Thayer Lindsley International Discovery Award |
This award, which honours the memory of one of Canada’s greatest mine finders, recognizes an individual or a team of explorationists credited with a recent significant mineral discovery anywhere in the world. |
Winning the 2008 award is the exploration team of Aurelian Resources Inc. for its epithermal gold-silver discovery at the company’s Condor property in south-eastern Ecuador and, more specifically, at the Fruta Del Norte project on the property. The deposit stands at 58.9 million tonnes grading 7.23 g/t gold and 11.8 g/t silver for 13.7 million ounces of contained gold and 22.4 million ounces of contained silver.
Aurelian co-founders Patrick Anderson and Keith Barron and exploration manager Steve Leary will accept the award on behalf of the other members of the team. They are Jaime Galarza; Jorge Lema; Federico Mera; Vinicio Pazmay; Alan San Martin; Carlos Santa Cruz; and Julio Soto.