Rusoro Mining Limited: Venezuelan Government Extends 90-Day Negotiation Period
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 21, 2011) - Rusoro Mining Ltd. ("Rusoro" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:RML) reports the following:
The 90-day period fixed by the Nationalization Decree No. 8413 to negotiate the compensation due to Rusoro and the terms of the migration of Rusoro's mining assets to a Mixed Enterprise to be controlled by the Venezuelan Government and which expired on December 15, 2011 has been extended by decree No. 8683 for another 90 days, to March 14, 2012.
Background:
On September 16, 2011, the Venezuelan government, through publication in the Official Gazette of Venezuela, enacted a law-decree 8413 ("Nationalization Decree" or "Decree") which reserves to the State of Venezuela exclusive rights for the extraction of gold in Venezuela ("the Nationalization"). According to the Decree, all Venezuelan mining assets, including those of the Company, must be transferred to a new mixed-interest enterprise ("Mixed Enterprise"), of which private enterprises, such as the Company, cannot own more than 45%. The Decree stipulates that the Company had 90 days from September 16, 2011 to negotiate the terms and conditions of the forced migration of mining assets to the Mixed Enterprise, including the compensation to the Company for assets transferred to the Mixed Enterprise as a result of the Nationalization. If the Company is unable to agree upon the terms and conditions of the forced migration within the designated time period, all titles and rights to the Company's Venezuelan mining assets will revert to the Venezuelan government, provided that no extension is granted on the negotiation period.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Andre Agapov, President & CEO
