Statement re Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture
February 28 2003 - 4:11AM
UK Regulatory
AngloGold Limited
Registration Number 1944/017354/06
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
North American investor relations contact:
Charles Carter
cecarter@anglogold.com
Telephone: (800) 417-9255 or (212) 750-7999
Fax: (212) 750-5626
www.anglogold.com
ANGLOGOLD ENTERS INTO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ON JERRITT CANYON JOINT
VENTURE
New York - February 27, 2003 - AngloGold (NYSE:AU) today announced that it has
entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Queenstake Resources U.S.A.
Inc. on its interests in the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture. This follows an
unsolicited offer by Queenstake to the Jerritt Canyon joint venture partners.
AngloGold owns 70% of the joint venture and is the operator and managing
partner of the Jerritt Canyon mine. In terms of the agreement, Queenstake will
pay the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture $8 million on closing, with $6 million in
deferred payments, with additional royalty payments. Queenstake will accept
full closure and reclamation and other liabilities. The transaction is expected
to close no later than March 31, 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.
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 for the year
ended December 31, 2001 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 28, 2002.
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