Patagonia Gold Plc

Patagonia Gold Plc

Patagonia Gold Plc is a precious metals exploration company with a focus in South America.Management is based in both Argentina (Buenos Aires) and London. The principle exploration office is in Esquel but regional exploration bases in Santa Cruz, San Juan and a new Field base near Perito Moreno are used for field operations. The Company, formerly named HPD Exploration Plc, was originally incorporated in 2000. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Brancote Holdings Plc in order to hold exploration projects other than the Esquel Gold Project in Argentina.Brancote Holdings Plc proceeded to de-merge its subsidiary by way of an offer to shareholders and HPD traded on OFEX from January 2001, before changing its name to Patagonia Gold Plc and floating on AIM in March 2003.Brancote Holdings Plc was subsequently acquired by Meridian Gold Inc. in July 2002 for US$368 million.The stated core focus of Patagonia Gold Plc is the discovery of ore bodies able to host multi million ounce gold deposits in the principle area of operation: South America.Patagonia Gold Plc is focusing primarily on exploration in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina where it has a number of advanced exploration projects containing the potential for gold resources.The Company also holds advanced development properties in the Chubut province where exploration has currently been suspended for three years as a result of a government ban issued on July 2006.

Contact Details

Office Address

Patagonia Gold Plc
15 Upper Grosvenor Street
London, UK W1K7PB
Phone: +44-20-7409-7444
Fax: +44-20-7499-8811

Executives

Chairman

Sir John A. Craven

Managing Director

William H. (Bill) Humphries

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