Projects

Overview

The Aurizona gold project is located in northeast Brazil between the cities of São Luis and Belém. The main orebody, Piaba, is a 2.9 km long orogenic gold deposit hosted in the Proterozoic Aurizona greenstone belt. The geologic setting of the project area, the São Luis Craton, is an eastern extension of the Guiana Shield which contains several major Proterozoic gold deposits (e.g. Las Cristinas, Omai, Rosebel) extending from Venezuela to Brazil (Figs 1 and 2).

The Aurizona project totals approximately 80,000 ha and is divided into two main areas:

1. Aurizona Main - This area contains the Piaba and Tatajuba deposits and over 10 satellite targets, which collectively form a gold camp. It covers an area of approximately 20,000 ha and is limited by the outer limits of the Company's fully permitted mining license and the Tatajuba exploration permit (Figs. 3, 4a & 4b).


2. Aurizona Regional. The Aurizona Regional project consists of all Company exploration permits located outside of the Aurizona Main area and covers an area of 60,000 ha. There are over 50 hard rock (primary) gold garimpos located within the Aurizona Regional permits (Fig. 3).