Dorato Resources Inc.

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Environmental Stewardship

Throughout almost all of the Cordillera del Condor project area where Dorato has an option to acquire interests, the landscape is considered pristine. Minera Afrodita seeks to minimize environmental impact and footprint. In exploration, Minera Afrodita minimizes impact on the environment, by applying global environmental best practices in the planning and design of projects. All land, water and energy resources are used responsibly and strive to maintain the integrity of local eco-systems.

The Cordillera del Condor is a prolific belt of rocks in terms of mineral endowment and in particular in terms of gold mineralization. In Ecuador, informal mining is common and extremely damaging to the environment. Informal miners undertake alluvial mining in rivers, dredging up entire water sheds. Hard rock mining is undertaken through blasting and tunneling, again with no environmental consideration. Processing of gold ore from both types of mining is undertaken using cyanide and mercury, causing serious damage to water supplies close to the border in Ecuador.

In Peru, most areas of the forest are undamaged, but miners, crossing illegally from Ecuador, have caused significant damage at Taricori, where 2.6 kilometres of underground tunnels have been excavated, causing large man-made land-slides and causing acid rock drainage from the workings. The negative impact of informal, unregulated and irresponsible mining practices is clear - practices that would never be allowed under normal regulated mining conditions. At Taricori, Minera Afrodita, in consultation with government authorities, has committed to permanently close the illegal workings excavated by the Ecuadorian miners and, where possible, to repair the environmental damage.

Drilling by Minera Afrodita at Taricori has been undertaken using man-portable drill rigs. These rigs operate on small drill platforms, less than 3 metres by 3 metres. By using these small exploration drill rigs, which are transported by people along small walking trails, the environmental footprint is minimized and the need to build roads is reduced. Platforms and trails are re-vegetated and reclaimed on completion of drilling. Other regional exploration practices such as stream sediment sampling and soil sampling have almost no impact on the environment. Geophysical techniques are used to define targets and surveys are completed using helicopters, so there are very minimal impacts.