CCM: Submits Environmental Application for New Polaris Gold-Antimony Project
What you need to know:
• Canagold announced it has filed an Environmental Assessment for the New Polaris gold-antimony project.
• This marks a key step in the project’s development. We anticipate potential EA approval in the first half of 2027.
• On February 25th, CCM announced its 2026 work plan, including a 7,000m drill program and metallurgical and engineering work aimed at evaluating antimony production potential.
• On January 22nd, we published an interview with CEO Catalin Kilofliski, watch it here.
This morning, Canagold Resources Ltd. (CCM:TSX, CRCUF:OTC) announced it has filed an Environmental Assessment application with the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) for the New Polaris gold-antimony project in northwestern BC. The filing is the product of extensive technical studies, environmental baseline work, and years of community and Indigenous engagement, and formally moves the project into the provincial review process. We’d also like to highlight that New Polaris was included in Natural Resources Canada’s Critical Metals Advanced Project Map, an acknowledgement of the project’s strategic importance as a potential domestic source of antimony. We are maintaining our BUY rating and target price of C$1.20/share on Canagold Resources.
New Polaris Refresher
New Polaris is a past-producing underground gold-antimony project located 60km northeast of Juneau, Alaska. The site produced 232Koz between 1938 and 1951 and hosts a total Indicated and Inferred resource of 1.37Moz at 11.0 g/t Au, supported by Probable Reserves of 904Koz at 9.94 g/t Au, ranking it among the highest-grade gold deposits in Canada.
The 2025 Feasibility Study outlined initial capex of C$250M, an 8.3-year mine life, and ~100Kozpa at an LOM AISC of $1,248/oz, generating an after-tax NPV5% of C$793M and 47.2% IRR at $3,300/oz gold. Additionally, over 5Kt of antimony included in the mine plan remains excluded from project economics pending metallurgical test work, representing potential upside to an already compelling base case. We also remind readers that Sun Valley Investments holds ~48% of the Company, providing a committed financial backstop and reducing execution risk relative to other peers. For more details, read our initiation report here.