A Near-Term Production Story Taking Shape in the Abitibi
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LaFleur Minerals (OTCQB:LFLRF, CSE:LFLR) is on the path to production in a premier gold district - with resources defined and a permitted mill already in place.
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Gold is breaking out, and the world’s biggest buyers are behind it. Central banks purchased over 1,000 tonnes of gold in 2024, the second-highest total ever. They’re expected to hit similar levels in 2025. Driving the demand: ballooning debt, weakening currencies, and rising geopolitical risk - the classic forces that have always made gold a safe haven. But this time, there’s something new at work. Demand is now rising on the industrial side too, especially from sectors like AI hardware, aerospace, and advanced electronics. According to the World Gold Council, gold’s role in high-performance circuitry is expanding fast, driven by the demands of AI infrastructure and semiconductors. That shift is adding real, physical pressure to supply - at the very moment central banks are buying at historic levels. As Reuters reported in June, we’re entering a fourth straight year of massive central bank gold purchases. Some analysts now believe this convergence of monetary and industrial demand could push gold into a supercycle unlike anything we’ve seen before.
In June 2025, gold surpassed US$3,300 per ounce for the first time in history. Now, major institutions like J.P. Morgan are forecasting prices could climb as high as US$4,000/oz by 2026.[i]
“Underpinning our forecast for gold
prices heading towards $4,000/oz next year is continued strong investor and central bank gold demand...” [ii]
That kind of outlook is driving renewed focus on advanced gold explorers, especially those with near-term leverage to rising prices.
With gold entering a new demand cycle and capital shifting toward hard assets, attention is turning back to the world’s most productive gold districts. And few are more proven than the Abitibi.
The Abitibi Gold Belt: 200 Million Ounces and Counting
While the world watches Wall Street, some of the most compelling value in gold is being uncovered just beneath the surface — in a region that has already produced 200million ounces.[iii]
The Abitibi Greenstone Belt, stretching across Québec and Ontario, is one of the richest gold-bearing regions on the planet.
Since the early 1900s, mines like Dome, Hollinger, and McIntyre have helped define Canada’s mining industry, laying the groundwork for over a century of production.
Today, the Abitibi remains one of the most active exploration and development zones in North America. Billion-dollar producers like Agnico Eagle, Eldorado Gold, and Probe Gold are expanding their footprints here.
That’s what makes the Abitibi so unique. Even with its long history, the belt continues to yield high-grade gold as modern tools unlock mineralized zones missed by past generations. These zones are now being rediscovered, and rapidly advanced.
The advantage doesn’t stop with geology. The region offers well-established infrastructure: all-season roads, a rail network, dependable and clean hydro power, and access to a highly skilled mining workforce.
It also hosts multiple milling and processing facilities, dramatically reducing the time and capital required to bring new deposits online.
In this legendary district, one company has been consolidating a significant land position, and doing so within trucking distance of its own fully permitted and recently refurbished gold mill.
That company is LaFleur Minerals (OTCQB:LFLRF,CSE:LFLR). And at the heart of its growing portfolio lies a project with all the hallmarks of a breakout gold story.
A Flagship with Room to Run
LaFleur’s Swanson Gold Project is quickly becoming one of the most compelling new gold stories in Québec.
Located just66 kilometers north of Val-d’Or, Swanson spans 183 km² of district-scale ground along the same gold-rich corridor that hosts some of the region’s largest and highest-grade deposits.[iv]
Originally acquired from Monarch Mining through their CCAA restructuring process in April2024, the Swanson Gold Project began as a 5,200-hectare footprint centered on the advanced and resource-stage Swanson Gold Deposit. Since then, the company has rapidly expanded it to more than 18,000 hectares through strategic acquisitions and aggressive staking,[v] transforming a fragmented land package into a unified, regional-scale gold asset with room to grow.
Swanson hosts 27 mapped mineral showings, including 22 with confirmed gold[vi], across a structural setting that mirrors the conditions seen at nearby high-grade systems. Additional gold targets within Swanson include the historical Bartec and Jolin deposits, which are currently being drilled by LaFleur to bring them up to resource-stage with the goal to quickly delineate over 1Moz of gold across the entire Swanson Gold Project.
Swanson sits directly on a similar mineralized corridor as some of Canada’s most successful operations. Agnico Eagle’s LaRonde Complex, just to the south, has produced over six million ounces of gold[vii].Eldorado Gold is actively expanding its Lamaque Mine nearby. [viii] And Probe Gold continues to define multi-million-ounce deposits across the belt[ix].
Swanson is already anchored by a 2024 NI 43-101 resource estimate: 123,400 ounces Indicated Resource and 64,500 ounces Inferred Resource[x] at the Swanson Gold Deposit.
For an exploration-stage company, having a mineral resource compliant with NI 43-101 offers a major advantage - it means the deposit has been independently verified and is ready to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) or more advanced mining and economic studies.
But it reflects only a fraction of the system’s potential.
More than 36,000 metres of historical drilling - across nearly 1,000 holes - have defined broad mineralized zones throughout the property[xi] and LaFleur is currently advancing a minimum 5,000 meter drilling program across the entire project area to refine and discover additional mineralized zones.
Several intercepts stand out at the Swanson Gold Deposit, including 27.79 g/t over10.18 metres and 18.18 g/t over 13.5 metres[xii] - exceptional in an industry where anything above 5 g/t is typically considered high-grade[xiii].
More recent programs have expanded the known mineralization well beyond earlier models, and the system remains open in all directions - both laterally and at depth.
Just as important as what’s in the ground is what surrounds it.
