25th Mar 2009 15:50
25 March 2009 AIM: GMA
GMA Resources Plc
("GMA" or "the Company")
Amesmessa Mobile Telephone Service Commences
GMA announces that as of today, the Amesmessa site has functioning mobile telephone service at site with local carrier, Djezzy Mobile of Algeria. Djezzy is owned by Orascom Telecom Holding and Djezzy has more than 14 million customers in Algeria at present.
Douglas Perkins, Chief Executive Officer of GMA, commented:
"Since the outset of construction at Amesmessa, communication has been an important issue to overcome. While we have had VSAT satellite services for the past two years, having a mobile service at site will aid in the efficiency of operations. It will also allow employees to communicate with their families without using our satellite services. This is another example of how ENOR has, and is, overcoming all the hurdles that a remote site like Amesmessa poses on operators. "
Enquiries:
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GMA Resources Plc Douglas Perkins |
Tel: +1 514 806 6788 |
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John East & Partners Limited Bidhi Bhoma |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 2200 |
Notes to Editors:
GMA owns a controlling 52 per cent. stake in ENOR spa ("ENOR"), the Algerian based operating company for the Amesmessa project, with the remainder owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company.
ENOR holds the exploitation authorization to the Tirek-Amesmessa property, an area of some 1,417 km2, located approximately 450km south west of the city of Tamanrasset, in southern Algeria. Amesmessa is an open pit heap leach gold mine located in the extreme south of the permit area. The Tirek gold mine is located in the northern third of the exploration permit area, some 60 km north of Amesmessa. Research to date suggests that the Zita Zone, which lies between Tirek and Amesmessa, offers considerable potential for the development of additional prospects amenable to open-pit mining. GMA plans to expand upon resources outside of the major 80km north/south Tirek-Amesmessa fault and other exploration targets on the property.
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