PRESS RELEASE: Environment Protected at Great Divide Mining’s Challenger Gold Mine

Asked to comment about Environmental protections in light of Great Divide Mining Ltd.’s (ASX:GDM) imminent re-start of the Challenger Mine processing plant, in Adelong, NSW, CEO Justin Haines said ,”The Environment has always been front of mind. In fact Environment is at the very core of GDM culture.”

“It starts with GDM’s – all ‘brown-field’ site – commercial strategy.” he said, “As the price of gold reaches record highs, many old gold mines, have become commercially workable again.”

“At GDM we say:- Why dig a hole if you’ve already got one? “, quips Haines.

“At Challenger we’re bringing back to life a gold mine that’s produced no commercial gold since 1915, that’s over 100-years,” he said.

“Brown-field sites offer many advantages to GDM’s shareholders.” said Haines, “For a start you’ve eliminated exploration risk. There’s just no question of:- Is there gold there? The question becomes how much gold is there and can it be commercially extracted?”

“Second a brown-field site is already a historically disturbed portion of the environment. Every hectare of land within a recommissioned brownfield site, protects at least a hectare of the native natural environment.”

“At GDM we don’t disturb any more of the native environment because we don’t need to,” said Haines.

“And finally, its sticking to modern, current environmental standards,” said Haines. ”We’ve been able to eliminate the need for any toxic chemicals as were used in historical gold extraction,” he said.

“We’ve already proven that we can successfully and commercially extract gold at Challenger using only recycled water. How good is that for the environment.”

“I just can’t wait for that first gold pour!” smiles Haines.

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