Canadian Gold Miner Corp., a private exploration company with a significant land position in Ontario's historic Kirkland Lake gold camp, is heading to the public markets. The company announced on February 19, 2026 that it has signed a definitive agreement to amalgamate with 1317236 B.C. Ltd., a dormant shell company incorporated in British Columbia with no listed securities, in a transaction designed to take CGM public on the TSX Venture Exchange.

The structure is a reverse takeover in all but name. The shell will first continue out of British Columbia and into Ontario, after which the two entities will amalgamate under Ontario's Business Corporations Act. CGM shareholders will swap their shares one-for-one into the resulting issuer, which plans to rebrand as "South Kirkland Gold Corp." and list as a Tier 2 mining issuer on the TSXV.

To fund its path forward, CGM intends to close a concurrent private placement of at least $2.0 million — the minimum needed to satisfy TSXV listing requirements — with the proceeds earmarked for exploration work on its Northern Ontario properties.

The asset at the centre of the deal is CGM's near-complete ownership of the Lincoln-Nipissing Shear Zone, part of what the company describes as one of the largest contiguous land packages in the prolific Kirkland Lake gold camp — a district that has historically produced tens of millions of ounces of gold.

On the advisory side, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP is acting as counsel to CGM, while Borden Ladner Gervais LLP represents 131.