Bonanza Mining Corporation
Bonanza Mining Corporation (TSXV: BNZ; formerly Califfi Capital Corp., renamed July 2021) is a Vancouver-headquartered explorer targeting gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper in British Columbia. Its 100%-owned flagship MC property (2 claims, ~903 hectares, marketed as "MC Gold") sits in the historic Stewart mining camp ~12km north of Stewart, BC, on ground with historic gold-silver-base-metal occurrences, adjacent to the Premier Gold Mine property. The company also holds option agreements on the Shag property (Golden Mining District, BC) and the Frog property (Liard Mining District, BC). No resource estimate has been published for any property.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
British Columbia: Fraser PPI 2025 is 74.28 of 100 (rank 31 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. British Columbia, Canada -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at MC Gold Property, Bear River valley, north of Stewart, Golden Triangle, British Columbia, Canada; 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: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
Chief Executive Officer of Bonanza Mining Corporation since September 2025.
President and Director of Bonanza Mining Corporation, having previously served as the company's President, CEO and Director until August 2024, now serving as President under CEO Andrew Burgess.
Geologist with over 40 years of experience, mainly in the exploration industry and principally as a mapper, on projects ranging from grassroots to development. Published by Evergold Corp. as "Charles J Greig, P.Geo" and referred to in the same biography as "C.J. (Charlie) Greig" -- the two name forms are the same person. B.Sc. Geology and M.Sc. Geology, University of British Columbia. Executive Chairman of Evergold Corp. (TSXV: EVER); Chief Executive Officer of Metal Energy Corp. from 11 February 2026; Advisor to Azarga Metals Corp. (TSXV: AZR); Technical Advisor to Metallis Resources Inc. (TSXV: MTS); Independent Director of Bonanza Mining Corporation (since 2021); formerly Vice President, Exploration of GT Gold Corp. Led the discovery of the Saddle North Cu-Au porphyry and Saddle South high-grade gold-silver zones for GT Gold near Iskut, B.C. (acquired by Newmont in 2021), for which he received AME BC's H.H. 'Spud' Huestis Award and, in 2022, PDAC's Bill Dennis Award. Has mapped or worked on numerous projects subsequently taken to production, including La India (Grayd/Agnico Eagle), Wolverine (Yukon Zinc), Alamo Dorado (Corner Bay/Pan American Silver), Bisha and Emba Derho (Eritrea), and Brucejack (Pretium); other advanced projects include Red Mountain (Lac Minerals, IDM), Casino, Silbak Premier-Big Missouri (Westmin, Ascot) and IKE (HDI-Amarc). Recently lead technical advisor for American Eagle Gold's NAK project. Principal of C.J. Greig & Associates Ltd., a geological consulting team; based in Penticton, B.C. Sources: evergoldcorp.ca/corporate/management/ and /corporate/board/, azargametals.com/corporate/directors, metallisresources.com/corporate/.
Chief Financial Officer of Rockhaven Resources Ltd. and GGL Resources Corp. (appointed to both in March 2022, replacing Larry Donaldson at GGL), and Director of Finance/CFO of Bonanza Mining Corp. Also serves as CFO of Silver Range Resources Ltd. and Aeonian Resources Corp. Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA, 2013) with a BBA from Simon Fraser University (2010) and over 10 years of experience -- a shared corporate-services CFO serving multiple related junior resource companies concurrently.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Insider Alfredo De Lucrezia bought shares on the open market recently, but he is the only insider buying, and no producer, strategic investor, or resource-specialist fund holds a disclosed stake.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Bonanza Mining, formerly Califfi Capital, explores for gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper in British Columbia. Its 100%-owned flagship is the MC property, 2 claims covering about 903 hectares in the historic Stewart mining camp about 12km north of Stewart, next to the Premier gold mine property, on ground with historic gold-silver-base-metal occurrences. The company has planned a drill program of roughly $1.5 million at MC for 2026 to test geophysical and geochemical targets, and it holds option agreements on the Shag property in the Golden Mining District and the Frog property in the Liard Mining District, which were pending TSX Venture Exchange approval. No resource estimate has been published for any property.
No reports or presentations linked yet.