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GBG - Great Basin Gold Announces Appointments To Corporate And Hollister
Management Teams
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 ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO CORPORATE AND HOLLISTER MANAGEMENT
TEAMS
September 4, 2008, Vancouver, BC - Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX: GBG; AMEX: GBN;
JSE: GB Gold) ("Great Basin Gold" or the "Company") announces appointments of
four staff members at its offices in South Africa, USA and Canada. Phil Bentley
will join the Corporate Management team as Vice President: Ore Resources and
Geology, based in Johannesburg South Africa, Don MacKinnon as Hollister Mine`s
Superintendent and Richard Yancey as Hollister Mine`s Chief Geologist, based in
Nevada USA, and Michael Curlook will join the Investor Relations team as the
person responsible for Investor Relations and Corporate Development and will
operate from Vancouver, Canada.
Phil Bentley, a New Zealander by birth, will be responsible for the exploration
activities, the application of geology and mineral resources at all the Great
Basin Gold`s operations. Phil`s qualifications include an MSc Mineral
Exploration and Geology. He has more than 27 years experience in the mineral
exploration and mining sector, much of it gained in Sub-Saharan Africa and
Australasia. Over and above core exploration management and ore body evaluation
skills, Phil has an ongoing passion for unravelling the Geotectonic setting of
mineral provinces endowed in gold mineralisation. This specialisation in gold
mineralisation, coupled with Phil`s understanding of African metallogeny, will
add value in Great Basin Gold`s exploration strategy. Phil is a registered South
African Council for Natural Sciences (SACNAS) professional.
Don MacKinnon will join the Hollister Mine team as Mining Superintendent. Don
has more than 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He is a graduate
from the Haileybury School of Mines in Northern Ontario. Don comes to us as a
veteran with a wealth of knowledge having worked as Mine Manager, General
Manager and Vice President of Underground Operations for Kinross Gold and
Nuinsco Resources. Don has been directly involved in the Ontario Mining
Association as the director and a member of the Advisory Board for the
Haileybury School of Mines. Don was the recipient of the "Business of the Year
award (over 50 people) for Northern Ontario" in 1997. He also received the
"Technologist Award for Community College in the Province of Ontario" awarded by
the Premier of Ontario in1999. He is most proud of his leadership roles in
numerous community activities which include the children`s house in Timmins
Ontario for Kinross Gold. As Mine Manager, Don led several mines to receiving
significant safety awards like Angus D. Campbell which was awarded three years
in a row from 1995 to 1998.
Richard Yancey will join the Hollister Mine team as Chief Geologist. Richard
has 20 years of hard rock mine experience as an exploration and mine geologist.
He has a broad background in base metals, industrial minerals and precious
metals mining, having worked most recently at Barrick Gold`s Cortez Hills
project in Nevada. He also was part of the team that won the Sentinels of
Safety award while working at the Doe Run Company in the Viburnum Trend. He
studied geology at the Missouri School of Mines at the University of Missouri -
Rolla and is a member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and
has served as an officer in the Nevada Geological Society.
Michael Curlook will head up investor relations and corporate development
activities in North America. He studied at the University of Western Ontario. He
has over 20 years of experience in investor relations, sales and marketing. Most
recently he represented Farallon Resources Ltd. as Investor Relations
Manager. Previously he held the Business Development position for French Spy
Clothing, prior to that he was the Vice President Business Development,
Marketing and Sales for Commercial Diving Group, preceding that he was Manager
of Investor Relations for Stellar Metals Inc., and earlier he worked with The
Investor Relations Group. Born in Sudbury, and having grown up as a third
generation in the mining industry working for INCO, he gained valuable hands on
experience that lends itself to communicating with all investors.
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Ferdi Dippenaar, President & CEO stated "I welcome these individuals to the
Great Basin Gold team. They join at what can be described as exciting and
interesting times in the development of the Company."
Ferdi Dippenaar
President and CEO
For additional details on Great Basin Gold Ltd. and its gold properties, please
visit the Company`s website at www.grtbasin.com or contact Investor Services:
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 (646) 452-2334
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