Project Overview: The project area is located approximately 80 km northeast of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The Confederation Lake Project seeks to build upon initial indications of vanadiferous titanomagnetite (VTM) potential identified by the Ontario Resident Geologist (ORG) program in 2024 in the ORG’s Recommendations for Exploration 2024-2025 report. VTM was inferred to be associated with a magnetic anomaly and the presence of mafic and ultramafic bedrock, and gabbro in the claim area. CMH’s claim area includes 11 contiguous claims on the east shore of Confederation Lake.
Historical Assessment by others includes: Rock chip sampling and outcrop mapping conducted across the claim area in 1988 targeting Au, a single till sample was collected and one outcrop mapped in 2021, and the claim area was included in a Lidar survey completed in 2022.
CMH conducted review of publicly available data and historical assessment reports, and engaged Bayside Geoscience to conduct an initial outcrop mapping and surface sampling program.
Regional Geology: The Confederation Lake vanadium project sits within the eastern portion of the Birch‑Uchi greenstone belt. This Archean belt is dominated by tholeiitic to calc‑alkaline metavolcanic sequences, iron‑rich mafic intrusions, and synvolcanic felsic centres. The project area is approximately 2 km northwest of the former South Bay Mine, a VMS deposit developed within felsic volcanic rocks on the Confederation Lake assemblage.
2025 Field Program: CMH contracted Bayside Geoscience to complete an initial prospecting campaign in 2025 to validate the hypothesis that the site contained enrichment of V205 relative to surrounding bedrock.
2025 Funding: CMH funded the program through a combination of Flow-Through Shares and funding from the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP). Flow through shares issued by CMH for the project were eligible for the federal Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (30% credit from the federal government) and Ontario mineral exploration tax credit (5%) and income tax deduction incentives.
2025 Program Results: Prospecting results indicated elevated grades of vanadium (as V205) in surface grab samples along the length of the magnetic anomaly and outcropping magnetic gabbros.
2026 Program: CMH are working with interested private investors, partners, or acquirers to advance delineation and ground-truthing of the extents of vanadium bearing magnetite at surface.
Other developments: Located in an area of previously sparse mineral claims, the claims surrounding the site have been acquired by Kenorland Exploration Ltd. and EMX Royalty Corp.
Acknowledgements: Thank you to Paul Malegus of the Ontario Resident Geology Program, the Ontario Junior Exploration Program, Bayside Geoscience, and AGAT Labs.
2026 PDAC poster presentation (high-res link coming soon).
