Project Snapshot
OVERVIEW
The La Mina project comprises two concessions covering 3,208 hectares, located in the Department of Antioquia, Republic of Colombia, approximately 51 km southwest of Medellin. GoldMining Inc. (“the Company”) owns the property through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc.
The Mineral Resource Estimate for La Mina includes the La Cantera, La Garrucha, and Middle Zone porphyry deposits, which are located within 1,000 meters of each other.
From late March to mid-August 2022, the Company completed a diamond core drilling program comprising five drill holes for 3,485 m at the La Garrucha deposit, a porphyry mineral system that measures over 400 m in strike length by 300 m in width and extends at least 775 m below surface where it remains open. Gold and copper mineralization in the La Garrucha porphyry intrusive complex is accompanied by strong potassic alteration, characterized by secondary potassium feldspar and biotite, disseminated and vein magnetite, quartz stockwork veining, and both vein-hosted and disseminated sulfides that include pyrite, chalcopyrite, and lesser bornite.
Location
51 km southwest of Medellín, Antioquia.
Property Size
3,208 Ha
Ownership
100%
Commodity
Gold, Copper
Infrastructure
Paved Highway, water, and nearby electrical power grid
Deposit Type
Gold-copper porphyry and epithermal
Location
The mineral titles are located in the municipalities of Venecia and Fredonia, Department of Antioquia, 51km SW of Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city. The entire La Mina project area forms a 3,208-hectare block centered at 5°55'19" and 75°44'42"W. This region has a long history of gold mining going back several centuries. The mineral titles are located within the Municipalities of Venecia and Fredonia, Department of Antioquia.
The project has a well-equipped campsite including offices, accommodations, and core processing facilities, which is accessible by a gravel road.
Geology and Mineralization
The La Mina project is located within the Middle Cauca Belt of Miocene volcano-plutonic rocks in central Colombia. This belt hosts several significant porphyry gold or copper-gold disseminated deposits such as La Colosa, Titiribí, Quebradona, and Quinchia, as well as large epithermal gold districts such as Marmato.
The La Mina project consists of shallow porphyries of intermediate composition and associated breccias that intrude the Combia Formation. The intrusive centers hosting the porphyry-related gold-copper mineralization are La Cantera, Zona Media, El Limón, and La Garrucha targets.
Current Activities:
- Historic drilling completed: 106 holes (36,815 m)
- The maiden drill program for GoldMining Inc. discovered the La Garrucha deposit, adding approx. 1.0 million oz AuEq in the Inferred category and 0.2 million oz AuEq in the Indicated category at a cost of only $1.2 million.
- 2023 updated La Mina mineral resource estimate, inclusive of La Garrucha:
- Indicated: 33.77 Mt grading 0.73 g/t gold (790,000 oz), 2.08 g/t silver (2,250,000 oz), 0.21% copper (159,410,000 lbs) or 1.06 g/t gold equivalent (1,150,000 oz) at 0.30 g/t cut-off.
- Inferred: 56.23 Mt grading 0.58 g/t gold (1,050,000 oz), 2.32 g/t silver (4,190,000 oz), 0.14% copper (171,430,000 lbs) or 0.80 g/t gold equivalent (1,450,000 oz) at 0.30 g/t gold cut-off. (See Resource Statement)
- Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA’) for the La Mina Project, Colombia, with Life of Mine Production of 1.74 Million Gold Equivalent Ounces, and an after-tax NPV of US$274 million at a gold price $1,750 per ounce, published September 2023. We are continuing to advance and de-risk La Mina to crystallize potential value outlined in the PEA.
- Environmental assessment and stakeholder consultation activities.
- Geological modelling and exploration target analysis.
Resource Statement
Mineral Resource Estimate for La Mina Project (December 20, 2022)1, 2, 3, 4
1. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty that all or any part of the mineral resources will be converted into mineral reserves. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.
2. The above global resource estimate table is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to represent the viability of any project on a standalone or global basis. The exploration and development of each project, project geology and the assumptions and other factors underlying each estimate, are not uniform and will vary from project to project. Please refer to the technical report for each respective project, as referenced herein, for detailed information respecting each individual project.
3. All quantities are rounded to the appropriate number of significant figures; consequently, sums may not add up due to rounding.
4. Gold cut-off based on g/t
5. Notes for La Mina: see technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the La Mina Project", with an effective date of July 24, 2023, which is available at www.sedarplus.ca under GoldMining Inc.’s SEDAR+ profile.