GBG - Great Basin Gold Limited - Great Basin Gold`s hollister operation

GBG - Great Basin Gold Limited - Great Basin Gold`s hollister operation         
removed from safety watch list                                                  
GREAT BASIN GOLD LIMITED                                                        
(Incorporated in Canada and registered as an External Company in South          
Africa)                                                                         
(Registration No. 2006/021304/10)                                               
Share Code: GBG      ISIN Number: CA3901241057                                  
("Great Basin" or "the Company")                                                
GREAT BASIN GOLD`S HOLLISTER OPERATION REMOVED FROM SAFETY WATCH LIST           
March 23, 2011, Vancouver, BC - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin Gold" or    
the "Company"), (TSX: GBG; NYSE Amex: GBG; JSE: GBG) announces that further     
to the Company`s November 23, 2010 news release which advised that its          
Hollister trial mining operation had been placed on a federal safety watch      
list, Great Basin Gold has now received notification from MSHA, the             
responsible federal agency, that it has formally determined that the            
Hollister Mine will not be considered for a Pattern of Violation notice and     
so has removed the Company from that list.                                      
Ferdi Dippenaar, Great Basin Gold President and CEO, commented: "We are         
pleased this matter was quickly resolved and believe that we have               
demonstrated our serious commitment to the health and safety of our             
workforce. We remain proud of our safety record and are confident that          
Hollister and our other operations will continue to be safe and productive      
workplaces."                                                                    
Great Basin Gold is a mining company engaged in the exploration and             
development of gold properties. The Company is currently focused on its two     
emerging mines in the world`s two richest gold regions. The Hollister gold      
mine is located on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone gold       
mine is located in the Witwatersrand goldfield of South Africa.                 
For additional details on Great Basin and its gold properties, please visit     
the Company`s website at www.grtbasin.com or contact Investor Services at:      
Tsholo Serunye in South Africa                +27 (0) 11 301 1800               
Michael Curlook in North America              +1 (888) 633 9332                 
Barbara Cano at Breakstone Group in the USA   +1 (646) 452 2334                 
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained   
in this news release.                                                           
Sponsor                                                                         
Nedbank Capital                                                                 
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