SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         For the month of February 2004

                       ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS COMPANY LIMITED

                 (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

                        Gold House, Patrice Lumumba Road
                           Roman Ridge, P.O. Box 2665
                                  Accra, Ghana

                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

         (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

                        Form 20-F [X]           Form 40-F [ ]

         (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)

                         Yes [ ]                 No [X]

         (If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_____.



                  Exhibits

                  The following exhibits are filed herewith:

         1.       Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited Annual Report 2003.

         2.       Deloitte & Touche Audit Opinion and

         3.       United States GAAP and United Kingdom GAAP Financial
                  Reconciliation.



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 20, 2004                 ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS COMPANY LIMITED

                                            By:  /s/ Ernest Abankroh
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                                            Name:  Ernest Abankroh
                                            Title:  Company Secretary