- CEO
- Thomas MacNeill
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Gold
- Address
- 224-4th Avenue South Saskatoon SK Canada S7K 5M5
- IPO Date
- Aug 15, 2012
- Business
- Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resources, focusing primarily on gold projects in Canada. The company’s core products and services include exploration and recovery of placer gold and hard rock gold at its flagship Wingdam project located in the Cariboo Mining District of south-central British Columbia, covering over 61,392 hectares of mineral tenure and more than 15 linear kilometers of placer claims along the Lightning Creek valley. Omineca employs advanced exploration techniques including diamond drilling to identify and develop mineralization, targeting both placer gold deposits and the underlying hard rock sources.
Recent major developments within the last two years include the initiation of a 2025 winter diamond drill program designed to follow up on mineralization discovered during the 2024 campaign, consisting of an 8-hole, 4,000-meter drill program slated to continue through December 2025 with results expected in early 2026. This program reinforces the company’s strategic focus on expanding and delineating gold resources at Wingdam. Omineca recently raised gross proceeds of approximately $1.5 million through a rights offering to fund continued exploration activities and general corporate purposes. The company also entered into option agreements and joint venture discussions targeting advancement and operational restart of underground placer gold recovery operations at Wingdam.
Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. operates in the gold mining and exploration industry primarily serving investors and mining sector stakeholders interested in Canadian mineral assets. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Omineca's strategic operations are concentrated in British Columbia. The company remains focused on leveraging both placer mining and hard rock exploration to unlock gold resources, supported by partnerships with exploration service providers such as TerraLogic Exploration Inc. Its operational flexibility and ongoing exploration programs position it for resource delineation and potential near-term production growth in a historically productive gold district.