Dark Horse Resources Limited announced that it has entered into an Exploration Agreement with Option to Purchase with Genesis Minerals (Argentina) SA to acquire up to 100% of the Las Opeñas Gold Project in Argentina through a series of staged cash and share payments over 3.5 years, weighted towards the end of the period and earning equity progressively, totalling USD 880,000 and 90 million DHR shares. The Las Opeñas Gold Project is a 1,462ha lease located in the northwestern region of San Juan Province, Argentina at an elevation of between 2,800m and 3,500m (Figure 2). The region is host to numerous thirdparty, multimillionounce epithermal style goldsilver deposits in the Andes Mountains including Veladero (12Moz), Pascua Lama (18Moz), Gualcamayo (2Moz) and Casposo (0.45Moz) in San Juan Province and El Indio (8Moz) in neighbouring Chile.