Serra Pelada Project
Serra Pelada
Country Brazil 
Province Carajas
Close to Curionopolis
Status EARLY DISCOVERY 
Latitude / Longitude 05 S 56 / 49 W 39
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Risk and valuation analysis of the Serra Pelada Project
Status Risk : Early discovery
Country Risk : Moderate
Title(s) of the Serra Pelada Project
Colossus Minerals Inc
Owner: 100%
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The Serra Pelada Gold-Platinum-Palladium Project mineral tenement is held by Cooperativa de Mineração dos Garimpeiros de Serra Pelada (“COOMIGASP”), a limited liability Brazilian company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Colossus Minerals Inc.
Location of the Serra Pelada Project
Serra Pelada is situated in the Carajas region near the towns of Curionopolis and Parauapebas, Para State, northern Brazil. Access and infrastructure are excellent
 
History of the Serra Pelada Project
Discovered in 1979, Serra Pelada hosted the largest ever gold rush in Latin America (view Serra Pelada Garimpo). During the 1980s, up to 80,000 garimpeiros (artisanal miners) produced an estimated 2 million ounces of gold plus platinum and palladium, more...
 
Geology of the Serra Pelada Project
The Serra Pelada deposit is hosted by Archaean metasediments of the Rio Fresco Group which unconformably overlain by greenstone belts and gneissic basement, intruded by several ages of mafic-ultramafic and granitoid plutons (view local geology).
 
Exploration and drilling
11/16/2011Discovers Extensive Anomalies at Serra Pelada From Soil Geoc...
11/30/2010Provides Update on Development Progress at Serra Pelada
10/21/2010Step Out Drilling at Serra Pelada Extends the Central Minera...
7/13/2010Commences Drilling for the Extensions
6/2/2010Commences Exploration on New Ground in the Serra Pelada Gold...
5/17/2010COOMIGASP Shareholder Approval of Agreements to Acquire 774 ...
5/7/2010Granting of a Mining License
3/30/2010. and COOMIGASP Sign Agreements to Acquire 774 Hectares of A...
3/9/2010Preliminary Environmental License Approved
12/18/2009Approval of the Final Exploration Report for the Serra Pelad...
11/4/2009Media Coverage: “Colossus Delivers More Monster Holes at Ser...
11/4/2009Commences Metallurgical Testing on Gold-Platinum-Palladium M...
6/2/2009Sponsors First Essay Writing Contest in Serra Pelada
4/29/2009Announces the Commencement of Reverse Circulation Drilling P...
4/10/2009Ramps Up Serra Pelada Program; Welcomes New COOMIGASP Presid...
Discoveries and Drilling Results
12/15/2011Extends High Grade Subzones in the CMZ and Expands the GT Zo...
3/24/2011Drills 7.81 Metres at 136.43 g/t Gold, 249.20 g/t Platinum a...
10/21/2010Step Out Drilling at Serra Pelada Extends the Central Minera...
6/24/2010Discovers Two New Mineralised Zones and Drills 50.85 Metres ...
10/2/2009“Colossus drill results “incredible”
9/3/2009Drills 4.15 Metres @ 8.04 g/t Gold, 154.5 g/t Platinum and 2...
2/11/20097.88M @ 98.4 g/t Platinum, 115.7 g/t Palladium, 2.74 g/t Rho...
2/11/2009Colossus Minerals Assays 7.88 Metres @ 98.4 g/t Platinum, 11...
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Data last updated on : 9/3/2009
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