ClaimScout
Shane Ryan · Ontario Prospector · 2026
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Active Blocks
38
Claims
60
Cells
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Target Metals
May '26
Staked
How these blocks were selected: Each cell was ranked using a systematic geoscience scoring process integrating Government of Canada till geochemistry surveys, airborne electromagnetic and magnetic data, provincial mineral occurrence databases, historical assessment report density, and structural geology — across all 28,207 scoreable cells in Ontario. Blocks represent top-tier results for their respective target types. Cells were not staked opportunistically.
Claim Blocks
Sebastopol / Renfrew
Active
Key Signals
Y = 4,335 ppm — Confirmed yttrium in apatite (1996 electron microprobe, Turners Island). Typical REE cut-off: ~1,000 ppm.
Rad score 100.0 — Maximum radiometric anomaly in the entire region. U = 31–37 ppm, Th = 28–42 ppm.
5 mines / 5km — Five abandoned mines within 5km radius including the Turners Island apatite mine (operated 1879–1882, 200 tons open-cut).
25 occurrences — OMI-registered mineral occurrences within 10km: REE, Ce, La, Nd, U, Th, Zr, apatite, zircon, iron.
1943 NRC study — National Research Council investigated this exact zone specifically for Rare Earth Elements in 1943. Rediscovered ground.
Why it matters
Rare Earth Elements power electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, and defense systems. Canada has formally designated them critical minerals. This ground sits in the Bancroft Pegmatite District — a historically productive REE and uranium belt — with a confirmed yttrium concentration more than four times the typical economic cut-off. The radiometric signature ranks at the maximum score across the entire region. An active junior explorer (Canamera) optioned comparable Bancroft-area ground in February 2026 for $100K cash + $100K in shares + 2% NSR. This block has denser historical documentation per hectare than that transaction.
Beardmore–Geraldton
Active
Key Signals
5.76 ppb Au — Gold-in-till on anchor cell D054 — 3.8× regional background. Fire assay method (most sensitive). Upice signal confirmed by GSC Memoir 435 (Thorleifson 1993).
16.2 g/t Au — Hutchison Lake Mine average grade, 6.5km SW of D054 on the same N80°E structural trend. High-grade by any measure.
CPI1 = 376 ppm — EM bedrock conductor strength on E-series block (E377–E380). Paired with TMF +592 to +1,235 nT — BIF-hosted sulphide character.
0.22 km to fault — D054 sits 220m from a mapped structural feature — the typical proximity range for orogenic gold trap sites.
INCO drilled 2.3km — INCO drilled 2.27km from D054 in 1970 for Ni-Cu-PGE. Results not digitized — archive request submitted.
Why it matters
The Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone Belt has been producing gold since the 1930s. The Hutchison Lake Mine — 6.5km from the anchor cell on the same fault trend — averaged 16.2 g/t Au, which is high-grade by any global standard. The staked block captures the upice geochemical signature of that system in till, plus a separate electromagnetic conductor suggesting a BIF-hosted sulphide target that may represent a second, distinct deposit type. The Equinox Gold / Greenstone Mine operates 14.9km from the secondary block — one of Canada's newest large gold mines.
Kirkland Lake Area
Active
Key Signals
Top 500 / 28,207 — Province-wide geoscience scoring ranked these cells in the top 500 of all scoreable cells in Ontario — before any targeting decisions were made.
9.0 ppb Au FA — Reference Placer Dome DDH proximal Au-in-till — adjacent to staked cells. Historical drilling interest confirmed.
7.0 ppb Au FA — Bragagnolo Property proximal Au-in-till (province-wide rank #2 at time of scoring).
50M+ oz produced — Kirkland Lake camp has produced over 50 million ounces of gold historically — one of the highest-grade gold districts on Earth.
Why it matters
The Kirkland Lake camp produced over 50 million ounces of gold at extraordinary grades, making it one of the most prolific gold districts in the world. These cells were not selected by local knowledge or coincidence — they were returned by a province-wide geochemical model as top-tier targets, positioned adjacent to known historical drill results and documented Au-in-till anomalies. Two sub-blocks cover the 42A02H and 42A03C map sheets.
Hearst District
Active
Key Signals
Top 500 / 28,207 — Province-wide geoscience ranking — same scoring model as Kirkland Lake. Returned as a top-tier target independently.
Structural boundary — Located at the Abitibi Greenstone Belt / Superior Province contact — a structural setting known to localize gold mineralization across Ontario and Quebec.
Magnetic anomaly — Airborne magnetics signal contributed to target selection. Indicator of structural complexity or iron-bearing host rocks.
Why it matters
The Hearst District sits at a major structural boundary — the contact between the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and the Superior Province craton. Contacts like this act as fluid pathways during crustal deformation events, and are repeatedly associated with gold deposits across the Canadian Shield. These cells were flagged by the same province-wide discovery model that identified the Kirkland Lake targets, operating independently on a different part of the province.