North Atlantic Titanium Corp. (CSE: NATO) announced it has submitted applications for drilling permits for a three-year diamond drill program at its Everett Titanium-Vanadium-Phosphate project near 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 Permit for forestry activities (PAF) and Permit for Work with Impact (ATI) for the drilling campaign have been fully filed. The drilling plan focuses on confirming historical diamond drilling from 1951 and 1968 in the northern area of the exposed Everett Oxide Body. The program totals approximately 25,000 meters across 20 drill pads, to be completed in three years or less.
Forest impacts are expected to be 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 (MRE). Drilling depths are expected to be less than 350 meters, as described in the ATI application. All drilling sites will be accessed via trails prepared under this year's forestry permit.
Dwayne Yaretz, CEO of North Atlantic Titanium, 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 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 in the Abitibi greenstone belt.
