Golden Star Wassa Ltd appoints new CEO

Golden Star Wassa Ltd. (GSWL), a gold mining company in Ghana and a subsidiary of Chifeng Gold, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Carl Georg Baker-Duly as the companys new ...

Golden Star Resources Ltd. hiring Mine Captain in Bogoso, …

Golden Star Resources (GSR) is a growing mining company with two operating mines in Ghana, Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited and Golden Star (Wassa) Limited and other projects at various stages of development. The Company's Prestea underground operation is seeking to recruit suitably qualified persons for …

Golden Star Resources hands over Wassa Mine to …

The Wassa Mine covers an area of 52.89km2. Since acquiring the assets in 2002, Golden Star has mined a total of 2.4 million ounces of gold. In 2015, the company transitioned from open-pit mining to underground mining, which resulted in an increment of production from 104,000 ounces in 2016 to 165,000 ounces in 2020. With an additional …

Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Ltd takes over operations of Wassa Mine …

The Wassa Mine, which covers a total surface of approximately 52.89km2, has been in operation for several years. It originally operated as a small-scale mining site until Satellite Goldfields ...

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Wassa is located in south-western Ghana. Golden Star commenced production from the surface operation at Wassa in 2005 and commercial production was achieved at Wassa …

Major Mines & Projects | Wassa Southern Extension Project

The Wassa property lies within the southern portion of the Ashanti Greenstone Belt along the eastern margin of the belt within a volcano-sedimentary assemblage located at …

Golden Star reaches commercial production at Ghana's …

Golden Star Resources has achieved commercial production at its Wassa Underground Gold Mine in Ghana. The company has completed the project construction …

Chifeng Gold Group secures $90m funding to expand Wassa Mine

On May 12, 2022. Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Limited has secured a $90-million funding to develop and expand Golden Star Resources Mines in Wassa. The funding was secured through a full guarantee from the Stanbic Bank Ghana and Standard Bank South Africa. Mr Wang Jianhua, the Chairman and CEO of Chifeng Gold Group, made this known in his …

Ahafo Gold Mine Implicated in Human Rights Abuses and …

The Ahafo gold mine, Newmont's first mine in Ghana, has been implicated in human rights abuses and irresponsible practices since before it began operating in 2006. ... In the Wassa area, mining displaced 30,000 people between 1990 and 1998. At the same time, mining has caused social turmoil in affected communities by taking away …

Edikan Mine – Perseus Mining

Edikan Gold Mine is a large-scale, low-grade multi open-pit operation located on the Asankrangwa Gold Belt, Ghana. Perseus commenced commercial production at Edikan in 2012, and the mine has since produced more than 2 million ounces of gold. At 30 June 2023, remaining Reserves at Edikan totalled 1.13 million ounces of gold at an average …

Golden Star Resources Limited (GSR.gh) 2020 Annual Report

Golden Star Resources Limited is a gold mining and exploration company which owns and operates the Wassa open-pit gold mine and Wassa underground mine in Ghana as well as a carbon-in-leach processing plant located near Tarkwa, Ghana. The gold mining company also has interests in the Bogoso gold mining and processing …

Golden Star Resources Announces Drilling Results From Wassa Mine in Ghana

Golden Star Resources holds the largest land package in one of the world's largest and most prolific gold producing regions. The Company holds a 90% equity interest in Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited and Golden Star (Wassa) Limited, which respectively own the Bogoso/Prestea and Wassa/HBB open-pit gold mines in Ghana, West Africa.

MDM awarded studies for Golden Star Resources Wassa …

The Wassa gold mine is located in the south-western region of Ghana approximately 35 km east of Bogoso / Prestea. The mining operations consist of a number of open pits, feeding the processing ...

