BARU GOLD Corp Starts Heap Leach Equipment & Staff Sourcing, Begins Land Acquisition & Updates Production Licence
News Release
December 7, 2020 Trading Symbol: “BARU: TSX.V | BARUF:US”
BARU GOLD CORP STARTS HEAP LEACH EQUIPMENT & STAFF
SOURCING, BEGINS LAND ACQUISITION & UPDATES PRODUCTION
LICENCE
Baru Gold Corp (“Baru Gold” or “The Company”) is pleased to announce it has commenced
the sourcing of heap leach operational equipment , and the hiring of mining contractors. We
are also happy to provide an update on the operational licence.
Baru Gold’s CEO, Terry Filbert, comments, “Baru Gold continues to move ahead toward
commencement of production and cash flow from gold production on the Sangihe project
in the first half of 2021. We have begun procuring equipment and additional land, and we
expect the Operation Licence to be signed off as soon as the Indonesian Mining Department
(EDSM) re-opens after its shutdown due to COVID-19. The health and safety of our staff is
our top priority and I would like to thank our team for following the health and safety
protocols to keep COVID-19 under control within the Company despite the recent second
wave of the pandemic sweeping through Jakarta.”
EQUIPMENTS & CONTRACTORS FOR MINING
With the Environmental Permit application (AMDAL) approval in October, and the
subsequent payment of the outstanding financial obligations paid in Q4 2020, Baru Gold
has ramped up operational activities by procuring the supplies necessary for the 100,000
tonne heap leach pad outlined in the Company’s business plan. The construction of the
heap leach operation has begun and it is not contingent on receipt of the operational permit,
which is expected once the Mining Department re-opens.
As the operation is just starting up, initial cash capital expenditure outlay will be minimized
through the leasing of excavators, dump trucks, and dozers from local contractors, and the
sourcing of other small equipment and supplies from local vendors.
ADDITIONAL LAND ACQUISITION
Based on data compiled by the Company’s engineering team, the Company has completed
its survey of the areas required for mining operations. We will soon be completing the land
acquisition with the government and the local land users for the additional land needed for
the project. These additional hectares at Sangihe will provide Baru Gold with space for an
operational base, warehouses, accommodations, and production facilities required for
proper operations. Per our August 22, 2020 news release, Martin Jati Lawyers has been
retained and is working on our behalf on the land survey and acquisition service for the
mining area located within the PT. Tambang Mas Sangihe’s Contract of Work.
Baru Gold Corporation
9th Floor 1021 West Hastings St
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www.barugold.com
OPERATION LICENCE
After the Environmental Permit application (AMDAL) and approval in October 2020, and
the subsequent November 2020 payment of the outstanding financial obligations, Baru
Gold is now only waiting for the Indonesian Mining Department to issue the licence. As a
reminder, Baru’s Contract of Work (CoW) provides the Company with a full permit from
an exploration and feasibility licence to a full 30-year production licence.
As of December 2020, the Company has prepared and submitted all necessary
documentation for the official sign off on this permit. However, the Company has been
advised that due to increased COVID-19 infection rates in the main Indonesian cities, the
Mining Minister’s office in Jakarta, which is authorized to issue the license, has been
temporarily shut down in favour of remote working to limit the potential spread of the
disease. All staff are relying on virtual meetings to conduct normal business activities and
this has understandably slowed the process.
The Company expects this last administrative review and approval to be completed shortly,
and is, within the proper authorities, concurrently advancing on operational fronts,
including the hiring of personnel, and the preparation of the production site.
ABOUT SANGIHE GOLD PROJECT
The Sangihe gold-silver project is located on the island of Sangihe off the northern coast of
Sulawesi and has an existing National Instrument 43-101 inferred mineral resource of
114,700 indicated and 105,000 inferred ounces of gold as reported in the Company's
"Independent Technical Report on the Mineral Resource Estimates of the Binebase and
Bawone Deposits, Sangihe Project, North Sulawesi, Indonesia" dated May 30, 2017. Only
10% of the gold bearing area has been explored. Readers are cautioned that mineral
resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The
Company's 70-percent interest in the Sangihe-mineral-tenement contract of work ("CoW")
is held through PT. Tambang Mas Sangihe (TMS). The remaining 30-percent interest in
TMS is held by three Indonesian corporations. The term of the Sangihe CoW agreement is
for 30 years upon commencement of the production phase of the project.
The Company intends to proceed to production without the benefit of first establishing
mineral reserves supported by a feasibility study. The Company cautions readers that the
any production decision made by the Company will not be based on a NI 43-101 feasibility
study of mineral reserves that demonstrates economic and technical viability and as such,
there may be involved increased uncertainty and various technological and economic risks
such as the interpretation of drill results; the geology, grade and continuity of mineral
deposits; the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be
consistent with our expectations; commodity and currency price fluctuation; failure to
obtain adequate financing; regulatory, recovery rates, refinery costs, and other relevant
conversion factors, permitting and licensing risks; general market and mining exploration
risks and production and economic risks related to design and engineering, manufacturing,
technological processes and test procedures and the risk that the project’s output will not be
salable at a price that will cover the project’s operating and maintenance costs.
ABOUT BARU GOLD CORPORATION
Baru Gold Corporation (forme rly Ea st A sia Minerals) is building Indonesia’s new gold
producer. We are a dyn amic junior gold developer with NI43- 101 gold resources in
Indonesia, a top 10 gold producer countries in the world. In Q 3 2019, Baru Gold has
completed milestone AMDAL environmental permit and paid dead -rent tax on its Sangihe
Gold open pit heap leach operation and is awaiting Operation License to advance the
project to construction and production in 2021.
Our team of mining and finance professionals are based both in North A merica and locally
in Indonesia and boast extensive experience in starting and operating small -scale gold and
coal assets. With over $5.5 million in cash and st rong retail and insti tutional shareholders
support, Baru Gold is well positioned to take advantage of the increased interest in gold and
precious metals with both exploration upsides and operation cashflow in 2021.
Frank Rocca, BAppSc. (Geology), MAusIMM, MAIG, Chief Geologist of Baru Gold Corp. is the
Qualified Person as defined under NI 43 -101 who has reviewed and approves the content of this
release.
BARU GOLD CORPORATION
Per: “Terry Filbert”
Terry Filbert, Director
President & CEO
+1-206-890-8285
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continuity of mineral deposits; the possibility that future exploration, development or mining resu lts will not be consistent
with our expectations; commodity and currency price fluctuation; failure to obtain adequate financing; regulatory,
recovery rates, refinery costs, a nd other relevant conversion factors, permitting and licensing risks; gener al market and
mining exploration risk s and production and economic risks relate d to design and engineering, manufacturing,
technological processes and test proc edures and the risk t hat the project’s output will not be salable at a price that will
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