International Prospect Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: IZZ), together with its subsidiary Valroc Ventures Pty Ltd., explores mineral properties in Australia and Canada. Its flagship, the Pilbara Gold ('The Wits End') project, comprises 12 tenements (~14,890 ha) in the Eastern Pilbara of Western Australia. The company also holds the Porcupine Miracle gold project (4 mining claims, Langmuir Township, northeastern Ontario). The company closed a C$602,000 non-brokered private placement in Oct 2025.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Western Australia: Fraser PPI 2025 is 88.53 of 100 (rank 13 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. The flagship Wits End project is in Western Australia's Eastern Pilbara, a Tier-1 mining jurisdiction; its smaller Porcupine Miracle claims are in Ontario.
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 Wits End Gold Project (Mosquito Creek Basin tenements), Eastern Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia (checked Oct 2, 2026; recheck due Mar 31, 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
Australia: 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
Chair of the Board of Azimut Exploration Inc. and President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ, since Jun 2017); also President and CEO of Cleghorn Minerals Ltd. and Executive Chairman of International Prospect Ventures Ltd. B.Sc. Geology, Concordia University (1992); P.Geol., Ordre des géologues du Québec (2002). Geologist/prospector with 40+ years in mining; founded and led Golden Valley Mines Ltd. and founded and chaired Abitibi Royalties Inc., both acquired by Gold Royalty Corp. for ~$375M in 2021, and was instrumental in the ~$200M sale of Canadian Royalties in 2010. Former President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (2017-2019) and a PDAC member for 45 years. Sources: azimut-exploration.com/corporate/directors-and-management/directors/ and valdormining.com/company/management/.
A Director of Northern Shield Resources Inc. (TSXV: NRN), appointed to the board as announced by the company in November 2012; also Director & Vice President, Exploration of International Prospect Ventures Ltd.; Advisor & Consultant to Carlton Precious Inc.; and a director of Thunder Gold Corp. and Vision Lithium Inc. PhD, P.Geo., MSc (Geology). Managing Director and Principal Geoscientist for Caracle Creek Chile SpA and President, Principal Geoscientist and a Director of Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (Canada), an international geological and geophysical consulting group he co-founded in 2001. Almost 30 years in the mineral exploration business across fieldwork, management, research and project finance, and nearly 20 years as an officer, director and technical advisor with public and private companies, having taken several private firms public. A registered geoscientist with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO), an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geology at Lakehead University, and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Served as President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada from 2010 to 2012 and as a PDAC Director from 2002 to 2010. Appointed Vice President, Exploration of International Prospect Ventures in 2018.
A Director of International Prospect Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: IZZ). A geologist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the mining industry who is, among other business endeavours, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tempest Minerals Ltd., an Australian-based mineral exploration company with a diversified portfolio of projects in Western Australia. Source: iprospectventures.ca/corporate-overview/directors/.
A Director of International Prospect Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: IZZ). Honours B.Sc. in Geology, University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. in Economic Geology, University of Western Ontario. More than 40 years of experience in mineral exploration and mining in Canada, Australia and Nevada. Co-founded Tri Origin Exploration Ltd (now NewOrigin Gold Corp.) and was responsible for its TSX listing, and is now Chairman of NewOrigin; also founded and was responsible for the ASX and TSX listing of TriAusMin Ltd. Prior to Tri Origin he was Vice President Exploration for LAC Minerals Ltd, one of Canada's largest gold producers before its takeover by Barrick Gold Corp. During his career he has been closely involved with the discovery and development of major gold deposits in Canada including Hemlo, Bousquet and Bousquet #2, as well as in Australia and the United States. A member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Geological Association of Canada and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and has served as a director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
COO & Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ; director since the company's Feb 2010 inception, COO since Apr 2018); also a director of International Prospect Ventures Ltd. Mining Engineer specialising in Geophysics; Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Frankfurt; postdoctoral work, Stanford University. Held senior management roles including VP Sales at Canadian Royalties; sits on the boards of multiple junior mining companies.
CFO & Corporate Secretary of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ); also Chief Financial Officer of International Prospect Ventures Ltd. CPA, CA (Ontario), CPA (Illinois); 20+ years of financial-management/reporting experience. Previously Senior Manager of Finance and Investor Relations at First Quantum Minerals; held Controller roles at TSX-listed gold miners. Also CFO of Abitibi Royalties and Golden Valley Mines.
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
International Prospect Ventures explores mineral properties in Australia and Canada through its subsidiary Valroc Ventures. Its flagship is the Pilbara Gold project, also called The Wits End, which comprises 12 tenements covering about 14,890 ha in the Eastern Pilbara of Western Australia. It also holds the Porcupine Miracle gold project, 4 mining claims in Langmuir Township in north-eastern Ontario. No NI 43-101 or JORC resource has been estimated on either project.