I

t was more than a sweet homecoming for

Dale Ginn when he sealed a $7.5 million

deal for a mining property in Manitoba.

Having invested so much time and expertise

at the Rice Lake mine on behalf of its

previous owners, Ginn and his partners had

every right to feel they earned the opportunity

to purchase it for themselves.

Ginn was instrumental in forming Rice

Lake Joint Venture in January, through a

50/50 joint venture between San Gold

Resources Corp. and Gold City Industries

Ltd., acquiring Harmony Gold (Canada)

from Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.

of South Africa. Included in the deal was the

Bissett Gold Mine, a mill and an environmental

licence.

Ginn was general manager of Harmony

Gold (Canada) before joining the Rice Lake

Gold Corp. as general manager and San Gold

as president elect.

“I spent six years with Harmony and I ran

the Bissett Mine for a period too,” he confirmed.

“Harmony then began to refocus on

assets abroad and eventually we felt it was a

good opportunity to acquire the property. It

also made a lot of sense to acquire the surrounding

lands and the deposits with the

mine itself.”

Ginn said that Harmony put the