West Point Gold Corp.
West Point Gold Corp. (renamed from Gold79 Mines Ltd., December 2024) is exploring the Gold Chain project, a large-scale low-sulfidation epithermal gold system in Arizona's historic Oatman District. A 2025-2026 drill campaign (21,079 metres) at the Tyro Main and Northeast Tyro zones has returned high-grade intercepts including 62.5m at 3.1 g/t Au and 56.4m at 4.24 g/t Au extending to 350m depth, feeding into a maiden mineral resource estimate the company is targeting later in 2026; no resource has yet been declared.
Lifecycle Milestones
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 the underlying research identifies — whether a major already holds a JV, earn-in, or 5–19.9% strategic stake — isn't tracked yet and is absent from this score.
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Management Team
Chief Executive Officer and President of West Point Gold Corp. 10+ years of mining capital markets experience with an investment banking/metallurgy background; currently Executive Chairman of Olive Resource Capital and a Director at Omai Gold Mines.
VP Exploration at West Point Gold Corp. 45 years of mining/mineral development experience specializing in low-sulfidation epithermal gold systems; Project Manager/President of Kinross El Salvador 1993-2002, independent consultant since.
Chief Financial Officer of West Point Gold Corp. Chartered Accountant with 30 years of mining/resource company experience; co-founded Gold79 (public 2004); currently CFO of C3 Metals and Lahontan Gold Corp; former CFO of UR-Energy 2004-2007.
VP Corporate Development at West Point Gold Corp. Geologist/mining professional with 15+ years across industry, finance and academia; former sell-side mining analyst with a role in Newmont's $311M GT Gold acquisition and the West Red Lake Gold Mines turnaround.
Executive Chairman of West Point Gold Corp., a very recent appointment (August 4, 2026). Venture investor in natural resources and biotech; involved in the early structuring/financing of Prime Mining (sold for $450M CAD).
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
VanEck's actively-managed International Investors Gold Fund, a real specialist gold fund, holds a meaningful stake just over 5%. Five different insiders bought stock on the open market over the past year -- a broad, genuine buying pattern -- though it is narrowly outweighed by one director's separate selling in the same window.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
We haven't parsed this company's PEA/PFS/FS recommendations yet — cut-off grade, mine life, DCF/NPV, and the report's own next-steps guidance are a planned research pass, not live data for every company yet.
Grade x width ("gram-meter") is a discovery-quality signal Don Durrett cites: essentially every large (2Moz+) gold deposit has at least one intercept at or above 200 g-m (his own preference: 300+). Not exhaustive -- only intercepts the company itself highlighted as a headline result, not a full assay database.