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Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM | OTCQB: MGMLF | FSE: M3G) is a Quebec-focused gold explorer that now owns 100% of the district-scale Douay/Joutel Project (~481 km²) along the Casa Berardi trend in the Abitibi. Douay hosts a 2022 resource of ~3 Moz Au (~0.5 Moz Indicated, ~2.5 Moz Inferred at ~1 g/t), and a 12,240 m winter 2025 program delivered step-outs well below pit shells (e.g., Nika 2.10 g/t over 108.6 m and 531 4.87 g/t over 15 m) supporting a bulk-tonnage underground component beneath open-pit ounces. Strategy is to grow from ~3 Moz toward ~5 Moz and frame a staged operation targeting roughly 100–150 koz/yr over ~10 years, leveraging road/power access and potential toll-milling alternatives. Maple also controls the past-producing, high-grade Joutel (Eagle-Telbel) area with a small initial drill program planned and a potential maiden resource in view.
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- 1. Pivot
Under new leadership Maple Gold has executed a full technical and corporate reset: 100% ownership, disciplined targeting with oriented core and a rebuilt 3D structural/alteration model, a geo-mine-met workflow with engineers, and an H2-2025 resource update designed to support credible economics rather than headline ounces. - 2. Scale
Strategy is to grow Douay from ~3 Moz toward ~5 Moz by pairing open-pit ounces (e.g., Douay West/Northwest) with new, deeper bulk-tonnage underground extensions (Nika, 531); management frames an initial mine concept around ~100–150 koz/yr over ~10 years with staged development and shared infrastructure. - 3. Continuity
Winter 2025 step-outs hit gold in every hole and extended mineralization well below pit shells (e.g., Nika DO-25-338 at ~2.1 g/t over 108.6 m; 531 DO-25-351 at ~4.87 g/t over 15 m), supporting a moderatly plunging, structurally controlled corridor; the focus now is converting parts of this into indicated resources with tighter spacing. - 4. Tradeoffs
Key uncertainties to be resolved through the update and follow-on studies: pit vs. underground mix, cut-off grades, minimal mining widths, flowsheet (gravity/flotation/CIP vs. tolling), access/overburden management, and metallurgy (early work indicates free-milling with no obvious deleterious elements, but more met and geotech data are planned). - 5. Funding
They report ~C$4M cash, lean G&A (~C$2M/yr), and target ~25,000 m/yr of drilling (~C$7.5M at ~C$300/m); expect continued equity as primary fuel (with potential Agnico participation via rights), pursue lower cost of capital via de-risking/scale, and may consider a share consolidation only alongside clear catalysts.
Maple Gold Mines CEO Interview With Kiran Patankar
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