Dear Editor,
MY attention was adverted to an article in the Kaieteur News edition of November 6, 2022, titled, “As another foreign company boasts of “gold fever in Guyana,’” in which certain representations were attributed to a company, Alerio Gold Corp.

The representations suggest, inter alia, that the said Alerio Gold Corp “entered into a property purchase agreement to acquire a 100 per cent interest in five gold prospecting licences in Guyana, known as the Puruni Gold Property.”

Research conducted reveals that the said information was replicated from articles posted on the company’s website, www.aleriogold.com, which details the properties as follows: Mining Permits:
1. A-14/MP/000, 2. A-14/MP/001, 3. A-14/MP/002, 4. K-11-MP/000, 5. K-7-MP/000

Prospecting Permit Medium Scale: 1. 574/2003 (File No. A298/001)

Inquiries at the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission have revealed that the said properties are still held by Henry Alphonso, who is a Guyanese miner involved in the extractive industry for over two decades.

I am adamant that I have not sold, leased or in any other way alienated my rights, titles and interests held under the permits aforesaid.

In this regard, I retained GUNRAJ & CO., Attorneys-at-Law, which has been instructed to take all necessary steps, including but not limited to, the following:

1. Communicate these developments to the local regulatory agencies, including the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission
2. Communicate these developments to the Canadian regulatory agencies, including the Canadian National Stock Exchange on which the company is listed
3. Explore litigation and alternative remedies against Alerio Gold Corp, in respect of the said representations.

Yours respectfully,
Henry Alphonso