| Yaou Project |
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French Guyana
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Cayenne |
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PRODUCTION
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1 km² / 247 acres |
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Latitude / Longitude |
4 N 48 / 53 W 41 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Yaou Project |
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| Title(s) of the Yaou Project |
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Owner: 100% |
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| Location of the Yaou Project |
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The Yaou mining project is located 12km north east of the town of Maripasoula and 230km south west of Cayenne, in French Guiana.
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| History of the Yaou Project |
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1904 The alluvial seam is discovered in the Yaou creek.
1981 to 1983 The French Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières or BRGM (French Bureau of mining and geological research) detects a series of gold geochemical anomalies in the sector betwe more...
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| Geology of the Yaou Project |
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Like other pre-Cambian shields, the Guiana shield is made up of a regional series of geological formations including granite and ancient sedimentary and volcanic rock, called the Paramaca greenstone belt. The structure and texture of these rock formations is very similar to that of volcanic and sedimentary rocks which is considered to be favorable to gold deposition.
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Data last updated on : 12/31/2006
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Disclaimer
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