Angel Wing Metals Inc.
Angel Wing Metals Inc. (formerly Huntington Exploration Inc., renamed May 2022) explores for gold and silver in Mexico and Canada. Its flagship La Reyna Project covers ~106.9km2 in the southern extension of the Sierra Madre Occidental gold-silver belt in Nayarit, Mexico; an inaugural 13-hole (1,400m) diamond drill program (results reported April 2025) returned anomalous gold intersections (>0.1 g/t Au) in all 13 holes, with 8 of 13 exceeding 1 g/t Au, but no resource estimate has been published. The company also holds the Winora property in Canada; its Quartz Lake claims in Ontario were sold to Kenorland Minerals in April 2026, a move the company described as concentrating effort on its Mexican ground.
Notable vs. Peers
- Jurisdiction risk score of 6/10 is meaningfully riskier than the peer average of 7.8/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)6/10
Nayarit, Mexico -- moderate mining-jurisdiction risk (established mining code, but weaker rule-of-law/security backdrop than Tier-1 jurisdictions).
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at La Reyna Gold-Silver Project, Aguila de Oro district, Nayarit, Mexico; existing mill, grid power, and tailings facility not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No project coordinates on file yet, so distance to a producing mine can't be measured.
Acquisition Susceptibility
A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal in the research, a producer that already owns part of the company, is scored from its disclosed strategic shareholders. A producer that is a joint-venture or earn-in partner on the project, rather than a shareholder, isn't captured yet.
How this score is built
- Disclosed pending dealSub-score: Not scored
No pending acquisition or merger disclosed (checked)
Not scored: having no deal in flight isn't held against a company.
Weight 26.25% - Producer's strategic stakeSub-score: Not scored
No producer holds a disclosed stake on file (holder register researched) See holders
Not scored: most juniors that do get bought had no prior toehold, so a missing stake says little either way.
Weight 25% - Distance to a producing mineSub-score: Not yet researched
Distance not yet researched: no project coordinates on file
Distance can't be measured without coordinates, so excluded rather than counted as far.
Weight 22.5% - Lifecycle stageSub-score:1/10
Stage: Grassroots Exploration
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:6/10
Mexico: jurisdiction score 6/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 26% here - CommoditySub-score:10/10
Primary commodity: Gold
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 17% here
Weight is each input's share of the full score. “Here” is its share of this company's score: inputs that aren't scored are left out and the rest re-weighted, never counted as zero.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Angel Wing Metals Inc., appointed February 2023. M.Sc., P.Geo. with over 30 years as a professional geologist; became President and CEO of Grayd Resources in 2003, discovering the La India deposit later sold to Agnico-Eagle Mines for C$275 million in 2011, and co-founded Orla Mining Ltd. in 2014, serving as its President and CEO for 4 years.
Chairman of the Board of Carlin Gold Corporation; also Chairman of the Board of Angel Wing Metals Inc.
Independent Director of Angel Wing Metals Inc., CFA, MBA, President and CCO of Interward Asset Management Ltd. with over 25 years' capital-markets experience in small- to mid-cap mining.
Vice President, Special Projects of Osisko Metals Incorporated; also a director of Angel Wing Metals Inc. Former VP Project Coordination, Osisko Mining Inc. Professional geologist registered in Ontario with 15+ years' progressive senior-level international experience. B.S. Honours (University of Toronto); MBA (Schulich School of Business).
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Two different insiders bought shares on the open market within the past two months -- Mark Santarossa (four purchases) and Marc Prefontaine -- with no offsetting selling. No producer or specialist-fund backing was found.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Angel Wing Metals, formerly Huntington Exploration, explores for gold and silver in Mexico and Canada. Its flagship La Reyna gold-silver project covers about 106.9km2 in the southern extension of the Sierra Madre Occidental belt in Nayarit, Mexico, where an inaugural 13-hole, 1,400m diamond drill program reported in April 2025 returned anomalous gold in all 13 holes, with 8 of them exceeding 1 g/t gold, and the company is looking for a joint-venture partner. In April 2026 it sold its Quartz Lake claims in Ontario to Kenorland Minerals to concentrate on its Mexican ground, and it also holds the Winora property in Canada. No resource estimate has been published.
No reports or presentations linked yet.