Yorbeau Resources Inc.
Yorbeau Resources Inc. (TSX: YRB) explores for gold and base metals in northwestern Quebec, near Chibougamau, Detour, Joutel and Selbaie. Its flagship Scott zinc-copper deposit near Chibougamau is led by zinc: in its December 2017 NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment (RPA), zinc is about 57% of life-of-mine gross revenue and copper about 33%, and its resource holds 3.57 Mt indicated at 4.17% zinc and 0.95% copper (about 328 Mlb of zinc) plus 14.28 Mt inferred. The company is seeking a partner to develop it further. The broader portfolio (Scott Belt, Beschefer, Caribou, Lemoine, Selbaie West, Landrienne, Gemini-Turgeon, Joutel Explo-Zinc, Allard) includes active gold exploration at Beschefer (drilling program begun January 2025). Yorbeau completed the sale of its Rouyn gold property to Lac Gold (Rouyn) Inc. for $25M in December 2024.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 1.1/10 is weaker than the peer average of 4.5/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not in place: mill, tailings facility. Not yet determined: road access, grid power.
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. Quebec, Canada -- top-tier mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)2.9/10
No confirmed mill and no confirmed tailings facility at Scott Zinc-Copper-Gold-Silver Deposit, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada; road access and grid power not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Sleeping Giant (Abcourt Mines Inc.), 252 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
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:0/10
Nearest producing mine: Sleeping Giant (Abcourt Mines Inc.), 252 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 46% here - Lifecycle stageSub-score:6/10
Stage: Preliminary Economic Assessment
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 31% 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% · 14% here - CommoditySub-score:2/10
Primary commodity: Zinc
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 9% 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 and Chief Executive Officer of Yorbeau Resources Inc. Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University specializing in Accounting & Finance; over 30 years of business experience, having founded and operated multiple insurance brokerages sold to multinational corporations.
President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Yorbeau Resources Inc. Natural resources industry veteran; previously president of Yorbeau from 1997 to 2007. C.A.; founding partner of Cote Bodnar, Chartered Accountants (since acquired by Samson Belair Deloitte & Touche).
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 institutional holder is on record. Two directors have both bought on the open market this year, with no offsetting selling found.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Yorbeau Resources explores for gold and base metals in north-western Quebec, near Chibougamau, Detour, Joutel and Selbaie. Its flagship Scott zinc-copper deposit near Chibougamau was the subject of a December 2017 NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment that gave a 12.3% pre-tax IRR and a 15-year mine life on a resource of 3.6 Mt indicated and 14.0 Mt inferred, and the company is seeking a partner to develop it further. The deposit is led by zinc: in the study's life-of-mine gross revenue at US$1.30/lb zinc and US$3.50/lb copper, zinc is about 57% and copper about 33%, and the indicated resource of 3.57 Mt at 4.17% zinc contains about 328 Mlb of zinc, with about 1,099 Mlb more inferred. Its wider portfolio includes the Beschefer gold property, and in January 2026 it began a drill program across its Beschefer, Selbaie West and Allard properties. It sold its Rouyn gold property to Lac Gold (Rouyn) in December 2024.