Storm Exploration Inc.
Storm Exploration Inc. (TSXV: STRM; formerly Lithoquest Resources Inc., renamed November 2022), based in Vancouver, is 100%-owner of three district-scale gold projects in Northwest Ontario -- Keezhik, Gold Standard and Attwood -- covering more than 46,000 hectares of prospective geology. Following the CAD $5.8M sale of its Miminiska project, the company holds a lean capital structure (~21 million shares) and a strengthened balance sheet. At Gold Standard (~60km north of Fort Frances), airborne (VTEM) and ground (VLF-EM) surveys confirmed a 5km-long VMS target, with a shear zone 4km south hosting historic high-grade grab samples up to 166 g/t gold, 197 g/t silver and 2.59% copper -- historic, non-NI-43-101-compliant figures, not a current resource. The company closed an oversubscribed CAD $2.95M private placement in July 2026 to fund drilling, expected to begin August 2026. No resource estimate has been published.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Ontario: Fraser PPI 2025 is 93.70 of 100 (rank 5 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Ontario, Canada -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at Gold Standard Project, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, 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.
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Your Rankings
Management Team
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Storm Exploration Inc. Over 30 years' international mineral-exploration experience and more than 20 years as a senior officer of publicly traded exploration companies; involved in the discovery of several kimberlite fields including the Lac de Gras field hosting the Ekati Diamond Mine.
Chief Financial Officer of Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET), and concurrently CFO & Corporate Secretary of Storm Exploration Inc. (appointed there effective 3 February 2025). Holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta and is a partner/principal at Sprout Sourcing, providing financial, accounting, regulatory, compliance and management advisory services to numerous issuers on the TSX Venture Exchange and other Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Sources: torrmetals.com/corporate and Storm Exploration's own disclosure.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Checked directly against the company's own site, which is live and current -- it closed an oversubscribed $2.95 million private placement in late July 2026 after announcing it in early July. No subscriber was named, so it cannot be credited as a specialist or strategic position. No producer or named specialist fund holds a disclosed stake, and there are no insider trading records in our data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Storm Exploration, formerly Lithoquest Resources, owns 100% of three gold projects in north-western Ontario, Keezhik, Gold Standard and Attwood, covering more than 46,000 hectares, and sold its Miminiska project for C$5.8M. At Gold Standard, about 60km north of Fort Frances, surveys outlined a 5km-long volcanogenic massive sulphide conductor, and after receiving a drill permit in August 2026 the company began an initial program of about 1,500m in 10 holes on 16 September 2026. A nearby shear zone has returned historic grab samples of up to 166 g/t gold, which are not a resource estimate. It closed an oversubscribed C$2.95M private placement in July 2026, and no resource has been published on any of its projects.
No reports or presentations linked yet.