GSN Regular Membership Meeting, Reno, NV – May 15, 2026

Description

Contact: gsn@gsnv.org

GSN REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETING – Friday, May 15, 2026

TIME: Drinks @ 6 pm, Dinner @ 6:30 pm, Talk @ 7:15 pm

WHERE: ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT, RENO, NV

DINNER COST:  $60 per person

ONLINE RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE BELOW.

PLEASE RSVP FOR DINNER NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MAY 11TH.

MEETING SPONSORS:  GEOTEMPS & COEUR PRODUCTS

SPEAKER: Paul Fix, Geologist – AngloGold Ashanti

TITLE: “Exploration History, Geological Framework, and Mining Implications of the Arthur Gold Project, Nevada“

ABSTRACT: The Arthur Gold Project includes the Silicon and Merlin epithermal gold deposits. Since 2018, the Project has advanced through systematic exploration and technical studies, culminating in the completion of a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the Merlin deposit in Q4 2025. Upon completion of the PFS, AGA declared a maiden Mineral Reserve estimate for the Merlin deposit (87.64Mt at 1.75g/t Au for 4.94 Moz Au). The deposit geometry, grade, and depth of oxidation drive the robust PFS economics.

The Arthur Project is located within the southern extension of the Walker Lane mineral belt and sits within the southwestern Nevada volcanic field. This volcanic field consists of an overlapping complex of Miocene-age calderas with the largest being the Timber Mountain Caldera Complex. Mineralization occurred during several hydrothermal events between approximately 13 and 11.6 Ma. Cross-cutting relationships show stratigraphically controlled early adularia-quartz-pyrite ‘disseminated’ mineralization predates a later hydrothermal breccia and vein event. High-grade gold is linked to low-sulfidation epithermal veins, vein stockworks (e.g. Lynnda Vein zone), and porous lithologies within the Crater Flat Group volcanic tuffs.

The presentation will briefly cover the discovery history and explore how geology is used to inform exploration methods (geochemistry, geophysics, drilling) and mine design (mineral processing, open pit slope angles, hydrogeology).

BIO: Paul Fix is a geologist at AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) focused on exploration in the Beatty District, Southern Nevada. He earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and an M.S. from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Paul looks forward to sharing some of the work AGA has completed to advance the Arthur Gold Project at the upcoming meeting.

Please contact GSN President Steve Weiss for more information: siraweiss@outlook.com