CSE: NINE  |  OTCQB: VMSXF  |  FSE: KQ9
CSE: NINE  |  OTCQB: VMSXF  |  FSE: KQ9

Company

Four VMS projects. One district. One legendary camp. Modern data and AI-driven targeting, applied to one of the world’s great base-metal camps.

Company Highlights

2022
Discovery

Nine Mile Brook — highest-grade copper ever drilled in the Bathurst Mining Camp.

10.12% Cu / 15.10m
2022–23
Platform

136 km² secured · 624 claims · 4 VMS projects.

Bathurst Mining Camp
2023
Technology Edge

EarthEx and Apex deployed UAV surveys and 3D-AI geophysics.

7 Maxwell Plate targets
2024
Wedge Phase 1

Eastern extension confirmed at the Wedge.

1.65% CuEq / 40.32m
2024
Permitting

NBDEM approval for a 1,000-tonne bulk sample program at Nine Mile Brook.

1,000-tonne bulk sample
Fall 2025
Wedge Phase 2

New high-grade copper lens and new gold/silver zone.

2.78% CuEq / 32.10m
2026
Phase 3 Results

Certified assays returning from the Wedge — hole WD-26-09.

3.49% CuEq / 24.55m true width
Now
Phase 3 Underway

10,000m Phase 3 program returning certified assays. Resource estimate underway.

We Are Here

Why Nine Mile, Why Now

10.12% Cu

Highest-grade copper ever drilled in the Bathurst Mining Camp — at Nine Mile Brook.

15.10m · NM220004 · NI 43-101 · NR Jul 8, 2022

2.78% CuEq

Wide copper interval in the Wedge Phase 2 western extension.

32.10m · NI 43-101 · NR Feb 17, 2026

Past-Producing Copper Mine

The Wedge · ~1.5 Mt @ ~2.88% Cu (Cominco) · expanding with modern technology.

Historic production figures are sourced to McCutcheon & Walker (2020) and are not current mineral resources. See Technical Notes.

Bathurst Mining Camp

Adjacent to Brunswick No. 12 (~335 Mt) & No. 6 (~12 Mt) · 3rd largest VMS camp in the world.

Historic production figures are sourced to McCutcheon & Walker (2020) and are not current mineral resources. See Technical Notes.

Management & Technical Team

LEADERSHIP
Patrick J. Cruickshank, MBA

CEO & Director

MBA, Schulich School of Business. Over 20 years in wealth management with Merrill Lynch, Legg Mason and Citigroup Capital Markets, focused on funding growth companies.

Gary Lohman, B.Sc., P.Geo.

VP Exploration & Director

Forty years as an exploration geologist across precious and base metals, with deep experience in VMS, porphyry and IOCG systems in Canada, Mexico, California, Ecuador and Chile.

Jonathan Holmes, B.A.

President & Director

Has worked with more than 200 publicly listed companies across Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, specializing in capital markets, corporate development and investor relations.

Kevin Hicks, M.Sc.

Independent Director

Thirty-eight years in the oil and gas industry across Texas and Oklahoma, designing and implementing data acquisition and control technologies before moving into large-scale project management.

BOARD & CORPORATE
Jimmy Jeon, CPA, CIA

CFO

CPA with extensive expertise in accounting, regulatory compliance and financial management. Has provided CFO and advisory services to multiple public companies as part of the MSSI team in Toronto.

Jonathan Held, CPA, CA

Independent Director

Seasoned financial executive with over fifteen years across public and private companies in natural resources, technology and biotechnology. Partner at ALOE Finance, a boutique transaction advisory firm.

Brett Wallace, LLB

Independent Director

Geoscientist, lawyer and corporate executive with over 20 years spanning greenfields exploration through to mining operations, across copper, gold, nickel, iron ore and VMS deposits.

Andrew Newbury, B.A.

Corporate Secretary

Over 20 years of corporate secretarial, administrative, financial and operational experience. Has served as Corporate Affairs Manager for junior mineral exploration companies.

TECHNICAL TEAM
Art Hamilton, B.Sc., P.Geo.

Geologist — Bathurst Mining Camp

Based in Bathurst, with over 40 years specializing in mineral exploration, mine geology and VMS deposits — most of it inside this camp. Two decades with Noranda Inc., including ten years as Project Geologist at the Heath Steele Mine.

Mike Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geo.

Apex Geoscience — Technical Advisory

President and co-founder of Apex Geoscience Ltd., a global geological and geoscience consultancy of 100+ professionals operating in more than 35 countries.

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