The Opportunity
Valuable Resources Left Behind
Historic miners targeted the richest and most accessible gold veins using the technology available at the time. In the process, substantial quantities of mineralized material were left in surface ore and tailings piles.
Modern recovery techniques can unlock value from resources that earlier generations of miners could not efficiently process.
Data-Driven Discovery
Finding Opportunity at Scale
Over five years, Gold Vault has assembled a proprietary database of more than 10,000 historic mine sites across the Southwestern United States.
Each opportunity is evaluated using factors including:
- Government assay data
- Gold and silver concentrations
- Infrastructure and road access
- Permitting considerations
- Environmental characteristics
- Economic feasibility
Promising sites are then independently sampled and assayed before progressing to acquisition.
Capital-Efficient Recovery
Recover. Process. Move On.
Gold Vault’s model is designed around recovering existing above-ground resources rather than developing large conventional open-pit mines.
Processing can be organized around clusters of historic mine sites, helping reduce transportation distances and allowing recovery infrastructure to move as individual resources are processed.
Responsible Resource Development
Recovering Value with a Smaller Footprint
Gold Vault targets historic sites with favorable resource characteristics while screening for environmental and regulatory considerations.
Its operating strategy incorporates low-water-consumption recovery methods, third-party processing, and site restoration activities designed to support efficient and responsible resource development.