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Exhibit 99.8 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §1350, AS ADOPTEDPURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the annual report of Gammon Gold Inc. (the"Company") on Form 40-F for the period ended December 31, 2008 as filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, ReneMarion, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,that: 

(1)        The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

(2)        The information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all materialrespects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. 

| Date: March 25, 2009 | By:/s/ Rene Marion            
 Rene Marion 
 Chief Executive Officer   
A signed original of this written statement required bySection 906 has been provided to Gammon Gold Inc. and will be retained by GammonGold Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staffupon request.****
**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §1350, AS ADOPTEDPURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the annual report of Gammon Gold Inc. (the"Company") on Form 40-F for the period ended December 31, 2008 as filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, ScottPerry, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,that: 

(1)        The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

(2)        The information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all materialrespects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. 
Date: March 25, 2009
By:/s/ Scott Perry            
 Scott Perry 
 Chief Financial    Officer    
A signed original of this written statement required bySection 906 has been provided to Gammon Gold Inc. and will be retained by GammonGold Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staffupon request. |
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