Val-d'Or Mining CorporationV
Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ) is a gold/base-metal explorer in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of northwestern Quebec. Its Perestroika, Murdoch Creek, Claw Lake, and Cook Lake properties are all under option to Eldorado Gold (Québec) Inc., which may earn up to a 70% interest in each. Eldorado funded and ran a 2026 winter/summer diamond-drilling program at Perestroika (budgeted C$1.37M, 20 planned holes/~8,000m; 25 holes/12,477m actually completed), outlining a mineralized corridor ~1,000m along strike by 150m wide. No NI 43-101 resource of any category has been published at any property -- all remain pre-resource, with Eldorado (not Val-d'Or) currently funding and directing the most active exploration program.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 1.8/10 is weaker than the peer average of 5.3/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Quebec: Fraser PPI 2025 is 79.39 of 100 (rank 23 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. The Perestroika prospect is in Courville Township, Quebec, 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 Perestroika Prospect, Courville Township, Quebec, Canada (checked Sep 26, 2026; recheck due Mar 25, 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
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.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ). Executive Director of Quebec Bourse. VP Montreal of TSX Venture Exchange (Oct 1999-Dec 2015), regional business development; since 2016 provides consulting services to companies seeking Canadian exchange listings. Former director of Abitibi Royalties Inc. Source: valdormining.com/company/directors/.
Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ). Founder & President of Adelaide Capital, a full-service Toronto investor-relations firm. 15+ years in capital markets; previously 9 years in institutional equity sales at Toronto investment banks. Source: valdormining.com/company/directors/.
Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ). Chairman Emeritus (since Feb 2024, former Executive Chair Jul 2015-Feb 2024) and former President/CEO (1992-Jul 2015) of Mercer International Inc., a NASDAQ-listed pulp manufacturer. Former Director and Compensation Committee Chair, Golden Valley Mines (2016-2021). Source: valdormining.com/company/directors/.
Director of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ). Senior Associate, Institutional Sales, SCP Resource Finance (London, since 2024); former Investment Banking Analyst, iA Capital Markets. Master's in Management and Finance, University of London; BA Applied Economics, Queen's University. Source: valdormining.com/company/directors/.
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.
VP Exploration of Val-d'Or Mining Corporation (TSXV: VZZ); also Technical Advisor to Copper Road Resources Inc. M.Sc., P.Geo; Professional Geologist with 30+ years discovering/exploring economic mineral deposits. M.Sc. Mineral Exploration, Queen's University; previously VP Exploration for Golden Valley Mines; exploration background across Canada, Africa and South America covering precious metals, base metals and uranium.
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/.
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
Val-d'Or Mining explores for gold and base metals in the Abitibi greenstone belt of north-western Quebec. Its Perestroika, Murdoch Creek, Claw Lake and Cook Lake properties are all under option to Eldorado Gold (Quebec), which may earn up to a 70% interest in each. Eldorado funded and ran a 2026 diamond drilling program at Perestroika, about 40km north-east of Val-d'Or, completing 25 holes for 12,477m and outlining a mineralised corridor about 1,000m along strike and 150m wide. No NI 43-101 resource of any category has been published on any of the properties.