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To: LoneClone who wrote (36041)	4/24/2009 4:18:12 PM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 193686

Gulf acquires Uganda vermiculite project from Rio miningweekly.com By: Esmarie Swanepoel 23rd April 2009 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Australian minerals development company Gulf Resources has signed a sale-and-purchase agreement with diversified resources group Rio Tinto for the acquisition of the Namekara mining operation, in eastern Uganda. Namekara was considered one of the largest high-grade vermiculite mineral deposits in the world, and was capable of supporting a low-cost, long-life operation. Gulf Resources reported on Thursday that it intended to inject $500 000 working capital into the operation over the next 12 months, to bring it to a sustainable production rate of 8 000 t/y of vermiculite product, as agreed to in the sale and purchase agreement. The company further planned to expand the operation to achieve 25 000 t/y by 2012. While the specific terms of the agreement were confidential, the cash consideration component of $1-million would be paid on a deferred basis until the end of March, 2012. The sale agreement included Namekara’s tenements both for exploration and mining, a processing and power plant, and a mine office together with all associated infrastructure and equipment.