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Paradigm Gold CorporationP

PDQ·US$0.063 (CAD 0.09)·US$1.1M cap
CopperSwift-Katie Copper-Gold Project (100%, Golden Arc, BC) Map

Paradigm Gold Corporation (TSXV: PDQ) -- formerly Nickelex Resource Corporation, renamed Mar 2025 -- explores its 100%-owned Swift-Katie Cu/Au project in BC's Golden Arc. A Phase 1 soil-sampling program (2026, ~C$250,000 budget) confirmed and extended gold-in-soil anomalies at the Swift target (362 samples, lengthening the anomaly ~500m to a >2.5km trend) and delineated a new gold-silver-enriched polymetallic anomaly at the Allouez target (231 samples, up to 100m wide/1.25km long). Follow-up surface work and, subject to results/financing, ~2,000m of drilling are planned for early 2027.

Notable vs. Peers

  • Financials score of 8.2/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.5/10.

Lifecycle Milestones

GrassrootsCurrent
Resource Def.
PEA
PFS
Feasibility
Permitting
Construction
Production
5.8/10
Weak track recordStrong track record
5.8/10 vs.
8.2/10
Thin runwayWell-capitalized
8.2/10 vs.
How this is calculated
Not yet researched
Weaker depositStronger deposit
How this is calculated
6.6/10
Harder place to buildEasier place to build
6.6/10 vs.
What goes into it
  • 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. The Swift-Katie project is in British Columbia's Golden Arc, a Tier-1 Canadian 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 Swift-Katie Copper-Gold Project, near Salmo, southern British Columbia, Canada (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.

6.4/10
Weaker profileStronger profile
6.4/10 vs.
Price Chart
$0.107$0.079$0.093$0.057$0.063SepDecAprJulOct
Sep 22, 2025 – Oct 15, 2026
$0.063
+18.3%from low-49.3%from high
$0.054$0.13
$1.1M
Far belowFar above
$1.1M vs. $29.1M peer median
Price (USD - Local)
US$0.063 (CAD 0.09)
Cash Position (USD)
$326.2K
Far belowFar above
$326.2K vs. $4.3M peer median
Debt (USD)
Far aboveFar below
$0 vs. $0 peer median
$789.4K
Far belowFar above
$789.4K vs. $27.4M peer median
17.6M
Far aboveFar below
17.6M vs. 172.1M peer median
Jurisdiction
Canada
-$127.1K
Far belowFar above
-$127.1K vs. -$4M peer median
-$0.007
Far belowFar above
-$0.007 vs. -$0.018 peer median

Acquisition Susceptibility

How this is calculated
4.3/10
Unlikely bolt-onFits the takeout profile

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 deal
    Sub-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 stake
    Sub-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 mine
    Sub-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 stage
    Sub-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
  • Jurisdiction
    Sub-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
  • Commodity
    Sub-score:
    8/10

    Primary commodity: Copper

    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.

Overall Score Trend
-22.9% since 2026-09-20 · -22.9% from peak

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Management Team

President and Director of Southern Silver Exploration Corp.; also Chairman and Director of Bravada Gold Corporation and Chairman & Director of Paradigm Gold Corporation. (B.A., LL.B., K.C.) UBC law degree 1964; called to the BC Bar 1965. Natural resource and corporate-securities lawyer, director or officer of companies behind the David Bell, Page Williams, Snip, Calpine/Eskay Creek, Mascot Gold Mines and Penasquito discoveries. Also a director of Equity Metals Corporation.

An Independent Director of Searchlight Resources Inc. (TSXV: SCLT); also President & Director of Paradigm Gold Corporation. P.Eng., B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering, University of British Columbia (1964). Has participated in the mining industry continuously since graduation as an exploration geologist, with expertise in epithermal and sedex-hosted precious metal deposits in the southwestern United States, strata-controlled gold deposits and porphyry copper/gold/molybdenum deposits of the western Cordillera, and VMS deposits across North America. Successful ventures include recognition and discovery of the Santa Fe gold mine, identification of the Calvada gold mine on the northern boundary of the New Canyon property, and discovery of the Mindora gold/silver deposit, all in Nevada; he is also credited with early identification of two VMS deposits at the Rambler Mine in Newfoundland and recognition of the Frasergold strata-controlled gold deposit in British Columbia. Has served as a director of numerous public companies and is currently a director of Quaterra Resources and Bravada Gold Corp.

