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- DFR Gold Inc. (TSX-V: DFR; OTC: DFIFF) is a TSX Venture Exchange-listed exploration and mine development company focused on gold projects in West Africa and zircon in Madagascar. The company holds an 80% interest in the Cascades gold project in Burkina Faso's Banfora greenstone belt, comprising Wuo Land and contiguous Wuo Land 2 exploration permits with a NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate of 264,000 ounces indicated at 1.52 g/t Au and 371,000 ounces inferred at 1.67 g/t Au; a 51% participating interest in the Gurara gold project in Nigeria's Schist Belt terrain, covering four licenses in Dagma and Paimasa areas; and 100% ownership of the Beravina zircon project in Madagascar with a NI 43-101 inferred resource of 1.5 million tonnes at 22.7% zircon (15.3% ZrO2). DFR Gold receives annual payments up to $100,000 until 2035 plus a 1% net sales royalty from its 2022 sale of Namibian marine diamond assets to a related party. Founded in 2000 and formerly known as Diamond Fields Resources Inc. until its name change in January 2023, the company maintains headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, with operations across West Africa, Nigeria, and Madagascar. Recent developments include the May 2024 restructuring agreement with Panthera Resources Plc to increase its Gurara stake to 51% from 25.5% effective January 1, 2024 while divesting its 40% Kalaka project interest; completion of Wuo Land and Wuo Land 2 option payments in 2024-2025 totaling $1.3 million to secure Cascades permits renewed to 2027; commencement of a feasibility study in Q3 2025 for a 20,000-30,000 ounce per annum operation at Cascades with mobilization post-September 2025; aggregate $3.2 million in related-party loans drawn from January 2024 to September 2025 at 8% interest from CEO Brian Kiernan and Spirit Resources SARL to fund options, working capital, and exploration; conversion of $1.7 million 12.5% convertible debentures into 21.5 million shares in February 2024; and board changes including a resignation in November 2024 and new auditor appointment in January 2025.