Statement re Jerritt Canyon
May 21 2003 - 4:08AM
UK Regulatory
AngloGold Limited
Registration number 1944/017354/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
JSE Share Code: ANG
ISIN: ZAE000043485
AngloGold concludes letter of intent on Jerritt Canyon
AngloGold Ltd today announced that it has concluded a letter of intent with
Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. on its interests in the Jerritt Canyon Joint
Venture. This follows the receipt by the Jerritt Canyon joint venture partners
of a second unsolicited offer from Queenstake.
AngloGold owns 70% of the joint venture and is the operator and managing
partner of the Jerritt Canyon mine. Under the terms of the letter of intent,
Queenstake has paid a $250,000 deposit in satisfaction of amounts owed under a
prior agreement and will pay the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture an additional
$1.25 million in cash and 32 million shares of Queenstake common stock on
closing, with $6 million in deferred payments and approximately $4 million in
future royalty payments.
Queenstake will accept full closure and reclamation and other liabilities. The
closing is set for June 25, 2003.
For the year ended December 31, 2002, Jerritt Canyon produced 237,000
attributable ounces of gold at a total cash cost of $249 per ounce.
Ends
Disclaimer
Except for the historical information contained herein, there are matters
discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements. Such
statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ
materially. For a discussion of important factors including, but not limited
to, development of the Company's business, the economic outlook in the gold
mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other
factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, refer to the Company's annual report on Form 20-F
for the year ended December 31, 2002, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 7, 2003.
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Disclaimer
Except for the historical information contained herein, there are matters
discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements. Such
statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ
materially. For a discussion of important factors including, but not limited to
development of the Company's business, the economic outlook in the gold mining
industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other factors,
which could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements, refer to the Company's annual report on the Form 20-F for the year
ended 31 December 2000 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on 23 April 2001.
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