Swanson benefits from significant road and rail access and is located only 50 kilometers from LaFleur’s (OTCQB:LFLRF,CSE:LFLR) fully permitted Beacon Gold Mill[xiv].
With its own mill just down the road, LaFleur can move from discovery to production without some of the delays, permitting hurdles, or major capex that typically hold juniors back.
LaFleur’s Golden Advantage
In the junior mining world, infrastructure is often the biggest roadblock between discovery and revenue. But LaFleur Minerals has largely cleared that hurdle.
In late 2024,LaFleur acquired the Beacon Gold Mill, a fully permitted milling facility located in Val-d’Or[xv].
The site has been recently refurbished with over $20 million in upgrades[xvi] under previous ownership, and is now maintained in a state of operational readiness - bonded, inspected, and positioned for a rapid restart.
Beacon’s current milling capacity sits at 750tonnes per day, with scalability up to 1,100tpd.[xvii]
The site comes fully equipped: a permitted tailings storage facility with power and water infrastructure, and existing underground access from its prior production life. It’s also backed by a $2.4 million reclamation bond and recently finalized independent valuation by Québec engineering firm Bumigeme Inc.[xviii]that confirmed (1) the Beacon Mill is in excellent condition, (2) with rehabilitation and commissioning costs estimated at C$4.1 million, and (3) full replacement cost of the mill and tailings storage facility combined with permitting costs estimated to exceed C$71.5 million, underscoring the strategic value of the asset. With the Beacon Gold Mill valued at over 17x its estimated rehabilitation and re-commissioning costs, LaFleur Minerals holds a unique, fully-permitted processing facility within a major gold mining jurisdiction, providing a path to near-term gold production in a region flush with custom-milling opportunities and nearby gold deposits.
For a junior, this set up is rare: a low-cost, low-risk haulage route and full control of the processing chain.
But Beacon’s value extends beyond Swanson. Its central location, within trucking distance of multiple active projects, allows LaFleur to potentially generate additional third-party processing revenue. In a region where permitted mills are scarce and demand is growing, Beacon has the potential to become a strategic processing hub for the entire district.
Most early-stage companies are years away from building a mill. LaFleur Minerals (OTCQB:LFLRF, CSE:LFLR) already owns one.
That’s why the next step is collecting a 100,000-tonne bulk sample from the Swanson Gold Deposit within the mining lease. But this isn’t just a test. It’s a critical proof-of-concept: a chance to optimize Beacon’s metallurgy, validate potential economics, and begin the transition from explorer to producer.
A detailed mill restart plan is already in motion. LaFleur has budgeted $3.8 million for equipment upgrades and maintenance, and another $1.8 million for tailings optimization, all supported by ongoing inspections, inventory work, and engineering oversight[xix].
Targeted for recommissioning during 2025–2026, Beacon could begin processing both internal mineralized material and feed from other regional deposits, creating a dual-revenue stream and positioning LaFleur as both a gold producer and service provider in one of North America’s most active mining corridors.
With Swanson ready, the Beacon Gold Mill permitted, and bulk sample processing approaching, LaFleur is positioning to do what few juniors can: deliver gold into a rising market, and generate cash flow on its own terms.
LaFleur Minerals’(OTCQB:LFLRF, CSE:LFLR) Road to Production
Q1-Q2 2026 Swanson sample to be processed at Beacon Mill
Late 2025 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) to be released
Q2 2026 Planned Beacon Mill restart and launch of gold production
Follow the Smart Money: Agnico’s Moves Say It All
O3 Mining shares jumped 67% on Agnico’s acquisition offer in late 2024
The Abitibi remains one of the most heavily invested gold districts in the world, and major producers are still building positions.
Agnico Eagle, now a $50 billion gold major, has maintained a long-term commitment to the region through its flagship assets, including the LaRonde Complex and Canadian Malartic. Even as the company expands globally, it continues to invest in Québec, a signal of the Abitibi’s enduring value.
In December 2024, Agnico made its latest move, acquiring nearby junior O3 Mining in a $204 million all-cash deal.[xx]. The offer valued O3 at $1.67 per share, sending the stock up 67%from pre-deal levels.[xxi]
O3 had the right land, in the right place, and the market responded accordingly. But while O3 had no production infrastructure of its own, LaFleur does.
With its fully permitted Beacon Mill, expanding gold resource, and proximity to Agnico’s operations, LaFleur brings something unique to the table: the potential for both takeout appeal and independent production.
Proven Leadership, Top-Tier Jurisdiction
LaFleur is led by experienced mine builders and backed by a province ranked among the world’s best for mining investment[xxii].
Their team of geologists, financiers, and operators have decades of experience, and a clear plan to build value in one of the most respected gold belts on Earth.
● Paul Ténière, M.Sc., P.Geo. — CEO A professional geologist and mining executive with over 25 years of experience developing gold, base metal, and critical mineral projects worldwide. An expert in NI 43-101 and SEC S-K 1300 compliance, Paul has served as CEO, SVP, and Director across multiple private and public mining companies.
● Kal Malhi — Chairman A seasoned capital markets professional and founder of BullRun Capital, Kal has raised over $300million in venture capital and led the growth of multiple public and private companies in the mining, biotech, and energy sectors.
● Louis Martin, P.Geo. — Technical Advisor & Exploration Manager With 40+ years of geological experience, Louis has led the discovery and development of multiple gold and base metal projects in Québec. His teams have received Discovery of the Year awards, and he played a key role in defining the 4.5Moz Duparquet Gold Project.
Together, LaFleur’s leadership team brings deep technical credibility, capital markets experience, and local exploration expertise, all critical traits for executing a near-term production story.
The pieces are here. The timing is right. And the opportunity is still flying under the radar.
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