Slide 1: Tocantins Gold Project
CREATING VALUE THROUGH DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA Tocantins Gold Project Lara Option to Acquire 100% 1
Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements
Forward Looking Statements Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as “plan”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “antici
Slide 3: Tocantins Gold Project
Tocantins Gold Project • Located near the town of Conceição de Tocantins, on the interstate highway between Brasilia and Palmas. • Lara has acquired all rights to the property in exchange for assuming costs going forward and splitting 50:50 the proceeds of an eventual development or sale. 3
Slide 4: Tocantins Gold Project
Tocantins Gold Project • 9,103-hectare exploration license, covering >10km of Lower Proterozoic greenstone belts. • Area mined sporadically on a small scale since colonial times. Large database of surface work and drilling, including a number of very encouraging gold intercepts. • Gold in shear-host
Slide 5: Recent Artisanal Mining
Recent Artisanal Mining • Small-scale workings at Moinho (photo from May 2008). • Garimpeiros working secondary material: alluvial, soil, laterite and weathered rock (saprolite). • Profile ~5m: iron-rich duricrust <1m thick, laterite <2m thick and saprolite of variable thickness. • Sampling at the M
Slide 6: Recent Diamond Drilling
Recent Diamond Drilling • Location of 2008 diamond drill holes and table of intercepts >3g/t gold.