SARS
18 Juni 2003 - 10:36AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:4584M
Griffin Mining Ld
18 June 2003
GRIFFIN MINING LIMITED
1 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DJ, United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7016 8821 Facsimile: + 44 (0)20 7016 9124
E mail: griffin@griffinmining.com
18th June 2003
SARS VIRUS
LIFTING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Following the announcement made on 20th May 2003 Griffin Mining Limited
("Griffin" or the "Company") has been informed that travel restrictions imposed
by the Chinese authorities, due to the SARS virus, over areas where Griffin's
operations are located, in particular the Hebei Province, have now been lifted.
Within the past few days, numerous Griffin personnel have been granted visas to
travel to the Peoples Republic of China.
As a result of the lifting of these restrictions, Griffin has given instructions
for the confirmatory ore block modeling and costing in China to be completed as
soon as possible. Assuming no further delays are forthcoming, the Company
expects the feasibility study to be completed by the end of August 2003. Griffin
also expects to resume its proposed summer drilling programme as soon as
drilling equipment and contractors are available to travel to China.
Commenting on this development, Chairman Mladen Ninkov said:
"The SARS virus was an unforeseeable and extremely inconvenient delay to the
development of Caijiaying. Now that the restrictions have been lifted, the
Company will continue to move at full speed with its development."
Further information
Mladen Ninkov - Chairman Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821
Roger Goodwin - Finance Director Telephone: +44(0)20 7016 8821
Charles Dampney - Charles Stanley Telephone: +44(0)20 7739 8200
Griffin Mining Limited's shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market
(AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (symbol GFM).
The Company's news releases are available on the Company's web site:
www.griffinmining.com
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