VANCOUVER, March 23 /PRNewswire/ - 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 that
is 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.
No regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained in this news release.
SOURCE Great Basin Gold Ltd.