Set against the backdrop of a continuing bull gold market, Quimbaya Gold’s significant exploration upside stands out for its considerable land holding surrounded by proven world-class gold deposits in Colombia’s most prolific gold mining district.
Quimbaya’s most valuable asset by far, however, is its people. The company has assembled a powerhouse team, combining extensive mining and corporate finance expertise with strong ties to communities throughout the country. Quimbaya’s leadership includes Ernesto Cardenas, creator of the country’s first interactive mining register.
CEO Alexandre P. Boivin brings a decade of expertise in mining and finance, and played a key role in raising funds for Quimbaya. Country manager Andres Felipe Rodriguez is the co-founder of the Colombian Exploration Association and the first large-scale prospector and discoverer of the potential of the mining district of Abejorral – Sonsón in Antioquia.
Factor in Quimbaya’s capital structure, and it’s easy to see why the company is so promising — and how it could easily become one of the leading junior mining companies in Colombia.
The Tahami project currently consists of 17,087 hectares, of which 2,499 hectares are under concession contracts and 14,588 hectares are in application. The project is located on the easternmost side of Segovia and the San Lucas Range foothills.
Tahami’s concessions also host four artisanal mines known as Salomon, Captain, North and South mines with historical data related mainly to a quartz-pyrite sheeted veins system placed in a wide shear zone developed by El Bagre fault action over Jurassic rocks of Segovia Batholith and Cretacic Volcano sedimentary sequences. Another interesting showing has been registered in the Tahami project, including quartz-breccia bodies and punctual stockwork zones.
The mines of the Tahami project share different origins. porphyry-type alteration zoning is developing along Salomon and Captain and even more, is extending in the southeastern direction towards North and South mines. The intensity and extension of this hydrothermal alteration depict a huge geologic potential for a massive occurrence of medium-big scale gold-copper deposit. Additionally, other similar features compared to Aris Mining sheeted veins systems have been spotted in North and South mines, including geologic orientation of structures and mineralization hosted in massive quartz veins.
Covering a total of 33,223 hectares, Maitamac’s nine claims are surrounded by multiple areas of high gold mining potential owned by the Colombian state. These areas all have the potential to be fully transferred to Quimbaya through the Colombian State’s mining business trading program. Several gold occurrences throughout the claims have already been reported and Quimbaya has identified at least two initial targets — Los Bonitos and La Morelia.
Maitamac is near Prudent Minerals’ Abe Gold project, with quartz vein-hosted mineralization along a 30-meter wide structural corridor for over two kilometers which is open in all directions. Mined mineralized shoots in the project average a gold grade of 26 grams per ton.
The Berrio project’s initial 8,746 hectares comprises 1,217 hectares under concession contracts and 7,529 hectares in application.
Berrio has the benefit of being close to established and accessible infrastructure including paved roads, water, electricity, accommodation facilities and an airport. The project was the site of extensive artisanal mining, gradually transformed into small-scale industrial mining as is the case of El Vapor Mine.
El Vapor Mine hosts different systems of gold mineralization in a shear zone formed by the Nus fault in a trend of 2 kilometers in length where Segovia Batholith and Metasediments of Segovia are also exposed. Because several showings and artisanal mines have been reported in the area, the Colombian State selected numerous areas around Berrio Project as mineral areas of interest to research and determine mineral potential.
Alexandre P. Boivin boasts a decade of expertise in Colombian mining, corporate finance, capital markets and business development. He’s played a key role in raising funds, spearheading project development and handling exploration and product deals. Boivin’s corporate finance and capital markets background have been key in raising capital for project development.
Juan Sanchez has 10 years of experience as a manager in the mining sector. He has been active in commodities trading and financial services in Europe and South America. He is currently the Colombia Country Manager for the Swiss trading company Open Mineral AG.
Bill De Jong is a lawyer at DLA Piper, specializing in securities and mining groups. Having served on numerous boards, he brings more than a decade of experience in law and corporate development, advising on financings, M&As and more.
Starting his career in 1980 at United Mining Corporation, Pietro Solari spent 40 years in banking before investing in various sectors’ private equity deals in Latin America.
Juan Bayona, an economist by education, is a US citizen, born in Colombia , and brings over 30 years of management experience. Bayona began his career first at DH Blair while participating in over 20 IPOs of small cap companies, working in all corporate finance and capital markets areas.
Olivier Berthiaume is a dedicated CFO and former independent accountant with a decade of experience. He excels in managing financial operations, offering budget guidance and driving strategic decisions across diverse organizations.
PhD in Geology from Queen’s Canada. Over 20 years of international experience in mining exploration in Colombia, Canada, Australia, Guyana, Mexico and Chile.
Fernanda Martinez is an exploration geologist with nine years of experience. She has worked with Agnico Eagle, AUX Colombia, Eco Oro and multiple institutions with mineral potential for State-owned strategic mineral areas.
Ernesto Cardenas is a systems engineer and founder of Sigmin, a company specialized in the generation of new mining assets in Colombia. He is also the creator of Colombia’s first interactive mining register.
Francois Goulet is a registered geologist with the Ordre des géologues du Québec and holds a master’s degree in structural geology. As the ex-CEO of Harfang Exploration Inc., Goulet has extensive international experience in mining projects in tropical and northern environments. He also sits on the board of AEMQ
For 45 years, Jean Depatie has led mining firms including Glamis Gold, Novicourt and Consolidated Thomson Iron Mines. He has contributed to several multi-billion dollar transactions.
Rejean Gosselin has spent 35 years founding and promoting junior mining companies worldwide. He is credited with gold and base metal discoveries in both Canada and Mexico
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