, sealing, and the six designated routing countries.
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How to Verify a Seller
The licence check, the red flag table, and the exact questions that expose a fake exporter. Use it on us too.
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Gold Price in Sierra Leone 2026
How the world spot price, assayed purity and net fine weight build a real price — and how to read and stress-test a quote.
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Kimberley Process Explained
What KPCS is, why Sierra Leone sits at its heart, how a certificate is issued and read, and how to buy verifiably conflict-free rough.
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Gold Export Duty & Taxes 2026
The full cost stack: 5% gold duty, the rehabilitation levy, the 3% diamond duty and 0.3% advance tax — with a worked example.
Read the study →These guides draw on the NMA Directorate of Precious Minerals Trading, the Mines and Minerals Development Act 2022 as published on SierraLII, the Kimberley Process participant record, and official Ministry of Mines & Mineral Resources export figures. Where a figure is contested or subject to change, we say so.