Big Tree Carbon Inc.B
Big Tree Carbon Inc. (TSXV: BIGT, formerly AurCrest Gold Inc., renamed Apr 2022) is a Northwestern Ontario gold explorer whose flagship is the 100%-owned Richardson Lake Gold Property (891 hectares) in the Red Lake Gold Camp -- approximately 100km from Evolution Mining's Campbell mill, 10km north of First Mining Gold's Springpole deposit, and 1km north of the Argosy gold mine. The company also holds the Ranger Lake Gold Property (2,762ha), the McFaulds Lake base metals property, the Western Fold NSR Property (110 claims, ~2,170ha, Brownstone Lake/Casummit Lake townships), and a 35% interest in the Bridget Lake JV property (Red Lake Mining District). The company's Apr 2022 name change reflected a planned forest-carbon-credit venture (a Lac Seul First Nation / AGOKE Development LP forest carbon offset project, with Bluesource as technical partner) -- this did NOT materialize: Bluesource withdrew support after the First Nation declined to endorse the harvesting requirements the project needed to be viable. The company's real current substance remains its dormant gold mineral tenure.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 3.5/10 is weaker than the peer average of 5.3/10.
- Trading within 3% of its 52-week high — strong recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Ontario: Fraser PPI 2025 is 93.70 of 100 (rank 5 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Its ground is in the Red Lake Gold Camp of northwestern Ontario, a Tier-1 Canadian jurisdiction. The rating covers jurisdiction only, not the company's own going-concern and compliance risk.
Infrastructure (40%)No verified figure
Researched with nothing found: no source we could cite confirms or rules out an existing mill, road access, grid power, or tailings facility at Richardson Lake Gold Property, Red Lake Gold Camp, northwestern Ontario, Canada (checked Oct 5, 2026; recheck due Apr 3, 2027). Counts at a neutral 5/10 until one does.
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
A disclosed corporate action (not an acquisition or merger)
A corporate action of this kind says nothing about takeover susceptibility, so it isn't scored.
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:9/10
Canada: jurisdiction score 9/10
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
President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Big Tree Carbon Inc. (TSXV: BIGT, formerly AurCrest Gold Inc.). A Lac Seul First Nation (LSFN) Band Member. The company describes itself as Canada's first publicly traded mining company with an Anishinaabe President & CEO, with First Nations leadership and ownership and equity purchased by a First Nations group.
Corporate Secretary of Homeland Nickel Inc.; also Chief Financial Officer of Big Tree Carbon Inc. (CPA, CMA) 35+ years in financial management and reporting, operations, business optimization and strategy development; former CFO of Anaconda Mining Inc. Currently also CFO, COO and Corporate Secretary of Zonetail Inc. and CFO and Corporate Secretary of AFR NuVenture Resources Inc.
Corporate Secretary of Eskay Mining Corp.; also Corporate Secretary & Legal Counsel, Director of Bold Ventures Inc. and Corporate Secretary, Legal Counsel & Director of Big Tree Carbon Inc. Partner at Gardiner Roberts LLP since 2005, practising securities and corporate law for over 30 years; leads the firm's securities-law practice and holds director/officer positions with multiple TSX Venture Exchange and Canadian Securities Exchange-listed companies.
A Director of Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL), described by the company as a director and consultant; also Director, Business Development of Big Tree Carbon Inc. An industry consultant and entrepreneur, and a graduate of the University of Toronto, with many years of experience arranging venture capital for emerging companies and a specialisation in venture capital for the mining industry. Past President and Chief Executive Officer of AurCrest Gold Inc. (TSX Venture listed) and co-founder of Cathay Oil & Gas. Has developed expertise in Aboriginal issues in Canada's mineral industry and has negotiated memoranda of understanding and exploration agreements with First Nation groups.
A Director of Big Tree Carbon Inc. (TSXV: BIGT). The company's own board listing records him as an MDFN (Muskrat Dam First Nation) Band Member, a past MDFN Chief, a past Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN GC), and COO RC. No further biography is published by the company, so nothing beyond those designations is asserted here. Source: bigtreecarbon.ca/corporate/.
A Director of Big Tree Carbon Inc. (TSXV: BIGT) and a member of its Audit Committee. The company's own board listing records him as an LSFN (Lac Seul First Nation) Band Member. No further biography is published by the company, so nothing beyond that is asserted here. Source: bigtreecarbon.ca/corporate/.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
No smart-money tracking (institutional/large-investor activity) for this miner yet — this is a planned feature, not live data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
A plain-language summary of this company's technical-report findings isn't written yet. See the cited figures on this page and the documents below.