Caledonia Extends Mogale Gold MoU And Monthly Production Increases Under Caledonia Management.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 Caledonia Mining Corporation ("Caledonia") of Toronto (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CALVF) (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :CAL) is pleased to report that it has extended the option agreement to acquire the Mogale Gold (Pty) Ltd ("Mogale") operation west of Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. and reports production results for January and February 2003. Caledonia has signed a two week extension to the Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. ("MoU") with the South African Export Development Fund ("SAEDF SAEDF San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (Texas) ") to acquire up to a 100% interest in Mogale. As reported on February 4th, Caledonia signed a MoU with SAEDF which grants Caledonia, subject to a 30 day due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. and approval by the Caledonia Board of Directors, an option period to acquire a 100% interest in Mogale. Mogale operates a gold recovery plant and owns a number of gold plant slimes and sands dumps in the Roodeport area of South Africa 50 km west of Johannesburg. This extension will allow Caledonia and SAEDF time to finalize their negotiations with regard to Mogale. In terms of the MoU with SAEDF, Caledonia assumed management responsibilities for Mogale at 12:00 hrs on 31st January 2003 and immediately assumed the day-to-day management of the Mogale operations and commenced the due diligence. During the 31 days of January 2003, prior to Caledonia's involvement, Mogale produced 24.25 Kg (779.8 oz) of gold. Under Caledonia's management Mogale produced 48.2 Kg (1,549.7 oz) of gold in the 28 days of February from the same ore source. Further information regarding Caledonia's exploration activities and operations along with its latest financials may be found on the Corporation's website http:/www.caledoniamining.com |
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