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Please download press-release (all figures, tables, contacts): PMI Significant drill results Kubi (Microsoft Word) Key Points: Diamond drilling intersects significant gold mineralization at the Kubi South Prospect, located 1.5km south of the Kubi Main DepositatPMI Gold’s Kubi Project within the Ashanti Gold Belt. The Kubi Project is located on the north-east trending Ashanti Shear Zonewhich hosts AngloGold Ashanti’s world-class Obuasi Gold Mine (pre-mined endowment of 60Moz) 15km to the north, and a series of cross-cutting east-northeast trending structures which coincide with Perseus Mining’s Edikan Gold Mine (6.6Moz) 12km to the south-west. A total of 12 diamond drill holes have been completed for 2,164.5m designed to follow up historical mineralized intercepts. All a...

Market penetration to reach 60% among Africa's one billion people in 2012 Mobile phones represent more than 90% of all telephone lines in Africa. Market penetration passed the 50% mark in 2010 and is expected to reach 60% in 2012. Subscriber growth across the continent has slowed to around 17% p.a, but several individual markets are still growing at 50% p.a. or more and others stand at only single-digit penetration rates. The continent's most advanced markets have passed the 100% penetration mark. Although the greatest demand is in the major cities, cellular solutions are also being employed to increase accessibility in rural and other disadvantaged areas. In addition to mobile networks, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) systems have been introduced in a large number of countries for the provision...

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PMI Gold Corporation Announces Significant Drilling Intersections at itsKubi South Prospect