Ghanaian billionaire Ibrahim Mahama's gold mine doubles full-time staff to 426
Six months after taking over the Damang gold mine from Gold Fields, Ibrahim Mahama's company has doubled full-time staff and lifted monthly mining volumes.
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Six months after taking over the Damang gold mine from Gold Fields, Ibrahim Mahama's company has doubled full-time staff and lifted monthly mining volumes.
Ibrahim Mahama's Engineers and Planners is pursuing a $740 million claim against Gold Fields, as Ghana signals the Tarkwa mine may stay with the miner.
Engineers and Planners, owned by Ghanaian billionaire Ibrahim Mahama, has been accused of industrial espionage to seize a $250m gold project. It denies wrongdoing.
Ibrahim Mahama's Engineers and Planners is the frontrunner to take over Ghana's Damang gold mine as Gold Fields prepares a formal state handover in April 2026.
Ibrahim Mahama has donated his former private jet to Ghana as a free emergency air ambulance after taking delivery of a new $70 million aircraft.
Stanbic Bank and Standard Bank have arranged a $205 million loan for Ibrahim Mahama's Engineers and Planners to expand its Gold Fields contract.
Mahama, 52, is one of Ghana’s richest men and the founder of Engineers & Planners.
It has thus far been dominated by foreign players.