RNS Number:6320O
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ld
13 August 2003



                 Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited ("Ashanti")
                           Additional Issue of Shares



Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the UK Listing
Authority for 200,000 Ashanti ordinary shares of no par value to be admitted to
the Official List and to trading on the LSE. The shares will be issued as a
result of an exercise of warrants by a warrantholder.

These shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares and dealings are
expected to commence in the new ordinary shares at 8.00am on 18 August 2003.



Enquiries:

Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited

Kweku Awotwi - MD responsible for Public          Tel: +233 21 772331
Affairs

Ernest Abankroh - Company Secretary               Tel: +233 21 774 977

Corinne Gaisie - UK Representative                Tel: +44 207 256 9938






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