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CHIRANO GOLD MINE
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Location
The Chirano Mine is situated in southwestern Ghana, 100 kilometres southwest of Kumasi, which is Ghana's second largest city. The township of Bibiani, the site of an existing large gold mine, lies 15 kilometres north-northeast of the project area (37 kilometres by road). Access to the mine from the capital Accra is via a sealed highway to Kumasi and then sealed highway running southwest towards Bibiani and onwards to Sefwi-Bekwai. The final approach is either by a 22 kilometre gravel road from Tanoso Junction (15 kilometres south of Bibiani) or by a 13 kilometre gravel road whose junction is approximately 9 kilometres beyond Sefwi-Bekwai. The project area is dominated by steep terrain and dense vegetation interspersed with small agricultural plots of palm oil, cassava and cocoa.
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