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AngloGold Limited - Anglogold Enters Into Purchase And Sale Agreement On Jerritt

Release Date: 03/06/2003 08:00
Code(s): ANG
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AngloGold Limited - Anglogold Enters Into Purchase And Sale Agreement On Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture AngloGold Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration Number: 1944/017354/06) ISIN Number:ZAE000043485 JSE Share Code: ANG ANGLOGOLD ENTERS INTO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ON JERRITT CANYON JOINT VENTURE AngloGold today announced that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. on its interests in the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture. This follows the receipt by the Jerritt Canyon joint venture partners of a second unsolicited offer from Queenstake and a Letter of Intent regarding the transaction dated May 20, 2003. AngloGold owns 70% of the joint venture and is the operator and managing partner of the Jerritt Canyon mine. Under the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, Queenstake has paid a $250,000 deposit and will pay the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture an additional $1.25 million in cash and 32 million shares of Queenstake common stock on closing, with $6 million in deferred payments and approximately $4 million in future royalty payments. Queenstake will accept full closure and reclamation and other liabilities. The closing is set for June 25, 2003. For the year ended December 31, 2002, Jerritt Canyon produced 237,000 attributable ounces of gold at a total cash cost of $249 per ounce. Ends. Disclaimer Except for the historical information contained herein, there are matters discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors including, but not limited to, development of the Company"s business, the economic outlook in the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward looking statements, refer to the Company"s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2003. Date: 03/06/2003 08:00:04 AM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department