In this paper, we examined the operations of Nigeria’s gold mining subsector with a view to evaluating the contributions of President Muhammadu Buhari administration towards the development of the subsector. Our research noted the lacklustre performance of the sector before the inception of the administration under review occasioned mainly by the activities of illegal miners. We further noted that the efforts of the administration to streamline the operations of the sector through the introduction of various laudable policies and programmes, including especially the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI), the Segilola Gold project, licensing by the federal Government of three companies to build the first set of gold refineries in Nigeria.