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Obuasi

West Africa Birimian · Au · AngloGold Ashanti (90%) / Government of Ghana (10% free-carried)

Evidence depth: operating-markers
Operating-disclosure markers; no study-level economics carried.
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Stage and status

DFI · investment house — what stage is the asset at, and what does its record hold?

Life-cycle stageproducing Derived
Operating statusPhase 3 (5,000 tpd) at nameplate from Dec 2025 Sourced
Reserve scale (P+P)26.1 Mt @ 7.62 g/t Au Sourced ≈ 6.4 Moz contained Derived
Reserve basis (verbatim)100% project basis (~6.4 Moz contained)

Value anchors

advisory · corporate development — what does the record support?

Resource (M+I+I)94.2 Mt @ 7.08 g/t Au Sourced
Resource basis (verbatim)100% project basis (~21.4 Moz contained)
Primary sourceAGA 2025 Mineral Resource & Reserve Report (released 20 March 2026); Q1 2026 Operational Performance Review [Sourced 2026-05-02] Sourced
Comparables (Au-matched)5 African M&A — $122–228/oz (set span, n=2) · 2 intl — $394–403/oz (set span, n=2) · 1 financing/benchmark — set spans, not market curves · deals · compare assets · data freshness Sourced

Risk read

mining major · insurer — what is the exposure?

Ownership structureHeld via AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited; Ghana 10% is free-carried interest Sourced
Recent events (record, newest last — tail shown)… AISC projected to drop to $1,550-$1,650/oz from 2024 $1,942/oz; Ghana 2025 Mining Act (Oct 2025) — 30% local procurement + 70% Ghanaian management quota by 2028; Bank of Ghana gold-for-oil mandate affecting USD liquidity Sourced

What this record does not yet support — disclosed, not estimated