RNS Number:3139J
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ld
27 March 2003


                 Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited ("Ashanti")
                           Annual Report and Accounts


Copies of Ashanti's Annual Report and Accounts, for the year ended 31 December
2002 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be
available for inspection at:

Document Viewing Facility
The Financial Services Authority
25 the North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS


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