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Avion Gold Corporation
Company typePublic (TSXAVR)
IndustryMining
Founded2007
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Key people
Stan Bharti, Chairman
John Begeman, President and CEO
Greg Duras, CFO
Andrew Bradfield, COO [1]
ProductsGold
Websitewww.aviongoldcorp.com

Avion Gold Corporation (TSXAVR), formerly Avion Resources[2] is a publicly traded, Toronto based, gold exploration and mining company, focused primarily in West Africa[3]. Avion's primary assets are the Tabakoto and Segala properties in the Republic of Mali. Being a junior mining and exploration company, Avion's operating income depends partly on trading of equities and shares on the stock market.

Ownership

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Significant portions of Avion stock are held by several large public and private investment banks, including Forbes Manhattan.

Operations

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Mali

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In 2008, Avion Gold Corp (at that time Avion Resources) purchased the Tabakoto and Segala properties from Nevsun Resources at a price of US$ 20 million. Nevsun had previously operated the Tabakoto mine from

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Category:Mining companies of Canada Category:Mining in Africa Category:Mining in Mali Category:Gold Mining Companies of Canada