High River Gold Achieves Commercial Production at the Berezitovy Gold Mine & Provides...

High River Gold Mines Ltd. ("High River" or the "Company") (TSX: HRG) is pleased to announce that it has achieved Commercial Production at its Berezitovy Gold Mine in Russia, effective October 1, 2008, and that a re-start of the mill at the Taparko-Bouroum Gold Mine is planned in approximately 4 weeks. Berezitovy Gold Mine Achieves Commercial Production On October 1, 2008, the Berezitovy Gold Mine achieved Commercial Production. Mill throughput during the month of September totaled 80,487 tonnes, representing an average capacity utilization of 65% which exceeded the criteria established for Commercial Production (i.e. mill throughput equal to or exceeding 60% of design capacity over a 30 day period). Re-machined bearings, which were previously damaged (see press release dated July 14, 2008), have performed much better than... [read full story]