Caledonia Min Regulatory News (CMCL)

4 Aug 2006 14:00

Caledonia Mining Corporation04 August 2006 Caledonia Mining Corporation Caledonia Announces Release Date of 2nd Quarter Results & Conference Call and Completes Private Placement Toronto, Ontario - August 4th 2006: Caledonia Mining Corporation ("Caledonia")(TSX: CAL, NASDAQ-OTCBB: CALVF, AIM: CMCL) is pleased to announce the completionof a $2,380,000 private placement financing. The placement, which was handled by a commission agent in Europe, was for17,000,000 units priced at $0.14 each. Each unit consists of one common shareand one share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase onecommon share of Caledonia at a price of $0.16 for a period of 12 months from thedate of issue. The funds raised will be used, after payment of commissions, to fund theoperations and exploration activities of the Corporation and for generalcorporate purposes. Caledonia will apply to AIM for the 17,000,000 new common shares to be admittedto trading on AIM and admission is expected to take place on 10 August 2006. Caledonia will release its second quarter results on Monday August 14th and onTuesday Aug 15th Stefan Hayden, Caledonia's CEO and President will host aconference call at 10.30 am (Toronto time) to discuss the second quarterresults. To participate in this conference call please dial at least 5 minutes before thecall and quote "Caledonia Mining Corporation Second Quarter Results" North American toll free 866-365-1119South Africa toll free 800-2288-7000Switzerland toll free 800-2288-7000 International toll number 1-416-849-7329 Local (Toronto Area) 416-849-7329 A replay facility will be available for two weeks until 29th August 2006 at: North American toll free 1-866-501-5559 Passcode: 21183406# A recording of the call will be available on the Caledonia website:www.caledoniamining.com from 3.00 pm (EST) on October 16th Further information regarding Caledonia's exploration activities and operationsalong with its latest financials may be found at www.caledoniamining.com. For more information, please contact: Stefan Hayden Alex Buck / Nick BiasPresident and CEO, Caledonia Mining buck-biasTel: +27 11 447 2499 Tel: +44 7932 740 452 Certain statements included herein are "forward-looking statements". Managementcautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actualresult could differ materially from those expressed or implied in theforward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause the actualresults of operations, exploration or development programs, or the financialcondition of the Company, to differ include, but are not necessarily limited to,the risks and uncertainties discussed in documents filed by the Company with thevarious regulatory authorities having jurisdiction. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange