Obuasi Gold Mine The Obuasi Gold Mine is an open-pit and underground gold mine situated near Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The operation is owned by AngloGold Ashanti
The Birimian Greenstone Belt has a long history of industrial gold mining beginning in Ghana at the end of the 19th century. The modern mining era began in the 1980’s with the discovery of very fine gold in the Loulo and Syama gold deposits in Mali. http://aheadoftheherd.com/Newsletter/2011-Special-Report/Birimian-Greenstone.html