- CEO
- Luís Mauricio Ferraiuoli de Azevedo
- Full Time Employees
- 85
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Other metals/Minerals
- Address
- Av. Jornalista Ricardo Marinho, nº. 360 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 22631-350
- IPO Date
- Jul 25, 2022
- Business
- Bravo Mining Corp. (TSX-V: BRVO, OTCQX: BRVMF) is a Canada- and Brazil-based mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing its Luanga PGM+Au+Ni Project and associated Iron Oxide Copper Gold-style (IOCG) targets in Brazil's world-class Carajás Mineral Province, Pará State; the company explores for platinum group metals including palladium, platinum and rhodium, alongside gold, nickel and copper deposits through its 100%-owned Luanga project spanning 7,810 hectares. Core activities encompass resource delineation via extensive drilling programs exceeding 124,000 meters, metallurgical testing for oxide and sulphide materials to produce saleable concentrates, trenching for oxide PGM+Au mineralization, and geophysical surveys targeting massive sulphide anomalies; the Luanga deposit features a 2025 Mineral Resource Estimate of 10.4 million ounces palladium equivalent (PdEq) in Measured and Indicated categories (67% of total) plus 5.0 million ounces PdEq Inferred, with 86% of tonnage above 250 meters depth and mineralization extending to 450 meters in select areas, supporting a July 2025 Preliminary Economic Assessment outlining a long-life open-pit operation with low costs and renewable hydro power access. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bravo operates solely in Brazil with excellent infrastructure proximity including roads, rail, ports and skilled workforce, while emphasizing environmental initiatives such as tree replanting and local hiring. Recent developments include the February 2025 mineral resource update reflecting 154% growth in Measured and Indicated PdEq ounces, high-grade IOCG copper-gold discoveries at T5 target with intercepts like 11.5 meters at 14.3% Cu and 3.3 g/t Au in May 2024 and extensions to 300 meters strike in November 2024, granting of the Preliminary License for Luanga in March 2025, approval as anchor for the Barcarena Export Processing Zone in November 2025 to enable downstream smelting, filing of a preliminary base shelf prospectus and technical report in 2025, board appointment of Margot Naudie in April 2025, and membership in the World Platinum Investment Council in January 2025; the company maintains a strong balance sheet with approximately US$40 million cash, no debt and support from institutional investors including BlackRock, Franklin and Sprott.