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- Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSXV:BTR) engages in the acquisition, exploration and evaluation of gold mineral properties in Quebec, Canada. The company holds a portfolio of advanced gold exploration assets anchored by the permitted Bachelor Mill, a central processing facility with 800 tonnes per day capacity; key deposits include the Gladiator, Barry, Moroy and Bachelor projects, which collectively contain 1.24 million ounces of gold in measured and indicated resources and 1.78 million ounces in inferred resources. Operations focus on the Urban-Barry mining camp and Desmaraisville South project, targeting high-grade gold deposits in the Abitibi greenstone belt for junior miners and institutional investors.
Bonterra Resources maintains 100% ownership of the Desmaraisville properties, featuring the Bachelor Mill Complex and nearby near-surface mineralization at the Hewfran Zone extension; the Urban-Barry properties, encompassing Gladiator and Barry, operate under an earn-in joint venture with Gold Fields Ltd. (formerly Osisko Mining Inc.), whereby Gold Fields can earn 70% interest over three years by incurring $30 million in expenditures following its C$2.16 billion acquisition of Osisko in 2024. The Phoenix JV with Gold Fields advances targets like Moss and Gladiator SW, with ongoing drilling yielding high-grade intercepts such as 38.3 g/t Au over 1.1 metres.
Recent developments include the April 2025 closing of a private placement of units; December 2024 closings of flow-through unit financings totalling over $1 million, supported by investors SIDEX and Wexford Capital to fund AI-enhanced exploration at Desmaraisville; and the March 2025 announcement of 2025 exploration programs at Desmaraisville South and Phoenix JV, highlighted by initial Gladiator SW drill results. In 2024, Bonterra executed brokered private placements raising $8.5 million; commenced Desmaraisville drilling; appointed board members Lesley Antoun and others; and extended marketing agreements while engaging automated market-making services. These initiatives underscore strategic expansions, funding for geophysical surveys and drilling, and mill restart potential using existing infrastructure.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bonterra Resources operates exclusively in Quebec, leveraging regional infrastructure including power grid access and all-season camps; no subsidiaries or parent relationships exist.