8/28/2015 - 9:51 AM EST - Perseus Mining Limited : Clarified some recent Ghanaian media reports involving illegal miners and Ghana's national security forces at Ayanfuri, a town near Perseus's Edikan Gold Mine in Ghana. An incident occurred when members of the Ghanaian military were deployed as part of a national government initiative to arrest illegal miners operating in the area. The illegal miners were attempting to extract gold from a de-commissioned heap leach pad from a previous mining operation that is situated on the fringes of Perseus's mining lease. Perseus understands that 32 illegal miners were arrested by the security forces and the ensuing disturbance resulted in a bus and a drill rig, both belonging to contractrs, being burnt. No property belonging to Perseus was damaged and none of Perseus's employees were injured. Perseus Mining Limited
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