Nevada King Gold Corp.
Nevada King Gold holds a 100%-owned, 130-square-kilometre land package on the Battle Mountain Trend in Lincoln County, Nevada, and grew measured & indicated oxide resources at its Atlanta project by 122% to over 1.0 million ounces in 2025, backed by a C$16.3 million March 2026 financing that included a strategic investment from Centerra Gold.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 7.4/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.3/10.
- Trading within 7% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not in place: mill.
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, United States — top-tier, low political-risk mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)7.1/10
No confirmed mill, confirmed road access, confirmed grid power, and a confirmed tailings facility at Atlanta Gold Mine Project, Nevada.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Robinson (KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.), 106 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
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:8.7/10
Centerra Gold Inc. holds 9.9% (reported 10 Apr 2026) See holders
An operating producer's stake scores 8 at 5%, rising to 10 at 20% (the take-over-bid threshold) and holding there up to 50%.
Weight 25% · 34% here - Distance to a producing mineSub-score:3.1/10
Nearest producing mine: Robinson (KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.), 106 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 31% here - Lifecycle stageSub-score:3.5/10
Stage: Resource Definition
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 20% 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% · 9% 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% · 6% 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
Founder & Chairman of Nevada King Gold Corp. and co-founder of New Found Gold (2016), where he served as Chairman/CEO before a management transition and stepped off the board in March 2025. Also co-founded Palisades Goldcorp in 2013.
CEO and Director of Nevada King Gold Corp. Previously headed mining research at Desjardins Capital Markets (since 2021), specializing in precious metals; joined Nevada King as President effective 1 Nov 2024, before becoming CEO on 14 Aug 2025, succeeding Collin Kettell. B.A. Economics & Philosophy (Dalhousie), MBA (Schulich).
Chief Financial Officer of Nevada King Gold Corp., succeeding Bassam Moubarak. 19 years finance/accounting/strategy experience at Hycroft Mining, Klondex Mines, Tahoe Resources; CPA (Nevada), CFMA certified.
VP Exploration at Nevada King Gold Corp. (P.Geo.) 15+ years exploration experience, including a decade on Nevada caldera-related gold systems; M.Sc. Laurentian University, B.Sc. Queen's University.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Centerra Gold, an operating gold producer, paid about C$10.4 million cash for 9.9% of Nevada King in a financing that closed on 10 April 2026, and negotiated the right to participate in future raises and to receive information for as long as it stays above 5%. Separately, a U.S. gold and precious metals fund took roughly 5% in April 2025, buying 20 million shares directly from the CEO — though the company did not name it. Management and insiders hold close to 40%.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Nevada King Gold holds a 100%-owned, 130 km2 land package on the Battle Mountain Trend in Lincoln County, Nevada, including the Atlanta Gold Mine project. Measured and indicated oxide resources at Atlanta contain 1,019,600 oz of gold (170,800 oz measured at 1.55 g/t and 848,800 oz indicated at 1.09 g/t), plus 98,500 oz inferred, in a technical report effective 6 September 2024. The company raised C$16.3M in a March 2026 financing that included a strategic investment from Centerra Gold. In August 2026 it added a fourth drill rig and identified the previously undrilled Splay Zone, a target of about 500 m by 300 m next to the existing resource, and it now interprets the Splay Zone, East Ridge and the Atlanta resource zone as parts of a single mineralizing system.