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.

A Phosphate-Rich Outcrop… Finally Found

December 1, 2025

In this video, Beauce Gold Fields CEO Patrick Levasseur breaks down why the company has expanded into phosphate exploration across Québec, and why the timing matters. Read more