llave oro fact sheet march 2012
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WESTERN EDGE OF THE CRATON
MET TALOGENIC BELT AGE
Late Cretaceous Early Tertiary
Eocene
Miocene
Choco Belt
Middle Cauca
Belt
Antioquia Batholith
Bay Adelaide Centre, Suite 1200, 333 Bay St., Toronto, ON, M5H 2R2, Canada P +1 416.309.4325 F +1 416.364.3346 E [email protected] www.llaveoro.com
PoPales Project• Located150kmNWofMedellin
intheprolificcauca Belt• Multiplegoldbearingveins
identifiedthroughpreliminaryexploration
• MineralizationsimilartoBuritica4Moz.deposit
• Identified45high-gradeBuritica-likeveins
• Highgradeveinandbulk mining potential
• Drill-ready projectwiththelocationof7drill-holesidentified
• Veinsfromtraceto68 g/t au• Alteredrockbetweenveins
assayedat13g/tAu• Artisanalmininginventory
(ongoing)
El Rayo PRojEct• Locatedapproximately55km
NEofMedellinintheprolificantioquia Batholith Belt
• Opencutexposesashear zoneroughly11mwide,lengthappearstobe1+km
• Geochemistryofrockchipandsoilsamplesindicatetwo mineralized zones:
• 200mby50mofgoldanomaliesrangingfrom0.1to5.4g/tAu
• 270mby170mrangingfrom0.1to2.6g/tAu
• Surfacesamplingshowedsignificantanomaliesofgold
• chip samplesyielded4.2g/tAuupto16.6g/tAu
• Oldpitsandtunnelsinthearea• AngloGoldAshanti,Gramalote
andB2Goldnearby
•Early-stageinvestmentopportunity•Start-uplevelvaluation•BestinclassteamwithatrackrecordofsignificantexplorationsuccessincludingdiscoveryofContinentalGold’sBuriticaProject
•Projectslocatedinavery prolific gold region
•PopalesprojecthasverysimilarmineralizationandisontrendwithBuriticaProject
Investor Highlights
Cauca Belt
WESTERN EDGE OF
THE CRATON
Antioquia Batholith
ChocoBelt
COLOMBIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
•Ongoingprograms:•Geologicalmappingandsampling• Identificationofdrillreadytargets,inadvanceofadrillingprogram
•Continuedduediligenceonadditionalprojectacquisitions
•Advancingthepublic listingprocess•Still“earlydays”inColombia
•SteadiestGDPgrowthinLatinAmerica1970–2007
•SecondbestinvestorprotectioninLatinAmerica•VastexpertiseinColombia
A Premier Gold Explorer in Colombia
A P
remier G
old Explorer in C
olombia
Gold Focus•Largescalegoldprojectacquisitionsidentified•LocatedinAntioquiaandBolivarstates•Veryprolificgoldregionoverpastseveralhundredyears•Majorsnearby:
•AngloGoldAshanti(NYSE:AU),ContinentalGold(TSX:CNL),MedoroResources(MRS:CA),WaymarResources(TSX.V–WYM)
•Managedsecurityenvironments•Additionalstrategicandinfluentialrelationshipsbeingpursued
Why Colombia?•FifthlargesteconomyinLatinAmerica:GDPUS$285billion(IMF)
•SteadiestGDPgrowthinLatinAmerica1970–2007(WorldBank)
•LowestaverageinflationinLatinAmerica1998–2008(DANE)
•SecondbestbusinessclimateinLatinAmerica(WorldBank)
•SecondbestinvestorprotectioninLatinAmerica(Forbes)
•FourthlargestmarketcapitalizationtotalinLatinAmerica
•US$8.8billioninfrastructureinvestmentthrough2012
•Nominalcorporatetaxrateapproximately33%
MIChAELR.SMIth,R.G.President
JOhNCARLESSO ExecutiveChairman
BALMEREChEVERRIVicePresidentofExploration
ADRIANAGONzALEzGeneralManager
MARtAtOBON DirectorofCorporateSocialResponsibility
GORDONWyLIE Director
MARCBAMBER Director
StEVENKhAN,CFA,MBADirector
Management Team & Board of Directors
Bay Adelaide Centre, Suite 1200, 333 Bay St., Toronto, ON, M5H 2R2, Canada P +1 416.309.4325 F +1 416.364.3346 E [email protected] www.llaveoro.com