Talon’s 43,379 hectare Rio Maria Project (“Rio Maria”) is located in southeastern Pará State, near the town of Rio Maria, in an area with excellent access and infrastructure. Past exploration at Rio Maria focused primarily on iron oxide copper-gold (“IOCG”) and sedimentary copper-zinc potential. However, property-scale exploration has identified Rufino’s trend, a +10-kilometre gold anomaly that is yet to be drill tested. In early 2007, Talon initiated a detailed program of geological mapping and rock sampling over Rufino’s trend, with the objective of generating drill targets.