Progress Report on Recovery Operations
Goldplat plc / Ticker: GDP / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration
27 September 2010
Goldplat plc ('Goldplat' or 'the Company')
Progress Report on Recovery Operations
Goldplat plc, the AIM quoted gold producer, is pleased to provide an operations
update for its two gold recovery businesses in South Africa and Ghana which are
both continuing to perform strongly.
Gold Recovery Ghana ('GRG'), the Company's 100 per cent. owned subsidiary, has
entered into an agreement with Golden Star (Wassa) Limited ('Wassa'), under
which Wassa will undertake contract processing on gold bearing materials sourced
and owned by GRG. Wassa has undertaken to process approximately 4,000 tonnes per
month which is expected to produce an additional 3,000 - 4,000 oz of gold per
year at Goldplat's Ghana recovery operations. This agreement increases the
processing capacity of the group and has the potential to generate a significant
profit for GRG.
The contract is for an initial period of one year from the date of the agreement
and can be extended.
In South Africa further progress has been made to secure new raw materials, and
ensure the long-term supply of gold bearing feedstock for processing. Â A further
agreement has been finalised with AngloGold Ashanti Limited to purchase a total
of 20,000 tonnes of gold bearing raw material, with an estimated 3,000 oz of
contained gold, from its West Wits operation in South Africa. The Company
expects to process this material over a period of six to twelve months.
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For further information visitwww.goldplat.com or contact:
Demetri  Manolis, CEO Goldplat plc Tel: +27 (0) 11 423 1203
James Joyce WH Ireland Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 1666
Felicity Edwards St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177
Notes
Goldplat plc is an AIM-listed gold producer with operations in Africa. Â Its
strategy is to consolidate its position as a gold producer in Africa and build
itself into a highly profitable mid-tier gold company, leveraged through revenue
generated from its gold recovery businesses.
The Company has two recovery businesses based in South Africa and Ghana, which,
by safely disposing mining by-products, fulfil an important aspect of the mines'
environmental management programmes. Â The South African plant is located near
the centre of the East Rand Goldfield and raw material feedstocks are sourced
from many of the major South African mining companies, including Anglogold
Ashanti, Goldfields, Harmony, DRD Gold and other smaller producers. Â The Ghana
plant, located in the free port of Tema, provides access to raw materials from
mines in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote D'Ivorie, Senegal, the DRC and
Mauritania, as well as Ghana.
Goldplat's strategy is to build itself into a highly profitable mid-tier gold
producer, through the acquisition of known deposits with targets of between
200,000 and one million contained ounces. Â Kilimapesa Gold is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Goldplat and is developing the potential of the 213 sq km
Lolgorien licence area located in the historically producing Migori Archaean
Greenstone Belt in western Kenya. Â Kilimapesa Gold commenced initial production
in January 2009 and an aggressive exploration and development programme has
resulted in a maiden JORC compliant resource being reported in October 2009. Â In
December 2009 Goldplat plc entered into an agreement with Sanu Exploration (BVI)
Limited ('Sanu'), a wholly owned subsidiary of NGEX Resources Inc, to acquire
Sanu's option over the 246 sq km Nyieme Gold Project ('Nyieme') located in
Burkina Faso. The Nyieme exploration licence includes known high-grade quartz
vein structures, with drill core results showing up to 17.83 g/t gold over one
metre and 11.67 g/t over five metres. Goldplat has started a programme of
trenching and diamond drilling in order to prove up and expand the ore
resources.
Additionally the Company is currently evaluating gold recovery operations in
Africa and also has joint venture agreements with Black Economic Empowerment
('BEE') partners in place to take advantage of mining opportunities in South
Africa.
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