Investor Insight
Sranan Gold offers early-stage exposure to a high-impact gold discovery in Suriname’s Guiana Shield, one of the world’s most underexplored gold belts. Backed by the same technical team behind some of the region’s largest gold discoveries, Sranan is a high-leverage discovery story in a mining-friendly jurisdiction, now with demonstrated drill-confirmed continuity and growing scale at its flagship project.
Overview
Sranan Gold (CSE:SRAN,OTCQB:SRANF,FSE:P84) is a junior gold explorer operating in Suriname, a South American nation producing more than 600,000 ounces of gold annually. The company’s flagship 29,000-hectare Tapanahony gold project is located within the prolific Guiana Shield, one of the world’s most prospective yet underexplored gold provinces.
The 29,000-hectare Tapanahony project covers one of the oldest and largest small-scale mining areas in Suriname.
The project overlays a historic mining belt with strong geochemical and structural indicators. Sranan’s objective is to convert extensive local mining activity, legacy drilling and modern datasets into an inaugural gold resource along the 4.5 km Poeketi–Randy mineralized corridor.
Following systematic trenching and drilling in 2025, the company has confirmed a large, structurally controlled orogenic gold system extending from saprolite into fresh bedrock. With drilling resuming in 2026, Sranan is focused on expanding known mineralization, testing parallel shear zones identified by LiDAR and geophysics, and advancing toward resource definition.
Company Highlights
- District-scale land position: The 29,000-hectare Tapanahony Project covers one of Suriname’s oldest and most productive artisanal gold districts within the underexplored Guiana Shield.
- Active drilling with demonstrated continuity: A 4,189-metre drill program completed in 2025 confirmed a broad, shear-hosted gold system, expanding defined mineralization at Randy’s Pit to over 800 metres within the 4.5 km Poeketi–Randy trend. Drilling resumed in January 2026.
- High-grade discovery momentum: Recent drilling has delivered wide, high-grade intercepts, including 64 m at 3 grams per ton (g/t) gold and 11 m at 7.33 g/t gold, confirming strong vertical and lateral continuity.
- World-class discovery pedigree: The technical team has been directly involved in major regional discoveries, including Merian (7 Moz), Rosebel (13.7 Moz), and Saramacca (1.5 Moz).
- Deep in-country knowledge: Locally trained geologists with decades of experience in Suriname provide a strong operational and geological advantage.
Key Project
Tapanahony Gold Project
Suriname and Guiana Shield
The Tapanahony gold project is Sranan’s flagship asset, covering 29,000 hectares in southeastern Suriname. The project lies within the Paleoproterozoic Guiana Shield, which hosts multiple Tier-1 gold systems. The property is situated at the intersection of a regional NW-striking structural corridor crosscut by penetrative NE–SW fabrics, creating excellent ground preparation for high-grade, shear-hosted gold mineralization. These relationships are clearly defined in LiDAR and aeromagnetic datasets.
Artisanal miners have historically exploited saprolite-hosted gold along the Poeketi–Randy trend. Sranan’s exploration strategy has been to systematically transition this surface production into a drill-defined hard-rock system. Historical exploration exceeds US$10 million, including soil geochemistry, auger programs and approximately 4,000 metres of diamond drilling by IAMGOLD, which intersected significant gold mineralization and validated the structural model.
Sample collected from the Tapanahony project’s Poeketi Pit in 2021
In 2025, Sranan advanced the project from surface sampling and trenching into systematic diamond drilling. Trenching confirmed near-surface continuity with results including 5 m at 36.7 g/t gold and 5 m at 8.9 g/t gold, extending mineralization beyond known artisanal workings. Subsequent drilling intersected wide zones of gold mineralization in both saprolite and fresh basaltic host rocks, confirming a 50 to 150 m wide mineralized shear corridor.
By year-end 2025, drilling had expanded the defined mineralized strike at Randy’s Pit to over 800 metres, with mineralization remaining open along strike and at depth and forming part of the broader 4.5 km Randy–Poeketi trend. Drilling resumed in January 2026 to continue step-out testing, define additional high-grade shoots, and evaluate shallow open-pittable potential.
LiDAR interpretation has also identified three parallel mineralized corridors and multiple targets in the western lobe of the concession, where soil geochemistry and small-scale mining suggest additional discovery potential. These areas represent priority targets for ongoing drilling and future expansion of the project footprint.
Management Team
Oscar Louzada – CEO and Director
Fluent in Dutch and active in Suriname for over a decade, Oscar Louzada has taken two Suriname-based exploration companies to IPO (Sela Kriki and Nassau, now Miata Metals). With 25+ years’ experience in natural resources finance (Canaccord, Investec), he brings capital markets depth and local execution credibility.
Dennis LaPoint – EVP, Exploration and Corporate Development
Dennis LaPoint is a veteran geologist with 35+ years’ experience. LaPoint discovered Merian (Newmont, 7 Moz) and oversaw major exploration programs at Rosebel and Omai. He leads strategy and resource targeting, and sits on multiple boards, including ASBOG. He also teaches geology at Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo in Suriname.
Rayiez Bhoelan – VP, Exploration
A Surinamese national and key member of the Saramacca discovery team (IAMGOLD, 1.5 Moz), Rayiez Bhoelan specializes in regolith geology and shear zone mapping. He has worked across the Guiana Shield at Omai and Founders Metals, and lectures locally on geochemistry.
Mario Stifano – Director and Audit Chair
Mario Stifano is a CPA and seasoned mining executive with prior leadership roles at Cordoba Minerals, Lake Shore Gold and Galantas Gold. He led the 2020 acquisition and re-listing of Omai Gold Mines in Guyana.
John Alcock – Director and CFO
John Alcock is a chartered professional accountant with over 30 years’ experience as an accounting and financial professional and an investor in the junior mining sector. He currently serves on the board of Altiplano Metals.
Ron Shenton – Director
Ron Shenton is a capital markets professional with 40 years’ experience. He is the founder of several public companies and has served as CEO/director, leading investor relations, public relations and capital raising across multiple sectors including mining exploration.