Geologist Searching for Two Lost Cities of Gold in Ecuador

Kitco News)/Neils Christensen – The geologist behind Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte, a nearly 5 million ounce gold project, is heading back into the Ecuadorian jungles to find potentially two “Lost Cities of Gold.”

While the proposal sounds like a script for a new Indiana Jones movie, geologist Keith Barron, president of Aurania Resources (TSX.V: ARU, said in an interview with Kitco News that his latest project is more than just a mythical story.

After almost two decades of research, which included going through the Vatican archives, Barron said that he has historical documentation that the cities, which were actually gold mining towns — founded by Spanish Conquistadors in the mid-to-late 16th century — existed and could prove to be significant deposits. He added that some documents suggest that these mines were in operation on and off for almost 30 years.

“We got enough documentation behind us that we are able to put together the history and the geology that really makes this story compelling,” he said.

Barron explained that his geology team is planning a massive exploration project of 280,000 hectors in the Andes foothills, known as the Cordillera de Cutucu Read Article

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