Progress Report on Caijiaying

RNS Number : 4115T

Griffin Mining Ld

28 September 2010

 



Griffin Mining Limited 

60 St James's Street, London SW1A 1LE, United Kingdom

Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7629 7772  Facsimile:  + 44 (0)20 7629 7773

E mail: [e-mail]

Progress Report on Caijiaying Operations

28th September 2010.

Further to the announcements of the 9^th August 2010 and the 16^th August 2010, Griffin Mining Ltd ("Griffin" or the "Company") continues to await the definitive written report and comments from the investigatory committee into the fatalities at the Caijiaying zinc gold mine, as required by Chinese legal regulations. Although the publication of the report is expected imminently, until the report is presented and its recommendations implemented, mining operations at Caijiaying remain suspended. In the interim, to keep overhead costs to a minimum, staff at Caijiaying have been demobilised on reduced pay until the recommencement of all mining and processing operations. 

The Company has also been notified that in order for the People's Republic of China to meet certain global warming targets agreed at the Copenhagen Summit, certain provinces have been ordered to begin rationing or shutting down power to both industrial and domestic users.  Hebei Province, in which the Caijiaying zinc gold mine is located, is one such province.  Consequently,  electricity supplies to all mines in the Zhangjiakou prefecture are being suspended and electricity to all residential properties restricted.  No announcement has been made as to when these restrictions will be lifted although it is unlikely that this will be a long term policy.

Further information

Griffin Mining Limited:

Mladen Ninkov                    (Chairman)

Roger Goodwin                    (Finance Director )                                                               [phone]

Investec Investment Banking:

Stephen Cooper                                                                                                                   [phone]

Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).

The Company's news releases are available on the Company's web site: www.griffinmining.com

 

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