First Uranium Corporation - Section 54 lifted at Ezulwini Mine - mining operations resume
16.09.2011 | CNW
TORONTO AND JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 16, 2011 /CNW/ - First Uranium Corporation
(JSE: FUM) (ISIN: CA33744R1029) ('First Uranium' or the 'Company') has announced that the notice temporarily suspending operations in the underground workplaces at its Ezulwini Mine has been lifted. The notice was issued pursuant to section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (South Africa) by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on September 13, 2011 following a fall of ground, which regrettably claimed the life of one employee.About First Uranium Corporation
First Uranium Corporation
is focused on its goal of becoming a low-cost producer of gold and uranium through the expansion of the underground development to feed the new gold and uranium plants at the Ezulwini Mine and the ramp-up of production at the Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) tailings recovery facility following the completion of a significant gold capital expansion program in May 2011. Both operations are located in South Africa.Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Information
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