GEITA GOLD MINE EXPERIENCES PARTIAL SLOPE FAILURE IN NYANKANGA PIT

February 6, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Contractors, Mining Services, Precious Metal  

AngloGold Ashanti wishes to inform the market that a partial slope failure occurred in an intermediate footwall of the Nyankanga pit at Geita Gold Mine on Saturday, 3 February 2007. The pit had been monitored by slope stability radar and was safely evacuated in advance of the failure. No injury to employees or contractors occurred and there was no damage to equipment. The part of the slope that failed... 

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Midlands Minerals Commences Drilling for Gold on Several Large Anomalous Zones on the Itilima Project in Tanzania

October 5, 2006 Filed Under: Diamond Mining, Lead Mining, Mining Services  

Kim Harris, Chief Executive Officer of Midlands Minerals Corporation is pleased to announce drilling for gold is scheduled to begin in October 2006 on the Itilima in Tanzania. The Itilima project is located on the Geita – Bulyanhulu – Sekenke trend, in an area with world-class gold deposits, and over 40 million oz in gold reserves. “Itilima is an excellent gold prospect in Archean...