Belo Sun Mining Corp. is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company. The Company is focused on its advanced-stage development project, the Volta Grande Project, which is located in Para State, approximately 60 kilometers southeast of the city of Altamira in northern Brazil. The project comprises approximately 20 exploration permits, covering an area of over 103,350 hectares (ha); approximately four mining concession applications covering an area of over 2,360 ha; approximately 10 exploration applications for exploration in mineral rights covering an area of over 23,210 ha, and approximately eight exploration applications for exploration in mineral rights in public tender, covering an area of over 31,660 ha. It also has an ownership interest in the Patrocinio Gold Project, which is located in the Tapajos gold province in the Para State of northern Brazil and an ownership interest in the Rainbow Alexandrite Project, which is located north of the city of Brasilia.