Almaden Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties primarily in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It principally focuses on gold, silver, and copper properties. The company holds interests in various properties, including the Elk Gold project in Canada; and the Caballo Blanco, the San Carlos, and the Tuligtic properties in Mexico. Almaden Minerals also holds interests in the La Bufa, the Caldera, the Cerro Colorado, the Campanario, the El Fuego, the Matehuapil, the Santa Isabela, the Tropico, the Tuligtic, the Yago, and the Viky projects in Mexico; and the Brookmere, the Lac de Gras, the Logan, Merit, the Nicoamen, the Ponderosa, the Prospect Valley, the Skoonka Creek, the Spence's Bridge Gold Belt, and the Tarsis projects in Canada. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.