VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 3, 2011) - New Guinea Gold Corporation (News - Market indicators)(FRANKFURT:NG8) ("NGG") announces that gold production for the first two months of 2011 totaled 1,379ozs or an average of 689ozs/month. In the quarter ending December 31, 2010, gold production totaled 1,891ozs or an average of 630ozs/month. Gold purity in gold dore (gold dore is produced by direct smelting at the mine) varied between 24% and 60%, maintaining the improvement noted in the press release of January 4, 2011.
Income from gold sales was CAD$1,814,960 for January and February, or an average of CAD$907,480/month as against CAD$837,012/month for the quarter ending December 31, 2010. Income is received in PNG Kina (ie: Kina 4,807,316 for January and February 2011) and the above Canadian dollar figures may change slightly after audit.
Average monthly cash mine operating costs continue to follow the trend established in the quarter ending December 31, 2010 – approximately CAD$500,000/month. Cash operating surplus at the mine was approximately CAD$800,000 for January and February 2011 (see also press release of January 4, 2011 for detail of cash operating costs).
Bob McNeil, Acting CEO commented: "Sinivit is expected to continue production at the above rate or continue to gradually improve, for the immediate future. The draft report by Mining Associates on the way forward for the Sinivit Project is expected to be received in the next few days and its conclusions and recommendations will be released as soon as management has reviewed them. The Kavursuki zone exploration results are very encouraging and an update on this zone is expected to be released next week."
The information in this release was prepared under the direction of Robert D. McNeil a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr McNeil has read and approves the information contained herein.
Full details of Sinivit are described in an Independent National Instrument 43-101 report dated January 2006 which is available at www.newguineagold.ca.
For further information on this release or on other NGG projects such as the Sinivit Gold Mine, contact info@newguineagold.ca, or access our website – www.newguineagold.ca.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
R.D. McNeil, ACTING CEO
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