Bella
Project
Black hills of South Dakota: World’s Largest BIF Gold Province
The Bella Project is 3160 ha property, strategically situated approximately 20 kilometers from the renowned Homestake mine, which produced 42M oz of gold over its history. Coeur Mining is actively mining and exploring within the Homestake district, with 4M oz of gold produced to date from the Warf Mine.
Bella
Project
Black hills of South Dakota: World’s Largest BIF Gold Province
The Bella Project is 3160 ha property, strategically situated approximately 20 kilometers from the renowned Homestake mine, which produced 42M oz of gold over its history. Coeur Mining is actively mining and exploring within the Homestake district, with 4M oz of gold produced to date from the Warf Mine.
The Bella Project hosts substantial gold mineralization associated with Proterozoic to Archean banded iron formations (BIF) of the same age, composition, and metamorphic grade as the Homestake district. Recent sampling efforts have collected grab samples yielding
up to 138 g/t of gold.
Bella Project Highlights
Badlands Resources plans to begin drilling in late 2024, using recently collected surface samples and strategic private claim positioning to guide targeting. The 2024 exploration program will focus on drilling near surface targets and on expanding the surface sample coverage.
In 2023, over 600 high-grade gold grab samples were taken, with assays pending, including samples up to 138g/t Au.
Coeur Mining is extracting a multimillion-ounce gold deposit in the Homestake District, where the Homestake Mine previously hosted about 42 million ounces of gold.
Gold mineralization and structural controls are of identical ages, linked to plunging folds, suggesting the presence of large “Ovoid” bodies.
Multiple historic mines on the property including Cochrane, Standby, Lookout, King of West and Yellowbird Mines
Homestake
Gold Trend
Bella Project only 20km away from Homestake Mine BIF
The Rochford district contains historic gold mines that targeted Proterozoic and Archean gold mineralization associated with iron formations and shear zones similar to the deposits at the former Homestake gold mine in the northern Black Hills. The host rocks consist of metamorphosed greywacke, iron formation, quartz mica schists, basalt and gabbro.
Homestake and Rochford districts host similar gold mineralization in the banded iron formation (BIF)
Little to no exploration between Homestake and Bella, partly due to shallow sediment cover
