COMPANY PROFILE
Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited ("Wits Gold") (JSE: 'WGR') is
a Johannesburg based gold exploration company with substantial resources in the
world's premier gold province, the Witwatersrand Basin. Wits Gold has been
granted 'new order' prospecting rights in eight key areas strategically
positioned adjacent to active mining operations in the Southern Free State,
Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp Goldfields. These prospecting rights cover a total
area of 908 km2 and according to an independent review by Snowden
Mining Industry Consultants, contain an estimated 158.8Moz of gold and 134 Mlb
of Uranium. This represents one of the largest gold resources in the world,
available to a single exploration and mining company. Although the majority of
these resources are in the Inferred category, it is anticipated that, due to
the size of these assets, the Company's shares will be highly leveraged to
changes in the gold price as well as the exchange rate of the South African
Rand.
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AT A GLANCE
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158.8Moz of gold in the world's premier gold province, in South Africa
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Substantial prospecting rights secured (908km2)
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R427 million (US$ 70m) of historical exploration data (203 boreholes, >500km
core, 2880 reef intersections)- in near mine areas
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40% broad based Black South African ownership, 26% secured until 2014
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Contractual ties to AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Harmony Gold
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Cash resources of R32 million (US$ 5m) post JSE listing
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Exploration drilling in five priority areas (42.9Moz of gold)
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Upside uranium potential
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