Membership criteria

Denver Gold Group is a capital formation organisation that has supported public and private mining companies for nearly four decades. Its members are private and publicly traded mining companies from around the world, from producers to developers and explorers.

Senior board

Listing on a major exchange preferred

Calendar year

Annual dues, kept current

C-suite

Participation required at every Mining Forum

Who may join

Primary mineral

A significant exchange-traded commodity, such as gold or copper.

For classification, a company's primary mineral is the one that provides at least 51% of its metal sales revenue. Metal equivalents are not considered.

Listing

Preference goes to companies trading on the senior board of a major stock exchange.

• New York
• Toronto
• London
• Sydney
• Hong Kong
• Johannesburg
• São Paulo
• Mexico City

Companies outside the United States should preferably be interlisted there, ideally as an ADR; OTC is acceptable.

Privately held companies

May be considered if they are sufficiently large, measured by revenue, production, or mineral reserves and resources.

Analyst coverage

Publicly traded companies should have analyst coverage from recognised institutions.

Paid-for analysis is not considered.

Annual dues

Members must be current on their annual dues, which run by calendar year.

Securities regulation

Members must abide by applicable securities regulations. For privately held members:

Must agree that if the member offers securities under an exemption to SEC regulations such as a private placement or make an offer under similar foreign regulations, the member must immediately notify DGG as legally allowed and the DGG will suspend the member until the private placement is completed. At that point, DGG, in its sole option upon the Member's application, may decide to lift the suspension, and the member may resume its status in the Private Member Category.

Forum participation

Places at the Mining Forums are allocated by best-case clustering: each company is grouped with the members most similar to it, compared on five measures.

1. 01Market capitalisation
2. 02StageProducer, developer, explorer or royalty company
3. 03Primary and secondary mineral
4. 04Reserves and resources
5. 05Primary and secondary countries of operation

C-suite participation is an obligation at every Mining Forum. At least one of the company's C-suite, such as the CEO, Managing Director, COO or CFO, or its Chairman, takes part in each forum the company attends.

All participation decisions are at the sole discretion of The Denver Gold Group, Inc.