Honório Bicalho is a community in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the municipality of Nova Lima.

The Rio das Velhas runs through the community from south to north.

In 1936 the mine was pumped out and exploration continued to a depth of 610 metres (2,000 ft).

The company started to drive an adit known locally as the Gaia tunnel from the west side of the Rio das Velhas at Honorio Bicalho in 1934, running in a west-southwest direction.

In 1935 the adit was extended further to the west-southwest, and reached the foot of the Faria mine in 1936.