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Thu 28 Apr 2011, 7:06 GDO - Gold One International Limited - Gold One to acquire 100% of Rand Uranium
GDO
GDO                                                                             
GDO - Gold One International Limited - Gold One to acquire 100% of Rand Uranium 
Gold One International Limited                                                  
Registered in Western Australia under the Corporations Act, 2001 (Cth)          
Registration number ACN: 094 265 746                                            
Registered as an external company in the Republic of South Africa               
Registration number: 2009/000032/10                                             
Share code on the ASX/JSE: GDO                                                  
OTCQX International: GLDZY                                                      
ISIN: AU000000GDO5                                                              
("Gold One" or the "company")                                                   
GOLD ONE TO ACQUIRE 100% OF RAND URANIUM                                        
RAND URANIUM IS AN ESTABLISHED GOLD PRODUCER HAVING PRODUCED 163,000 OUNCES OF  
GOLD IN 2010                                                                    
HIGHLIGHTS                                                                      
-    Gold One to acquire 100% of gold producer Rand Uranium for US$ 250 million 
-    Rand Uranium fits Gold One`s shallow asset profile                         
-    Rand Uranium to add:                                                       
    -    approximately 150,000 ounces of annual gold production to Gold One     
    -    gold resources of approximately 13.5 million ounces to Gold One        
-    gold reserves of approximately 3 million ounces to Gold One            
-    Rand Uranium also hosts an impressive uranium mineral resource and mineral 
    (ore) reserve base of approximately 90 million pounds and 41 million        
    pounds, respectively                                                        
-    Near to medium term uranium co-product production potential; definitive    
    feasibility study 70% complete offering the potential for a long life       
    uranium co-product stream in excess of 2 million pounds per annum           
Gold One is pleased to announce that it has made a binding offer to acquire 100%
of Rand Uranium (Proprietary) Limited ("Rand Uranium") for a total consideration
of US$ 250 million (ZAR 1,685 million, based upon the exchange rate on the date 
of the Offer was tabled: ZAR 6.74 : US$ 1).  The binding offer has been accepted
by the Rand Uranium shareholders, Pamodzi Uranium (Proprietary) Limited, Pamodzi
Cooke (Proprietary) Limited and Armgold/Harmony Joint Investment Company        
(Proprietary) Limited (collectively referred to as the "Sellers"), subject to   
the conditions detailed below ("the Proposed Transaction").                     
As announced to the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") on 31 March 2011 and 
again on 21 April 2011, the company has under contemplation from time to time   
various initiatives to enhance shareholder returns, including corporate         
transactions. The acquisition of Rand Uranium by Gold One is one such           
transaction.   Other transactions, whilst under contemplation, are both         
confidential and not at a stage to warrant disclosure because of their          
incomplete nature. For example, as announced to the ASX on 31 March 2011 and    
again on 21 April 2011, Gold One is also contemplating a potential change of    
control transaction for the company which, if it were to proceed, could involve 
an offer to Gold One shareholders to acquire all of their shares, on terms and  
conditions yet to be determined. The company can give no assurance that this    
change of control transaction will eventuate.                                   
Rand Uranium is a private company that was established in 2008 when Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited ("Harmony"), among the world`s top ten gold producers,   
sold the Cooke 1, 2 and 3 underground operations ("the Cooke Operations") and   
the surface assets of Randfontein Estates Gold Mine (excluding the Doornkop     
Section) to the Sellers.  Rand Uranium`s assets and operations are situated in  
the West Rand, 30 kilometers from Johannesburg, South Africa and has a net asset
value of over US$ 500 million.                                                  
BACKGROUND ON RAND URANIUM AND PROPOSED TRANSACTION RATIONALE                   
Rand Uranium is a shallow gold mining operation with a profile that fits Gold   
One`s stated strategy of mining shallow low technical risk gold resources.  Rand
Uranium is an established gold producer which produced 163,000 ounces of gold in
2010 at approximately US$ 1,222/oz (based on an exchange rate of ZAR 6.80 : US$ 
1).  In addition, Rand Uranium has an impressive mineral resource and reserve   
base as outlined below.                                                         
Gold One President and CEO Neal Froneman comments: "The Rand Uranium operations 
represent one of the few established, shallow, gold producing operations in     
South Africa.  I am delighted that our offer for Rand Uranium has been accepted.
