Golden Star Resources Ltd, (Golden Star) is an international gold mining and exploration company producing gold in Ghana, West Africa. The Company also conduct gold exploration in other countries in West Africa and in South America. Golden Star owns controlling interests in several gold properties in southwest Ghana. Through a 90% owned subsidiary, Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited (GSBPL), it owns and operates the Bogoso/Prestea gold mining and processing operations (Bogoso/Prestea) located near the town of Bogoso, Ghana. Through another 90% owned subsidiary, Golden Star (Wassa) Limited (GSWL), it owns and operates the Wassa open-pit gold mine and carbon-in-leach processing plant (Wassa), located approximately 35 kilometer east of Bogoso/Prestea. It also holds interests in several gold exploration projects in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa, including Sierra Leone, Niger and Cote d'Ivoire, and in South America it holds and manages exploration properties in Brazil.