Located in the Amos area of the Abitibi belt, the Castagnier project was staked (by Inmet) to cover an old VMS copper prospect that hosts encouraging copper zones grading up to 3.2% Cu and 0.7% Zn over 3.1m (part of 1.2% Cu over 12m).

In the early 1950's, a vertical shaft was sunk to a depth of 120m to further explore the mineralization at depth but records of the work are very scarce. The rhyolite host rocks are strongly altered (sericite-chlorite) over at least 2 kilometres. Although no VMS deposits are known in the area, the chemical signature of rhyolites at Castagnier are typical of that found in highly prospective VMS mining camps of the Abitibi belt (same as Kidd Creek). Deep penetrating EM done in 2002 outlined 4 conductors of interest located at shallow to moderate depths. Three of these conductors were drilled in 2005 and were explained by barren sulphides zones (mostly pyrrhotite). One conductor remains to be drilled but no agreement could be reached with the owner of the surface rights and that target cannot be drilled right now. One drill hole is planned in 2007 to test mineralization in the immediate shaft area.

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