Red Pine Exploration

Location: Wawa, Ontario, Canada
Commodity: Gold
Project Phases: Exploration

Client Overview

Red Pine Exploration is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on the Wawa Gold Project in Ontario. Leveraging innovative exploration techniques and rigorous scientific methodologies, Red Pine is advancing the discovery and development of significant gold deposits. The company is committed to responsible exploration, minimizing environmental impact while fostering sustainable resource development and stakeholder engagement.

Client Needs

As the Wawa Gold Project progressed through exploration, Red Pine required specialized permitting and execution readiness support to maintain project momentum and regulatory compliance. Specific needs included:

• Bulk Sampling Support: Guidance for planning, execution, and analysis of a bulk sampling program critical for resource validation.
• Historical Workings Analysis: Comprehensive review of legacy underground workings to inform future development planning.
• Crown Pillar Stability Study Management: Oversight of studies required to assess the safety and viability of future underground operations.
• Project Budgeting and Scheduling: Development of detailed budgets and Gantt charts to guide permitting and exploration activities, ensuring efficient resource allocation and timely regulatory submissions.

TMG’s Contributions

• Bulk Sampling Support: Assisted Red Pine in planning and executing bulk sampling activities, providing technical oversight and analysis to validate resource potential and inform next-phase decisions.
• Crown Pillar Study Management: Directed a desktop Crown Pillar stability study in partnership with Terracon, ensuring thorough evaluation and reliable reporting for regulatory and operational considerations.
• Historical Workings Analysis: Conducted detailed reviews of historical underground data to identify potential risks, opportunities, and structural considerations impacting future development.
• Budgeting and Scheduling Tools: Developed a comprehensive budget and Gantt chart outlining permitting support steps, enabling Red Pine to track activities, align resources, and meet critical milestones.

Results

TMG’s support delivered measurable improvements to Red Pine’s permitting readiness and exploration planning:

• 12-Month Schedule Compression: Logic-driven planning and relationship management reduced the permitting schedule for bulk sampling by one year, thereby accelerating project timelines and reducing costs.
• Cost Savings: Identified potential execution cost savings of $935,000 through optimized scheduling and bulk sampling strategies.
• Improved Technical Deliverables: Delivered robust Crown Pillar study results and historical workings analyses to support informed decision‑making and de‑risk future development.
• Efficient Planning Framework: Provided a detailed budget and Gantt chart as a roadmap for ongoing permitting and exploration activities, ensuring regulatory compliance and efficient execution.

The Wawa Gold Project Permitting Support highlights TMG’s ability to deliver targeted technical and permitting expertise that accelerates timelines, reduces costs, and enhances the quality of exploration‑phase deliverables. TMG’s proactive approach positioned Red Pine Exploration to transition from exploration toward development with reduced risk and greater confidence.