Great Basin Gold Ltd. (fka GBGLF)

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Burnstone was previously operated by Great Basin Gold up to 2012 when the mine was placed on care and maintenance and GBG went into liquidation. An option on the mine was acquired by Wits Gold who in turn was acquired by Sibanye Gold. In 2015 Sibanye Gold completed a feasibility study which envisaged production of 100 120koz/a over a 23 year mine life. Capital expenditure was estimated at R1.852 billion for life of mine production of 1.727 Moz of gold.

https://www.woodmac.com/reports/metals-burnstone-gold-mine-project-16216327

Where is the GBGLF business rescue... How were the shares restructured? If at all?

SOUTHGOLD PROPRIETARY LIMITED
>Southgold was a member of the Great Basin Gold (GBG) group of companies with its main business of mining exploration

>GBG was a Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
>Company is the owner of the Burnstone mine – Mpumalanga

>Southgold was placed under business rescue on 14 September 2012, pursuant to a voluntary resolution passed by the board of directors and Peter van den Steen was appointed as the business rescue practitioner

>Provision of post-commencement funding by secured lenders

http://www.tma-sa.com/events/tma-sa-conference-2015/80-13-35-pm-jared-n-and-eric-l-werksmans-attorneys/file.html

Quote:
“...SOUTHGOLD PROPRIETARY LIMITED
>Conclusion of a restructuring and support agreement between the business rescue practitioner, the secured lenders and the noteholders

>Transaction structured as a –

>restructure of Southgold’s shares in certain subsidiaries

>transfer of intra-group assets to Southgold

>sale of the shares in Southgold to Wits Gold for R1

>restructure of Southgold’s debt and security to the secured lenders. Debt to be repaid over time

>payment by the secured lenders and Wits Gold of amounts to be made available for payment to noteholders and trade creditors upon closing of the transaction

http://www.polity.org.za/article/business-rescue-of-southgold-gives-mine-a-new-lease-on-life-2014-08-07

One of the biggest and most complex business rescues brought under the new Companies Act of 2008 has come to a successful conclusion, in the process saving jobs and highlighting the important role that banks play in business rescue proceedings.

Southgold Exploration, which filed a resolution in 2012 placing itself in business rescue, had its business rescue plan approved by creditors on 11 July 2013, which ultimately resulted in the company terminating its business rescue on 1 July 2014 so that it could continue to operate.

Claire van Zuylen, Partner at pan-African corporate law firm, Bowman Gilfillan, which acted for Standard Chartered Bank in London and Credit Suisse (AG), commented, “The restructuring will result in some 2 000 employees, who were initially retrenched in 2012 when the Burnstone mine went into care and maintenance, being re-employed at the mine when operations re-commence.