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GBG - Great Basin Announces The Appointment Of Vice President
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 ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT:
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
February 11, 2010, Vancouver BC - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin Gold" or
the "Company") (TSX: GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) announces a change to its
management team with Dana Roets joining the Company as Vice President: Corporate
Development.
Dana Roets is a qualified Mining Engineer and an alumnus of the University of
Pretoria (1986), and also holds an MBA through the University of Cape Town
(1995). He started his mining career at Gold Fields` St Helena Gold Mine in the
Free State, and then spent two years as Manager Mining and General Manager at
Oryx Gold Mine. He was Managing Director of Kloof Mines before spending four
years as Managing Director of Gold Fields` Free State Mines and Vice President
and Head of Operations at Beatrix Gold Mine. Subsequently, he spent a further
three years as the Vice President: Technical Services and a year as Vice
President and Head of Operations at Kloof Gold Mine.
President and CEO Ferdi Dippenaar said: "We welcome Dana to our management team
and are looking forward to tapping into his wealth of mining expertise. We
believe he will play a leading role in Great Basin Gold`s future. Dana brings
proven abilities to ensure production results through leadership, communication
and motivational skills. His experience in the design and project management
of large capital projects will prove equally valuable at this particular time,
as we are progressing with two projects: the development of our Burnstone Mine
in South Africa and the advancement of our Hollister Project in Nevada, USA."
Ferdi Dippenaar
President and CEO
For additional details on Great Basin Gold Ltd. 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 +1 646 452-2334
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 possible future commercial production, bank loan
arrangements, reserve potential, exploration drilling results, development,
feasibility or exploitation activities and events or 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 market prices
for precious metals, credit availability, development 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, and 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 those 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 Canadian jurisdiction
filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
Johannesburg
12 February 2010
Sponsor
Nedbank Capital
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