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STLLR Gold
STLLR Gold is a Toronto-based gold developer formed in 2019, controlling the Tower Gold Project in Timmins and the Colomac Gold Project in the NWT.
STLLR Gold
STLLR Gold emerged from the 2019 merger of two Ontario-focused gold explorers, consolidating the Tower Gold Project in the Timmins camp and the Colomac Gold Project in the Northwest Territories into a single development vehicle headquartered in Toronto. The combination, engineered by CEO Keyvan Salehi and Executive Chairman Eric Kallio, created a developer holding one of the largest underexplored gold resource bases in Canada — a deliberate strategy to build scale in mining-friendly jurisdictions before major producers come looking for assets. The company's strategy revolves around de-risking and expanding its two flagship assets. The Tower Gold Project near Timmins sits in a district that has produced over 75 million ounces of gold historically, with STLLR controlling roughly 200 square kilometers of contiguous land. The Colomac Gold Project, 220 kilometers north of Yellowknife, hosts a past-producing open-pit mine with existing infrastructure including an all-weather road and an airstrip. Both projects target large-tonnage, open-pit mining scenarios where modest improvements in grade or recovery can shift the economics materially. The company's technical work focuses on infill drilling to upgrade inferred ounces to indicated, metallurgical testing, and early-stage engineering studies that support eventual pre-feasibility and feasibility assessments (per the firm's public filings, 2024). STLLR operates with a lean corporate structure typical of a pre-production developer — a small technical team in Toronto supplemented by project-based consultants and drill contractors. The firm has raised capital through public equity offerings on the TSX Venture Exchange and the OTCQX, drawing institutional mining funds and retail investors. The Executive Chairman, Eric Kallio, brings a track record of moving early-stage gold projects through the development pipeline, having previously been involved with Rubicon Minerals and other Canadian gold stories. The President and CEO, Keyvan Salehi, holds a geology background and led the merger that formed the company. February 2024: Announced an updated mineral resource estimate for the Tower Gold Project expanding total indicated ounces to approximately 1.5 million and inferred ounces to 1.6 million, confirming its status as one of the largest undeveloped gold resources in Ontario (per the firm, February 2024). STLLR's structural differentiator is geological, not financial. The Tower land package in Timmins — assembled over decades by predecessor companies and consolidated through the merger — represents a contiguous position that would be nearly impossible to replicate in a mature mining camp. This creates a moat around the resource: any future acquirer or joint-venture partner must engage with STLLR to access the full district-scale potential. The company's path forward depends less on discovery risk than on execution risk — converting known ounces into a mine plan that works at the prevailing gold price.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2019
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
Canada
City
Toronto
Corporate office
Toronto, ON, Canada
Principals
Keyvan Salehi
President, CEO & Director
Rodney Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Kallio
Executive Chairman
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What assets does STLLR Gold hold and where are they located?
STLLR controls two cornerstone assets: the Tower Gold Project in the Timmins mining camp, Ontario, and the Colomac Gold Project in the Northwest Territories. Tower sits on roughly 200 square kilometers of contiguous land in a district that has historically produced over 75 million ounces of gold, with stated resources of approximately 1.5 million ounces indicated and 1.6 million ounces inferred as of early 2024. Colomac is a past-producing open-pit mine 220 kilometers north of Yellowknife with existing road and airstrip infrastructure.
How did STLLR Gold form and what motivated the merger?
STLLR Gold resulted from a 2019 merger between two Ontario-focused exploration companies holding the Tower and Colomac assets. The consolidation was designed to move beyond single-project exploration risk by building a multi-asset gold developer with the scale and resource base to attract institutional mining capital and eventual producer interest. President and CEO Keyvan Salehi, a geologist by background, led the transaction that brought the two projects under a single corporate roof.
What is STLLR's development strategy — exploration or near-term production?
STLLR markets itself as an advanced development-stage company rather than a pure explorer. The strategy centers on infill drilling to upgrade inferred resources to indicated, metallurgical testing to confirm recovery rates, and advancing engineering studies toward pre-feasibility and feasibility milestones. The Tower project's scale and location in an established mining district position it for a potential large-tonnage open-pit operation rather than a short-life high-grade underground approach.
Who makes the key investment and operational decisions at STLLR Gold?
President and CEO Keyvan Salehi leads operational and corporate strategy, drawing on his geology background and the relationships that enabled the 2019 merger. Executive Chairman Eric Kallio brings experience from past Canadian gold development stories including Rubicon Minerals, overseeing board-level governance and strategic positioning. COO Rodney Cooper manages day-to-day project execution. The board and technical committee oversee all major resource estimation, permitting, and capital allocation decisions.
On which exchanges does STLLR Gold trade, and what is its capital structure?
STLLR Gold trades on the TSX Venture Exchange and the OTCQX market in the United States. The company has raised capital primarily through equity offerings — common for pre-revenue Canadian mining developers — and does not carry the debt loads typical of later-stage producers. This equity-funded structure means existing shareholders are exposed to dilution risk from future financing rounds needed to fund development and drilling programs.
What makes the Tower Gold Project geologically significant?
The Tower project's significance stems from its sheer scale and location within the Abitibi greenstone belt, one of the world's most productive gold provinces. STLLR controls a contiguous land package spanning roughly 200 square kilometers directly adjacent to existing mining infrastructure and processing facilities. That position — assembled by multiple predecessor companies over years — creates a district-scale asset that would be difficult and expensive for any other party to replicate, giving STLLR a structural advantage in any future consolidation of the Timmins camp.
What risks does STLLR Gold face that allocators and investors should understand?
The primary risk is execution on the resource-to-mine conversion pathway, which requires permitting, engineering studies, and capital that STLLR does not currently have. Gold price volatility directly affects the economic feasibility of large-tonnage, lower-grade open-pit scenarios. The Colomac project's remote Northwest Territories location introduces logistical complexity and community-engagement requirements. And as a pre-revenue developer, STLLR will need to raise additional equity — meaning dilution risk for existing shareholders — to fund the work programs required to reach a production decision.
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