Investment Insight
Harvest Gold offers investors a compelling opportunity to participate in early-stage exploration within Quebec’s prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt – home to some of Canada’s richest gold deposits – through three strategically located and 100 percent owned properties, with a flagship asset positioned for significant discovery upside.
Overview
Harvest Gold (TSXV:HVG) is a Canadian junior exploration company advancing a portfolio of 100 percent owned, highly prospective gold projects in Quebec’s world-renowned Abitibi Greenstone Belt. With more than 200 million ounces of historical gold production, the Abitibi is one of the richest gold-producing regions globally. Harvest Gold’s properties – Mousseau, Urban Barry and LaBelle – are strategically situated in and around the Urban Barry Greenstone Belt, a rapidly emerging gold camp that has become the focal point of aggressive exploration and investment by major players like Gold Fields and Osisko Mining.
The Urban Barry Belt is particularly significant: it hosts the high-grade, multi-million-ounce Windfall gold deposit, which was developed by Osisko Mining and recently purchased by Gold Fields, as well as Bonterra’s Gladiator and Barry deposits. In a belt where land is increasingly consolidated by majors, Harvest Gold controls three of the few remaining independent, district-scale land packages, representing a rare opportunity for investors to gain early exposure in an area with proven geological endowment and high-value acquisition potential. With road access, nearby infrastructure and recent forest fires having cleared ground for new exploration, the conditions are optimal for discovery.
The company’s strategy is further strengthened by its highly experienced leadership and technical team. CEO Rick Mark brings more than 40 years of business and management experience and has overseen multiple resource companies through peak valuations for 25 years. The technical team includes industry veterans such as Louis Martin, a two-time AEMQ “Discovery of the Year” award winner, and Warren Bates, former VP exploration for Pelangio, who was instrumental in the Blackwater discovery. This team brings deep expertise in structural geology, Quebec-focused exploration, and mine development.
Harvest Gold is backed by Crescat Capital, a prominent institutional investor with a strong track record of supporting early-stage discoveries. Crescat’s investment was driven by the endorsement of their strategic advisor, Dr. Quinton Hennigh, a globally recognized exploration geologist. His confidence in the company’s land positioning and geological model is a powerful validation of Harvest’s potential.
Company Highlights
- Flagship Mousseau Project: Large-scale, advanced-stage exploration property with multiple confirmed gold-bearing shear zones.
- Tier-one address: All projects located in Quebec’s Urban Barry Greenstone Belt where Gold Fields recently acquired Osisko Mining’s world-class Windfall deposit and much of the rest of the Urban Barry belt.
- Institutional Backing: Crescat Capital, with renowned Advisor, geologist Dr. Quinton Hennigh, owns approximately 19 percent of Harvest Gold.
- Skilled Technical Team: Leadership includes seasoned geologists and executives with proven discovery and development track records.
- Favourable Jurisdiction: Operates in Quebec, a politically stable, mining-friendly province with excellent infrastructure and low exploration costs.
- Strategic Timing: Recent forest fires have unveiled new outcrops, offering rare exploration advantages. Gold is trading at an all-time high.
Key Projects
Mousseau Gold Project
The Mousseau gold project is Harvest Gold’s flagship asset, encompassing 193 claims across 9,735.6 hectares in the northern Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Quebec. Located just 15 kilometers east of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, the property benefits from year-round road accessibility, offering critical logistical and cost advantages for exploration. It lies immediately adjacent to claims held by Gold Fields and Cartier Resources to the north and near significant land packages staked by renowned prospector Shawn Ryan to the south, placing Mousseau in the heart of one of the most geologically fertile and active regions in Canada.
At the geological level, Mousseau straddles two major structural corridors: the Morono Shear Zone and the Kiask River Deformation Zone. Both zones exhibit classic characteristics of shear-hosted gold systems, including multiple stacked quartz-sericite shear zones with widths ranging from under one meter to over 30 meters. The property already boasts 49 significant surface gold showings and a historical, non-NI 43-101 compliant gold resource at the Morono zone. New geological mapping, combined with geophysics and geochemical sampling, confirms a large, mineralized system with excellent continuity along strike and at depth.
