| Risk and valuation analysis of the Amapari Project |
| Status Risk : Care and Maintenance |
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| Title(s) of the Amapari Project |
 | New Gold Inc.
Owner: 100% |
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| 100% Mineração Pedra Branca do Amapari (MPBA, a subsidiary of New Gold Inc.) |
 | Beadell Resources |
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| Location of the Amapari Project |
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The mine is located in the Vila Nova Greenstone Belt, part of the Guiana Shield that covers the northern part of Brazil, parts of the Guianas and extends northwest into eastern Venezuela. The mine is situated 15 km from the town of Serra do Navio, where a local company operated a manganese mine for more than 40 years until its exhaustion in 1998
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| History of the Amapari Project |
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The Amapari Gold Mine (Amapari) was successfully commissioned in the second half of 2005. Commercial production commenced in January 2006.
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| Geology of the Amapari Project |
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The gold mineralization is hosted by iron and carbonate-rich chemical units of the William Formation, part of the volcano-sediments of the Vila Nova Group. The deposits have skarn characteristics, and are also related to hydrothermalism along a shear more...
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