North Atlantic Titanium Corp. (CSE: NATO) (OTCQB: NATQ.F) (FSE: Y33) announced that it has submitted applications for drilling permits for its diamond drill program at the Company's Everett Titanium-Vanadium-Phosphate project in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec. The Company holds the 2,406-hectare Everett property under option from Romaine River Titanium Inc.
The Company received confirmation from its Quebec environmental consultants that the following has been fully filed on behalf of Romaine River and the Company: a Permit for forestry activities (PAF) and a Permit for Work with Impact (ATI) for the drilling campaign only. The drilling plans focus on confirming the 1951 and 1968 diamond drilling in the northern area of the exposed Everett Oxide Body, totalling approximately 25,000 meters across 20 drill pads, to be completed in three years or less.
According to the plan submitted for the PAF and ATI, forest impacts are minimal because the Company is mostly brushing out historical drill trails for access. The work, when completed, will provide access to both the north and south areas of the 2.5-kilometer-long exposure of the Everett Oxide Body. Diamond drilling will proceed in success-contingent stages to test the northern area, leading to a mineral resource estimate. Drilling depths are expected to be less than 350 meters, as described in the ATI application. All drilling sites are planned to be accessed by the trails prepared during this year's forestry permit.
Dwayne Yaretz, CEO of NATO, stated: “Metallurgical results from the ongoing Elements08 metallurgical testing reinforce the Company’s strategy to advance a secure, domestic critical minerals processing supply chain in Canada - supporting defense readiness and the reshoring of Western titanium metal production. Work under this ATI permit application will define our technical program and follow-up drilling for the next 18 to 24 months.”
On March 31, 2026, the Company joined Romaine River in its collaboration with Centre technologique des residus industriels (CTRI), Impact Global Solutions (IGS), and Corem in support of metallurgical testing at the Everett project. The program is managed by the Elements08 Strategic Metals Excellence Centre, partly funded by the Government of Quebec.
North Atlantic Titanium Corp. is focused on developing the Everett titanium-vanadium project in Quebec, targeting the production of high-quality titanium feedstocks with potential value-added vanadium and phosphate coproducts. The Company also holds a 100-per-cent interest in the Sleeping Giant South project, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, approximately 75 kilometers south of Matagami, Quebec.
