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Strategic Metals Ltd. reports on a Yukon-focused mineral project generator with a portfolio of wholly owned exploration projects, royalty interests and properties optioned or sold to other companies. Company news commonly covers property transactions, net smelter return royalties, exploration results and technical reporting for projects such as Triple Crown, Hopper, Division Mountain, Byng and Mars.
Recurring updates also address Strategic Metals' holdings in other mineral exploration companies and Terra CO2 Technologies, along with capital actions such as normal course issuer bids and incentive stock option grants. Project disclosures frequently reference National Instrument 43-101 technical reports, surface sampling, drill-ready targets, geochemical anomalies and district-scale exploration work in Yukon.
Strategic Metals (TSXV:SMD, OTCQB:SMDZF) reported that disinterested shareholders of both Strategic and GGL Resources approved the previously announced mineral property option transactions at special meetings held on August 31, 2026. GGL holds a two-staged option to acquire up to a 100% interest in the Hopper, Kluane, Batt and Moraine mineral properties in southwestern Yukon.
The deal is a related party transaction because Strategic owns about 30.35% of GGL and required approval from disinterested shareholders of both companies. The transaction remains conditional on GGL completing a 4‑for‑1 share consolidation and receiving final TSX Venture Exchange acceptance. Strategic describes itself as a project generator with 16 royalty interests, 14 projects under option, roughly 80 wholly owned projects, about $5 million in cash, and significant equity stakes in several exploration companies plus 15 million shares of Terra CO2 Technologies Holdings.
Strategic Metals (TSXV:SMD, OTC:SMDZF) released a scoping study and NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment for its wholly owned Division Mountain coal project in Yukon. The deposit hosts a measured resource of 52.5 million tonnes of High Volatile B Bituminous coal.
The scoping study evaluates one 100 MW or two 50 MW coal-fired power plants supplied by an open pit mine. It estimates power costs of $0.20/kWh for a 100 MW plant and $0.22/kWh for two 50 MW plants, below estimated LNG and diesel generation costs. The PEA outlines a 30-year mine delivering 500,000 tonnes of clean coal annually, with mine capex of $122 million and power plant and infrastructure capex of $856.6 million, for a total of $978.6 million plus a $20 million reclamation bond.
Average mine operating cost is projected at $52/tonne, with a stripping ratio of 3.5:1. The base case cash-flow model (8% discount rate) indicates an after-tax IRR of about 8% at an electrical sales price of $194/MWh excluding carbon taxes, and $292/MWh if full carbon taxes apply. Strategic notes that the PEA uses mineral resources, which are not mineral reserves and do not demonstrate economic viability.
Strategic Metals (OTCQB:SMDZF; TSXV:SMD) has granted GGL Resources a two-stage option to acquire up to a 100% interest in the Hopper, Kluane, Batt and Moraine copper-gold projects in southwestern Yukon.
GGL can earn an initial 70% interest by December 31, 2029 by issuing 1,000,000 post-consolidation GGL shares to Strategic by October 31, 2026 and funding $10 million in exploration, including up to $250,000 reimbursing Strategic’s 2026 work. GGL may then acquire the remaining 30% by paying $3 million on or before the earlier of March 31, 2030 or 90 days after exercising the first option, after which Strategic retains a 2% net smelter return royalty, half of which GGL can buy back for $3 million.
If only the first option is exercised, a 70/30 GGL/Strategic joint venture will be formed. The deal is subject to a 4-for-1 GGL share consolidation, disinterested shareholder approval for both companies, and TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.
Strategic Metals (OTC:SMDZF) granted GT Resources a staged option to acquire up to a 75% interest in the CD copper-gold porphyry property in Yukon’s Dawson Range Gold Belt.
GT may earn 60% by 2030 via $450,000 in cash/shares and $10 million in project expenditures, with a possible increase to 75% for an additional $1 million.
Strategic Metals (SMDZF) announced the TSX Venture Exchange accepted filing of a property purchase agreement dated Feb 20, 2026 to sell the Byng and Mars projects to Cascadia Minerals.
Cascadia paid $125,000 cash and issued 500,000 shares at $0.25 to Strategic. The Property is subject to a 2% NSR to Strategic, with Cascadia able to buy 1% of that NSR for $2,000,000 (CPI adjusted) before a production decision. Part of Mars remains subject to an existing 1% third-party NSR.
Strategic Metals (OTC: SMDZF) announced project deals, equity and royalty holdings and a stronger cash position.
Highlights: Terra plant under construction in Cleburne, Texas (commercial 2027); Rockhaven Klaza bulk sample planned summer 2026; Strategic holds ~$3.5M cash and major share positions (15M Terra; 81.9M Rockhaven, 28%; 31.7M GGL, 30.4%).
Strategic Metals (SMDZF) appointed Sam Wallingham as Vice President of Energy Development on January 15, 2026. Wallingham brings about 25 years of Yukon-focused community affairs, First Nations governance, training and negotiation experience and previously served as a founding director of Alexco Resource Corp.
The company highlighted the Division Mountain Project: a 370 km2 coal-bearing property ~90 km NW of Whitehorse, accessible by a 31 km road, with a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 52.5 million tonnes of high volatile B bituminous coal. The deposit remains open along multiple directions and lies ~20 km from a major transmission line, positioning it as a potential local power feedstock for Yukon.
Strategic Metals (SMDZF) filed two NI 43-101 Technical Reports on December 11, 2025 for its Hopper and Division Mountain projects in southern Yukon.
Key Hopper facts: a 74 km2 property hosting skarn and porphyry copper-gold targets, stacked skarn horizons with recent drill intercepts of 1.41% Cu & 0.532 g/t Au over 22.28 m and 1.87% Cu & 1.04 g/t Au over 15.27 m, plus porphyry-style intervals including 0.22% Cu over 114.38 m. Division Mountain facts: a 370 km2 coal property with historical work totaling trenching and 14,891 m of drilling and a reported resource of 52.5 million tonnes high volatile B bituminous coal, located ~20 km from a major transmission line.
Strategic Metals Ltd. (SMDZF) announced a new Normal Course Issuer Bid to repurchase up to 8,500,000 common shares, representing approximately 10% of the public float of 85,129,616 shares. The New Bid succeeds the existing bid (which purchased no shares) and will run from December 5, 2025 to December 4, 2026. There are currently 110,955,967 common shares issued and outstanding. Purchases will be made at management's discretion using unallocated cash resources, executed by Ventum Financial Corp., and shares bought will be returned to treasury for cancellation.
The company cited market volatility as the rationale for opportunistic repurchases to address potential undervaluation of its shares.
Strategic Metals (TSXV:SMD) has announced the granting of incentive stock options to a consultant. The options allow for the purchase of up to 260,000 common shares at $0.255 per share, valid for a five-year period. The vesting schedule is set on a quarterly basis, beginning three months from the grant date.