This value accretive acquisition materially increases Gold One`s production     
profile to approximately 300,000 ounces per annum and significantly improves our
operating flexibility."                                                         
Mineral Resources                                                               
Gold                        Uranium                       
                      Tonnes     Gold   Gold      Tonnes     Uranium  Uranium   
                      (Million)  (g/t)  (Moz)     (Million)  (kg/t)   (Mlbs)    
Cooke       Measured   21.75      5.19   3.63      15.71      0.34     11.83    
Underground                                                                     
           Indicated  51.65      3.00   4.98      39.36      0.26     22.84     
           Inferred   17.67      3.08   1.75      11.56      0.42     10.71     
           Total      91.07      3.54   10.36     66.64      0.31     45.38     

Cooke       Measured   302.18     0.28   2.76      61.30      0.21     27.84    
Surface                                                                         
           Indicated  23.49      0.45   0.34      78.06      0.10     16.71     
Inferred                                                             
           Total      325.67     0.30   3.10      139.36     0.15     44.55     
                                                                                
Total       Measured   323.92     0.61   6.39      77.01      0.23     39.67    
Indicated  75.14      2.20   5.32      117.43     0.15     39.55     
           Inferred   17.67      3.08   1.75      11.56      0.42     10.71     
           Total      416.73     1.00   13.46     206.00     0.20     89.93     
Mineral Resources are quoted inclusive of Mineral (Ore) Reserves                
Mineral Resources are quoted as at June 2010                                    
Mineral Resources quoted at a gold price of US$1,400/oz, uranium price of       
US$80/lb and exchange rate of ZAR8.22:US$1                                      
Mineral Resources are quoted in accordance with JORC and SAMREC reporting       
codes                                                                           
                                                                                
Mineral (Ore) Reserves                                                          
                       Gold                       Uranium                       
Tonnes    Gold   Gold      Tonnes     Uranium Uranium    
                       (Million) (g/t)  (Moz)     (Million)  (kg/t)  (Mlbs)     
Cooke         Proved    5.13      4.54   0.75      2.68       0.34    2.02      
Underground                                                                     
Probable  11.33     3.32   1.21      7.03       0.27    4.14       
             Total     16.47     3.70   1.96      9.71       0.29    6.16       
                                                                                
Cooke         Proved    73.93     0.28   0.67      61.30      0.21    27.84     
Surface                                                                         
             Probable  21.89     0.45   0.32      21.89      0.14    6.95       
             Total     95.82     0.32   0.99      83.19      0.19    34.79      
                                                                                
Total         Proved    79.06     0.56   1.42      63.98      0.21    29.86     
             Probable  33.22     1.43   1.53      28.92      0.17    11.09      
             Total     112.29    0.82   2.95      92.90      0.20    40.95      
Mineral Reserves are quoted as at June 2010                                     
Mineral Reserves quoted at a gold price of US$1,100/oz, uranium price of        
US$65/lb and exchange rate of ZAR7.77:US$1                                      
Mineral Reserves are quoted in accordance with JORC and SAMREC reporting codes  
RAND URANIUM: GOLD OPERATIONS                                                   
Gold One`s primary focus is Rand Uranium`s gold operations which principally    
include the shallow (typically 600 meters - 800 meters below surface) Cooke     
Operations.  During 2010, a total of 126,000 ounces of gold was produced from   
the three underground shafts. This gold was produced from 1,062,400 tonnes of   
underground ore (equating to an average of 88,500 tonnes milled per month) at an
average recovered grade of 3.70 grams per tonne.                                
The shaft infrastructure is significantly underutilised with a total design     
capacity of approximately 500,000 tonnes per month (250,000 at Cooke 3, 150,000 
at Cooke 2 and 100,000 at Cooke 1). Underground operating costs have typically  
been in the order of ZAR 1,000 per tonne, equating to approximately US$ 1,235   
per ounce at current exchange rates (ZAR 6.80 : US$ 1).                         
