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G-<strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Upgrades</strong> <strong>Martabe</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Silver</strong> <strong>Ore</strong> <strong>Reserves</strong> <strong>with</strong><br />

Inclusion of the Ramba Joring Deposit<br />

Significant increase in <strong>Martabe</strong> ore <strong>Reserves</strong> due to the addition of an initial<br />

Reserve for the Ramba Joring deposit.<br />

Total gold <strong>Reserves</strong> up 11.6% to 3.03 million ounces <strong>and</strong> silver up 2.5% to 33.63<br />

million ounces.<br />

Further increases in <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Reserves</strong> expected.<br />

(Hong Kong, 11 May 2011) G-<strong>Resources</strong> Group Limited (“G-<strong>Resources</strong>” or the “Company”)<br />

(HKEx: 1051) released today an updated <strong>Ore</strong> Reserve Statement for its <strong>Martabe</strong> gold <strong>and</strong> silver<br />

project in North Sumatra, Indonesia. An initial reserve has been estimated for the Ramba Joring<br />

deposit.<br />

The Company’s <strong>Martabe</strong> <strong>Ore</strong> <strong>Reserves</strong> are now estimated to contain 3.03 million ounces of gold<br />

<strong>and</strong> 33.63 million ounces of silver, contained <strong>with</strong>in the Purnama/Pit 1, Barani <strong>and</strong> Ramba Joring<br />

deposits (See Figure 1 for the location of the <strong>Martabe</strong> project site). The new statement shows an<br />

increase in G-<strong>Resources</strong>’ Group <strong>Ore</strong> <strong>Reserves</strong> <strong>with</strong> gold up by 315,000 ounces (11.6% increase),<br />

<strong>and</strong> silver up by 810,000 ounces (2.5% increase).<br />

The <strong>Martabe</strong> mineral district contains six gold <strong>and</strong> silver deposits identified so far -<br />

Purnama/Pit1, Barani, Ramba Joring, Uluala Hulu, Tor Uluala <strong>and</strong> Horas - all <strong>with</strong>in a seven<br />

kilometer long corridor of mineralisation. This corridor sits <strong>with</strong>in a 1639 sq km tenement of<br />

further outst<strong>and</strong>ing regional prospectivity.<br />

Four of the deposits have calculated (JORC code) <strong>Resources</strong> totaling 138.6Mt at 1.5g/t gold <strong>and</strong><br />

15g/t silver, containing 6.49Moz gold <strong>and</strong> 66.2Moz silver. Three of these deposits (Purnama/Pit<br />

1, Barani <strong>and</strong> now Ramba Joring) have calculated (JORC code) <strong>Reserves</strong> totaling 45.5Mt at<br />

2.1g/t gold <strong>and</strong> 23g/t silver, containing 3Moz gold <strong>and</strong> 33Moz silver. The largest deposit to date<br />

is Purnama/Pit 1 where initial mining will begin in August to build a stockpile of ore in readiness<br />

for processing to gold bullion.<br />

Further infill <strong>and</strong> extension drilling is taking place in <strong>and</strong> around the existing orebodies, <strong>and</strong><br />

further upgrades to <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Reserves</strong> will be continuously released as they become<br />

available. Five diamond drill rigs are deployed at this stage for a planned 40,000 metre drilling<br />

programme this year.<br />

The current <strong>Reserves</strong> at the planned mining rate provide an initial mine plan beyond 10 years.<br />

With this strong <strong>Reserves</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> base G-<strong>Resources</strong> is already looking at possible<br />

expansions of capacity <strong>and</strong> mine plan extensions.<br />

Commenting on the new Reserve Statement, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Peter Albert said:<br />

“We are very pleased to announce the upgrade of the <strong>Martabe</strong> <strong>Ore</strong> reserves <strong>with</strong> the addition of


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Ramba Joring <strong>Ore</strong> reserves, not previously included in our estimates. This is a very significant<br />

statement for G-<strong>Resources</strong> <strong>and</strong> all of our stakeholders as it demonstrates the clear potential for<br />

further deposits, for expansions of production capacity <strong>and</strong> for mine life extensions in this<br />

remarkable <strong>Martabe</strong> gold district.”<br />

Mr. Owen Hegarty, Vice Chairman commented:<br />

“Peter <strong>and</strong> the team at <strong>Martabe</strong> have yet again demonstrated that they can deliver excellent<br />

results. This <strong>Martabe</strong> <strong>Ore</strong> Reserve upgrade provides further support for our belief that <strong>Martabe</strong> is<br />

a world class mineral district which we expect to keep getting bigger <strong>and</strong> better.”<br />

– End –<br />

About G-<strong>Resources</strong> Group Limited (HKEx: 1051)<br />

G-<strong>Resources</strong> aims to become a leading Asia-based multinational gold-mining corporation. The<br />

Company’s core starter asset is <strong>Martabe</strong> which has a resource base of 6.5Moz gold <strong>and</strong> 66Moz<br />

silver. Already in construction, <strong>Martabe</strong> is targeting to commence production in 2011 <strong>with</strong> an<br />

annual production capacity of approximately 250,000 ounces of gold <strong>and</strong> 2-3 million ounces of<br />

silver at an estimated low cash cost of US$242/oz of gold. For more information, please visit<br />

www.g-resources.com.<br />

For enquiries, please contact:<br />

Brunswick Group<br />

Ekaterina Alferova / Crystal Chan<br />

Tel: (852) 6018 9893 / (852) 9669-3632<br />

Fax: (852) 2259 9008<br />

Email: ealferova@brunswickgroup.com<br />

cchan@brunswickgroup.com


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Figure 1. Location of the <strong>Martabe</strong> site <strong>and</strong> Contract of Work area, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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