Bend Vein — included in the MRE, still open
[ Flagship Project ]
The Scottie Gold Mine
A past-producing, fully permitted high-grade gold mine, 32 km north of Stewart — 20 km from the Premier Mill and 27 km from Newmont's Brucejack.
8,534 ha20 mineral + 14 Crown claims
95,426 ozproduced 1981–85 at 16.2 g/t gold
703 kOzinferred resource at 6.06 g/t (2025)
M139active mine permit
[ Overview ]
Proven Ground, Barely Explored
The Scottie Gold Mine Project includes the past-producing Scottie Gold Mine, which operated from 1981 to 1985 and produced 95,426 oz of gold at an average grade of 16.2 g/t, along with key growth targets including Blueberry, Domino, and the Bend Vein.
Despite its location in the heart of the Stewart Mining Camp, the area is relatively under-explored: more than thirty gold and silver bearing mineralized zones sit within the project area, and prior to the 2021 season only seven had ever been drill tested.
"One of the most important mineral trends of northwestern British Columbia extends from near the town of Stewart north to the Treaty Glacier… Major deposits along this trend include KSM, Brucejack, Silbak-Premier, Big Missouri, Scottie Gold and Red Mountain."— Nelson & Kyba, 2014, BC Geological Survey
[ Project Highlights ]
Why This Mine Restarts First
- Past gold producer with an active mine permit (M139)
- Road accessible from the Granduc Road — 1 km west of the Brucejack transmission line
- Existing underground 200 tonne/day mill
- Existing underground infrastructure: 6 portals, shafts, rail, and 7 km of drifts
- Deposit open along strike and at depth, with multiple parallel structures
- Numerous high-grade surface veins identified but never drilled
- Excellent potential to significantly expand resources
[ The Scottie Gold Mine Zone ]
Neither Mined Out Nor Drilled Off
The mineralized veins of the Scottie Gold Mine are hosted within the Early Jurassic Unuk River andesite of the Hazelton Group, adjacent to the Summit Lake stock of the Texas Creek Plutonic Suite — the same setting as Snip, Premier, Red Mountain, Brucejack, and KSM. At least 13 zones of gold-bearing quartz-carbonate sulphide veining occur on the property.
Scottie's 2019 drilling confirmed the mine was neither mined out nor drilled off: hole SR19-13 returned 7.27 g/t gold over 25.02 m, including 11.72 g/t over 10.95 m. Later campaigns added 109.4 g/t over 2.53 m (2020) and 37.2 g/t over 3.71 m (2021), and in 2022 the company acquired the historic 3% royalty on the mine.
The mine shut down in February 1985 — not from lack of gold, but from a high-interest loan and a gold price that fell from ~US$600 to US$320. At closure, mill recoveries ran 92–95% with remaining reserves estimated at 132,306 short tons grading 17.50 g/t gold, and the known ore zones remain open in multiple directions.
The historical estimate pre-dates NI 43-101 and is not treated as a current mineral resource.
[ The Blueberry Contact Zone ]
The Discovery Driving the Resource
A gold-pyrrhotite intrusion-related system along an andesite–siltstone contact — 1.6 km of strike, 525 m of depth, and still open.
Historic trenching of the Blueberry Vein returned 103.94 g/t gold over 1.43 m and 203.75 g/t over 1.90 m — yet the zone had seen only limited drilling before Scottie acquired the claims in December 2018. The breakthrough came in 2019, when a new splay zone returned 7.44 g/t gold over 34.78 m.
Follow-up work revealed that "splay" is actually the major north-south mineralizing structure — the Blueberry Contact Zone — linking the Road, Blueberry, Fifi, Lemoffee, Gully, and Serac targets along a single property-scale feature. Drilling ramped from 11 holes in 2020 to 61 holes and 15,590 m in 2023, extending gold-bearing mineralization to roughly 525 m depth.
Mineralization is characterized by north-plunging ore shoots at the intersection of northwest-dipping sulphide-carbonate-quartz veins and the north-south andesite-siltstone contact — and infill drilling suggests mineralization continues between the defined shoots.
| May 2025 Resource Estimate | Cutoff (g/t Au) | Tonnes (kt) | Grade (g/t Au) | Gold (kOz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberry pit-constrained | 0.7 | 1,707 | 3.17 | 174 |
| Combined underground (Blueberry & Scottie Mine) | 2.5 | 1,897 | 8.66 | 528 |
| Total inferred resource | varies | 3,604 | 6.06 | 703 |
[ 3D Model ]
Explore the Project in 3D
Move through the drill holes, vein models, and claims of the Scottie Gold Mine Project in MiningHub's interactive viewer, including the Blueberry long section and the latest 2026 holes.
