Entity record

Damang Gold Mine

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

TypeMine site / workingsRelationships2Claims held2Checked2026-09First held2026-09
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Corroborated2
Register identifiers
  • wikidata-qidQ16733450
Location
Damang Gold Mine5.5102, -1.8443

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Relationships

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Tenure and control1

operated byGold FieldsProducer organisationCorroborated
Historical · … → 2026-04
Evidence (2)

Two or more independent sources state this.

SourceMining WeeklyOrigingold-hubObserved2025Recorded2026-09-03

Geography1

located inGhanaJurisdiction / administrative areaCorroborated
Current
Evidence (2)

Two or more independent sources state this.

SourceQ1c-R1 round report (jurisdiction as stated by the entity's own source)Origingold-hubRecorded2026-09-03

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  • GhanaJurisdiction / administrative area · located in
  • Gold FieldsProducer organisation · operated by · Historical
What the hub does not hold
  • No chain of custody claim is held for this record.
  • No governance and compliance claim is held for this record.
  • No events and evidence claim is held for this record.
  • No participation and support claim is held for this record.

Not shown · SequenceFewer than two dated claims are held, so there is no sequence to read.

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Where this record comes from
  • Mining Weekly, 17 Apr 2025www.miningweekly.com/article/ghana-government-takes-control-of-damang-mi external · 2026-09
  • https://www.mining.com/gold-fields-to-end-operations-at-ghanas-damang-mine-after-lease-denial/www.mining.com/gold-fields-to-end-operations-at-ghanas-damang-mine-after external · 2026-09
  • OpenStreetMap — way/549843870 “Damang Gold Mine” (landuse=industrial; name=Damang Gold Mine; operator=Abosso Goldfields Limited; resource=gold), element last edited 2025-04-13; 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/549843870 external · 2026-09
  • Wikidata — Q16733450 “Damang 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 R2 descriptor-stripped normalised name; country rule: name-equal candidate resolves to the record country (the record row carries no coordinate).www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16733450 external · 2026-09