Belo Sun Mining Corp, through its subsidiaries, operates as a gold exploration and development company in Brazil. Its principal asset is the 100% owned Volta Grande Gold project, which comprises four mining concession applications, three rights to apply for a mining concession, 64 exploration permits extensions submitted, and six ratifications submitted, covering a total area of 154,850.64 hectares located in the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt in the northern region of Pará State. The company was formerly known as Verena Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Belo Sun Mining Corp in July 2010. Belo Sun Mining Corp was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.