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Gold Fields flags Ghana licence risk as half-year profit surges

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Gold Fields flags Ghana licence risk as half-year profit surges

Uncertainty over the renewal of Gold ​Fields' mining leases in Ghana is weighing on the company's valuation, its CEO said on Tuesday, ‌as the South African miner posted an 81% jump in half-year profit, driven by higher gold prices and output.

Tarkwa was Gold Fields' second-largest gold producer in the first half of 2026, behind Salares Norte in Chile, with its 192,000 ounces accounting for about 15% ​of the group's total output." CEO Mike Fraser said the uncertainty was ⁠affecting how investors value Gold Fields, whose shares he said were trading at a discount to its peers ​as a result.

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