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[ The Domino Zone ]
Fresh Ground From Retreating Ice
Two kilometres west of the mine, glacial retreat only recently exposed the Domino Zone — leading to the 2019 discovery of multiple 10-metre-plus massive sulphide lenses. First-pass sampling returned nine samples over 5 g/t gold, a 5.3 m chip averaging 10.5 g/t, and a grab sample grading 536 g/t gold with 129 g/t silver.
Maiden drilling delivered 12.4 g/t gold over 2.69 m, 19.9 g/t over 0.94 m, and 13.4 g/t over 1.07 m, while sampling and geophysics indicate the mineralizing system spans at least 900 by 450 metres. In 2023, the nearby Steep zone delineated a ~500 by 500 m area of polymetallic mineralization, and the Samuelson zone yielded the highest-grade gold-silver sample on the entire property that season.
[ Drill Results ]
Eight Seasons on the Drill Bit
Select intercepts from the 2019–2026 programs, ranked by gram-metres — grade times width, the quickest read on how much gold a hole actually found.
| Hole | Zone | Grade (g/t Au) | Width (m) | Gram-Metres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR25-364 | Blueberry | 30.10 | 23.65 | 712 |
| SR25-470 | Blueberry | 141.20 | 4.55 | 642 |
| SR25-483 | Blueberry | 14.40 | 40.75 | 587 |
| SR22-156 | Blueberry | 194.00 | 2.40 | 466 |
| SR21-131 | Blueberry | 34.60 | 11.90 | 412 |
| SR25-473 | Blueberry | 54.60 | 7.05 | 385 |
| — | Bend | 73.32 | 4.28 | 314 |
| SR20-027 | O-Zone | 109.40 | 2.53 | 277 |
| SR19-020 | Blueberry | 7.44 | 34.78 | 259 |
| SR21-168 | Blueberry | 9.79 | 25.00 | 245 |
| SR23-236 | Blueberry | 56.40 | 3.70 | 209 |
| SR21-138 | Blueberry | 15.30 | 13.49 | 206 |
| SR25-362 | Blueberry | 9.18 | 21.00 | 193 |
| SR25-457 | Blueberry | 15.80 | 12.00 | 190 |
| SR25-381 | Blueberry | 42.50 | 4.40 | 187 |
| SR25-378 | P-Zone | 8.28 | 22.35 | 185 |
| SR26-492 | Blueberry | 9.70 | 18.00 | 175 |
| SR25-459 | Blueberry | 30.42 | 5.60 | 170 |
| SR21-082 | Blueberry | 16.50 | 10.00 | 165 |
| SR22-186 | Blueberry | 34.50 | 4.70 | 162 |
| SR22-209 | Blueberry | 53.20 | 3.00 | 160 |
| SR22-170 | Blueberry | 8.21 | 19.00 | 156 |
| SR24-353 | M-Zone | 37.60 | 4.10 | 154 |
| SR24-355 | Blueberry | 59.20 | 2.50 | 148 |
| SR22-169 | Blueberry | 9.12 | 16.15 | 147 |
| SR25-377 | Blueberry | 122.00 | 1.20 | 146 |
| SR25-445 | M-Zone | 14.80 | 9.80 | 145 |
| SR22-151 | Blueberry | 22.20 | 6.35 | 141 |
| SR25-370 | Blueberry | 7.43 | 18.75 | 139 |
| SR21-095 | M-Zone | 37.20 | 3.71 | 138 |
| SR22-222 | Blueberry | 130.00 | 1.05 | 137 |
| SR19-013 | M-Zone | 11.72 | 10.95 | 128 |
| SR20-048 | Blueberry | 8.96 | 13.70 | 123 |
| SR25-464 | Blueberry | 19.90 | 5.90 | 117 |
| SR26-504 | Blueberry | 51.60 | 2.25 | 116 |
| SR26-509 | Blueberry | 27.90 | 4.15 | 116 |
| SR22-217 | Blueberry | 17.40 | 6.57 | 114 |
| SR25-420 | Blueberry | 34.30 | 3.30 | 113 |
| SR25-369 | Blueberry | 37.00 | 2.85 | 105 |
| SR24-357 | Blueberry | 7.00 | 14.40 | 101 |
| SR25-424 | Blueberry | 9.97 | 9.70 | 97 |
| SR25-384 | P-Zone | 8.43 | 11.40 | 96 |
| SR26-545 | Blueberry | 21.90 | 4.26 | 93 |
