- CEO
- John Shurko
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Other metals/Minerals
- Address
- Vancouver Canada
- IPO Date
- Jun 21, 2021
- Business
- Freedom Gold Corporation is a Canadian mineral exploration and resource development company focused on the acquisition, evaluation, and exploration of precious metal properties in North America, with a primary focus on high-grade gold assets in Canada. The company conducts its exploration operations and services across several specialized disciplines, including: mineral property identification, staking, and claim optioning; geological mapping, lithogeochemical sampling, and soil analysis; ground and airborne geophysical surveys; trenching, channel sampling, and structural target modeling; diamond drilling campaigns and core assaying; resource modeling and technical reporting under National Instrument 43-101 guidelines; and project management, environmental permitting, and community engagement. Freedom Gold Corporation holds exploration interests in an emerging portfolio of mineral assets in Nova Scotia, Canada, encompassing the Blockhouse Gold Property, the Widow Point Property, the Frenchvale Property, and the Westfield Property. Originally incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In recent corporate developments, the company executed a major strategic transformation in May 2026 by changing its corporate name from SPOD Lithium Corp. to Freedom Gold Corporation, consolidating its share capital, and updating its Canadian Securities Exchange ticker symbol from SPOD to FRDM to reflect a comprehensive strategic pivot from battery metals exploration toward gold resource development. In June 2026, the company entered into an option agreement with 21Alpha Resources Inc. to acquire a 100% interest in four prospective gold properties located in Nova Scotia, comprising the Blockhouse, Widow Point, Frenchvale, and Westfield projects, following the divestment and termination of its legacy lithium holdings in Quebec and Ontario, including the MegaLi property. In September 2026, Freedom Gold Corporation restructured its executive leadership with the appointment of John Shurko as Chief Executive Officer and director. Concurrently, the company advanced its exploration capitalization through non-brokered private placement equity financings, including closing a private placement tranche in August 2026 and launching flow-through common share offerings in September 2026 to fund Canadian exploration expenditures across its Nova Scotia gold assets.