The Next Big Gold Discovery in Colombia?
Quimbaya Gold (WKN A3DT3C / CSE QIM) with its high-grade exploration projects in the Antioquia region, Colombia’s most important mining district, is in our opinion one of the most exciting new gold stories from South America. The Canadian company relies on the latest exploration methods under an experienced and successful management team that has extensive, long-standing expertise in the South American country.
And now they have also secured the knowledge and manpower of a renowned geologist who not only has many years of experience in (gold) exploration in Latin America and Colombia, but especially in Antioquia, where three of Quimbaya’s projects are located. The expert, Ricardo Sierra, who has been advising Quimbaya as a technical consultant until now, is immediately taking over the leadership of exploration at the young gold company!
Comprehensive Experience in Exactly the Right Region
Mr. Sierra lives in the Colombian city of Manizales near Medellin and thus close to the company’s main projects. He is a professional economic geologist with more than 18 years of exploration experience in Colombia, Chile, Cuba, and Brazil related to orogenic, mesothermal and porphyry-like deposits as well as epithermal systems, skarn and stratabound deposits. Juan Ricardo Sierra began his career with the commodity giant Anglo American as an exploration geologist in greenfield and brownfield exploration and supervised diamond drilling on the group’s Colombian and Chilean properties.
He deepened his knowledge of vein systems, which is crucial for understanding mineralization processes, as exploration manager at Continental Gold (which Zijin Mining Group acquired in 2020 for CAD 1.9 billion (!)) on their Buritica gold and silver deposit – in Antioquia. During his time at Continental Gold, Mr. Sierra was also involved in regional exploration (Choco, Nariño, Cauca, Antioquia). After leaving Continental Gold in 2020, he worked as exploration manager at Collective Mining Inc. (TSX: CNL). Since 2021, Mr. Sierra has advised various companies operating in Colombia, Brazil, and Cuba, including, as mentioned, Quimbaya Gold, where he is now taking on a more active role.
Mr. Sierra graduated in Geology from Universidad de Caldas (Colombia) in 2007 and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). He is also a Qualified Person (QP) according to the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 standard and simultaneously a Competent Person (CP) of the Comision Colombiana de Recursos y Reservas Mineras (CCRR) (Colombian Commission for Mining Resources and Reserves).
On the Hunt for the Next Big Gold Discovery in Colombia
Alexandre P. Boivin, President and CEO of Quimbaya Gold, also emphasizes the importance that Mr. Sierra will have for his company in the future: “Due to his direct exploration experience in Antioquia, Colombia, he is the right person to help us make the next big gold discovery in one of the best gold-rich areas in the world.”
We consider it an important step that Quimbaya Gold was able to secure Mr. Sierra’s services as VP Exploration. The young company has conducted extensive preparatory investigations on its most important project, Tahami South, over the past year, and we expect that under Mr. Sierra’s leadership, they will aggressively advance the property, which is located in the immediate vicinity of Aris Mining‘s (TSX ARIS / WKN A3DTTG) approved, profitably producing mining operation. We will present this exciting story to the readers of Goldinvest.de in detail in the near future!
