The former underground Eagle Mine was part of Agnico's first gold operation, the “Joutel Mining Complex,” which also included the Telbel mine and the Eagle West open pit/underground mines. The Eagle Mine had a production shaft that extended to approximately 950 metres, with historical production beginning in 1974 before operations shifted to Telbel. Together with Telbel, which had a production shaft reaching 1,200 metres, the Joutel Mining Complex produced approximately 1.1 million ounces of gold (from roughly 5 million tonnes of ore at an average grade of 6.5 g/t Au) between 1974 and 1993.

From 2008 to 2015, Globex completed six widely spaced infill and step-out drill holes, including hole EM-14-001, which returned 12.4 m of 2.9 g/t Au from 347 to 359 m downhole, with a high-grade interval of 4.8 m at 5.4 g/t Au.

Globex’s drill core from this period, which was later repatriated by Maple Gold, revealed multiple sulfide horizons, with variable iron carbonate and quartz mineralization, primarily within a strongly deformed sedimentary and pyroclastic package. Similar alteration and mineralization were observed within weakly deformed subvolcanic mafic intrusives. This historical data laid the groundwork for Maple Gold’s ongoing exploration efforts.

Eagle Core: EM-14-001 intercept with semi-massive pyrite cut by iron carbonate veinlet (lower left) at 354.9 m, part of a 1 m sample interval that gave 13.7 g/t Au.