Duquesne West

OVERVIEW

The flagship Duquesne West Gold Property is located 32 km northwest of the city of Rouyn-Noranda and 10 km east of the town of Duparquet. The property lies within the historic Duparquet gold mining camp in the southern portion of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and is a high-grade Archean Lode Gold Deposit.

The project is close to a highway that leads to Rouyn-Noranda International Airport, has access to a local power supply, and has year-round maintained road access.

Duquesne West hosts a historical inferred mineral resource estimate of 727,000 ounces of gold in 4.17 million tonnes of material grading 5.42 g/t gold. The resource is a greenstone-hosted mesothermal vein system, which occurs throughout the Abitibi gold belt.  

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2023 Drilling

The 2023 drill results have been used to refine our A.I. models, enhancing our ability to target high-priority areas for the 2024 drill season. Our ongoing strategy remains focused on evaluating opportunities to increase potential ounces in preparation for a future mineral resource update. In 2024, the majority of our efforts will center on the open pit concept, aiming to expand its footprint and add incremental ounces cost-effectively

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2024 Drilling 

The 8,166-meter drill program concluded in October 2024, building on the promising results of the initial 2023 drilling campaign. The 2024 drill program focused on expanding the resource footprint, optimizing the stripping ratio, and de-risking a potential mining scenario based on the newly developed conceptual open-pit model, which complements the historic underground model. An updated Mineral Resource Estimate is expected early Q2, 2025. 

Project Location - Abitibi Greenstone Belt 

Dusquesne West Location Map

OPTION AGREEMENT

Emperor Metals has the option to acquire 100% ownership of the project from Globex Mining. The earn-in requires $10 million in payments, 15 million shares and $12 million in exploration expenditures over five years.