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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