| Location | |
|---|---|
  Obuasi Location in Ghana | |
| Location | Obuasi |
| Municipality | Obuasi Municipal District |
| Country | Ghana |
| Coordinates | 06°08′53″N 01°41′30″W / 6.14806°N 1.69167°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Gold |
| Production | 127,000 ounces |
| Financial year | 2020[1] |
| Type | Underground |
| History | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Active | 1897-2014; 2019- |
| Owner | |
| Company | AngloGold Ashanti |
| Website | AngloGold Ashanti website |
The Obuasi Gold Mine is an underground gold mine situated near Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was at one time one of the world's ten largest gold mines.[2] The mine is in Obuasi Municipal District, 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of the regional capital Kumasi.[3]
In 2008, AngloGold Ashanti's Ashantiland operations, consisting of Obuasi and the Iduapriem Gold Mine, contributed 11% to the company's annual production. At its temporary closure in 2014 Obuasi had past gold production plus current resource of 62 million troy ounces[4].[5]
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- ^ "An Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "AngloGold Suspends Operations at Iduapriem | E & MJ". www.e-mj.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ Fougerouse, Denis (July 2015). "Geometry and genesis of the giant Obuasi gold deposit, Ghana" (PDF). Crawley, WA: University of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2022.