(GMV:TSXV)
GMV is just beginning work on two recently
acquired gold projects. The company
has just been reorganized and financed
in order to advance those projects.
After months of sitting in limbo as it
closed the deals, management is now starting
to tell the story. Fieldwork, that is now getting underway, could quickly generate
important news.
The two projects are located in Guyana.
That South American nation is quickly
emerging as an important gold producing
nation. The GMV properties are at early
stages, but have had enough work to demonstrate
that they have large-scale upside
potential.
Guyana hosts the same gold-bearing
greenstone belt that is so productive in
West Africa. In Venezuela, which
neighbors Guyana to the west, exploration
over several decades has turned up a number
of large gold deposits, some in excess
of 20 million ounces. Guyana is at an earlier
stage of exploration than its neighbour,
but the geology does not end at the line on
a map. With exploration in the country
ramping up, Guyana offers tremendous
discovery potential. Unlike Venezuela,
Guyana welcomes the mining industry
with a very supportive political situation.
Investors are only starting to wake up to
the tremendous exploration potential and
the favorable investment climate in Guyana.
GMV is headed by Ian Klassen who has
many years of political and business experience.
His extensive background includes
being a senior political advisor to
the Canadian government. Ian is working
toward building a strong team to advance
the Guyana projects
GMV can earn a 100% interest in the
Shoreham property in return for $3 million
of exploration expenditures and the issuance
of 3 million shares. The company is
presently evaluating the geological information
on those properties and is also
working toward further acquisitions that
could extend the property position.
In July, GMV optioned a large property
position from a Guyana miner. That individual
has been operating an alluvial mining
operation on the property for several years, producing 60,000 to 75,000 ounces
per year from the surface gravels. The
option involves 483,000 acres of mineral
rights. To exercise the option, GMV must
pay $1 million over two years and spend
$5 million on the property within three
years. In addition, the vendor is to receive
shares in GMV that would give him 30%
of the outstanding shares.
As in most wet tropical areas, it is difficult
to get a clear view of the bedrock geology.
The surface is typically weathered into
clays and gravels for depths ranging from
meters to tens of meters. It is often difficult
to determine if that weathered material
originated in situ or if it was transported.
In this case, it appears the saprolite was
formed in situ, and that implies that there
may be a hard-rock gold source located
nearby.
GMV geologists have several reasons to
believe that the gold in the gravels is derived
from a nearby hard-rock source. That
premise is based on work conducted by the
Guyana geological survey, from work
done by other companies in the area and
from recent work conducted on behalf of
GMV.
The company has already initiated exploration
work on the property. The immediate
objectives include compiling the geological
information from various sources,
surface sampling and geophysical surveys.
That work will form the basis for a drilling
program, expected to get under way in the
coming weeks.
The significant concentration of gold in
the saprolite and the presence of gold values
over an extensive area, combined with
the regional geological setting are conducive
to the project hosting a large gold
resource.
At this time, GMV’s projects are at an
early stage and highly speculative. The
flipside is that a gold discovery in that
setting would quickly translate into enormous
gains in share value.
The share price has just begun to move,
but the company remains largely unknown
in the investment community, as management
is just completing the corporate reorganization
and getting the fieldwork underway. The share price should continue
to advance in the near term as management
works toward greater investor recognition.
Positive news from the exploration
program could have a very substantial
impact.
Price oct 4 45c
Shares Outstanding: 36.5 million
Shares Fully Diluted: 36.5 million
Contact: Investor Relations
604-899-0106
www.gmvminerals.com