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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
GDXJ 92.99+2.9%Nov 7 4:00 PM EST

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To: Alex who wrote (49102)2/15/2000 5:39:00 PM
From: Gord Bolton  Read Replies (1) of 116753
 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited
James Anaman, General Manager - Corporate Affairs
Tel. (233) 21 778178
Kweku Awotwi, Managing Director - Strategic Planning
Tel. (44) 498 500535
or
Ernest Abankroh, Company Secretary
Tel. (44) 171 256 9938
or
John Goold (Shandwick Consultants - London)
Tel. (44) 171 329 0096
or
Allan Jordan (Golin/Harris - New York)
Tel. (1) 212 697 9191

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NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS

FOR: ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS COMPANY LIMITED

TSE SYMBOL: AHD.U
NYSE SYMBOL: ASL

FEBRUARY 15, 2000

Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited; Ashanti in final
stage of discussions with Government of Ghana

NEW YORK, NEW YORK--Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited ("Ashanti"
or "the Company") announces that it is in the final stages of
discussions with the Government of Ghana. The Company anticipates
that a successful conclusion of these discussions will lead to a
settlement acceptable to all parties.

The Ghana High Court hearing originally scheduled for earlier
today has been adjourned pending finalisation of the negotiations
between the parties.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

Certain of the statements made in this announcement are forward
looking in nature. By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and
depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. These
factors include, but are not limited to, statements made in this
announcement. In addition, risk factors relating to Ashanti can be
found in its public SEC filings. Ashanti undertakes no obligation
to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Any
statements should be evaluated in the light of these factors.

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Keep your eye on this one folks. They have a meeting with their hedge counterparties on Thursday. We will see if the deadline gets put off.
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