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April 9 (Reuters) - Global commodity trader Trafigura has signed a deal with Ghanaian mid-tier miner Heath Goldfields Ltd to buy 700,000 ounces of gold ore from the Bogoso–Prestea mine, the companies said in a statement on Thursday. As part of the agreement which Trafigura said was its first in Ghana's gold sector, the trading firm said it would provide $65 million in debt financing to support the restart of the mine's oxide ore operations.