Investor Insight
Earthwise Minerals is a data-driven Canadian gold explorer advancing the fully permitted Iron Range gold project in southeastern British Columbia. Backed by more than $8 million in historical data and a 51.6 million-share structure, the company offers strong leverage to discovery. A staged earn-in and defined drill targets position Earthwise for efficient, high-impact exploration.
Overview
Earthwise Minerals (CSE:WISE,FSE:966) is a Vancouver-based exploration company focused on advancing the Iron Range Gold Project in southeastern British Columbia. The project lies within the Purcell Supergroup along the Iron Mountain Fault Zone, a major regional structure in the same metallogenic belt as the historic Sullivan deposit, providing a strong geological context for structurally hosted gold-dominant mineralization.
The company’s strategy centers on integrating historic datasets with modern exploration technologies to efficiently generate drill-ready targets. More than $8 million in historical exploration work — including airborne geophysics, soil geochemistry and drilling — gives Earthwise a significant technical head start and reduces early-stage exploration risk.
Earthwise controls its flagship project through an option agreement with Eagle Plains Resources, allowing it to prioritize exploration spending over acquisition costs. This staged structure provides a disciplined pathway toward discovery while preserving capital.
Company Highlights
- Tight Capital Structure:51.6 million shares fully diluted, providing strong leverage to exploration success without excessive dilution
- District-Scale Flagship Asset: The Iron Range Gold Project spans 21,437 hectares along a major regional structure with more than 50 kilometres of strike length
- Extensive Historic Database: Over $8 million in past geophysics, geochemistry and drilling creates a robust dataset for modern targeting
- Low-Cost Earn-In: Option to earn 70 percent interest over four years through staged payments and exploration totaling $4 million, plus a further 10 percent (to 80 percent) for a $1-million payment within 120 days
- Infrastructure Advantage: Property is road accessible, crossed by Highway 3 and serviced by rail, power, natural gas and water
- Advanced Permitting: Multi-year area-based permit allows drilling, trenching, geophysics and road access without annual approvals
- Experienced Leadership: Management and board combine technical discovery experience, capital markets expertise and digital strategy capabilities
Key Project
Iron Range Gold Project
The Iron Range Gold Project is Earthwise’s flagship asset, covering 21,437 hectares just northeast of Creston, British Columbia. The property is underlain by the Iron Mountain Fault Zone and hosts structurally controlled mineralization associated with a key stratigraphic horizon known as the Lower–Middle Aldridge Contact. Infrastructure is exceptional, with Highway 3 crossing the project, rail access via Canadian Pacific, power supplied by BC Hydro and nearby natural gas and water.
Historic exploration has outlined multiple mineralized zones supported by geophysical and geochemical anomalies. A 2004 VTEM survey identified conductive trends coincident with the fault zone, while soil surveys defined multi-element anomalies including arsenic, lead, zinc and gold. Induced polarization surveys completed in 2017 outlined a down-plunge chargeability anomaly at the Talon/Canyon Zone, later confirmed by drilling in 2018.
Mineralization styles are polymetallic but gold dominant, occurring within brittle shear and breccia zones ranging from one metre to several tens of metres wide. Historic drill intercepts include:
- 56.5 m grading 1.9 g/t gold, 0.44 percent lead, 0.59 percent zinc and 19.7 g/t silver
- 14.0 m grading 5.1 g/t gold, 1.86 percent lead, 2.1 percent zinc and 75.3 g/t silver
- 2.0 m grading 12.8 g/t gold, 4.18 percent lead, 5.06 percent zinc and 122.5 g/t silver
Recent fieldwork has also returned surface samples grading up to 13.4 g/t gold, 27.2 g/t silver and 2.7 percent lead, supporting the project’s discovery potential. Mineralization remains open along strike and at depth, with overlapping geophysical and geochemical vectors indicating potential for additional shoots.
Project Highlights
- 21,437 hectare district-scale land package
- More than 50 km of prospective structural strike
- Over $8 million in historical exploration data
- Fully permitted for multi-year drilling and exploration
- Phase 1 drill program (~2,500 m) planned to test down-plunge extensions and parallel structures
- Earn-in to 80 percent ownership with only a 1 percent NSR retained on part of the property
Management Team
Mark Luchinski — Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Director
Mark Luchinski is an entrepreneur and capital markets specialist with two decades of experience managing public companies and advancing exploration assets. He has guided multiple firms through financings, acquisitions, exploration programs and listings. He also serves as a director of Aeonian Resources.
Mateo Arcila — Director
Mateo Arcila is an engineer with over 10 years of experience in business development and digital strategy. He oversees corporate outreach, digital initiatives and investor engagement for Earthwise. His background includes marketing analytics, data strategy and international business.
Karen Mate – Director
Karen Mate is a senior capital markets professional with more than 30 years of experience in the Canadian investment industry, specializing in institutional equity sales and capital markets advisory. She has held senior roles at leading investment banks, including Director of Global Institutional Equity Sales at Scotia Capital, as well as leadership positions at Casimir Capital, Dundee Capital Markets, Marleau Lemire Securities and National Bank Financial. Known as a trusted advisor to institutional investors and corporate management teams, she has guided clients across multiple market cycles with strategic market insight and execution expertise.
Ikavinder Deol — Chief Financial Officer
Ikavinder Deol is a CPA with more than six years of experience in financial reporting and compliance for junior mining companies. She specializes in IFRS reporting and regulatory filings. She is also affiliated with Cross Davis & Company, which focuses on public resource issuers.
Andy Randell – Geological Advisor
Andy Randell, P.Geo, is a professionally registered geoscientist with more than 20 years of experience spanning mineral exploration, technical leadership, consulting and industry governance. He has held senior geological roles on gold-focused projects in Canada and internationally, including project geologist and chief geologist positions, and brings expertise from grassroots through advanced-stage exploration. His work emphasizes structural geology, disciplined target generation and responsible exploration practices.