Normetal Extension
Location, Access, Description
The Normétal Extension property is located in the village of Normétal, Abitibi-Ouest (Qc), about 25 km northwest of La Sarre and 85 km north of Rouyn-Noranda. The property consists of 53 mining claims totaling 1,395.6 Ha in NTS 32D14 and 32E03. The claims are held by Starr Peak Mining, and Globex retains a 1% Net Smelter Royalty (NSR).
The property is easily accessible in vehicle from Rouyn-Noranda via provincial roads 101 and 393 north to Normétal. A network of gravel roads and forest trails run throughout the property. Numerous commodities can be found in Rouyn-Noranda or La Sarre regarding contractors, skilled labor, equipment rental, as well as sleep and food accommodation of remote workers. A high voltage power line also runs across the property.
Geology and Mineralization
The Normétal Extension property is located in the North Volcanic Zone (NVZ) of the Abitibi Subprovince (Figure 2) which is an Archean greenstone belt which hosts some of the richest mineral deposits of the Superior Province; total endowment, including production, reserves and resources is estimated to be >9,375 t gold (Dubé and Mercier-Langevin, 2020).
The project is located in the Neoarchean Burntbush-Normétal volcanic belt which includes a wide range of compositions from basalt through andesite to rhyolite and their subvolcanic equivalents. This belt is bounded to the north by the Rousseau batholith and to the south by the metasedimentary assemblages of the Chicobi Group and Abitibi Lake batholith.
Most of the property surface geology consists in volcanic sequences related to the Normetal Caldeira activity and are regrouped by Lafrance et al. (2003) as the Normetal Volcanic Complex (NVC). Rocks of the Normétal Extension property are mainly composed of felsic to intermediate volcanics and pyroclastic rocks belonging to the Normétal Formation north of the Normétal Fault, and to the Clermont-Disson Formation to the south. Diorite sills concordant to the regional stratigraphy are observed within the volcanics. Granodiorite of the Normétal Pluton is observed in the northern part of the property. Two generations of Proterozoic diabase dykes run through the area in NE-orientation (Abitibi dykes) and N-S-orientation (Matachewan dykes).
Metamorphism is at the greenschists facies, although amphibolite facies have been recognized at depth within the Normétal mine (GM73102).
The Normétal Extension property is located in the Neoarchean Burntbush-Normétal volcanic belt which includes a wide range of compositions from basalt through andesite to rhyolite and their subvolcanic equivalents. The property is cross-cut by the Normetal Fault Horizon associated with numerous gold and base metal mineralization along strike, including the Normétal former mine (historical production 1937-1975 : 10.1 Mt grading 2.15% Cu, 5.12% Zn, 0.549 g/t Au and 45.25 g/t Ag – GM73102). The property is also located in the eastern extension of the Perron fault known to be a prolific gold bearing structure. The high economic potential of the area is implied by the occurrence of both volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization (Normétal mine and Normetmar satellite) and gold mineralization associated with quartz-sulfides veins (Amex Exploration – Perron project).
Two (2) known mineral showings occur on the Property. The Perron-Desmeloizes-Nord showing is a surface showing characterized by elongated massive sulfides (pyrite-pyrrhotite) parallel and included in a shear zone, itself hosted in andesites; a grab sample returned 14.5 g/t Au (Sigéom public data). The Rang I-Lots 44-57 showing was identified in diamond drilling in 1966, with samples reaching up to 2.38% Zn and 0.2% Cu over 0.1 metres and 1.02 g/t Au over 0.3 metres (GM52666). Zinc, gold and copper occurences are found as massive sulfides hosted in a brecciated rhyolite (GM73102).
The advanced-exploration stage Perron gold deposit (Measured & Indicated Resources of 8.18 Mt @ 6.14 g/t Au – Yassa & Augustin, 2025 NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Update on the Perron Gold Project) is located only 3 km west of the property. Gold mineralization is largely related to quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins/veinlets and stockworks, hosted preferentially in the rhyolite and which are controlled by WNW-trending faults formed during the later deformation event (Amex Exploration website, September 2025). Mineralization is controlled by the Perron fault which connects to the Normétal Fault right west of the Normétal Extension property.
History
The discovery of polymetallic mineralization at Normétal in 1923 generated significant interest in the region, leading to many exploration programs undertaken by various companies between 1943 and 2001. Noranda, which became Falconbridge Ltd, took control of the Normetal Mining Corporation in 1950. The mine was operated periodically from 1931 to 1933 and from 1937 to 1975 and produced over 10.1 Mt grading 2.15% Cu, 5.12% Zn, 0.549 g/t Au and 45.25 g/t Ag and was developed to a depth of up to 2.4 km (GM73102).
Prior to 1994, several companies (Metalore Mining, New Metalore Mining, Canex Placer, Selco, SOQUEM, Exploration Minière Normétal, Exploration Témisca, Gunnar Gold and Cominco) performed various exploration activities (geophysical surveys, diamond drilling and mapping) in the area of the Normétal Extension Property. Exploration Minière Normétal inc (EMN) started to work in the vicinity of the Normetmar Deposit in 1985 with ground geophysical, geological surveys associated to a major compilation program. In 1989, EMN went underground with a decline ramp in order to:1) test the continuity of the deposit. 2); to take a bulk sample, 3) better understand the geology and the structural aspects of the deposit and finally, 4) to perform systematic sampling of the mineralized zone (GM 55248).
From September 2007 to January 2008 Globex completed twenty-two drill holes on the Normetal property totalling 4,304 m, targeting the Normétal historical mine mineralization (GM65185). This drilling intersected up to 8.21% Zn over 4.40 m including 11.01% Zn over 3.00 m and 21.45 % Zn over 1.02 m (true width, both in in GN-07-12B). Precious metal values were also intersected, the best being 2.19 g/t Au and 236 g/t Ag over 2.56 m including 3.47 g/t Au and 366.00 g/t Ag over 1.55 m (true width, in GN-07-09).
Starr Peak which owns the claims of both the Normetal Extension and Normetal Mine / Normetmar properties on which Globex retains Royalties carried out Helicopter-borne high-resolution magnetic and electromagnetic survey (GM72472) of the Newmétal Project (map below) as well as extensive DDH programs in 2001 (106 holes, 38,209 metres) and 2022 (50 holes, 23,216.5 metres) targeting the Normetmar mineralized zones at depth, named the Shallow Zone (SZ) and the Deep Zone (DZ). Some of these holes were implanted on the Normétal Extension property (GM73101 & GM73102).
In 2025, Amex Exploration released an updated NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate on the Perron Gold Project (Yassa and Augustin, 2025) that also provides extensive information on the geology, metallogeny and history of the work carried out in the region.
Resources and Potential
The 2022 DDH program of Starr Peak proved that the eastern section of the Deep Zone appears to be wider and richer as interpreted from the 2021 drilling and remains open following a eastward steeply dipping vector (Bissonnette, 2023 – GM73102). A new VMS break horizon has also been identified, hosting minor specs of economic mineralization to date and massive pyrite rich sulphide. The horizon is well open for further testing. Hole STE-22-112 highlighted a potential for gold mineralization into the Normétal felsic pluton toward the northern part of the property.
Accordingly to Bissonnette (2023), it is recommended to continue exploring the Normetmar trend at depth by testing some known conductors and by defining the downdip eastern extension of the Deep Zone. It is also recommended to further test the Normétal Pluton for gold enrichment and to test furthermore the new VMS break horizon and the BHEM anomaly into hole STE-22-120.
Historical Resource of 0.306Mt @ 10.94% Zn has been estimated on the Normetmar deposit (GM73102).