EXHIBIT 5.16
March 4, 2009
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
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| Great Basin Gold Ltd. (the “Registrant”) | |
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| Registration Statement on Form F-10 | |
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| Consent of Expert |
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This letter is provided in connection with the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to the Form F-10 registration statement originally filed on February 23, 2009 (SEC File No. 333-157468), and any amendments thereto and any registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”).
I hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with and reference to my involvement in the preparation of the October 2, 2001 “Audit on the Preliminary Resource estimate for the High Grade Gold-Silver Veins of the Ivanhoe District, Elko County, Nevada” as summarized in the “Revised Technical Report-Update on the Exploration Activities on the Hollister Gold Project, Elko County, Nevada” dated April 3, 2007 (the “Technical Report”), and to references to the Technical Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion and incorporation by reference of the information derived from the Technical Report in the Registration Statement.
Yours truly,
/s/ James Currie |
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James Currie, P. Eng |
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