Biricu
Project
Biricu
Commodity
Gold
Nearest City
Chilpancingo
Nearest Major Mining Projects
Equinox's Los Filos & El Bermejal mine
Torex Gold’s El Limon/Guajes mine and Media Luna mines
Heliostar Metals Ltd. Ana Paula Mine
Zacatecas Silver Corp's Esperanza deposit
Development Stage
Greenfields exploration; 9,587m drill program completed
Geology
Skarn-Porphyry
Land Package
41,464 has
Exploration Highlights
Hole GV2014-011 - 98.17 m grading 0.42 g/t Au and 0.16 g/t Ag; 26.98 m grading 1.07 g/t gold and 0.29 g/t silver, including a zone of 6.85 m grading 2.78 g/t gold and 0.92 g/t silver
Hole GV2014-002 - 1.1 m grading 1.1 g/t gold
Hole GV2015-015 - 1.19 m grading 1.1 g/t gold
Hole GV2014-009 - 1.68 m grading 0.83 g/t gold and 3.10 g/t silver
Access & Infrastructure
Excellent infrastructure with paved roads, power grid and mining labour force
Project Interest
100% Owned
Biricu project is located the Guerrero Gold Belt (“GGB”) which has seen several million ounces of gold discovered along this mineralized trend since the 1990s which continues to increase with further brownfields resource expansion and new greenfields discoveries. Biricu’s proximity and geological resemblance to the Los Filos-Bermejal-Nukay gold mines in the GGB led Alamos Gold to stake the Biricu project concessions in 2010. They were subsequently optioned to Guerrero Ventures in 2012. Minaurum loaned Guerrero Ventures funds to explore Biricú in exchange for a controlling interest in the project in 2016. In 2019, Minaurum acquired a 100% interest in the Biricu project.
The Biricu mineralization appears to be related to skarn and hornfels alteration of Mezcala Formation shale and sandstone in proximity to diorite/granodiorite intrusive rocks. Cretaceous Morelos Formation limestone and the overlying Mezcala Formation shale are the oldest rock units in the Biricu area. These units are exposed in a NNE-SSW-trending syncline cored by the Mezcala Formation shales, with Morelos limestone exposed on the flanks at Biricu. Laramide dioritic stocks cut through the sedimentary rocks, most notably associated with a diatreme at the Punto Rojo prospect.
The transition from the limestone of the Morelos Formation to the limey shales and siltstones of the Mezcala Formation, where intruded by Laramide stocks is known to be favorable for gold mineralization in the Guerrero Gold Belt. Mineralization may occur along the margins of the intrusive bodies, especially at the levels of the Mezcala-Morelos transition, and/or within the intrusive bodies themselves.
Guerrero Ventures’ exploration, supervised by the renowned Guerrero Gold Belt veteran and late Minaurum director David M Jones, consisted of geological mapping, soil and rock-chip geochemical sampling, and an airborne VTEM-magnetics survey, in addition to a 21-hole, 9,587-m core drilling program carried out from 2012 to 2016. Surface mapping and sampling identified a line of intrusive rocks similar to those that host deposits in the Guerrero Gold Belt. Airborne geophysics discerned magnetic anomalies and conductors that may indicate intrusive bodies at depth.
Exploration drilling testing the Punto Rojo target returned 26.98 metres (m) grading 1.07 g/t gold and 0.29 g/t silver, including 6.85 m grading 2.78 g/t gold and 0.92 g/t silver.
Table 1. Guerrero Gold Belt Mineral Resources
Guerrero Gold Belt Mineral Resources
Company
Mine
Source
Category
Tonnes
Grade (g/t)
Contained Au
Tonnes
Grade (g/t)
Contained Ag
Equinox Gold
Los Filos
Equinox Gold Feasibility Study Los Filos Expansion October 19, 2022
Proven
35,453,000
0.77
877,000
35,453,000
5.10
5,809,000
Webpage: Mineral Reserves and Resources
Probable
157,773,000
0.88
4,477,000
157,773,000
7.20
36,761,000
P&P
193,226,000
0.86
5,354,000
193,226,000
6.90
42,570,000
Measured
47,306,000
1.15
1,757,000
47,306,000
7.20
10,876,000
Indicated
278,020,000
0.69
6,140,000
278,020,000
7.40
66,485,000
M&I
325,326,000
0.75
7,897,000
325,326,000
7.40
77,360,000
Inferred
135,935,000
0.74
3,237,000
135,935,000
8.90
38,969,000
Total
654,487,000
16,488,000
654,487,000
158,899,000
Zacatecas Silver
Esperanza
Mineral Reserves & Resources Report Dec 31, 2021 Document
Proven
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
Webpage: Esperanza Project
Probable
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
Wepage: Jan 3 2023 - News Release Zacatecas Silver
P&P
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
NI 43-101 Report December 30, 2022 - Zacatecas Silver
Measured
4,204,000
1.45
137,000
4,204,000
10.30
832,000
Indicated
26,334,000
1.24
775,000
26,334,000
10.00
7,678,000
M&I
30,538,000
0.93
913,000
30,538,000
8.70
8,510,000
Inferred
8,737,000
0.91
256,000
8,737,000
14.50
4,087,000
Total
39,275,000
1,169,000
39,275,000
12,597,000
Heliostar Metals
Ana Paula
NI 43-101 Report January 11, 2024
Proven
