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GBG - Great Basin Announces Addition to its Board
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 ADDITION TO ITS BOARD
March 31, 2010 - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin" or the "Company") (TSX:
GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) announces that Mr Gerry Robbertze has been
elected to the Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective March
18, 2010.
Mr Robbertze is an Associate of Camborne School of Mines (ACSM), a Fellow of
the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FSAIMM), a Member of the South African
Mine Managers Association (MSAMMA) and a member of the South African Council
for Professional Engineers (Pr Eng). He has served with Anglo American
Corporation Limited, Kuruman Cape Blue Asbestos, Tsumeb Corporation Limited,
Gold Fields of South Africa, Associated Ore and Metal Limited and Anglovaal
Mining Limited. He is currently a Director of the Mineral Corporation
Consultancy (Pty) Limited.
President and CEO Ferdi Dippenaar, commenting on the change, said:
"I am very pleased to welcome Gerry Robbertze to the Great Basin Board as a
director. He has vast operating experience and an excellent track record.
Gerry brings an additional technical capacity to the Board which will greatly
assist the Company in the advancement of its Burnstone Mine and the Hollister
Project in Nevada."
Ferdi Dippenaar
President and CEO
For additional details on Great Basin 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.
31 March 2010
Sponsor
Nedbank Capital
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