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 The geology of Haiti is a very prospective exploration terrain for epithermal gold-silver as well as copper-gold porphyry deposits, and consists of preserved remnants of a Cretaceous island arc assemblage situated along the northern margin of the Caribbean Plate. This geologic environment hosts numerous gold and copper occurrences in Haiti, as well as the Pueblo Viejo deposit in the adjacent Dominican Republic. Pueblo Viejo has estimated resources and reserves of 15.25 million ounces of gold and 82.8 million ounces of silver. However, even though Haiti's mineral potential is similar to that found in the Dominican Republic, it has remained under-explored due to the country's historic economic and political instability.
 The recognition of Haiti's exploration potential, coupled with an improving business climate, resulted in EMX's establishment of an exploration program in early 2006 and the acquisition of the La Miel and La Mine gold properties. La Miel and La Mine were previously explored under a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the 1970s. The UNDP reports' described epithermal alteration and mineralization at La Mine within a 7 km by 1 to 2 km zone with trench sampling results up to 17 meters averaging 7.6 g/t Au. At La Miel, the UNDP reported three prospects hosting epithermal mineralization up to 3.7 g/t gold from rock samples, and a 2 km long gold in soil geochemical anomaly.
The Company's early stage exploration work confirmed that both La Mine and La Miel host high sulfidation epithermal and possible porphyry systems with enriched levels of gold, silver, and copper mineralization. EMX continues to systematically evaluate the La Miel and La Mine gold projects, while pursuing additional quality business opportunities in Haiti.
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