Gold One`s immediate focus will be on enhancing the profitability of these      
existing gold operations.  Gold One`s aim is to achieve this primarily by       
increasing recovered grades and reducing operating costs.  Enhanced mining      
efficiencies and optimised mining mix practices will contribute to an increase  
in mined grades, while cost reductions are envisaged through cost synergies     
between existing Gold One structures and the three operating Cooke shafts. In   
addition, Gold One will apply its mining experience, techniques and, where      
appropriate, technologies successfully implemented at Modder East.              
The Cooke Operations are serviced by a developed network of mining and civil    
infrastructure, with adequate electrical power and readily available water.  The
primary mining horizons at Cooke Underground are the Upper Elsburgs and VCR     
reefs.  Although these ore bodies have been mined for 20 to 30 years, the       
current economic climate, combined with a wide range of modern exploration and  
resource development tools, has the potential to significantly expand the life  
of these operations.                                                            
In addition to the underground operations, Rand Uranium has several gold surface
opportunities, most notably "Dump 20", which Rand Uranium has been successfully 
mining and processing over the past 24 months.  Mining of this dump will        
continue over the short term.                                                   
While underground ore has predominantly been treated at Harmony`s Doornkop      
plant, Rand Uranium owns the Cooke Plant which was constructed in 1978 and was  
originally designed to treat high grade gold ores from the adjacent Cooke 1, 2  
and 3 shafts.  It has a nameplate capacity of 280 kilo tonnes per month.  The   
Cooke Plant is currently treating surface material from Dump 20, but requires   
minimal capital expenditure to be reconfigured for treating underground ores.   
In addition, the newly proposed uranium processing facility is planned to be    
built adjacent to the Cooke Plant, facilitating optimal gold and uranium        
extraction of underground and surface ore sources.                              
RAND URANIUM: URANIUM PROJECT                                                   
The significant uranium resources hosted within both the underground operations 
and the surface assets of Rand Uranium provide a unique opportunity to consider 
gold and uranium co-product optimisation when undertaking production planning.  
The ability to consider uranium extraction as a co-product to gold significantly
reduces the cash cost per ounce of gold production.  In addition, optimal co-   
product planning has the potential to extend the life of the operations, by     
enhancing currently marginal gold resources.                                    
To date, Rand Uranium is well advanced with definitive feasibility studies      
(including 70% of detailed engineering design already completed) on its uranium 
project.  This project has primarily considered the construction of a uranium   
processing facility and the surface uranium resources associated with the Cooke 
Tailings Deposit.  The envisaged uranium project involves the construction of a 
large-scale (5.4 million tonnes per annum) uranium ore processing plant for the 
recovery of uranium from the Cooke Tailings Dam and from the Cooke Operations.  
Current studies suggest that at steady state, production of approximately 2.3   
million pounds of U3O8 can be achieved per year annum over a 10 year period,    
after which production decreases to approximately 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per
annum for a further 5 years. Significant potential exists to extend the life of 
the uranium project through increased production from underground co-product ore
sources.                                                                        
The project has been significantly de-risked due to three primary features:     
-    The Cooke Tailings Deposit of 34.33 million pounds (including 79.3 million 
    tonnes grading at 0.186 kilograms per tonne for 32.49 million pounds U3O8   
    in the measured resource category and 7.0 million tonnes grading at 0.119   
kilograms per tonne for 1.84 million pounds in the  indicated resource      
    category) is contained within a well drilled and understood surface         
    tailings deposit with low cost mining and low technical risk;               
-    Current gold ore being mined contains significant amounts of uranium.  This
represents a second uranium source; and                                     
-    New higher grade uranium areas have been identified underground and given  
    the lead time associated with the uranium plant construction, this provides 
    a unique opportunity to pre-develop the identified higher grade underground 
uranium sections thereby ensuring a successful and almost instantaneous     
    production ramp up.                                                         
Although Gold One`s short term focus is on increasing the profitability and     
efficiencies of the existing gold business, it recognises a substantial medium  
term opportunity to reduce operational risk and costs through co-product mining 
and optimisation.  Prior to the implementation and construction of a new uranium
processing facility, the company will undertake a detailed review of the        
existing feasibility study to ensure optimal co-product mining of both the      
surface and underground uranium resources.                                      
