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Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project
The system remains open and is supported by VTEM, Ontario exploration funding, an Ontario exploration permit, an exploration agreement with Eabametoong First Nation, and active Phase I drilling.
Scale, Grade, Proof, and Jurisdiction in One Ontario Project
Near-Pure Stibnite in Modern Core
From Opportunity to District Control
VTEM Guides the Next Drill Targets
Gold Intervals Add Optionality
Four Signals of a Compelling Project
All You Need to Know about Howells Lake
Antimony is used in defense systems, munitions, night vision, semiconductors, batteries, solar infrastructure, and flame-resistant materials. Many of these uses have few practical substitutes.
North America produces very little antimony and depends heavily on foreign supply. That has made secure antimony supply a priority for governments, industry, and defense buyers.
Howells Lake gives Critical One exposure to this market through a high-grade Ontario antimony-gold project now in modern drill verification.
Howells Lake has a historical, non-NI 43-101 East Zone estimate of about 1.7 million tons grading 1.4% Sb. It is historical and not being treated as current.
Critical One is now testing the system with modern drilling, assays, VTEM, and updated geological work. Hole 6 returned 4.0 m of 70.2% Sb within 8.0 m of 42.2% Sb, giving the project its strongest modern proof point to date.
The broader land package covers 24,887 ha, 697 claims, and about 30 km of priority antimony-gold targets.
Howells Lake is in northwestern Ontario, an established mining jurisdiction with regional access and proximity to the Ring of Fire corridor.
Critical One has received its Ontario exploration permit and signed an exploration agreement with Eabametoong First Nation. The agreement supports consultation, environmental monitoring, and community participation during the current phase of work.
Future permitting, engagement, and technical milestones will be reported through news releases and filings.
The next catalysts are additional assays from Phase I drilling, follow-up holes around the East Zone, step-outs along the broader trend, and technical work on true width, continuity, mineralogy, and metallurgy.
Investors should also watch for updates on potential direct-shipping material, downstream processing, supply-chain relationships, and the Slam Gold Zone on the KCR property.
North America has limited antimony mining and processing capacity. That is why high-grade projects in stable jurisdictions matter.
Howells Lake is still an exploration-stage project, but Hole 6 shows the system can produce very high-grade stibnite in modern core. That could become relevant to processors, industrial buyers, and defense-linked supply chains if future drilling, metallurgy, permitting, and development work support it.
The next step is to define continuity, test material quality, and understand whether any zones could support direct-shipping or high-grade feed potential.
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