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FUM - First Uranium`s Ezulwini Mine Resumes Operation
First Uranium Corporation
(Continued under the laws of British Columbia, Canada)
(Registration number C0777384)
(South African registration number 2007/009016/10)
Share code: FUM ISIN: CA33744R102
September 22, 2009
FIRST URANIUM`S EZULWINI MINE RESUMES OPERATION
Toronto and Johannesburg - First Uranium Corporation (TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM)
(ISIN:CA33744R1029) ("First Uranium" or "the Company") today announced that the
Company`s Ezulwini Mine in Gauteng Province, South Africa, has resumed
operations following the fatality that occurred there last week.
Gordon Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Uranium, said:
"Following the tragic accident at the Ezulwini Mine last week, mining operations
were stopped pending an investigation involving South Africa`s Department of
Mineral Resources and organized labour. The investigation was completed
yesterday afternoon and we resumed mining last night."
About First Uranium Corporation
First Uranium Corporation (TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM) is actively pursuing its goal of
becoming a significant low-cost producer of uranium and gold through the
expansion of the underground development to feed the new uranium and gold plants
at the Ezulwini Mine and through the expansion of the plant capacity of the Mine
Waste Solutions tailings recovery facility, both located in South Africa. First
Uranium also plans to grow production by pursuing value-enhancing opportunities
in South Africa and elsewhere.
For further information, please contact:
Bob Tait, Vice President, Investor Relations at bob@firsturanium.ca
+1 416 342-5639 (office) or +1 416 558-3858 (mobile)
1240-155 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 3B7
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