A map of Rand Uranium`s operations can be found at                              
http://www.randuranium.co.za/oa_overview.php                                    
RAND URANIUM: ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES                                          
In addition to the existing gold operations and uranium project, Rand Uranium   
has further tangible upside potential that can be realised in the short to      
medium term from:                                                               
-    additional surface resources;                                              
-    significant historic resources on the old Randfontein Estates Section also 
    held by Rand Uranium;                                                       
-    increasing the production levels at the currently operating Cooke Section. 
Mr Froneman further comments: "The acquisition of Rand Uranium represents a rare
opportunity to purchase a well established gold business that can be            
commercially optimised through the implementation of uranium co-product mining. 
In addition, the associated surface and historic gold resources present a       
substantial opportunity for future production growth.  The Gold One team, with  
its significant gold, uranium and shallow mining experience, is well placed to  
bring the Rand Uranium assets to account".                                      
2.   THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION                                                   
The Sellers have accepted the Offer for the acquisition of all the issued shares
of and shareholders` claims against Rand Uranium from the Sellers for a total   
consideration of US$ 250 million ("the Purchase Price").  The Purchase Price is 
to be settled on the completion date, which will be the date defined as such in 
the Sale of Shares and Claims Agreement ("Sale Agreement") still to be concluded
between the Parties in relation to the Proposed Transaction.                    
The Parties have entered into an exclusivity agreement in order to facilitate   
the finalisation and signature of the Sale Agreement.                           
Gold One has secured a US$ 210 million underwritten facility from a leading     
international financial institution which will be available to fund part of the 
Purchase Price. The availability of this funding is subject to conditions       
precedent which are not unusual in a financing offer of this nature.            
Should Gold One not raise cash financing in excess of the Purchase Price, Gold  
One is entitled to satisfy the difference between the Purchase Price and the    
cash payment actually made ("Balance Payment") by issuing new fully paid        
ordinary shares of Gold One to the Sellers.  The number of Gold One shares to be
issued to the Sellers is to be determined by dividing the Balance Payment by the
volume weighted average price at which Gold One`s shares traded on the ASX over 
the 30 business days prior to the completion date, converted to United States   
dollars at the closing Australian/United States dollar exchange rate as quoted  
by the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited on the completion date.            
3.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                                                       
The implementation of the Proposed Transaction is both subject to and           
conditional upon the fulfillment of, inter alia, the following conditions       
precedent:                                                                      
-    the Parties negotiating and executing the Sale Agreement, on terms mutually
    acceptable to the Parties, each acting reasonably;                          
-    the approval of the Proposed Transaction by the competition authorities of 
    the Republic of South Africa;                                               
-    the approval of the Proposed Transaction and passing of such resolutions as
    may be required by Gold One`s shareholders in general meeting, to the       
    extent required;                                                            
-    all necessary consents being obtained from the Minister of the Department  
of Mineral Resources in South Africa;                                       
-    all necessary approvals being obtained from the ASX and the JSE Limited;   
-    approval from the South African Reserve Bank, to the extent required;      
-    Gold One having closed its financing arrangements and having the necessary 
funding available to enable it to make payment of the Purchase Price;       
Gold One is of the opinion that the conditions precedent contained above can be 
fulfilled in a timely and efficient manner.                                     
4.   IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION                                 
Subject to the Proposed Transaction becoming unconditional, it is expected to   
take approximately four to six months to implement.                             
