Ghana pledges no repeat of incursions at AngloGold mine
ACCRA – Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged that the incursion of illegal miners which forced AngloGold Ashanti to evacuate its Obuasi operation won’t be repeated.
Speaking at a ceremony that marked the reopening of the century-old mine in the south of the country, Akufo-Addo said Tuesday that the “forceful encroachment on the concession of the company” was over, according to an emailed copy of his speech. “The sequence of events that led to the closure of the mine will not recur under the watch of this government,” he said.
AngloGold will invest $450-million to $500-million in the initial stages of Obuasi’s redevelopment after it curtailed operations in 2014 because of heavy financial losses. The Johannesburg-based company was working on plans to redesign the mine when it was overrun by informal miners in 2016.
In the last month of the same year, Akufo-Addo won power when he defeated former President John Mahama in elections. Ghana is Africa’s biggest gold producer after South Africa, with operators including AngloGold, Gold Fields and Newmont Mining owning assets in the country.
The redevelopment will deliver its first gold by the end of the year, AngloGold said in a statement published in Accra-based Business and Financial Times newspaper. Output in the first ten years will average 350 000 oz to 450 000 oz a year, it said.
Total cash costs for the project are expected to average $590/oz to $680/oz, it said.
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