Addis Ababa, January 7, 2016 (FBC) – Tigray Regional State has supplied 597.7 tons of gold worth 4.9 billion birr to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE).
The stated amount of gold was supplied by 425 licensed gold dealers from 21 gold producing woredas (districts) from July 2004 to December 2008 EC.
Some 1.18 tons of the total amount was supplied last year alone. It generated 903 million birr.
The regional state also supplied over 349 kg of gold worth 257 million birr to the bank during the past six months.