Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining &
Exploration
17 June 2009
Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')
Heads of Agreement signed for Kilimapesa Gold Project - Kenya
Goldplat PLC, through its wholly owned subsidiary Gold Mineral
Resources Limited, has signed a Heads of Agreement with International
Gold Exploration AB ('IGE') to purchase the 50% interest in
Kilimapesa Gold (Pty) Limited ('Kilimapesa Gold'),which it does not
currently own. The consideration for the acquisition will be US$2.7
million, of which US$1.2 million is payable on signature of the
definitive Sale Agreement, and the balance in six monthly amounts of
US$250,000. The parties have agreed to draft and conclude the Sale
Agreement as soon as practicable.
Goldplat and IGE entered into a Joint Venture agreement in June 2007
under which Goldplat earned 50% of Kilimapesa Gold by advancing
US$400,000 to develop the Kilimapesa gold mine under Goldplat's
management. This resulted in small scale gold production commencing
at the beginning of 2009. With effect from the date of the Sale
Agreement, the Joint Venture agreement will be cancelled, and
Goldplat will own 100% of Kilimapesa Gold. As previously announced,
Goldplat is working to establish a JORC compliant resource at
Kilimapesa and increase the rate of production of gold.
Kilimapesa Gold's Lolgorien gold project is situated in South Western
Kenya within the historically producing Migori Archaean Greenstone
Belt. Its current plant is able to produce up to approximately 100kg
gold per annum.
The consideration for the acquisition of Kilimapesa Gold will be met
from Goldplat's existing cash resources. Following completion of the
Sale Agreement, Goldplat will finalise and announce its plans for the
development of Kilimapesa Gold.
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For further information visit www.goldplat.com or contact:
Demetri Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc Tel: +27 (0) 11
423 1203
James Joyce WH Ireland Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20
7220 1666
Sarang Shah WH Ireland Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20
7220 1666
Bill Sharp Alexander David Securities Tel: +44 (0)20
Limited 7448 9820
David Scott Alexander David Securities Tel: +44 (0)20
Limited 7448 9820
Felicity Edwards St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20
7236 1177
Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20
7236 1177
Notes
Goldplat plc is an AIM-listed gold producer with operations in
Africa. Its strategy is to consolidate its position as a gold
producer in Africa and build itself into a highly profitable mid-tier
gold company, leveraged through revenue generated from its gold
recovery businesses.
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The Company has two recovery businesses based in South Africa and
Ghana, which, by safely disposing mining by-products, fulfil an
important aspect of the mines' environmental management programmes.
The South African plant is located near the centre of the East Rand
Goldfield and raw material feedstocks are sourced from many of the
major South African mining companies, including Anglogold Ashanti,
Goldfields, Harmony, DRD Gold and other smaller producers. The Ghana
plant, located in the free port of Tema, provides access to raw
materials from mines in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote
D'Ivorie, Senegal, the DRC and Mauritania, as well as Ghana.
Goldplat's strategy is to build itself into a highly profitable
mid-tier gold producer, through the acquisition of known deposits
with targets of between 200,000 and one million contained ounces. To
this end, it is developing the potential of the 213 sq km Lolgorien
licence area ('Kilimapesa Gold'), located in the historically
producing Migori Archaean Greenstone Belt in western Kenya.
Kilimapesa Gold commenced initial production in January 2009 and an
aggressive exploration and development programme has been implemented
to define a JORC compliant resource at the project.
Additionally the Company is currently evaluating gold recovery
operations in Tanzania and Zambia and also has joint venture
agreements with Black Economic Empowerment ('BEE') partners in place
to take advantage of mining opportunities in South Africa.
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