Exploring in partnership.
Miata operates on land with deep local history. We work alongside the communities who live and mine here, in a country whose laws and people make responsible exploration possible — and we hold ourselves to that standard.
A signed MOU with the Okanisi People.
In May 2026, Miata signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Okanisi People of Suriname — formalizing a relationship of consent, consultation and shared benefit on the ground where we explore.
Strong local relationships are not a side note to our work; they are a precondition for it. We build them first, and we keep them.
We'd rather earn the trust of the people whose land we work on than drill a single metre without it.
How we operate on the ground.
Local partnership
We drill in partnership with Suriname's largest drilling company and draw on skilled in-country labour.
Consent & consultation
The Okanisi MOU sets the terms for how we engage the community as exploration advances.
Permitted & in good standing
Miata's exploitation licence at Sela Creek was renewed in 2025, keeping the project fully permitted.
Concrete signals, not just narrative.
Skilled and unskilled labour is engaged across the fully funded 25,000 m diamond drill program, with two rigs running.
Activity is limited to mapping, sampling and diamond drilling. Miata is not a producer and operates no mining or processing on the claims.
The Sela Creek exploitation licence was renewed in 2025, keeping the flagship project fully permitted and in good standing.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Okanisi People (May 2026) sets the consent-and-consultation framework as exploration advances.
Signals current as of September 2026.
Jurisdiction, de-risked on the ground.
The Okanisi MOU is one line in a wider record. Below is what actually lowers jurisdiction risk at Sela Creek and Nassau — local labour, a local drilling partner, an exploration-only footprint and a permit in good standing.
Suriname is a pro-mining jurisdiction with producing mines operated by large-cap miners in the same belt (e.g. Newmont's Merian). Figures marked “on request” are owner-confirmed pending publication.
Suriname crews run the 25,000 m program.
The fully funded diamond-drill program is staffed with skilled in-country labour, with two rigs turning across the Jons, Puma, Big Berg and Golden Hand targets. Local hiring is a standing commitment, not a one-off.
Drilling with Suriname's largest drilling company.
Our drill program is delivered in partnership with Major Drilling, the country's largest drilling contractor — established local capacity, equipment and crews rather than fly-in mobilisation, keeping costs competitive and the project moving.
An exploration-only footprint.
Activity is limited to mapping, sampling and diamond drilling. Miata operates no mine, mill or processing on the claims and generates no mining revenue — so there is no tailings facility or process-water circuit on site. LiDAR is complete, helping plan access with the lightest practical footprint.
Sela Creek licence renewed in 2025.
The flagship Sela Creek exploitation licence was renewed in 2025, keeping the project fully permitted and in good standing as the drill program advances. Nassau is held alongside it under the same in-country framework.
- Suriname is attracting international investment in both gold and oil.
- Multiple producing mines operated by large-cap miners in the same belt.
- Skilled local labour, efficient assay labs and competitive drilling costs.