Golden Star Resources Ltd. held a 90% interest in the Bogoso/Prestea and the Wassa open pit mines and a 90% interest in the idled Prestea underground mine.
Patrick Antwi (born 4 November 1987 in Prestea) is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Ebusua Dwarfs.
In the years 2002 and 2003, the town's local football club Prestea Mines Stars played in the highest Ghanaian football league, the Ghana Premier League.
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of Canada operated the Bogoso/Prestea, the Prestea Underground, and the Wassa gold mines; Gold Fields Ltd. of South Africa operated the Damang gold mine; and Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. held interest in the Ahafo and the Akyem gold properties.