| SR25-448 | Blueberry | 10.40 | 8.95 | 93 |
| SR25-415 | Blueberry | 6.41 | 14.00 | 90 |
| SR25-450 | Blueberry | 9.67 | 8.85 | 86 |
| SR24-334 | O-Zone | 11.00 | 7.50 | 83 |
| SR24-330 | M-Zone | 8.30 | 9.70 | 81 |
| SR25-439 | M-Zone | 17.60 | 4.40 | 77 |
| SR25-416 | Blueberry | 16.10 | 4.60 | 74 |
| SR25-374 | Blueberry | 8.37 | 8.45 | 71 |
| SR26-489 | Blueberry | 26.20 | 2.45 | 64 |
| SR25-367 | Blueberry | 61.90 | 1.00 | 62 |
| SR24-359 | Blueberry | 14.66 | 4.00 | 59 |
| SR24-337 | P-Zone | 54.00 | 1.00 | 54 |
| SR24-332 | O-Zone | 6.19 | 8.70 | 54 |
| — | Bend | 46.53 | 1.14 | 53 |
| SR24-345 | O-Zone | 20.20 | 2.60 | 53 |
| SR24-330 | O-Zone | 7.52 | 6.47 | 49 |
| SR24-353 | Wolf | 6.85 | 5.85 | 40 |
| SR23-293 | P-Zone | 6.89 | 5.80 | 40 |
| SR24-334 | M-Zone | 6.55 | 5.50 | 36 |
| — | Domino | 12.40 | 2.69 | 33 |
| SR26-494 | Blueberry | 5.20 | 6.00 | 31 |
| SR23-298 | P-Zone | 3.35 | 8.75 | 29 |
| SR24-339 | M-Zone | 9.50 | 3.00 | 29 |
| SR24-333 | M-Zone | 6.28 | 4.19 | 26 |
| — | Domino | 19.90 | 0.94 | 19 |
| — | Domino | 13.40 | 1.07 | 14 |
Source: Scottie corporate presentations and company news releases. True widths estimated at 70–90% of interval width; true thicknesses of some Blueberry intercepts undetermined.
[ Resource Upside ]
Zones Not Yet in the Count
The 703 kOz resource draws mainly on Blueberry and the mine zones — these targets sit outside (or only partially inside) the estimate.
C & D Zones — not yet in the resource
Stockwork Zone — not yet in the resource
Domino — with 129 g/t silver
Mayor — with 9.48 g/t gold
Mayor — with 1.06 g/t gold
[ On the Ground ]
From Core Shack to Camp
[ Technical Reports ]
Read the Source Documents
Preliminary Economic Assessment
PEA of the Scottie Gold Mine Project — effective October 28, 2025.
Download PDF →NI 43-101 Technical Report
Technical report and mineral resource estimate for the Scottie Gold Mine Project (2025).
Download PDF →2020 Assessment Report
Scottie Gold assessment report covering the early exploration programs.
Download PDF →194 g/t Au over 2.4 m · Blueberry14.4 g/t Au over 40.75 m · Blueberry141.2 g/t Au over 4.55 m · Blueberry30.1 g/t Au over 23.65 m · Blueberry114.7 g/t Au over 1.58 m · Blueberry109.4 g/t Au over 2.53 m · O-Zone8.28 g/t Au over 22.35 m · P-Zone9.7 g/t Au over 18.0 m · Blueberry51.6 g/t Au over 2.25 m · Blueberry9.79 g/t Au over 25.0 m · Blueberry73.32 g/t Au over 4.28 m · Bend54.6 g/t Au over 7.05 m · Blueberry37.6 g/t Au over 4.1 m · M-Zone34.6 g/t Au over 11.9 m · Blueberry194 g/t Au over 2.4 m · Blueberry14.4 g/t Au over 40.75 m · Blueberry141.2 g/t Au over 4.55 m · Blueberry30.1 g/t Au over 23.65 m · Blueberry114.7 g/t Au over 1.58 m · Blueberry109.4 g/t Au over 2.53 m · O-Zone8.28 g/t Au over 22.35 m · P-Zone9.7 g/t Au over 18.0 m · Blueberry51.6 g/t Au over 2.25 m · Blueberry9.79 g/t Au over 25.0 m · Blueberry73.32 g/t Au over 4.28 m · Bend54.6 g/t Au over 7.05 m · Blueberry37.6 g/t Au over 4.1 m · M-Zone34.6 g/t Au over 11.9 m · Blueberry
Run the Numbers
The October 2025 PEA models a 7-year DSO operation with a 1.2-year payback at US$2,600 gold.