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- Bitterroot Resources Ltd. is a Canada-based mineral exploration company focused on discovering high-grade magmatic nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) deposits in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and epithermal gold-silver deposits in Nevada. Founded in 1951 and headquartered in West Vancouver, British Columbia, the company operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary Trans Superior Resources Inc. and holds interests in key properties including the LM Property and adjacent MPC Property leasehold interests in Baraga County, Michigan, prospective for conduit-hosted nickel-copper-PGM mineralization similar to Lundin Mining's Eagle mine; a 49.9% interest in the Voyageur Lands covering approximately 262 square miles of mineral titles in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, optioned to Perseverance Metals Inc.; and 100% ownership of the 240-claim Nighthawk Gold-Silver Property spanning over 4,800 acres in Esmeralda County, Nevada, targeting structurally-controlled oxide and sulphide gold-silver deposits within the Walker Lane trend. Its primary activities encompass property acquisition, exploration drilling, geophysical surveys, soil sampling, and strategic partnerships to advance these assets, with no current revenue from production. Recent developments include closing a C$989,000 non-brokered private placement of 19,780,000 units in August 2025; granting 500,000 stock options on September 1, 2025, and additional options totaling 1,600,000 earlier in 2025; amending the Voyageur option agreement with Perseverance and Altius Minerals Corporation in April 2025, eliminating the go-public requirement, extending the exploration commitment to November 2026, and receiving 140,778 penalty shares to increase its Perseverance holdings to 1,689,334 common shares (approximately 5.8% pro-forma post-listing); fulfilling Perseverance's C$5 million financing commitment in January 2025; issuing a Notice-level drill permit for Nighthawk and commencing 3,000 metres of reverse circulation drilling in November 2025; completing 700 soil samples and low-pH surveys at Nighthawk in mid-2025 to prioritize targets; paying advance royalties and anniversaries on LM and MPC leases through September 2025; and noting competitor Talon Metals' resumed drilling near the LM Property's Roland Target in September 2025, highlighting potential for massive sulphide discoveries in the untested LM Gap. The company targets mining-friendly jurisdictions in the United States, maintains a 3% net smelter returns royalty on LM (reducible to 2%) and 2-3% NSRs on MPC, and holds shareholder rights and rights of first refusal with Perseverance for future financings and royalties.