Located within the magmatic nickel sulphide-rich Proterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen, which extends across Saskatchewan into northern Manitoba and northern Quebec, Fathom’s projects cover a northeast-trending corridor of approximately 100 kilometres. Together, the two properties total more than 124,000 hectares. In Manitoba, the Thompson Nickel Belt has been in production since 1961, while in northern Quebec, the Raglan operations have produced high-grade magmatic nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE sulphides since 1997. Fathom’s exploration thesis is that Saskatchewan’s underexplored segment of the Trans-Hudson Orogen is equally fertile for magmatic nickel sulphide deposits as comparable districts in neighbouring Manitoba and Quebec.

There has been minimal follow-up exploration at the Albert Lake and Gochager Lake projects since the 1960’s. The limited work completed focused mainly on the historic deposits and did not assess the broader scale potential. Fathom is the first company to demonstrate that the host geology and mineralization styles at both projects are consistent with large, dynamic and open magmatic nickel sulphide systems.