Parktown, Johannesburg                                                          
28 April 2011                                                                   
MACQUARIE FIRST SOUTH ADVISERS (PTY) LIMITED                                    
JSE Sponsor                                                                     
For and on behalf of Gold One:                                                  
Corporate Adviser:                                                              
Qinisele Resources (Proprietary) Limited                                        
JSE Sponsor:                                                                    
Macquarie First South Advisers (Proprietary) Limited                            
Australian Corporate Adviser:                                                   
Hartleys Limited                                                                
South African Legal Adviser:                                                    
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs                                                       
Australian Legal Counsel:                                                       
Blake Dawson                                                                    
Issued by Gold One International Limited                                        
www.gold1.co.za                                                                 
For further information contact:                                                
Neal Froneman                         Ilja Graulich                             
President and CEO                     Investor Relations                        
+27 11 726 1047 (office)              +27 11 726 1047 (office)                  
+27 83 628 0226 (mobile)              +27 83 604 0820 (mobile)                  
neal.froneman@gold1.co.za             ilja.graulich@gold1.co.za                 
                                                                                
Carol Smith                           Derek Besier                              
Investor Relations                    Farrington National Sydney                
+27 11 726 1047 (office)              +61 2 9332 4448 (office)                  
+27 82 338 2228 (mobile)              +61 421 768 224 (mobile)                  
carol.smith@gold1.co.za               derek.besier@farrington.com.au            
About Gold One                                                                  
Gold One is a gold producer listed on the financial markets operated by ASX     
Limited and the JSE Limited, issuer code GDO. Its flagship operation is the     
newly built shallow Modder East mine on the East Rand, some 30 kilometres from  
Johannesburg.                                                                   
Modder East is the first new mine to be built in the region in 28 years and     
distinguishes itself from most of the other gold mines in South Africa owing to 
its shallow nature (300 metres to 500 metres below surface). To date Modder East
has provided direct employment opportunities for over 1,100 people. Gold One    
also owns the nearby existing Sub Nigel mine, which is used primarily as a      
training centre in the build-up of Modder East to full production. Gold One`s   
other projects and targets include Ventersburg in the Free State Goldfields, the
Tulo concession in Mozambique and the Etendeka greenfield project in Namibia.   
Gold One has an issued share capital of 807,350,406 shares.                     
Forward-Looking Statement                                                       
This release includes certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking    
information. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in
this release including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans   
and objectives of Gold One International Limited are forward-looking statements 
(or forward-looking information) that involve various risks, assumptions and    
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be  
accurate and actual values, results and future events could differ materially   
from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors could cause actual 
results to differ materially from Gold One`s expectations. Such factors include,
among others: the actual results of exploration activities; actual results of   
reclamation activities; the estimation or realisation of mineral reserves and   
resources; the timing and amount of estimated future production; costs of       
production; capital expenditures; costs and timing of the development of Modder 
East and new deposits; availability of capital required to place Gold One`s     
properties into production; the ability to obtain or maintain a listing in South
Africa, Australia, Europe or North America; conclusions of economic evaluations;
changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of 
gold and other commodities; possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates; 
failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents;  
labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining     
governmental approvals, permits or financing or in the completion of development
or construction activities, economic and financial market conditions; political 
risks; Gold One`s hedging practices; currency fluctuations; title disputes or   
claims limitations on insurance coverage. Although Gold One has attempted to    
identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated,         
estimated or intended.                                                          
Any forward-looking statements in this release speak only at the time of issue. 
