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GBG - Great Basin Gold Limited - Great Basin Gold`s hollister operation
removed from safety watch list
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" or "the Company")
GREAT BASIN GOLD`S HOLLISTER OPERATION REMOVED FROM SAFETY WATCH LIST
March 23, 2011, Vancouver, BC - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin Gold" or
the "Company"), (TSX: GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) announces that further
to the Company`s November 23, 2010 news release which advised that its
Hollister trial mining operation had been placed on a federal safety watch
list, Great Basin Gold has now received notification from MSHA, the
responsible federal agency, that it has formally determined that the
Hollister Mine will not be considered for a Pattern of Violation notice and
so has removed the Company from that list.
Ferdi Dippenaar, Great Basin Gold President and CEO, commented: "We are
pleased this matter was quickly resolved and believe that we have
demonstrated our serious commitment to the health and safety of our
workforce. We remain proud of our safety record and are confident that
Hollister and our other operations will continue to be safe and productive
workplaces."
Great Basin Gold is a mining company engaged in the exploration and
development of gold properties. The Company is currently focused on its two
emerging mines in the world`s two richest gold regions. The Hollister gold
mine is located on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone gold
mine is located in the Witwatersrand goldfield of South Africa.
For additional details on Great Basin and its gold properties, please visit
the Company`s website at www.grtbasin.com or contact Investor Services at:
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.
Sponsor
Nedbank Capital
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