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Gold Reserve Provides Venezuela Update (NR 17-08)
Current and ongoing activities related to
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Meetings have been held with the
Ministry of Environment (MINEA) to "fast track" permitting as established in the Mining Arch Decree. Siembra Minera expects to receive initial permits in the immediate future and thereafter break ground to execute the Early-Works construction program with contractors mobilizing to the site shortly. Early work activities include site clearing, road work excavation and building, development of sediment control structures, and excavation for (1) overland conveyor corridor, (2) powerline corridor, (3) process plant and man-camp areas, (4) tailings dam, (5) opening of the rock quarry and (6) drainage of pit areas. - The initiative to fast track saprolite production has been well received by MINEA as it should have a positive impact in remediating the area after 50 plus years of artisanal mining. Testing and saprolite process mill design is expected to commence shortly.
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Siembra Minera’s team of consulting experts are scheduled to visit the
project area this week to conduct initial assessments and
implementation of long-term small miner, indigenous and public
community consultations on the project. In addition, the consultants
will be accompanied by personnel from the
Ministry of the Popular Power for Ecological Mining Development , Mission Piar, and MINEA. - Siembra Minera is also working with the local communities on developing a strategy to contain and eventually eradicate the current malaria epidemic.
The Company also reported today that it has received the second
installment payment of
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management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions for
the future including without limitation statements with respect to the
payments contemplated by the Settlement Agreement, as amended and the
development of the Brisas Cristinas project, including the preparation
of a revised feasibility study, a revised environmental impact statement
and a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for the project and the
pursuit of financing arrangements by
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Source:
Gold Reserve Inc.
A. Douglas Belanger, 509-623-1500
President
Fax:
509-623-1634