Triumph Gold Corp. (TSXV: TIG; formerly Northern Freegold Resources Ltd, renamed Jan 2017) holds the 100%-owned, road-accessible Freegold Mountain Project (about 200 km2) in the Dawson Range Au-Cu Belt, roughly 70 km northwest of Carmacks, Yukon, along the Big Creek Fault Zone. It hosts three NI 43-101 deposits: Nucleus (Au-Ag-Cu), Revenue (Au-Ag-Cu-Mo, porphyry-related) and Tinta Hill (Au-Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn veins). The current Mineral Resource (SIM Geological, effective 11 Feb 2020) is 42.4 Mt at 0.58 g/t Au for 791,000 oz Au Indicated at Nucleus and Revenue, plus 39.0 Mt at 0.56 g/t Au for 707,000 oz Au Inferred across all three deposits (about 1.0 Moz and 1.085 Moz AuEq). Triumph has no current economic study: the only one, Northern Freegold's February 2013 PEA, was built on 2012-2013 resource estimates that the 2015 and 2020 updates replaced, and the company no longer cites it. In May 2025 Triumph reported the Proton Zone, a new silver-gold vein showing 1.3 km northeast of Nucleus that is not part of the resource.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)8/10
Yukon: Fraser PPI 2025 is 62.19 of 100 (rank 47 of 68), which maps to 8 on this site's scale. The Freegold Mountain project is in Yukon's Dawson Range. Yukon has Canadian rule of law, but mining executives rate its policy climate below Canada's leading provinces.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at Freegold Mountain Project (Nucleus, Revenue, Tinta Hill), Dawson Range, Yukon, 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: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% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:8/10
Canada: jurisdiction score 8/10
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
Principal Geologist of Triumph Gold Corp. 15 years in grassroot-to-brownfield exploration and mining, including 10 years at the New Afton block-cave mine; led geological studies on resource expansion, geometallurgy, and environmental and structural interpretation. BSc (Hons) Geology, University of British Columbia Okanagan, specializing in applied geochemistry.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of WildSky Resources Inc.; also Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board & Director of Triumph Gold Corp. and a director of Metals Creek Resources Corp. Specialises in turnaround assets in the capital markets; also a director of other public issuers, including New Found Gold, First Vanadium Corp., Parallel Mining Corp. and Phenom Resources Inc. President of Purplefish Capital Management Ltd. 25 years' capital-markets experience across TSX, TSXV, NASDAQ, NYSE, Swiss Exchange, and London AIM.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Phenom Resources Corp.; also Chief Operating Officer & Director of Noble Plains Uranium Corp. and a director of Triumph Gold Corp. Professional Geologist with over 40 years of global exploration experience in gold, base metals and diamonds, including 18 years with BHP Minerals. Led the discovery of four gold deposits totaling more than 6 million ounces as manager of the Slave Gold Project.
Director of Triumph Gold Corp.; also a director of ZincX Resources Corp. Principal of Sircon AG, a consulting firm in Zurich, Switzerland; former partner at Exulta AG portfolio management company (1997-2003). Independent director at Canada Zinc Metals Corp.; director since 2009 at Open Gold Corp and since 2011 at Mexigold Corp. Master of Arts, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Director of Triumph Gold Corp. Over 40 years' diverse experience relating to surface and underground mines and plants; Registered Professional Engineer. Managing Director-Metals at John T. Boyd Company Mining and Geological Consultants; former General Manager of Genex Construction LLC and VP Development at Echo Bay Mines Ltd. BSc Mining Engineering, Missouri School of Mines.
CFO of Triumph Gold Corp. Partner in the Audit and Assurance Group at DMCL Chartered Professional Accountants, providing audit and advisory services to Canadian and US private and public companies; specializes in guiding private companies entering public markets, with extensive knowledge of Canadian and US securities rules.
VP Exploration of Triumph Gold Corp. Over 20 years in geoscience exploration in senior and technical roles; Managing Director at Halle Geological Services Ltd. BSc (Environmental Science), University of Toronto; BSc (Honours Geology), Lakehead University. Advanced multiple porphyry copper-gold deposits including Western Copper and Gold's Casino and Copper Mountain Mining's deposit.
Project Manager of Triumph Gold Corp. Co-founder and managing director at Halle Geological Services Ltd (Halifax, Nova Scotia); over a decade of exploration and program-management experience focused on porphyry copper and gold systems in British Columbia and Yukon. Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science in Geology, Saint Mary's University; certified Project Management Professional.
Corporate Secretary of Triumph Gold Corp. President of Wiklow Corporate Services Inc. (Vancouver) since 2008; over 30 years of regulatory and corporate-compliance experience in Canada and the United States, assisting resource, financial and technology-sector companies with securities and exchange compliance.
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
Triumph Gold, formerly Northern Freegold Resources, owns 100% of the road-accessible Freegold Mountain project, about 200 km2 in the Dawson Range gold-copper belt roughly 70km north-west of Carmacks, Yukon. The project hosts three deposits, Nucleus, Revenue and Tinta Hill, and its resource, effective 11 February 2020, contains 791,000 oz of gold in the indicated category at Nucleus and Revenue (42.4 Mt at 0.58 g/t), with no measured category, plus 707,000 oz inferred across all three deposits (39.0 Mt at 0.56 g/t). Triumph has no current economic study: the only one, a 2013 preliminary economic assessment, was built on resource estimates that the 2015 and 2020 updates replaced, and the company no longer cites it. In May 2025 it reported the Proton Zone, a new silver-gold vein showing 1.3km north-east of Nucleus that is not part of the resource.