ACCRA, April 16 (Reuters) - Ghana's government has assumed operational control of Gold Fields' (GFIJ.J) , opens new tab Damang mine after it rejected an application from the South African company to renew its lease, the ministry of lands and natural resources said in a statement on Wednesday.

(This story has been corrected to say 'lands ministry' in the headline, and corrects to say 'ministry of lands and natural resources,' not mines ministry in paragraph 1)

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