Entry

Chirano Gold Mine

The physical place gold comes out of: a pit, a shaft, an alluvial working or a named site.

TypeMine site / workingsRelationships6Claims held6Checked2026-09First held2026-09
Entry details
Role, as stated
Originally developed by Red Back Mining (1996, prod. Oct 2005); Kinross acquired Red Back for US$7.1bn in 2010.
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Registry fact1Corroborated2Single source3
Register identifiers
  • wikidata-qidQ5101849
Location
Chirano Gold Mine6.3103, -2.3831

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located in · As reportedowned by · As reportedoperated by · As reportedlocated in · Historicallocated in · HistoricalChirano Gold Mine — Mine site / workingsGhana — Jurisdiction / administrative areaAsante Gold Corporation — Producer organisationAsante Gold Chirano Ltd. — Producer organisation
Ghana
Relationships

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Tenure and control2

operated byAsante Gold Chirano Ltd.Producer organisationRegistry fact
As reported
Evidence

One authoritative register is the bar for this kind of claim. Published as shown, cited and dated.

SourceAsante Gold Corporation — Consolidated Financial Statements, year ended 31 Jan 2025Origingold-hubAsserted2026-09-05

Geography3

located inGhanaJurisdiction / administrative areaCorroborated
As reported
Evidence (2)

Two or more independent sources state this.

SourceQ1c-R1 round report (jurisdiction as stated by the entity's own source)Origingold-hubAsserted2026-09-03

located inGhanaJurisdiction / administrative areaSingle source
Historical · 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorSourcing data; code asantecorp: xmn-chira; selections [["GH", 2024, "lsm"], ["GH", 2025, "lsm"]]Documentsource-document:swiss-precious-metals-transparency-platform-public-sourcing-data · externalLinkpm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)Origingold-hubObserved2026-09-11Asserted2026-09-11

located inGhanaJurisdiction / administrative areaSingle source
Historical · 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorSourcing data; code asantecorp: xmn-chira; selections [["GH", 2024, "lsm"], ["GH", 2025, "lsm"]]Documentsource-document:swiss-precious-metals-transparency-platform-public-sourcing-data · externalLinkpm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)Origingold-hubObserved2026-09-11Asserted2026-09-11

Events and evidence1

mentioned inSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform — Public sourcing dataSource documentSingle source
As reported
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorSourcing data; code asantecorp: xmn-chira; selections [["GH", 2024, "lsm"], ["GH", 2025, "lsm"]]Documentsource-document:swiss-precious-metals-transparency-platform-public-sourcing-data · externalLinkpm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)Origingold-hubObserved2026-09-11Asserted2026-09-11

Sequence
  1. 2024-01-01located in · GhanaStart
  2. 2024-12-31located in · GhanaHistorical
  3. 2025-01-01located in · GhanaStart
  4. 2025-12-31located in · GhanaHistorical
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Where this entry comes from
  • Wikipedia, "Chirano Gold Mine"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirano_Gold_Mine external · 2026-09
  • https://asantegold.com/about/asantegold.com/about/ external · 2026-09
  • OpenStreetMap — way/491956918 “Chirano Gold Mine” (landuse=quarry; name=Chirano Gold Mine; operator=Kinross Gold; resource=gold), element last edited 2025-07-11; data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Matched to this row on R1 exact normalised name; country rule: name-equal candidate resolves to the record country (the record row carries no coordinate).www.openstreetmap.org/way/491956918 external · 2026-09
  • Wikidata — Q5101849 “Chirano Gold Mine”, product = gold (P1056 → Q897); instance of mine; country Ghana; admin Western Region; item last modified 2026-07-08; CC0 1.0. Matched to this row on R1 exact normalised name; country rule: name-equal candidate resolves to the record country (the record row carries no coordinate).www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5101849 external · 2026-09
  • Swiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)pm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data external · 2026-09