The figure represents an increment of 13 per cent over the 2021 figure of 2.7 million ounces.

The chamber’s producing member companies contributed 3 million ounces of the large scale gold output with the remaining 35,421 ounces declared as being attributable to non-Chamber member large scale mines.

The country’s overall gold output including production from small scale miners increased from 2.8 million ounces in 2021 to 3.7 million ounces in 2022, representing an increase of 32 per cent.