Major Mines & Projects | Wassa Mine

Indirect. Golden Star Wassa Ltd. (operator) 100 %. Direct. Golden Star has a 90% interest in the project, with a 10% carried interest held by the Government of Ghana. As of 28 Jan 2022, Chifeng completed the acquisition of stake in Golden Star Resources, which owns 90% of Wassa gold mine, with a consideration of US$470m.

The Wassa deposit: A poly-deformed orogenic gold system …

The Wassa mine is the first example of an early-orogenic gold system in West Africa. • Gold-bearing pyrite are aligned and stretched along the S1 ductile fabric. • Mineralized quartz-calcite-ankerite veins have been folded at least four times. • Wassa-type deposits are possible sources of gold for the Tarkwa paleoplacer.

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Welcome back. -- · Experience: Golden Star Wassa Mine · Education: University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa · Location: Ghana · 252 connections on LinkedIn. View Kwabena Akyaw's profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

Gold Rush: Illegal mining fuelled by Chinese Nationals in Ghana.

The Gold Rush. Ghana is a major gold exporter and the precious metal remains one of the vital sources of revenue for the nation. In 2020, gold contributed close to GHC 7.8 billion, roughly 1.3 billion U.S. dollars to Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, an estimated $2.3 billion worth of illegally-mined gold left Ghana in 2016.

Major Mines & Projects | Wassa Mine

Golden Star has a 90% interest in the project, with a 10% carried interest held by the Government of Ghana. As of 28 Jan 2022, Chifeng completed the acquisition of …

Golden Star reaches commercial production at Ghana's Wassa Gold Mine

January 9, 2017. Golden Star Resources has achieved commercial production at its Wassa Underground Gold Mine in Ghana. The company has completed the project construction of Wassa Underground, including installation of all necessary infrastructure on schedule and within budget. Golden Star Resources president and chief executive officer Sam ...

Executive Management of Chifeng Gold, Owners of Golden Star Wassa …

The Chairman of Chifeng Gold Group, the largest non-state gold mining company in China, Mr. Jianhua Wang, and Chifeng Gold's President Madam Lydia Yang, have ended a working visit to Golden Star Wassa Limited (GSWL), in the Western region of Ghana. Also included in the visit was Mr. Shubao Dong, Secretary of the Board.

Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale …

1. Introduction. Mantey et al., defines "galamsey" as the practice of illicitly mining and/or extracting gold found either at or below soil and water surface in Ghana. It is an illegal or unregulated form of artisanal small scale gold mining (ASM) and could either be in a stand-alone mining mode, a stand-alone processing or gold extraction mode or …

Golden Star Wassa Mine Hosts President of

2023-January-16. Golden Star Wassa Mine, now a subsidiary of Chifeng Gold, will host the newly appointed President of Chifeng Gold, Madam Lydia g Yang as she tours the company's operations from 16th to 23rd of January. Accompanying Madam Yang on the trip are executives of Chifeng Gold, Shawn Zhang and Jesse Huang.

Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale …

1. Introduction. Mantey et al., [1] defines "galamsey" as the practice of illicitly mining and/or extracting gold found either at or below soil and water surface in Ghana. It is an illegal or unregulated form of artisanal small scale gold mining (ASM) and could either be in a stand-alone mining mode, a stand-alone processing or gold extraction mode or …

Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana

The Wassa deposit (longitude 1.720 W; latitude 5.490 N) is located 150 km west of Accra, 37 km northeast of the Tarkwa Mine, 14 km east of the Damang Mine. It is hosted by Sefwi Group rocks, east ...

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The mine has produced 12 million oz Au from 2km of the 82km strike that forms part of the largest mining concession in Ghana. Future Global Resources is developing the Sulphide resource on the concession to access the 3m oz Au within its NI 43-101 compliant resource as well as exploring the balance of the concession to identify promising new ...

Golden Star Completes Sale of the Bogoso-Prestea Gold Mine …

The Bogoso-Prestea operations are located in south-western Ghana, approximately 40km from the Wassa gold mine. Recently, production was delivered from the Bogoso-Prestea open pits and the Prestea ...

