Buffalo Coal Corp. - Fall of Ground at Magdalena Mine

TORONTO, Aug. 4, 2015 /CNW/ - Buffalo Coal Corp. (TSX:  BUF;  JSE: BUC) ("Buffalo" or "the Company") advises shareholders of a fall of ground at its Magdalena underground mine in South Africa's Kwa-Zulu Natal Province. No employees were affected by the incident, and the partial loss of raw coal production is anticipated to be less than two weeks.

The fall of ground occurred in a worked out area of the mine which was being used as an access way for conveying of coal from two of the four production sections to surface. The fall of ground has necessitated that the Company accelerate its planned relocation of a portion of the conveyor infrastructure to a new surface access adit. This adit was recently established for that purpose and has been used for several months already for the transport of working crews to the two underground sections. The new adit has been designed to significantly shorten the underground infrastructure to surface and installation of the new conveyor belt infrastructure has progressed well and is anticipated to be completed within this week. 

The other sections at Magdalena continue to produce well, and as a result of good production over the past two months, the company has sufficient stock available to service customers during the short period of reduced production.

About Buffalo

Buffalo is a coal producer in southern Africa. It holds a majority interest in two operating mines through its 100% interest in Buffalo Coal Dundee (Pty) Ltd, a South African company which has a 70% interest in Zinoju Coal (Pty) Ltd ("Zinoju"). Zinoju holds a 100% interest in the Magdalena bituminous mine and the Aviemore anthracite mine in South Africa. Buffalo has an experienced coal-focused management team.

Cautionary Notes:

This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of Buffalo and its projects. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved".  Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Buffalo to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, foreign operations, political and social uncertainties; a history of operating losses; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of the proposed transaction; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of mineral products; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; and, delays in obtaining governmental approvals or required financing or in the completion of activities. Although Buffalo has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Buffalo does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

SOURCE Buffalo Coal Corp.

Malcolm Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, [phone], Email: [email protected]; Sarah Williams, Chief Financial Officer, [phone], Email : [email protected]