The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation was a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast.

The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. The mine is sited on one of the world's major gold deposits and is one of the ten largest in the world.

During the turn of the century 1900, the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation was among the most important gold mining companies listed at the London Stock Exchange.