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In 1994, the Ghana government, the majority shareholder, announced plans to sell 20-25 percent of its interest in AGC in a share flotation. The company was listed on the London and Ghana stock exchanges. It was the largest flotation ever organised by any gold mining company coordinating and advisory
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In 1996 AGC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange to raise new capital, it was the first African company to appear on Wall Street. In 1999, the company succumbed to an ill-executed gold price hedge led by
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Percentage figures behind names indicate the share of production of the mine belonging to Ashanti. Production figures shown are those belonging to Ashanti, not overall production.
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team alone numbered over 200 people. Each of the company's 10,000 employees received five free shares.
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Gold production figures for the company's mines in 2002 and 2003 were (in ounces per annum):
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AngloGold Ashanti ASX announcement, published: 27 April 2004, accessed: 10 July 2010
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that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The
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This article is about a mining company. For the football club, see
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company. AngloGold is based in South Africa and majority-owned by
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Documents and clippings about Ashanti Goldfields Corporation
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Completion of merger of Anglogold Limited/Ashanti Goldfields
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Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 2004
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Non-renewable resource companies established in 1897
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to create the world's second-largest gold producer,
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Ashanti Gold SC
gold mining
Ghana
Ashanti Mine
Obuasi
Kumasi
Goldman Sachs
AngloGold
AngloGold Ashanti
Anglo American
Bibiani gold mine
Ghana
Ghana
Freda-Rebecca Gold Mine
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Geita Gold Mine
Tanzania
Tanzania
Iduapriem Gold Mine
Ghana
Obuasi Gold Mine
Ghana
Siguiri Gold Mine
Guinea
Guinea
Africa
"Ghana's New Golden Era | E & MJ"
"Crumble in the Jungle: The London Financial Press and the Boom-and-Bust Cycles of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, 1895–1914"
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