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GBG - great basin gold - Great Basin`s hollister project receives environmental
excellence award from the Northwest Mining Association
GREAT BASIN GOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in Canada and registered as an External Company in South Africa)
(Registration No. 2006/021304/10)
Share Code: GBG ISIN Number: CA3901241057
("Great Basin Gold" or "the Company")
GREAT BASIN`S HOLLISTER PROJECT RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE
NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION
December 2, 2009, Vancouver, BC - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin" or the
"Company"), (TSX: GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) announces that its Hollister
Project in Elko County, Nevada, USA has received the 2009 Environmental
Excellence Award from the Northwest Mining Association ("NWMA"). This award was
presented at a ceremony on December 1st in Reno, NV in conjunction with the
NWMA`s 115th annual meeting. This award recognizes companies and projects that
exemplify the NWMA`s Statement of Environmental Principles.
The Hollister Project, which is operated by Great Basin`s wholly-owned U.S.
subsidiary, Rodeo Creek Gold, is an underground exploration decline and
associated facilities in an area that is within a former open-pit mine.
Laura Skaer, NWMA`s Executive Director, praised Great Basin for taking great
care to plan and develop the Hollister Project to minimize impacts. "The
Hollister Project demonstrates one of our key environmental principles - the
importance of planning a project from inception through closure to identify,
evaluate, manage and mitigate potential environmental impacts."
Ferdi Dippenaar, Great Basin`s President and CEO, said that Great Basin embraces
the philosophy that as a mining company, we have a responsibility to limit our
footprint and also to make meaningful investments in the communities where we
operate starting with the planning and development stages of our projects. It
is a privilege to be recognized by NWMA for our efforts."
Ferdi Dippenaar
President and CEO
For additional details on Great Basin Gold and its gold properties, please visit
the Company`s website at www.grtbasin.com or contact Investor Services:
Tsholo Serunye in South Africa 27 (0) 11 301 1800
Michael Curlook in North America 1 (888) 633 9332
Barbara Cano at Breakstone Group in the USA (646) 452 2334
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in
this news release.
Cautionary and Forward Looking Statement Information
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking
statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical
facts, that address financing events or technical developments that Great Basin
Gold expects to occur are forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those
in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include financial
market conditions, metals prices, exploitation and exploration successes,
continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain
necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition,
geopolitical uncertainty, changes in government policies regarding mining and
natural resource exploration and exploitation, continued availability of capital
and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors
are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance
and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in
the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, Investors
should review the Company`s annual Form 40-F filing with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and its home jurisdiction filings that are
available at www.sedar.com.
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