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Gold Reserve Completes New Health Care Center Near Brisas Gold/Copper Project
Gold Reserve Completes New Health Care Center Near Brisas Gold/Copper Project.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nSPOKANE, WA, Jan. 6 /CNW/ - Gold Reserve Inc. (TSX:GRZ) (AMEX:GRZ) today\nannounced that it has completed construction of a new healthcare center at\n 88, Bolivar State, southeastern Venezuela for the benefit of the\ncommunities nearby the Brisas project. At a recent ceremony the clinic was\nhanded over to the Mission Barrio Adentro Health Program (Mission into the\nNeighborhood), a program to provide health and dental care to the poor\ninitiated by Venezuelan President Chavez.\nThe Company works closely with the local community on various social\nissues and continues to pursue its proposal to the Ministry of Basic\nIndustries and Mines (MIBAM) to implement a support program within the\nframework of Mission Piar, another one of President Chavez's social\ninitiatives which is directed at local small miners and encompasses technical\nassistance and training, mitigating environmental impact as well as\nintegration of the small miners into the formal economy.\nIn recognition of its commitment to social issues, the Latin-America\nMining Organization (\"OLAMI\"), an industry association that represents and\npromotes mining in 16 Latin American countries, previously recognized the\nCompany with a Special Award for Excellence in Social Management during the\npre-operational stage.\nDoug Belanger, President, stated, \"We are proud to be a supporter of the\nlocal communities and its residents and the recent completion of the new\ncommunity healthcare center is an example of our continuing efforts to support\nthe local communities in which we work.\"\nGold Reserve Inc. is a Canadian company, which holds the rights to the\nBrisas gold/copper Project and the Choco 5 gold exploration property in\nBolivar State, Venezuela. The Brisas Project is estimated to have proven and\nprobable reserves of 10.1 million ounces of gold and 1.29 billion pounds of\ncopper contained in 446 million tonnes with an average grade of 0.70 grams per\ntonne gold and 0.13% copper. The qualified person involved in the review and\nevaluation of the reserve estimates contained herein was Daniel M. Thompson,\nManager - Technical Services for Gold Reserve. Construction of the Brisas\nProject is expected to commence upon the issuance of the construction permit\nby the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and securing sufficient\ndebt and equity funding.\n...