Colombia provides a unique opportunity for gold exploration.
Formerly the largest gold producer in South America, the country has
produced over 80 million ounces of gold. Civil unrest prevented the
country from experiencing the exploration boom of the 1980s that
propelled Peru and Brazil to become major gold producers.
Improved security conditions since 2002 under the Democratic Security
Policy of the administration of former Colombian Government have
allowed a new wave of modern exploration.
At the same time, Colombia´s cities have prospered and developed into
modern business hubs complete with the high standard of infrastructure
and services that exploration and mining companies require.
Mining is a significant sector in the Colombia economy and one of the country´s largest export sectors. There is a variety of minerals, including gold, nickel, silver, platinum, copper and uranium, in mines throughout the country. Colombia is the largest exporter of high quality emeralds in the world.
Economy
Colombia has one of the most stable economies in Latin America, keeping a steady growth rate over the last decade
Under Colombia mining law, foreign individuals and corporations have the same rights as Colombian individuals and corporations, and Colombian governmental regulatory bodies are specifically prohibited from requiring any additional or different requirements than would be required of a Colombian individual or corporation
Colombia is perceived as the only Latin American country that repays its foreign debt on a timely basis
The Colombian labour force is considered to be one of the most qualified and competitive in Latin America in terms of costs at management and operational levels. Colombia has one of the most flexible labour regulations in Latin America
Colombia is strategically located at an intermediate point between North and South America. Its coastlines run along the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and it has modern port infrastructure
Colombia is the third largest market in size in South America, after Brazil and Mexico, with a population of over 48 million people
Colombia has one of the highest percentages of public utility coverage in South America. It has modern telecommunications infrastructure and has invested substantially in transportation infrastructure
More than 400 multinational companies operate in, or trade with, the country
Quotes and Statistics on Colombia
Ranked number 3 in Latin America for ease of doing business and number 54 globally (Doing Business 2016 – World Bank)
Ranked number 1 in minority investor protection in Latin America (Doing Business 2016 – World Bank)
Ranked number 2 in dealing with construction permits in Latin America (Doing Business 2016 – World Bank)
3rd largest economy in South America in 2012 (GDP US$500 billion) (International Monetary Fund, 2013)
Colombian economy real GDP growth rate averaged 4.1% from 2013-2015 (U.S. Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration, 2016)
“Colombia’s economic performance remains solid. I commended the government’s policy response to the sharp drop in world oil prices by strengthening fiscal policy more than required under the fiscal rule and by tightening monetary policy while allowing the exchange rate to depreciate. The agenda to upgrade infrastructure is a key reform that will improve the country’s prospects over the medium term.”
–Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director, February 5, 2016
“Colombia has remained a leader in economic growth in Latin America, and a firm example of sound macroeconomic policies for emerging markets. In the first half of this year, Colombia grew at a rate of 2.9%, in a region that is expected to grow only 0.5% this year. On the domestic front, Colombia’s economic strategy has secured a growing middle-class. In the past five years, 4.5 million Colombians, roughly the population of Ireland, came out of poverty. Employment figures are robust.”
– Hon. Mauricio Cardenas Santamaria, Govenor of the Bank for Colombia, October 9, 2015
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November 15, 2016
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Segovia
Gran Colombia produces gold from the Segovia Operations,
an area of approximately 9,000 hectares in the Segovia-Remedios mining
district of Antioquia.
These high-grade mines have been in continuous operation
for over 150 years and over that time have
produced an estimated 5 million ounces of gold.
The Segovia Operations include
The El Silencio Gold Mines,
Providencia Gold Mines and
Sandra K underground gold mines
in the Municipality of Segovia, and
the Carla underground gold mine in the Municipality of Remedios,
located approximately 10 km southeast of the Segovia mines.
Mining operations incorporate both Company-operated areas and an
artisanal miner model that contracts local third party miners
to work in Gran Colombia’s concessions and to deliver the ore
to Gran Colombia’s mill for processing.
Since taking control of the assets in 2010, Gran Colombia has initiated
an extensive exploration and drilling program around the existing mines
to identify new resources to be able to expand production and has
commenced exploration in new areas of its concessions to identify
potential new production areas.
Simultaneously, the Company is in the midst of an extensive
modernization program at the historical mines to introduce
mechanization, to improve production efficiency and safety, and
to reduce its all-in sustaining costs.
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Marmato
Acquired in the 2011 merger with Medoro, the Marmato Project contains
total estimated resources of approximately 14 million ounces of gold
and almost 90 million ounces of silver located in the Caldas department
in the heart of the Middle Cauca gold district.
The Marmato Project has excellent infrastructure, being located by the
Pan American Highway with access to Medellin to the north and
Manizales to the south, and has access to
the national electricity grid which runs near the property.
The Marmato district has been exploited since pre-Colonial times by
the Quimbaya people.
The Spanish colonists assumed control of the Marmato mines in 1527 and
the area has been in almost continuous production ever since.
The gold resource of Marmato was so significant that Simon Bolivar,
the revolutionary leader who liberated much of South America from
Spanish rule, used the mines as collateral with British banks
to secure funding for a war of independence against Spain.
The various areas of the Marmato mountain
were consolidated in 2009 and 2010 by Medoro:
the Zona Alta exploration project,
the producing Marmato underground mine in Zona Baja and
the Echandia exploration project to the north.
The consolidation of the different areas means Gran Colombia
is in a position to explore, develop and, subject to feasibility and
permitting, expand mining operations at Marmato.
In 2012, the Company identified a new deep zone that contains
approximately 300 million tonnes of potential mineralization, and
is not represented in the current total resource estimate at Marmato
as described above.
This mineralization zone is open at depth and is open along strike
in both directions.
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Zancudo
The Zancudo project in the Titirib mining district of Antioquia
comprises a historical gold mine,
the Independencia Mine,
in the Middle Cauca Gold Belt that produced
about 130,000 ounces of gold with recovered grades
of 14.6 g/t Au and 108.4 g/t Ag.
The Independencia Mine exploited an epithermal to mesothermal,
intermediate sulphidation type vein system that was exploited
over 3.5 km with known depths of over 900m.
Gran Colombia completed a 12,000m drilling program at Zancudo in 2011
and 2012 that focused on defining new potential resources by following
the strike and shallow dip extensions of the Santa Catalina vein that
occurs to the west of the historical Independencia Mine.
Gran Colombia halted further exploration work on this property
while it completes the modernization project at its
Segovia Operations.
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Gran Colombia Gold Announces Third Quarter and First Nine Months 2016 Results; Expecting Over 144,000 Ounces of Annual Gold Production for 2016 at an AISC Below $850 per Ounce
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