Fatality at Palito Mine
Serabi Gold plc (“Serabi” or the
“Company”) (AIM: SRB, TSX: SBI, OTCQX : SRBIF), the
Brazilian focused gold mining and development company, regrets to
announce the passing of one of it’s employees late in the day on 12
August 2024 in Itaituba Hospital, Para State, Brazil. The
individual was injured in a mining related accident on 31 July 2024
whilst working underground at a production face at the Palito Mine.
The employee was immediately evacuated by air to receive medical
treatment but has regrettably succumbed to his injuries. No other
personnel were injured in the incident.
The Company has notified the relevant
authorities, including the police, and are providing all necessary
assistance for the enquiries into this incident. The involvement of
the Brazilian authorities means that investigations into the
circumstances of the accident remain ongoing, but management’s
enquiries to date indicate that all operating procedures had and
were being correctly followed at the time of the accident. Whilst
satisfied that existing procedures ensure the safest possible
environment, nonetheless management will, in light of this
incident, consider whether there are any further learnings to be
made Production in the area of the incident is expected
to be resumed within a few days once the authorities have completed
their own enquiries, but mining operations are otherwise
unaffected
Until such a time as the outcome of the
enquiries has been reached, no further details can be released. The
Directors and management of Serabi express their sincere
condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased and the
Company is providing all necessary support to the family. The
Company is also providing appropriate counselling to those staff
affected by the accident.
Mike Hodgson, Chief Executive Officer, said: “It
is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our
employees, who was unfortunately unable to recover from injuries
sustained in an accident that occurred two weeks ago. I join with
all of my colleagues and fellow Directors in expressing our sincere
condolences to the family and friends of the deceased."
The information contained within this
announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU)
No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
The person who arranged for the release of this
announcement on behalf of the Company was Clive Line, Director.
Enquiries
SERABI GOLD plcMichael
Hodgson t
+44 (0)20 7246 6830Chief
Executive m
+44 (0)7799 473621
Clive
Line t
+44 (0)20 7246 6830Finance
Director m
+44 (0)7710 151692
Andrew Khov
m
+1 647 885 4874Vice President, Investor Relations & Business
Development e
contact@serabigold.com
www.serabigold.com
BEAUMONT CORNISH LimitedNominated
Adviser & Financial AdviserRoland Cornish / Michael
Cornish t
+44 (0)20 7628 3396
PEEL HUNT LLPJoint UK
BrokerRoss
Allister t
+44 (0)20 7418 9000
TAMESIS PARTNERS LLPJoint UK
BrokerCharlie Bendon/ Richard
Greenfield t
+44 (0)20 3882 2868
CAMARCOFinancial PR -
EuropeGordon Poole / Emily
Hall t
+44 (0)20 3757 4980
HARBOR ACCESS Financial PR – North
AmericaJonathan Patterson / Lisa
Micali t
+1 475 477 9404
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Assay ResultsAssay results reported within this
release include those provided by the Company's own on-site
laboratory facilities at Palito and have not yet been independently
verified. Serabi closely monitors the performance of its own
facility against results from independent laboratory analysis for
quality control purpose. As a matter of normal practice, the
Company sends duplicate samples derived from a variety of the
Company's activities to accredited laboratory facilities for
independent verification. Since mid-2019, over 10,000 exploration
drill core samples have been assayed at both the Palito laboratory
and certified external laboratory, in most cases the ALS laboratory
in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. When comparing significant assays with
grades exceeding 1 g/t gold, comparison between Palito versus
external results record an average over-estimation by the Palito
laboratory of 6.7% over this period. Based on the results of this
work, the Company's management are satisfied that the Company's own
facility shows sufficiently good correlation with independent
laboratory facilities for exploration drill samples. The Company
would expect that in the preparation of any future independent
Reserve/Resource statement undertaken in compliance with a
recognized standard, the independent authors of such a statement
would not use Palito assay results without sufficient duplicates
from an appropriately certificated laboratory.
Forward-looking statementsCertain statements in
this announcement are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking
statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use
of terms and phrases such as ‘‘believe’’, ‘‘could’’, “should”
‘‘envisage’’, ‘‘estimate’’, ‘‘intend’’, ‘‘may’’, ‘‘plan’’, ‘‘will’’
or the negative of those, variations or comparable expressions,
including references to assumptions. These forward-looking
statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the
Directors’ current expectations and assumptions regarding the
Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, future
capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and
sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business
prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect
the Directors’ current beliefs and assumptions and are based on
information currently available to the Directors. Several factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks
associated with vulnerability to general economic and business
conditions, competition, environmental and other regulatory
changes, actions by governmental authorities, the availability of
capital markets, reliance on key personnel, uninsured and
underinsured losses and other factors, many of which are beyond the
control of the Company. Although any forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors
believe to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure
investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward
looking statements.
Qualified Persons StatementThe scientific and
technical information contained within this announcement has been
reviewed and approved by Michael Hodgson, a Director of the
Company. Mr Hodgson is an Economic Geologist by training with over
30 years' experience in the mining industry. He holds a BSc (Hons)
Geology, University of London, a MSc Mining Geology, University of
Leicester and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals
and Mining and a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of
UK, recognizing him as both a Qualified Person for the purposes of
Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and by the AIM Guidance Note on
Mining and Oil & Gas Companies dated June 2009.
NoticeBeaumont Cornish Limited, which is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Conduct Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in
relation to the matters referred herein. Beaumont Cornish Limited
is acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in
relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not
advising any other person and accordingly will not be responsible
to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Beaumont Cornish Limited, or for providing
advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any
matter referred to in it.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, nor any other securities
regulatory authority, has approved or disapproved of the contents
of this news release
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