| Gold
Projects, Columbia
31.8% equity interest
In May 2011, Polo completed an investment of approximately
US$4 million in the gold exploration company Andina Gold Corp.
(“Andina”), a company incorporated
and registered in the British Virgin Islands.
Polo subscribed for 15,898,784 new ordinary shares in Andina
at a price of US$0.244, constituting 31.8% of its issued shares.
The proceeds of the subscription and the placing from third
party investors were used by Andina to acquire a 100% interest
in a greenfield gold exploration project in Colombia (the
“San Bolivar Gold Project”) from
R&C Group SAS (“R&C”) and other parties.
Polo and R&C will each have two director representatives
on Andina’s board of four directors and one of Polo’s
directors will act as Chairman. Polo has also been appointed
as Operator of the exploration phase.
Andina is interested in applications for 29 gold concessions
in the San Bolivar area of Columbia which make up the San
Bolivar Gold Project. The Southern Bolívar area of
Colombia is the third most important gold producing region
in the country, after Antioquia and Choco. The Southern Bolivar
region is known as a traditional mining district. Colombia
produced during 2009 approximately 47.8 tons of gold, a figure
that is expected to rise in future years.
Polo is currently in the process of finalising its proposed
exploration program which it will present to the Board of
Directors of Andina in the next 4-6 weeks.
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