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
Webpage: Mineral Resources and Reserves
Probable
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
Webpage: Ana Paula Project
P&P
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
0
Measured
1,110,000
8.97
320,204
0
0.00
0
Indicated
2,240,000
5.42
390,716
0
0.00
0
M&I
3,350,000
6.6
710,920
0
0.00
0
Inferred
3,280,000
4.24
447,512
0
0.00
0
Total
6,630,000
1,158,432
0
0
Torex Gold
Morelos Complex
Webpage: Mineral Resources and Reserves
Proven
10,283,000
3
991,000
10,283,000
9.90
3,269,000
Probable
32,345,000
2.65
2,760,000
32,345,000
21.70
22,589,000
P&P
42,627,000
2.74
3,751,000
42,627,000
18.90
25,858,000
Measured
7,098,000
5.15
1,175,000
7,098,000
16.00
3,662,000
Indicated
41,619,000
3.05
4,083,000
41,619,000
24.50
32,787,000
M&I
48,717,000
3.36
5,258,000
48,717,000
23.30
36,449,000
Inferred
15,085,000
2.67
1,297,000
15,085,000
24.70
11,955,000
Total
106,429,000
10,306,000
106,429,000
74,262,000
Note: This presentation/website contains information about other properties in which Minaurum does not have an interest including Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd, Equinox Gold Corp., Heliostar Metals Limited, Torex Gold Resources and Zacatecas Silver Corp. Information about these properties is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the Company's properties.
Hole #
Length (m)
From(m)
To (m)
Width (m)
Au (g/t)
GV2014-002
616.00
163.92
164.34
0.42
8.90
GV2014-011
647.71
266.53
364.70
98.17
0.42
including
284.00
310.98
26.98
1.07
GV2014-15
235.3
18.00
19.19
1.19
1.10
Please see Guerrero Ventures Inc news release dated January 26, 2015 and Minaurum Gold Inc. news release dated January 10, 2017.
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The Eureka Drill Hole That Started It All
What is the Guerrero Gold Belt?
David Jones - Discoveries 2017
Project | Biricu |
Commodity | Gold |
Nearest City | Chilpancingo |
Nearest Major Mining Projects | Equinox's Los Filos & El Bermejal mine Torex Gold’s El Limon/Guajes mine and Media Luna mines Heliostar Metals Ltd. Ana Paula Mine Zacatecas Silver Corp's Esperanza deposit |
Development Stage | Greenfields exploration; 9,587m drill program completed |
Geology | Skarn-Porphyry |
Land Package | 41,464 has |
Exploration Highlights |
Hole GV2014-011 - 98.17 m grading 0.42 g/t Au and 0.16 g/t Ag; 26.98 m grading 1.07 g/t gold and 0.29 g/t silver, including a zone of 6.85 m grading 2.78 g/t gold and 0.92 g/t silver |
Access & Infrastructure | Excellent infrastructure with paved roads, power grid and mining labour force |
Project Interest | 100% Owned |
Biricu project is located the Guerrero Gold Belt (“GGB”) which has seen several million ounces of gold discovered along this mineralized trend since the 1990s which continues to increase with further brownfields resource expansion and new greenfields discoveries. Biricu’s proximity and geological resemblance to the Los Filos-Bermejal-Nukay gold mines in the GGB led Alamos Gold to stake the Biricu project concessions in 2010. They were subsequently optioned to Guerrero Ventures in 2012. Minaurum loaned Guerrero Ventures funds to explore Biricú in exchange for a controlling interest in the project in 2016. In 2019, Minaurum acquired a 100% interest in the Biricu project.
The Biricu mineralization appears to be related to skarn and hornfels alteration of Mezcala Formation shale and sandstone in proximity to diorite/granodiorite intrusive rocks. Cretaceous Morelos Formation limestone and the overlying Mezcala Formation shale are the oldest rock units in the Biricu area. These units are exposed in a NNE-SSW-trending syncline cored by the Mezcala Formation shales, with Morelos limestone exposed on the flanks at Biricu. Laramide dioritic stocks cut through the sedimentary rocks, most notably associated with a diatreme at the Punto Rojo prospect.
The transition from the limestone of the Morelos Formation to the limey shales and siltstones of the Mezcala Formation, where intruded by Laramide stocks is known to be favorable for gold mineralization in the Guerrero Gold Belt. Mineralization may occur along the margins of the intrusive bodies, especially at the levels of the Mezcala-Morelos transition, and/or within the intrusive bodies themselves.
Guerrero Ventures’ exploration, supervised by the renowned Guerrero Gold Belt veteran and late Minaurum director David M Jones, consisted of geological mapping, soil and rock-chip geochemical sampling, and an airborne VTEM-magnetics survey, in addition to a 21-hole, 9,587-m core drilling program carried out from 2012 to 2016. Surface mapping and sampling identified a line of intrusive rocks similar to those that host deposits in the Guerrero Gold Belt. Airborne geophysics discerned magnetic anomalies and conductors that may indicate intrusive bodies at depth.
