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| Formerly | Southern Star Resources |
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| Company type | Public company |
| TSX: GSC AMEX: GSS GSE: GSR | |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | 7 March 1984 |
| Founder | Dave Fennell, Roger Morton |
| Fate | Acquired by Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Peter Bradford (CEO, 1999-2007); Tom Mair (CEO, 2008-2012); Sam Coetzer (CEO, 2013-2019); Andrew Wray (CEO, 2019-2022) |
| Products | Gold |
| Subsidiaries | Caystar Holdings (Cayman Islands) |
| Website | gsr |
Golden Star Resources Ltd was a Canadian company that owned and operated the Wassa gold mine in Ghana. The company formerly owned and operated the Bogoso-Prestea gold mine, also in Ghana, from 1999 to 2020. Headquartered in London, but with a registered office in Toronto, it was a public company with shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and cross-listed on the NYSE American and Ghana Stock Exchange. In 2022 the company was acquired by Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining. Golden Star Resources was founded in 1984 by geologist Roger Morton and former football player Dave Fennell to pursue mineral interest in Guyana and formed a joint venture with Cambior to develop the Omai Mine. They changed their focus in 1999 to pursue owning and operating its own gold mines in Ghana.