Canada’s first gold rush began with a young girl and a nugget

January 8, 2026

In 1846, Clothilde Gilbert of Saint-Simon-les-Mines in southern Quebec, spotted a gold nugget while watering her horse — a discovery first recounted by W. Chapman (1881) and later by Obalski (1898).

It sparked Canada’s earliest placer gold rush, long before the Klondike.

The story that began in 1846 is still unfolding.

Today, Beauce Gold Fields (TSX-V: BGF) continues that legacy by exploring the antiform “saddle reef” structure, believed to be one of the bedrock sources of the Beauce placers, and by expanding the region’s historic placer gold deposit.

Geology Students in the Beauce

July 8, 2025

We had the pleasure of welcoming geology students from CÉGEP de Thetford Mines on a field trip.

They had a valuable opportunity to learn from Jean Bernard, our senior geologist. The students are fortunate to benefit from Jean’s extensive expertise—he is widely recognized as a leading authority on the geology of the Quebec Appalachians.

In addition to taking field notes, the students conducted a geophysical survey over the Grondin Zone, the results of which will be shared with the Company.

BGF featured Trenchless Technology Magazine

November 30, 2023

Our use of innovative horizontal directional drilling for mineral exploration was recently featured in Trenchless Technology Magazine.

This is related to our announcement last August about the successful test HDD drilling of the auriferous till units of the paleoplacer channel on the Beauce Gold property in St-Simon-les-Mines, Quebec.

It’s a must-read!

Read the full story here.

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BGF first-mover advantage in Southern Quebec

November 21, 2022

CEO Patrick Levasseur shares a bit of history on Canada’s first gold rush and why mining activity is so different in the St Simon les Mines area from the rest of Quebec with the team at Invercio. Read more