RNS Number:5352S
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ld
26 November 2003

                               PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           26 november 2003

                            DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

1. Disposal of shares


On 25 November 2003, Mr. Trevor Schultz, an executive director of Ashanti,
informed the Company that on 12 November 2003 he disposed of 8,032 ordinary
shares held in the Company at a price of US$11.00 resulting in his beneficial
interest in the Company immediately following such disposal being 23,213 Ashanti
ordinary shares.

2. Release of shares from trust

On 25 November 2003, Ashanti's wholly-owned subsidiary, Ashanti Goldfields Share
Incentive Trustee Limited, a trust company established in connection with
Ashanti's employees' incentive plans, released from trust 54,742 Ashanti
ordinary shares to five executive directors and certain other key management
staff under the Ashanti Performance Share Plan (the "Plan").

Under the Plan, executive directors and other key management staff were
originally awarded 82,000 shares (of which 18,000 shares were awarded to
executive directors) on 4 July 2000. The terms of the Plan provide that the
shares are held in trust for a period of three years for release to participants
upon the achievement of set targets and on condition that participants remain
with Ashanti throughout the three-year period.

At the end of the three-year period certain participants had earned a total of
54,742 Ashanti ordinary shares, of which an aggregate of 13,500 shares had been
earned by executive directors. The shares released from trust to executive
directors and their respective beneficial holdings in Ashanti ordinary shares
following receipt of such shares are as follows:

Name of Director           Earned Shares             Total Beneficial Interest

Sam Esson
Jonah                              4,500                                64,190

Trevor Stanley
Schultz                            2,250                                25,463

Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan                    2,250                                 2,250

Eleanor Darkwa
Ofori Atta                         2,250                                 2,803

Merene
Botsio-Phillips                    2,250                                 2,350

              Total               13,500                                97,056



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Enquiries

Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited

Ernest Abankroh, Company Secretary               Tel: +(233) 21 774977
Kwaku Akosah-Bempah, AG. MD - Public Affairs     Tel: +(233) 21 778173
Corinne Gaisie                                   Tel: +44 20 7256 9938

The Global Consulting Group
North American Contact
Allan Jordan                                     Tel: +1 646 284 9452


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