Project Manager of InZinc Mining Ltd.; also a director of Paradigm Gold Corporation. B.Sc. A Vancouver-based consultant with over 30 years of experience in the Americas exploring for gold and base metal targets, who has managed drill and surface exploration programs for InZinc since 2017. Also a Director of Nickelex Resource Corporation. Holds a Bachelor of Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Director and Chief Financial Officer of Equity Metals Corporation; also Chief Financial Officer of Southern Silver Exploration Corp., Gold Springs Resource Corp. and Visionary Copper and Gold Mines Inc. and a director of Paradigm Gold Corporation. (CPA, CA) President and CEO of Malaspina Consultants Inc. in Vancouver, focusing on clients in the resource and junior public sector, advising on financial management and public company reporting. Also principal of the Manex Resource Group of Vancouver, which provides administrative, financial, corporate, corporate finance and geological services to a number of public companies in the mineral resource sector. Previously an Assurance Partner at Wolrige Mahon LLP (now Baker Tilly Canada) working predominantly with resource and other junior public companies, and formerly a Senior Manager with KPMG LLP. Holds a BSc. (Accounting) from University College Cork, Ireland and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Corporate Treasury from Dublin City University, and received his Chartered Accountant designations from Canada and Ireland in 2010 and 2002 respectively.

Chief Financial Officer of Paradigm Gold Corporation (TSXV: PDQ), re-appointed by the board following the annual general meeting of 23 June 2026.

Corporate Secretary of Equity Metals Corporation; also Corporate Secretary of Southern Silver Exploration Corp., Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. and Paradigm Gold Corporation. (B.A., LL.B.) Obtained her law degree in 2004 and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2005. Currently serves as corporate secretary to several public resource companies in the minerals sector including Bravada Gold Corporation, Equity Metals Corporation, Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd., Southern Silver Exploration Corp. and Valterra Resource Corporation.

Vice President of Corporate Development of Equity Metals Corporation, responsible for general corporate development and for supporting management to evaluate and execute new investment opportunities; also Vice President of Corporate Development of Southern Silver Exploration Corp. and Vice President, Corporate Development of Paradigm Gold Corporation. Over 25 years of corporate communications, strategic marketing and corporate development experience, and has been a director and officer of numerous publicly traded North American resource companies. Also serves as VP of Corporate Development at Malaspina-Manex Group, where he oversees, implements and manages various corporate functions and shareholder programs for public and private companies.

Director and President of Equity Metals Corporation; also Vice President of Exploration and Director of Bravada Gold Corporation and a director of Paradigm Gold Corporation. (P.Geo., B.S., M.S.) A Certified Professional Geologist with a B.S. in Geology from Kent State University and an M.S. in Geology from the University of Colorado, with 40 years of experience in exploration for gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc and uranium in the U.S., Canada and abroad. Also President and a director of Bravada Gold Corporation and a director of Nickelex Resource Corporation, and previously of Homestake Resource Corporation and Fortune River Resource Corp. Has held previous executive positions and directorships with Fairmile GoldTech, Sierra Geothermal, the Geological Society of Nevada and the GSN Foundation.

Insiders, Investors & Smart Money

Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.

Smart money

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Reports, Presentations & Documents

Technical Report Takeaways

Despite its name, Paradigm Gold, formerly Nickelex Resource, is exploring a copper-gold project: the 100%-owned Swift-Katie property near Salmo in British Columbia's Golden Arc. A first-phase soil-sampling program in 2026 confirmed and extended gold-in-soil anomalies at the Swift target, where 362 samples lengthened the anomaly by about 500m to a trend of more than 2.5km, and outlined a new gold-silver-enriched polymetallic anomaly at the Allouez target from 231 samples, up to 100m wide and 1.25km long. Follow-up surface work and, subject to results and financing, about 2,000m of drilling are planned for early 2027. No NI 43-101 resource has been estimated.