Exploration drilling testing the Punto Rojo target returned 26.98 metres (m) grading 1.07 g/t gold and 0.29 g/t silver, including 6.85 m grading 2.78 g/t gold and 0.92 g/t silver.
Table 1. Guerrero Gold Belt Mineral Resources
Guerrero Gold Belt Mineral Resources | |||||||||
Company | Mine | Source | Category | Tonnes | Grade (g/t) | Contained Au | Tonnes | Grade (g/t) | Contained Ag |
Equinox Gold | Los Filos | Equinox Gold Feasibility Study Los Filos Expansion October 19, 2022 | Proven | 35,453,000 | 0.77 | 877,000 | 35,453,000 | 5.10 | 5,809,000 |
Webpage: Mineral Reserves and Resources | Probable | 157,773,000 | 0.88 | 4,477,000 | 157,773,000 | 7.20 | 36,761,000 | ||
P&P | 193,226,000 | 0.86 | 5,354,000 | 193,226,000 | 6.90 | 42,570,000 | |||
Measured | 47,306,000 | 1.15 | 1,757,000 | 47,306,000 | 7.20 | 10,876,000 | |||
Indicated | 278,020,000 | 0.69 | 6,140,000 | 278,020,000 | 7.40 | 66,485,000 | |||
M&I | 325,326,000 | 0.75 | 7,897,000 | 325,326,000 | 7.40 | 77,360,000 | |||
Inferred | 135,935,000 | 0.74 | 3,237,000 | 135,935,000 | 8.90 | 38,969,000 | |||
Total | 654,487,000 | 16,488,000 | 654,487,000 | 158,899,000 | |||||
Zacatecas Silver | Esperanza | Mineral Reserves & Resources Report Dec 31, 2021 Document | Proven | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Webpage: Esperanza Project | Probable | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
Wepage: Jan 3 2023 - News Release Zacatecas Silver | P&P | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
NI 43-101 Report December 30, 2022 - Zacatecas Silver | Measured | 4,204,000 | 1.45 | 137,000 | 4,204,000 | 10.30 | 832,000 | ||
Indicated | 26,334,000 | 1.24 | 775,000 | 26,334,000 | 10.00 | 7,678,000 | |||
M&I | 30,538,000 | 0.93 | 913,000 | 30,538,000 | 8.70 | 8,510,000 | |||
Inferred | 8,737,000 | 0.91 | 256,000 | 8,737,000 | 14.50 | 4,087,000 | |||
Total | 39,275,000 | 1,169,000 | 39,275,000 | 12,597,000 | |||||
Heliostar Metals | Ana Paula | NI 43-101 Report January 11, 2024 | Proven | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Webpage: Mineral Resources and Reserves | Probable | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
Webpage: Ana Paula Project | P&P | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
Measured | 1,110,000 | 8.97 | 320,204 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
Indicated | 2,240,000 | 5.42 | 390,716 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
M&I | 3,350,000 | 6.6 | 710,920 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
Inferred | 3,280,000 | 4.24 | 447,512 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
Total | 6,630,000 | 1,158,432 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Torex Gold | Morelos Complex | Webpage: Mineral Resources and Reserves | Proven | 10,283,000 | 3 | 991,000 | 10,283,000 | 9.90 | 3,269,000 |
Probable | 32,345,000 | 2.65 | 2,760,000 | 32,345,000 | 21.70 | 22,589,000 | |||
P&P | 42,627,000 | 2.74 | 3,751,000 | 42,627,000 | 18.90 | 25,858,000 | |||
Measured | 7,098,000 | 5.15 | 1,175,000 | 7,098,000 | 16.00 | 3,662,000 | |||
Indicated | 41,619,000 | 3.05 | 4,083,000 | 41,619,000 | 24.50 | 32,787,000 | |||
M&I | 48,717,000 | 3.36 | 5,258,000 | 48,717,000 | 23.30 | 36,449,000 | |||
Inferred | 15,085,000 | 2.67 | 1,297,000 | 15,085,000 | 24.70 | 11,955,000 | |||
Total | 106,429,000 | 10,306,000 | 106,429,000 | 74,262,000 |
Note: This presentation/website contains information about other properties in which Minaurum does not have an interest including Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd, Equinox Gold Corp., Heliostar Metals Limited, Torex Gold Resources and Zacatecas Silver Corp. Information about these properties is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the Company's properties.
Hole # | Length (m) | From(m) | To (m) | Width (m) | Au (g/t) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GV2014-002 | 616.00 | 163.92 | 164.34 | 0.42 | 8.90 |
GV2014-011 | 647.71 | 266.53 | 364.70 | 98.17 | 0.42 |
including | 284.00 | 310.98 | 26.98 | 1.07 | |
GV2014-15 | 235.3 | 18.00 | 19.19 | 1.19 | 1.10 |
Please see Guerrero Ventures Inc news release dated January 26, 2015 and Minaurum Gold Inc. news release dated January 10, 2017.