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  | |  The Copperstone Project is located in western Arizona within the Walker Lane mineral belt where it intersects gold provinces in Southern California and Western Arizona. These provinces host a total known gold endowment of over 40 million ounces of gold. Copperstone is located within a lesser-known, globally significant, high grade gold province. The Corporation holds a 100 percent leasehold interest in the Copperstone Project. The landlord is The Patch Living Trust and the lease is for a 10 year term starting June 12, 1995 and was renewed on June 12, 2005. The lease is renewable by the Corporation for one or more ten-year terms at the Corporation's option under the same terms and conditions. The Corporation is obligated to pay for all permitting and state lease bonding, insurance, taxes, and to pay a sliding scale gross royalty. The Corporation's current objective is to put Copperstone into production during 2011. In 2010, the Company announced the positive results of its NI 43-101 Technical Feasibility Report Copperstone Project, La Paz County, Arizona" effective February 2, 2010 and revised January 10, 2011, prepared for American Bonanza Gold Corp. by Dr. Corby Anders, Allihies Inc., MMSA QP, C. Eng FlChemE, Tom Buchholz, BS Eng. MMSA, Chris Pratt, LPG and Jonathan Brown, M.B.A., C.P.G. (the "Study") at Copperstone (see Feasibility Study for details). The Study began during 2009 and was designed to update the preliminary economic assessment completed by AMEC on March 27, 2006. The Study began during 2009 and was designed to update the preliminary economic assessment completed by AMEC on March 27, 2006. | |
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