ARIS MINING TO ACQUIRE REMAINING 49% OF SOTO NORTE, SECURING 100% OWNERSHIP AND ADVANCING A CLEAR PATH TO 1 Moz/year
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Aris Mining Corporation
- Ticker
- ARIS
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Colombia
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Silver, Copper
- Document categories
- Agreement transaction, Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-08-24 23:03:32 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Aris Mining has entered a binding term sheet to acquire the remaining 49% interest in the Soto Norte joint venture in Colombia for US$80 million. This transaction secures 100% ownership of the high-grade underground gold project, significantly increasing the company's total attributable gold reserves and resources.
Reasoning: The acquisition of 100% ownership of Soto Norte is a highly accretive strategic move that significantly increases the company's gold reserve and resource base.
Positive factors
- Acquisition of remaining 49% interest in Soto Norte
- Significant increase in attributable gold reserves and resources
- Accretive transaction on a per-share basis
- Path to 1 Moz/year production scale
Facts used in scoring: 7
Classification and evidence
QP/CP Signedpositive
Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.
Why it applies: Pamela De Mark, P.Geo, is named as the Qualified Person who approved the technical information.
Evidence · text
“approved by Pamela De Mark , P.Geo, Senior Vice President Geology and Exploration of Aris Mining, who is a Qualified Person”
NI 43-101 Compliantpositive
Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.
Why it applies: The release explicitly states technical information is based on NI 43-101 compliant technical reports.
Evidence · text
“based upon information included in the following documents and NI 43-101 compliant technical reports”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
No stored fact records are available for this extraction.
How Atlas produces this analysis
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