Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that Robert Giustra, Laurent Mathiot, Peter Gianulis, Marie-Hélène Bérard and Oleg Pelevin were elected as directors of Columbus at the 2020 Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on March 17, 2020 . In addition, shareholders approved the continuation of the existing Share Option Plan and the existing Shareholder Rights Plan until March 17 [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to provide a corporate update and growth strategy for 2020 as follows: A 5,000-metre core drilling program at the Maripa Gold Project in French Guiana is anticipated to commence during the second quarter of 2020; Montagne d'Or engineering studies for committed project improvements and modifications are anticipated to be completed in the first semester of 2020; A growth and diversification [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. Further to its news release of February 13, 2020 disclosing a proposed private placement with OCIM Finance for gross proceeds of CAD$2.5M, Columbus Gold announces that it has filed an amendment to its notice of meeting and information circular dated February 7, 2020 for the Company's annual general and special meeting of its shareholders to be held on March 17, 2020. The Amendment provides for a [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of CAD$2.5 million, to be fully subscribed by OCIM Finance , a precious metals merchant and financing company, controlled by Laurent Mathiot a director of Columbus Gold. The Private Placement is for 15,625,000 units at a price of CAD$0.16 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share of Columbus , and a half warrant. Each [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that Laurent Mathiot has been appointed a director of Columbus effective February 7, 2020 . Mr. Mathiot replaces Russell Ball who resigned effective September 30, 2019 to take on the CEO role at Calibre Mining Corp. . About Laurent Mathiot Mr. Mathiot is a third-generation member of the founding family of Paris based OCIM Group and the CEO of OCIM Finance. He has held several [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of CAD$1.25 million, fully subscribed by OCIM Finance . The OCIM Private Placement is for 7,812,500 units at a price of CAD$0.16 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share of Columbus , and a half warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder, on exercise, to purchase one Share at a price of CAD$0.24 [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to report on a very positive decision from the French government for the development of the gold mining industry in French Guiana, where Columbus is currently advancing its gold projects. In 2014, the French government had authorised the construction and operation of a cyanide processing pilot plant on the outskirts of Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, to treat gravity ore concentrates [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update on the 2019 exploration program at the Maripa gold project located in French Guiana. Columbus has an option to acquire up to a 70% interest in Maripa. Prospecting in the northern half of Maripa led to the discovery of 4 new quartz-gold vein systems exposed by artisanal mine workings in the vicinity of the Changement and Filon Dron gold zones: Site #1, located 150 [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce a high-grade gold discovery at the Maripa gold project located in French Guiana. Columbus has an option to acquire up to a 70% interest in Maripa. Prospecting by Columbus identified numerous artisanal mine workings 800 metres to the south of the past producing Changement mine, located within the northern part of the Maripa property; Sampling of stockpiles extracted from the [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced private placement , fully subscribed by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. , raising gross proceeds of CAD$1,250,000 through the issuance of 7,812,500 common shares of Columbus at a price of CAD$0.16 per Share and granting to Sandstorm a 0.5% net smelter returns royalty from Columbus' ownership interest on gold production from the [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to report on the conclusions of a French government report, which is highly favorable to the development of the Montagne d'Or gold project in French Guiana, France. As referenced by Columbus in multiple news releases over the course of the past 12 months, in 2018 the French government commissioned a taskforce to assess the social and economic benefits of, and the impacts associated with, the [...]
Columbus Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of an airborne geophysical survey at the Maripa gold project located in French Guiana. Columbus has an option to acquire up to 70% interest in Maripa. French consultants Tellus Environment were engaged to conduct: ○ a high-resolution magnetic and radiometric heliborne-borne geophysical survey; ○ processing and merging of the 2018 Lidar high density digital topographic survey data and the newly acquired airborne geophysical survey data; and ○ a comprehensive lineament, lithological and structural interpretation from the dataset. The purpose of study is to establish regional controls on gold mineralisation and continuity between the 5 partially drill-defined gold zones on the property. All flight autho... [...]