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Founders Metals Inc. (FDMIF) generates frequent news flow centered on its work at the Antino Gold Project in southeastern Suriname. Company releases highlight drilling results, surface exploration updates, property expansion transactions, and corporate developments related to this gold exploration asset in the Guiana Shield.
Many announcements focus on drill core assay results from targets such as Upper Antino, Froyo, Donut, Maria Geralda, Parbo, Da Vinci, and Lower Antino. These updates often describe high-grade intercepts, extensions of gold mineralization along strike and at depth, and the identification of new mineralized structures or corridors. Surface exploration news covers auger sampling grids, trenching, mapping, and the definition of gold-in-auger anomalies over kilometre-scale trends.
Founders also issues news on project-scale initiatives, including the acquisition of additional exploration concessions that expand the Antino land package to approximately 56,000 hectares, and the commencement of airborne geophysical surveys designed to improve understanding of regional-to-deposit scale controls on gold mineralization. These items provide context on how the company is building a district-scale exploration position in the Guiana Shield.
Corporate and financing updates appear in the news flow as well, such as a strategic investment by an affiliate of Gold Fields Limited, increased ownership by B2Gold Corp., and board and governance changes. Together, these releases give investors and observers a detailed view of how Founders Metals is advancing exploration, strengthening its technical and financial position, and refining its understanding of the Antino Gold Project.
This news page aggregates these disclosures so readers can follow drilling campaigns, exploration milestones, land consolidation steps, and corporate announcements related to Founders Metals and its Antino Gold Project over time.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) reported results of its Annual General and Special Meeting held May 7, 2026 in Vancouver. Shareholders re-elected all directors and appointed Davidson & Company LLP as auditors. The meeting approved a new Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan reserving up to 10% of outstanding shares for awards. A total of 63,550,622 shares were voted, representing 54.81% of issued and outstanding shares at the record date. The Omnibus Plan has board approval (Apr 6, 2026) and conditional TSXV approval (Mar 31, 2026) and remains subject to final TSXV approval.
GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) reported an independent geological review of its 100%‑owned Copeçal Gold Project (Mato Grosso, Brazil) that identifies a large structurally controlled hydrothermal gold system and vectors to higher‑grade zones. A Phase II drill program is planned for Q2 2026. GoldHaven also closed a $2.04M flow‑through financing for its Magno Project (BC).
Industry items: AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) reported a first‑time Probable Mineral Reserve of 4.9 Moz at Arthur (NV) with a nine‑year mine life and after‑tax NPV(5%) ≈ $1.7B at $2,715/oz. Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM) updated Southern Arc: 6 Mt @ 1.9 g/t (367,000 oz). Founders Metals completed a multi‑season environmental baseline at Antino (Suriname).
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) reports high-grade drill results at the Lower Antino target, including 6.0 m of 12.95 g/t Au from 55.0 m (LA060), plus a 200 m south step-out intercept of 18.0 m of 0.68 g/t Au from 59.1 m (LA054). Drilling extends mineralization ~250 m west and confirms broad tonalite-hosted mineralization along strike. Four diamond rigs are active across the Antino district; additional assays and modelling are underway to refine geometry and continuity.
NevGold Corp (TSXV: NAU / OTCQX: NAUFF) reports a near-surface oxide gold‑antimony opportunity at Limousine Butte with Phase II metallurgy showing average gold recoveries >93% and individual samples up to 99%. High‑grade drill intercepts include 11.42 g/t AuEq over 7.7 m. A maiden gold‑antimony Mineral Resource Estimate is targeted for Q2 2026, supported by ongoing metallurgical work, re‑assays and a planned 20,000 m drill program. The project emphasizes potential on-site antimony processing and near‑term leach‑pad production within a U.S. strategic supply context.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) completed a comprehensive two-year environmental baseline assessment at the Antino Gold Project in southeastern Suriname, covering four seasonal campaigns from July 2024 to November 2025. The study establishes first-ever baseline data, follows IFC Performance Standards and the Convention on Biological Diversity, documents pre-existing small-scale mining impacts, and positions the company to proceed to environmental impact assessment and feasibility studies in parallel with ongoing exploration.
Founders Metals (OTCQX:FDMIF) said Gold Fields Netherlands Services B.V. increased its stake via market purchases on April 6, 2026. Gold Fields bought 2,441,686 shares at a weighted average price of ~C$4.15 (~C$10.1M), bringing its holding to 14,489,879 shares (~12.50% non-diluted).
The ownership rise follows Gold Fields' initial C$50 million strategic investment in November 2025. Founders highlighted its ongoing >70,000-metre drill program and 102,360-hectare Antino land package; Gold Fields' early warning report was filed on SEDAR+.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) reports a new high-grade discovery at Antino North, southeastern Suriname: 17.22 g/t Au over 3.6 m within 24.6 m @ 2.81 g/t Au from the first-ever drillhole (AN001).
Antino North hosts ~5.3 km of mapped shear zones and twelve parallel structures; a ~3,500 m phase-one program is underway and a second drill is testing a kilometre-scale auger anomaly. True widths are unknown and assays are un-capped pending further drilling.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) was added to the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (GDXJ) in the Q1 2026 review, which may trigger passive buying by index-tracking ETFs. The company also commenced diamond drilling at Antino North, mobilizing a second rig to test multi-km historical auger anomalies.
Surface work at Antino North includes channel results of 20.0 m @ 2.07 g/t Au (incl. 7.0 m @ 5.05 g/t Au) and over 4,000 auger samples collected in 2026.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) upgraded Lower Antino from an Intermediate to an Advanced Target at its Antino Gold Project after cumulative drilling of 50 diamond holes, including eight new holes reported on March 12, 2026.
Key results include 65.9 m of 1.16 g/t Au within 115.0 m of 0.83 g/t Au from surface in hole LA046, confirmation of multiple parallel mineralized zones over ~1.9 km of drill-defined strike, and ongoing drilling to the south and southeast. The target sits within a 102,360-hectare land package and is open along strike and at depth.
Founders Metals (OTCQX: FDMIF) reports discovery of a multi-kilometre gold system at Antino North and high-grade auger results at Maria Geralda. Surface work mapped ten parallel shear zones across a 4 km area; channel and grab results include 20.0 m of 2.07 g/t Au (incl. 7.0 m of 5.05 g/t) and grab samples to 57.80 g/t Au.
Maria Geralda auger returned near-surface intercepts including 20.0 m of 7.54 g/t Au; drilling mobilization to Antino North is underway with rigs expected to start within two weeks.