Wits Gold granted a new order prospecting right for uranium in the Potchefstroom Goldfield

Tue Jun 30, 10:10 AM
 

    
    Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Ltd
    Reg. No: 2002/031365/06
    TSX: WGR  JSE: WGR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 30 /CNW/ - Wits Gold is pleased to announce that the Company has been granted Variation Rights to include uranium with the gold Prospecting Rights that the Company already holds in the North West Province. These Variation Rights apply to a combined area of 44 658 hectares, where historical exploration has indicated that this uranium occurs in the same reefs as the gold.

A quantitative estimate of the contained uranium resources in this area is presently being calculated by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants.

Johannesburg

30 June 2009

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