By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud South Africa’s Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) and Canada’s Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG) announced the completion of the joint venture deal that gave the former a 50 per cent stake in Asanko’s 90-per-cent-interest Asanko gold mine. The mine is one of Ghana’s newest gold operations and it is located in the country’s Ashanti Region. Both companies have set up a number of working groups whose objective is to make sure that the mine reaches its expected production guidance of 253koz in the 2019-2023 period and operates efficiently throughout its expected life of 15 years.