Lake Menarik
Key Facts
- Commodities: Gold (Menarik West & Menarik East); Nickel, Copper, PGEs, Chromium (Menarik East)
- Stage: Exploration
- Ownership: 100% Harfang
- Encumbrances: 2% NSR on certain claims
- Size: 386 claims totalling 15,669 hectares
- Location: Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec; 45 km south of Radisson and 7 km northeast of the Transtaiga Road and Billy-Diamond Highway junction
- Access: by road via the Billy-Diamond Highway and by air via the La Grande Airport (30 km from site)
- Main Areas of Interest: Menarik West, Menarik East
Highlights
Menarik West:
- PARTNERSHIP WITH SOQUEM TO ADVANCE MENARIK WEST: On July 29, 2025, Harfang announced a deal giving SOQUEM Inc. the option to earn a 50% interest in Menarik West by funding $3,000,000 of exploration over a three-year period and making cash payments totalling $200,000 over a two-year period. Harfang will remain the operator throughout the Option Period.
- BROAD GOLD INTERVALS DRILLED AT PIERRE: Diamond drilling assay results announced on May 11, 2023 confirmed broad gold intervals at Pierre Zone including:
- 1.15 g/t Au over 47 m, incl. 3.75 g/t Au over 7 m
- 1.75 g/t Au over 21 m, incl. 2.49 g/t Au over 14 m
- HIGH-GRADE SURFACE GOLD IN TWO ZONES: Prospecting across the property has returned high-grade gold samples at Pierre and Cox, including:
- Pierre: 1,918 g/t, 127.2 g/t, 90.88 g/t, 61.5 g/t, 55.4 g/t, 25.8 g/t (all Au grab samples)
- Cox: 19.2 g/t, 17.3 g/t, 7.4 g/t, 4.9 g/t, 3.9 g/t (all Au grab samples)
Menarik East:
- SUMMER 2025 EXPLORATION PROGRAM CONFIRMS MINERALIZATION: Exploration results released November 26, 2026 include: 6.84% Cu + 0.99 g/t Au, 2.24% Cu + 0.57 g/tAu), and 0.73% Cu + 0.44% Ni + 0.17 g/t Au in grab samples, as well as the discovery of additional copper and nickel showings that strengthen the potential of the mineralized footprint at Menarik East.
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TWO HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE DOMAINS DISCOVERED: The West Domain which demonstrates strong copper-nickel potential, and the Central Domain characterized by enriched nickel–PGE–chromium.
- ANALOGOUS TO ONTARIO’S RING OF FIRE: Both deposits share similar geology (ultramafic rocks with felsic intrusions), similar polymetallic mineralization (Cu, Ni, PGEs, Cr, Au), and a similar age (approx. 2.7 billion years old).
- HISTORICAL RESOURCE UNDERSCORES UPSIDE POTENTIAL: The project area hosts a historical resource that includes Ni, Cu, Cr₂O₃, and PGE’s, underscoring the significant upside potential and supporting the Company’s view that Menarik East represents a significant opportunity.
Figure 1
Sericite and quartz alterations with pyrite overprinting the hematitized monzonite at the Pierre showing (5.83 g/t Au over 0.28 m, DDH1404-03)
Figure 2
Intense sericite alteration and quartz veining overprinting the hematitized monzonite at the Pierre showing (3.45 g/t Au over 0.35 m, DDH1404-03)
Figure 3
Strongly hematitized quartz monzonite with pyrite-rich veinlets (17 ppb Au, DDH1404-11)
Maps
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Shaded relief geological map of Lake Menarik.
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High-grade gold discoveries at Menarik East that led to the delineation of a new gold trend.
Recent Project News
HARFANG PROVIDES UPDATE AT SKY LAKE
Download this press release:MONTREAL, February 23, 2026 – Harfang Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: HAR) (“Harfang” or the “Company”) provides an update on its wholly-owned Sky Lake Gold Project located in Ontario’s Pickle Lake Camp. HIGHLIGHTS Harfang’s maiden winter 2025...
HARFANG OUTLINES WINTER EXPLORATION PLANS
Download this press release:MONTREAL, February 3, 2026 – Harfang Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: HAR) (“Harfang” or the “Company”) announces fully-funded winter exploration plans for its portfolio of wholly-owned projects located in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec, and...
HARFANG AND SOQUEM EXPAND GOLD FOOTPRINT AT MENARIK WEST, QUÉBEC
Download this press release:Montreal, December 9, 2025 – Harfang Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: HAR) (“Harfang”) and SOQUEM Inc. (“SOQUEM”, and together the “Companies”) announce additional high-grade gold results from a joint Fall 2025 exploration program at Harfang’s...