Carlin Gold Corporation
Carlin Gold Corporation is a Carlin-type gold explorer with three 100%-owned Nevada properties. The Cortez Summit Project covers 11 sq km contiguous with Barrick Mining Corporation/Nevada Gold Mines on all sides, ~1km east of the high-grade Fourmile resource and ~1.4km northeast of the Goldrush operation. The Willow property (89 unpatented claims, northeast Nevada) sits northwest of Newmont's 2.6Moz Long Canyon gold deposit in the Pequop Mountains. The IVY Property (49 unpatented claims, Contact Mining District, Elko County) was acquired Oct 2023 for US$25,000 cash plus a 1% NSR on gold/silver and 0.75% on other metals, and hosts copper-gold mineralization alongside the company's Carlin-style gold targets. Management/board changes were announced Jul 2026. No NI 43-101 resource estimate has been published for any property.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 7/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.3/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Nevada: Fraser PPI 2025 is 100.00 of 100 (rank 1 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Nevada, USA -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
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 Cortez Summit Project, Nevada, USA (checked Sep 26, 2026; recheck due Mar 25, 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
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
United States: 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
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlin Gold Corporation, appointed July 2026 succeeding K. Wayne Livingstone (who remains on the Board as Director). 30 years of capital markets and corporate communications experience; most recently President & CEO of West Point Gold, which he grew from a $6 million to over $80 million market capitalization.
Chairman of the Board of Carlin Gold Corporation; also Chairman of the Board of Angel Wing Metals Inc.
Chief Financial Officer of Mackay Gold & Silver Corp., managing financial operations and corporate strategy for the exploration company; also Chief Financial Officer of Onyx Gold Corp. and Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Carlin Gold Corporation.
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 institutional holder is on record. Two insiders -- a director and a 10%-holder -- have both been buying on the open market through August 2026, with no offsetting selling found.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Carlin Gold explores for Carlin-type gold on three 100%-owned Nevada properties. Its Cortez Summit project covers 11 sq km surrounded on all sides by Nevada Gold Mines ground, about 1km east of the high-grade Fourmile resource and 1.4km north-east of the Goldrush operation; the Willow property, 89 unpatented claims in north-eastern Nevada, sits north-west of Newmont's Long Canyon gold deposit, and the IVY property, 49 claims in the Contact Mining District of Elko County, hosts copper-gold mineralisation. In April 2026 the company closed a private placement of 7,201,834 units, and it also holds strategic shareholdings in Snowline Gold and Fireweed Metals. No NI 43-101 resource has been published for any of its properties.
No reports or presentations linked yet.