Newmont-backed foundation opens GH₵28m sports complex at Ahafo South
The Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation has commissioned a GH₵28m multipurpose sports complex in Kenyasi, taking its cumulative community spending past GH₵170m.
The Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation has commissioned a GH₵28m multipurpose sports complex in Kenyasi, taking its cumulative community spending past GH₵170m.
Underground Mining Alliance, the contractor running the Subika underground operation at Newmont's Ahafo South mine, says 52% of its 320-plus workers are drawn from ten host communities.
Newmont's second-quarter results show Ahafo North gold output climbing to 68,000oz while Ahafo South production nearly halved to 100,000oz as mining moved to lower-grade ore.
A delegation from Ghana's Minerals Income Investment Fund visited Newmont's Ahafo North mine, saying the operation could exceed its original mine-life estimate and reporting no major safety incidents so far in 2026.
A Ghanaian parliamentary committee has praised Newmont's Ahafo South mine for its reclamation and water-management practices, noting the mine has paid over $2bn in taxes and royalties since 2006.
Newmont said on 23 October 2025 that its new Ahafo North mine had reached commercial production, expecting 275,000-325,000oz a year over an initial 13-year mine life.
Newmont finalised its $1bn sale of the Akyem gold mine in Ghana to China's Zijin Mining Group in August 2025, receiving the last $100m instalment after Ghana's Parliament ratified the mine's extended lease.
Newmont has earmarked $34m for road construction and rehabilitation around its Ahafo South mine between 2025 and 2028, including a newly finished Hwidiem-Kenyase route.