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John Fielding,
CEO
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Production is expected to average 110,000 ounces of gold per year at a cash cost of US$189 per ounce until the end of the current mine life in 2007.
Timbarra gold production for the 1999-2000 year is estimated at approximately 15,000 ounces.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Gold anomalous gullies on the west flank of Golden Apex feed into the Alpha Bowl , which yielded 600,000 ounces.
Horsetail absorbs gold dissolved in water better than most plants, as much as 4 ounces per ton of fresh stalks.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Group gold production of 342,621 ounces was below forecast performance due to the unofficial strike in May at the Obuasi mine.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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Gold/Silver Ratio - The number of ounces of silver required to buy one ounce of gold at current spot prices.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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For every 17 ounces of gold and 120 ounces of silver, only one ounce of platinum is produced and usually 10 tonnes of ore must be mined to yield that tiny amount.
Gold and silver are almost always weighted in the troy system of weights where one pound troy equals twelve troy ounces and twenty pennyweights equals one troy ounce.
Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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Group gold production of 379,543 ounces was in line with the Company's revised target for the quarter.
The total cost is 300 troy ounces of gold or certification of its equivalent; silver of equal value may be substituted.
Resource estimates at the Mt Kare gold project in PNG have been increased to 4 milion mineable ounces of gold.
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