GRAN COLOMBIA PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ITS MINING COMMUNITIES DURING COVID-19
April 06 2020 - 6:00AM
Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today
that it has partnered with local community leaders, Caldas Gold
Corp. and Angelitos de Luz, a local charitable foundation, to
provide much needed support to vulnerable low-income families in
its local mining communities of Segovia, Remedios, Marmato, Supia
and Riosucio during the national quarantine in Colombia as the
country fights to contain the spread of COVID-19 including:
- The donation of food by Gran Colombia for 7,000 families in
Segovia, Remedios and the Antioquia communities;
- The donation of food by Caldas Gold for 5,000 families in
Marmato, Supia and Riosucio;
- The provision of medical and hospital supplies which will serve
to improve contingency care for COVID-19 in the hospitals in
Segovia, Remedios and Yolombo in the department of Antioquia as
well as in the Municipality of Marmato;
- Gran Colombia has joined the Protect the Wonderful Gift of Life
campaign at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and the Clinica
Universitaria Bolivariana to donate beds and biomedical equipment
for the implementation of six intensive care units;
- The supply of over 200,000 litres of water through tank truck
service to the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in Segovia and
Remedios; and
- The supply of 3,000 kits including face masks, liquid soap and
antibacterial gel to security forces, formalized miners, vulnerable
families and the city halls of the municipalities of Segovia,
Remedios and Marmato.
Gran Colombia will continue to monitor
developments in the situation and revise its response plans
accordingly.
About Gran Colombia Gold
Corp.
Gran Colombia is a Canadian-based mid-tier gold
producer with its primary focus in Colombia where it is currently
the largest underground gold and silver producer with several mines
in operation at its high-grade Segovia Operations. Gran Colombia
owns approximately 74% of Caldas Gold Corp., a Canadian mining
company currently advancing a prefeasibility study for a major
expansion and modernization of its underground mining operations at
its Marmato Project in Colombia. Gran Colombia’s project pipeline
includes its Zancudo Project in Colombia together with an
approximately 21% equity interest in Gold X Mining Corp. (TSXV:
GLDX) (Guyana – Toroparu) and an approximately 20% equity interest
in Western Atlas Resources Inc. (“Western Atlas”) (TSX-V: WA)
(Nunavut – Meadowbank).
Additional information on Gran Colombia can be
found on its website at www.grancolombiagold.com and by reviewing
its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Information:
This news release contains "forward-looking
information", which may include, but is not limited to, statements
with respect to anticipated business plans or strategies. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the
use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or
"believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such
words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Gran Colombia to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Information Form dated as of March 30, 2020 which
is available for view on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking
statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press
release and Gran Colombia disclaims, other than as required by law,
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as
a result of new information, results, future events, circumstances,
or if management's estimates or opinions should change, or
otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements.
For Further Information,
Contact:Mike DaviesChief Financial Officer(416)
360-4653investorrelations@grancolombiagold.com
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