TORONTO, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Star
Resources (NYSE American: GSS; TSX: GSC; GSE: GSR) ("Golden Star"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has won five
awards at the Ghana Mining Industry Awards, including Mining
Company of the Year for its local subsidiary, Golden Star
Bogoso/Prestea Limited ("GSBPL").
GSBPL operates the Prestea Open Pits and the Prestea Underground
Gold Mine ("Prestea Underground") in south-western Ghana.
Judged by a panel of industry professionals, the Mining Company of
the Year Award recognizes an organization that has achieved the
highest aggregate performance results in the categories of
environmental management, occupational health and safety, corporate
social investment, innovation and local content.
The Company also won:
- Mining Personality of the Year for Golden Star's Chief Operating Officer,
Daniel Owiredu, which was the
inaugural award in this category
- Best Performer in Corporate Social Investment for Golden Star's breast cancer awareness program
that involved screening over 10,400 women in Ghana during the past three years
- Best Graduate Research for Ahmed-Salim
Adam, Process Manager at Golden Star's Prestea
operations
- Runner Up in Occupational Health and Safety for GSBPL
A student of the Golden Star School in Bogoso village,
Winifred Korankye Amoah, was also
awarded first prize in the essay-writing competition, which was
open to school children across Ghana.
Sam Coetzer, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Golden
Star, commented:
"We are delighted that GSBPL has been named Mining Company of
the Year at the Ghana Mining Awards. Judged and awarded by
Ghanaians, this award reflects the strong commitment to excellence
demonstrated by all of our team. I am also very proud that
our Chief Operating Officer, Daniel
Owiredu, received the first ever Mining Personality of the
Year Award. Over his 11 years with Golden Star, Daniel has been at the forefront
not only of our efforts to develop two high quality mining
operations but also to deliver a best in class approach to
corporate responsibility. This is underlined by Golden Star winning the Corporate Social
Investment Award and by GSBPL being named Runner Up in Occupational
Health and Safety. I'd also like to congratulate Ahmed-Salim Adam for winning the Best Graduate
Research award for his Masters dissertation. He is one of the
many promising young Ghanaians within our team who I am confident
will become the mining industry's future leaders. Finally,
I'd like to thank our host communities and all of our partners in
Ghana. It is only through working together that we are able
to win these awards and more importantly, deliver long term,
sustainable benefits for all of our stakeholders."
Company Profile:
Golden Star is an established
gold mining company that owns and operates the Wassa and Prestea
mines situated on the prolific Ashanti Gold
Belt in Ghana, West Africa. Listed on the NYSE American, the
TSX, and the GSE, Golden Star is
strategically focused on increasing operating margins and cash flow
through the development of its two high grade, low cost underground
mines both in conjunction with existing open pit operations. The
Wassa Underground Gold Mine commenced commercial production in
January 2017 and the Prestea
Underground Gold Mine is expected to achieve commercial production
in the fourth quarter of 2017. Gold production in 2017 is expected
to be 255,000-280,000 ounces with cash operating costs of
US$780-860 per ounce.
SOURCE Golden Star Resources Ltd.