Golden Star achieves commercial production at Wassa Underground Gold Mine

Production in 2016 is expected to be between 180,000–205,000 ounces of gold with costs of US$815–US$925 per ounce. Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: GSS; TSX: GSC; GSE: GSR) is pleased to ...

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Mine Owner/s: Golden Star Resources (90%) and the Ghana government (10%). Brief Description: Wassa is an operating underground mine with the required services, infrastructure and community support ...

Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa

Downloadable (with restrictions)! Despite a boom in gold mining in Ghana's Wassa West district (WWD), unemployment and poverty have deepened, partly due to loss of farmland to surface mining but more so because of the limited opportunities for wage employment in the district's 'revived' gold-mining industry. However, the large-scale mining companies …

Golden Star (Wasa) Limited

Wassa is in south-western Ghana, approximately 40 km from the Prestea Gold Mine. Golden Star commenced production from the surface operation at Wassa in 2005 and …

Impact of galamsey operations on agricultural land and livelihood …

A Case Study of Farmers in the Wassa Mining Region, Ghana. Akabzaa, T., & Darimani, A. (2001). Impact of Mining Sector Investment in Ghana: A Study of the Tarkwa Mining Region. Amoah-Frimpong, P. (2013). Effects of Illegal Gold Mining on Food Availability for Smallholder Farmers. A Case Study of Saa Community in Wassa Amenfi West District ...

Golden Star Resources files Wassa Gold Mine …

Global Mining Review, Thursday, 04 March 2021 10:00. Advertisement. Golden Star Resources Ltd has filed a National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) technical report which includes a mineral reserve …

Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa …

Despite a boom in gold mining in Ghana's Wassa West district (WWD), unemployment and poverty have deepened, partly due to loss of farmland to surface mining but more so because of the limited opportunities for wage employment in the district's 'revived' gold-mining industry. However, the large-scale mining companies are …

Attack on Golden Star Wassa: Company suspends operation …

24 March 2023 3:38pm. Golden Star Wassa Limited has suspended its operations at the Benso site in the Western Region for the next three months following the recent attack on the company by some ...

WASSA GOLD MINE, GHANA

The Wassa Gold Mine is located on the eastern flank of the Ashanti belt in Ghana, West-Africa. The mine is located 150 km west of the capital of Accra. The Wassa Mine was …

Golden Star Wassa Ltd appoints Carl Baker-Duly as CEO

10 April 2024 11:36am. Carl Georg Baker-Duly. Golden Star Wassa Ltd (GSWL), a gold mining company in Ghana and a subsidiary of Chifeng Gold has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed ...

Golden Star Announces Changes to Executive Team

Golden Star is an established gold mining company that owns and operates the Wassa underground mine in the Western Region of Ghana, West Africa. Listed on the NYSE American, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ghanaian Stock Exchange, Golden Star is focused on delivering strong margins and free cash flow from the Wassa mine.

Geological setting of the Wassa gold deposit, SW Ghana

Including past production, current indicated and inferred resources, Wassa is a 5 Moz poly-deformed early-orogenic gold deposit located on the eastern flank of the Ashanti Belt, in southwest Ghana.It is hosted by metamorphosed volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks of the Sefwi Group (ca. 2260–2160 Ma).Early mineralization has an …

Golden Star Files Updated Technical Report for Wassa Gold Mine

Inferred mineral resources estimated at a $1,450 /oz gold price, as of December 31, 2018, are 53.4 Mt at an average grade of 3.76 g/t containing 6.4 million ounces of gold. A 10 year production ...

Ghana Chamber of Mines condemns attack at Golden Star …

23 March 2023 7:56am. CEO of Ghana Chamber of Mines, Dr. Sulemanu Koney. The Ghana Chamber of Mines has condemned the attack on the Benso concession of Golden Star Resources (Wassa Mine) in the ...