In 2024, Harvest Gold completed a comprehensive high-resolution airborne magnetic survey over the entire property, revealing a network of previously unrecognized structural features and magnetic domains. These insights were critical in refining drill targets, particularly in underexplored zones that were newly exposed following the 2023 wildfires. Initial compilation and fieldwork has already validated several new high-priority gold targets in both the northern (Morono) and central (Kiask River) zones of the property.
Highlights from historical and recent data include:
- High-grade gold intersections in both drill core and surface trenching, such as 93.02 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 0.6 metres and 27.79 g/t gold over 1.5 metres (Trench 1B)
- Shear zones at Morono display continuity of mineralization at depth, with intersections such as 4.42 g/t gold over 7.6 metres and 3.07 g/t gold over 4.11 metres
- Presence of associated copper and silver mineralization in some zones, indicating polymetallic exploration potential
The company’s 2025 exploration plan includes 5,000 meters of diamond drilling focused on these defined high-priority targets, with a fully scoped budget of $1 million, aiming to unlock the project’s full potential as a large-scale, high-grade discovery.
Given its scale, geological architecture, infrastructure access and strategic neighbors, Mousseau is well-placed to evolve into a tier-one asset capable of attracting major partners or acquirers.
Urban Barry Property
Acquired from EGR Exploration, the Urban Barry property comprises 6,879 hectares located west of the Osisko/Gold Fields Windfall property. The project spans 20 km of favorable strike length and sits along the southern margin of the Urban Barry Greenstone Belt.
Key advantages:
- Analogous geological setting to Windfall and Gladiator
- Road-accessible with mapped deformation zones and quartz-vein hosted gold indicators
- 2024 magnetic surveys and fieldwork completed; drilling strategy is in development
LaBelle Project
Staked in 2024, LaBelle covers 3,394 hectares and represents a 9 km southeast extension of the Kiask River Fault. It mirrors the geological setting of Mousseau, with similar NW-SE oriented shear zones and structural contacts between the Wilson Pluton and volcanic sequences.
Though early-stage, LaBelle offers:
- District-scale exploration potential
- Proximity to Harvest’s other assets for operational synergy
- Favorable structural and lithological environment
Management and Geological Team
Rick Mark – President, CEO and Chair
With 25 years of leadership in Canadian public resource companies, Rick Mark previously helmed VMS Ventures, North American Nickel and Pancontinental Uranium, each achieving peak valuations of C$200 million.
Louis Martin – Senior Technical Advisor, Quebec Exploration
A Quebec-focused geological consultant with more than 40 years of experience, Louis Martin is the former VP of exploration at Clifton Star Mining, where he led the team developing the Duparquet deposit. He is a multiple-time recipient of the AEMQ “Discovery of the Year” award.
Pat Donnelly – Independent Director
Recently VP capital markets at Tutor Gold, Pat Donnelly is a former co-founder and president of First Mining Gold, where he executed eight M&A deals growing the company’s market cap from $30 million to $600 million.
Len Brownlie – Independent Director
Len Brownlie brings more than 30 years of executive leadership in mining exploration. He is the former president of Goldrush Resources and director of First Silver Reserve.
Christopher Cherry – CFO and Director
Christopher Cherry has more than 15 years of experience in corporate accounting and audit for public companies. He oversees Harvest Gold’s financial strategy and compliance.
Ed Zablotny – Independent Director
Ed Zablotny boasts over 35 years in venture capital markets with expertise in trading, credit and regulatory compliance.
Warren Bates – Geological Team
Warren Bates is a veteran geologist with 30+ years in gold and base metals exploration. He is the former VP of exploration at Pelangio Exploration and part of the Blackwater deposit discovery team.
Henry Awmack – Geological Team
Henry Awmack is the co-founder of Equity Exploration Consultants, with over 40 years of exploration experience. He was notably involved in early work on the Cobre Panama copper-gold deposit.
Neil Richardson – Geological Team
Neil Richardson is a geological consultant and the VP Explorations for Hudbay Minerals. He led the team behind the discovery and development of the Reed Mine while at VMS Ventures.