Exhibit 99.16

CONSENT OF FANIE COETZEE

To:	United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Re:	Asanko Gold Inc. (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 40-F Consent of Expert

This consent is provided in connection with the Company's annual report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 to be filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any amendments thereto (the "Annual Report"). The Annual Report incorporates by reference, among other things, the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the "AIF"), and the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (the "MD&A").

I hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with reference to my involvement in the preparation of the following technical report (the "Technical Report"):

• "Asanko Gold Inc., National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report for the Asanko Gold Mine, Ghana" dated effective December 31, 2019,

and to references to the Technical Report, or portions thereof, in the Annual Report, the AIF and the MD&A and to the inclusion and incorporation by reference of the information derived from the Technical Report in the Annual Report, the AIF and the MD&A.

Dated the 17^th day of March, 2020.

Sincerely,

/s/ Fanie Coetzee
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Fanie Coetzee, B.Sc. (Hons), Pr. Sci. Nat.