New Guinea mining equipment contractor terminates deal
2009-08-11 10:46 ET - News Release
Mr. R.D. McNeil reports
SINIVIT UPDATE
New Guinea Gold Corp.'s Sinivit mining equipment contractor, HBS Machinery, unilaterally terminated its agreement without due notice at the end of June removing equipment from the Sinivit mining site. New Guinea Gold views this as a breach of the company's contract agreement with HBS, specifically HBS's removal of certain equipment from the Sinivit site, which equipment, under the terms of the contract agreement, is now beneficially owned by NGG and failure on the part of HBS to give the requisite 30 days notice to NGG before removing any such piece of equipment from the Sinivit site. NGG will vigorously pursue claims against HBS in the Papua New Guinea Court for damages totalling 5,161,389 kina or approximately $2.1-million (Canadian).
The company acted expeditiously with local contractors to replace key equipment within two weeks of HBS's removal of the contracted equipment. The company is presently using less versatile road trucks to replace the articulated trucks removed from the Sinivit site. The company expects to formalize a new contracting agreement for the hire of articulated trucks this month.
The two-week hiatus in mining and other earthmoving has meant that the new vat scheduled to be brought on-line in July will not be completed until August; however, ore continues to be added to vats as required from existing accumulated ore stockpiles, and six existing vats are continuing to leach.
Disposition of New Guinea Gold shares held by Macmin Silver Limited
In a July 31, 2009, announcement by the deed administrator of Macmin Silver Limited to the creditors of Macmin, and reiterated at a creditors meeting on Aug. 6, 2009, the administrator stated that it intended to distribute most of the New Guinea Gold shares held by Macmin to creditors by in specie distribution. Bob McNeil, chief executive officer and chairman, commented: "This is a positive development as it removes the immediate threat of these shares as an 'overhang' on the market." Full details of the Sinivit project are described in an independent NI 43-101 report dated January, 2006, which is available at the company's website.
