Keegan Settles Majority Interest of Ghanaian Lawsuit
25 Novembre 2011 - 9:23PM
Marketwired
Keegan Resources Inc. (TSX:KGN)(NYSE Amex:KGN) ("Keegan" or the
"Company) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a written
settlement agreement with two parties who together hold a 60%
interest in the outcome of the litigation commenced in 2009 in
Accra, Ghana involving the Company's Esaase Project. These parties
acquired their interests in the Accra litigation pursuant to a
settlement agreement reached in 2010 with the principal plaintiff
in the Accra litigation, Sametro Co Ltd. and Sam Etroo, which
settlement was entered into the Ghana High Court at Tarkwa.
Keegan's partial settlement agreement provides that the two
settling parties will receive an aggregate of $1.5 million
conditional primarily upon acceptance of the agreement by the
Ghanaian Court and certain other conditions all of which can be
waived by Keegan in its sole discretion.
Shawn Wallace, Chairman of Keegan Resources, commented, "We are
pleased to have reached a settlement with the majority interest
stakeholders in this litigation. We have always stated that the
litigation is substantially without merit and the agreed settlement
amount reflects the desire on the part of the Company to minimize
the costs and distraction entailed by litigation. The minority
interest plaintiff has expressed an intention to continue with the
litigation and the Company will now be proceeding more aggressively
in the Accra litigation to have the minority complainants' case
dismissed."
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Shawn Wallace, Executive Chairman
About Keegan Resources Inc.
Keegan is a junior gold company offering investors the
opportunity to share ownership in the rapid development and ongoing
exploration of high quality pure gold assets. The Company is
focused on its wholly owned flagship Esaase Gold project located in
Ghana, West Africa, a highly favourable and prospective
jurisdiction. Managed by experienced, skilled and successful
technical and financial professionals, Keegan is well financed with
no debt. Keegan is also strongly committed to the highest standards
for environmental management, social responsibility, and health and
safety for its employees and neighbouring communities. Keegan
trades on the TSX and the NYSE AMEX under the symbol KGN.
More information about Keegan is available at
www.keeganresources.com.
Forward Looking and other Cautionary Information
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed herein are based on reasonable assumptions,
such statements should not be in any way construed as guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Litigation
is inherently uncertain and factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include unexpected judicial findings of fact, previously unknown
facts arising, and decisions, which depart from past legal
precedent and similar events. The Company is subject to the
specific risks inherent in the mining business as well as general
economic and business conditions. For more information on the
Company, Investors should review the Company's annual Form 20-F
filing with the United States Securities Commission and its home
jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
Neither TSX Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Keegan Resources Inc. Shawn Wallace Executive Chairman
604 683 8193 or Toll Free: 1 800 863 8655 604 683 8194
(FAX)info@keeganresources.comwww.keeganresources.com
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