GBG Great Basin Gold, Ltd.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Basin Gold Ltd. (Great Basin Gold or the Company) (TSX: GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) will hold its Full Year 2011 audited results conference call and webcast on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 6:00am PDT/ 09:00am EDT/ 2:00pm BST/ 3:00pm SAST. 

The Management Discussion and Analysis and Audited Annual Financial Statements for the period ended December 31, 2011 will be available on the Company's website (www.grtbasin.com) after TSX market close on Friday, March 30, 2012.  Regulatory filings will be available on SEDAR, EDGAR and SENS before TSX market open on Monday, April 2, 2012.

To ensure timely entry into the call, please dial in at least 15 minutes before start time.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available at: www.grtbasin.com

A replay will be available beginning 11:00 am EDT on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 through 11:59 pm EDT on April 17, 2012.  To access the replay, please dial: +1 888 286.8010 (North America, toll-free) or +1 617 801.6888 (International) using the Access Code: 40786091

A transcript of the call will be available at your request by emailing: transcript@za.grtbasin.com  

For conference call or other inquiries, please feel free to contact our Investor Relations team at the following numbers,

About Great Basin Gold

Great Basin Gold (GBG: TSX; GBG: NYSE Amex; GBG: JSE) is a mining company engaged in the exploration and development of gold properties. The Company is currently focused on bringing two mines into production 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.

No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.

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, 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, 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, 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 home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

SOURCE Great Basin Gold Ltd.