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as     
actual values, results and future events could differ materially from those     
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue     
reliance on forward-looking statements. Gold One does not undertake to update   
any forward-looking statements that are included herein, or revise any changes  
in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based,    
except in accordance with applicable securities laws and stock exchange listing 
requirements.                                                                   
COMPETENT PERSON                                                                
The information in this release that relates to Rand Uranium exploration        
results, mineral resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by  
Mr. Jurgens Visser who is a professional mine surveyor registered with the South
African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors (PLATO), membership    
number PLS0693. Mr Visser is the Head of Mineral Resources Management for Rand  
Uranium, with which he is a full-time employee. He has 25 years experience which
is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under            
consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a     
Competent Person for the purposes of both the 2004 Edition of the Australasian  
Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves   
(JORC Code) and the 2007 Edition of the South African Code for Reporting of     
Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (SAMREC Code). Mr   
Visser consents to the inclusion in this release in the form and context in     
which they appear.                                                              
The information in this release that relates to Gold One exploration results,   
mineral resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by Dr Richard
Stewart, who has a doctorate in geology and who is a professional natural       
scientist registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific      
Professions (SACNASP), membership number 400051/04. Dr Stewart is also a member 
of the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and Senior Vice President:     
Business Development for Gold One, with which he is a full-time employee. He has
10 years experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of
deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking, to    
qualify as a Competent Person for the purposes of both the 2004 Edition of the  
Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and   
Ore Reserves (JORC Code) and the 2007 Edition of the South African Code for     
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (SAMREC
Code). Dr Stewart consents to the inclusion in this release of the matters based
on information compiled by Gold One employees and it`s consultants in the form  
and context in which they appear. Further information on Gold One`s resource    
statement is available in the pre-listing statement of Gold One International   
Limited issued on 19 December 2008 and in the resource statements released by   
Gold One on the ASX Announcements Platform and the Stock Exchange News Service  
(SENS) on 11 October 2010 (Megamine), 7 December 2010 (Ventersburg), and 15     
December 2010 (Modder East).                                                    
SAMREC AND JORC TERMINOLOGY                                                     
In addition, this release uses the terms `indicated resources` and `inferred    
resources` as defined in accordance with the SAMREC Code, prepared by the South 
African Mineral Resource Committee (SAMREC), under the auspices of the South    
African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM), effective March 2000 or as  
amended from time to time and where indicated in accordance with the Canadian   
National Instrument 43-101 - Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The 
terms `indicated resources` and `inferred resources` are also defined in the    
2004 Edition of the JORC Code, prepared by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee     
(JORC) of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), the     
Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) and the Minerals Council of         
Australia (MCA). (The use of these terms in this release is consistent with the 
definitions of both the SAMREC Code and the JORC Code.)                         
A mineral reserve (or `ore reserve` in the JORC Code) is the economically       
mineable part of a measured or indicated resource demonstrated by at least a    
preliminary feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on  
mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that     
demonstrate at the time of reporting that economic extraction can be justified. 
A mineral reserve includes diluting materials and allows for losses that may    
occur when the material is mined. A proven mineral reserve (or `proved ore      
reserve` in the JORC Code) is the economically mineable part of a measured      
resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical    
characteristics are so well established that they can be estimated with         
confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and     
economic parameters to support production planning and evaluation of the        
economic viability of the deposit. A probable mineral reserve (or `probable ore 
reserve` in the JORC Code) is the economically mineable part of an indicated    
mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and     
physical characteristics can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient 
to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters to    
support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit.  
A mineral resource is a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic
or fossilised organic material in or on the earth`s crust in such form and      
quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for    
economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics  
and continuity of a mineral resource are known, estimated or interpreted from   
specific geological evidence and knowledge. A measured mineral resource is that 
part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities,     
shape and physical characteristics can be estimated with a level of confidence  
sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic       
parameters to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of 
the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration,        
sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from   
locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drillholes that are    
spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity. An       
indicated mineral resource is that part of a mineral resource for which         
quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics can be
estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate        
application of technical and economic parameters to support mine planning and   
evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on   
detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through      
appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings
and drillholes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade          
continuity to be reasonably assumed. An inferred mineral resource is that part  
of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated  
on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed,
but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The estimate is based on     
limited exploration and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from   
locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drillholes. Mineral    
resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic      
viability. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of the    
mineral deposits in the measured and indicated resource categories will ever be 
converted into reserves. In addition, "inferred resources" have a great amount  
of uncertainty as to their existence and economic and legal feasibility. It     
cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will be  
ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under South African and Australian rules,
estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or
pre-feasibility studies or economic studies except under conditions noted in the
SAMREC Code and the JORC Code, respectively.                                    
Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred       
resource exists or is economically or legally mineable. Exploration data is     
acquired by Gold One and its consultants under strict quality assurance and     
quality control protocols.                                                      
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has      
approved or disapproved the information contained herein.                       
Date: 28/04/2011 07:06:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
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