GREAT BASIN GOLD'S HOLLISTER OPERATION REMOVED FROM SAFETY WATCH LIST
March 23 2011 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
VANCOUVER, March 23 /CNW/ -- VANCOUVER, March 23 /CNW/ - 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. To view this
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