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*[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
*[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
**[[Zani-Kodo Joint Venture]]: [[gold]]
**Zani-Kodo Joint Venture: [[gold]]
**[[Societé minière de Bakwanga]] (MIBA): [[diamonds]]
**[[Societé minière de Bakwanga]] (MIBA): [[diamonds]]
**[[Gravity Diamonds]]
**Gravity Diamonds
**[[Katanga Concessions]]: [[copper]], [[cobalt]]
**Katanga Concessions: [[copper]], [[cobalt]]
*[[Ghana]]
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**[[Konongo, Ghana|Konongo]]: [[gold]]
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**[[Bindura Nickel]]: [[nickel]], [[copper]], [[cobalt]]
**[[Bindura Nickel]]: [[nickel]], [[copper]], [[cobalt]]
***[[Bindura Smelter and Refinery Complex]]
***[[Bindura Smelter and Refinery Complex]]
**[[Hunter's Road]]: [[nickel]]
**Hunter's Road: [[nickel]]
**[[Freda Rebecca Mine]]: gold
**Freda Rebecca Mine: gold
**[[Maligreen Mine]]: formerly [[Cluff Mining]]; gold
**Maligreen Mine: formerly [[Cluff Mining]]; gold
**[[Makaha Deposit]]
**Makaha Deposit


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===Companies===

Revision as of 22:11, 22 April 2020

Asa Resources Group PLC
Company typePublic limited company
LSEASA
IndustryMining
PredecessorMwana Africa
African Gold
FoundedSeptember 27, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-09-27) in City of London, United Kingdom
Headquarters,
Websitewww.asaukplc.com

Asa Resources Group is a mining company based in Johannesburg and London. According to the company's website, it is the first African-owned and African-managed business to be listed in the Resources sector of the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market. Asa was founded in 1987.

Current affairs

The firm had a poor financial performance in 2013, with losses totalling $42.5 million, more than $35 million more than the previous year. This was due to a $43.7 million impairment charge for its Bindura Nickel Corporation operations in Zimbabwe.[1]

In October 2013, Asa appointed Yim Chiu Kwan as its finance director.[2]

Operations

Asa's products include gold, nickel, copper, zinc, cobalt and, more recently, diamonds and petroleum. Major mining operation interests as of 2007:

By country

Companies

Asa maintains a corporate office in South Africa. The company is expanding its operations by acquiring extant mining companies.

References

  1. ^ Mwana widens FY loss after $43.7m BNC impairment charge, South Africa: Mining Weekly, 2013
  2. ^ Mwana Africa appoints Yim Chiu Kwan as finance director, International: Reuters, 2013