Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
- Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
"This is the article on the mining company. For the football club of the same name see Ashanti Gold SC."
The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Edwin Cade. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E7DE173BF936A35751C0A965948260] The Ashanti mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. The mine is sited on one of the world's major gold deposits and is one of the ten largest in the world.
In 1994, the Ghana government, the majority shareholder, announced plans to sell 20-25 percent of its interest in AGC in a share floatation. The company was listed on the London and Ghana stock exchanges. It was the largest floatation ever organised byany gold mining company coordinating and advisory team alone numbered over 200 people. Each of the company's 10,000employees received five free shares.
In 1996 AGC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange to raise new capital, it was the first African company to appear onWall Street. In 2004, it merged with AngloGold to create the world's second-largest gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti company. AngloGold is based in South Africa and majority-owned by Anglo American group.
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* [http://www.ashantigold.com/NR/rdonlyres/BDB5B570-C236-4C5B-9F53-1B5ED83F7E0C/0/Ashanti_CompanyHistory.pdf History of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation]
* [http://www.anglogold.com/ AngloGold Ashanti: Gold Mining and Marketing]
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