Aris Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operations of gold properties in Colombia. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and currently employs 1,167 full-time employees. The firm is primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold properties in Colombia and Canada. Its principal operations are located in the Zona Baja mining license area in the Department of Caldas, Colombia (the Marmato mine), which is comprised of the Upper Mine, in production and the Lower Mine, which is an underground development. The firm also owns the Juby Project, an advanced exploration-stage gold project located within the Shining Tree area in the southern part of the Abitibi greenstone belt south-southeast of the Timmins gold camp. The Marmato mine is located in the Marmato gold district in the Caldas Department, a mountainous region approximately 80 kilometers (km) south of Medellin, Colombia. The firm's subsidiaries include Caldas Gold Colombia Inc. (CG Panama) and Caldas Gold Marmato S.A.S. (CG Marmato).