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.
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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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.
Hole # | Length (m) | From(m) | To (m) | Width (m) | Au (g/t) |
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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.