# Nordique Critical Metals Announces TSXV Final Approval for its Acquisition of Option to Earn Up to 80% Interest in the Kwyjibo Rare Earth Project in Québec; Files Amended 2026 Kwyjibo PEA Report

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nordique-critical-metals-announces-tsxv-final-approval-for-its-acquisition-of-op--f266089f-b5bd-4ef7-bed8-ebf81b22154c

Original source: https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/2163-tsx-venture/nqc/212807-nordique-critical-metals-announces-tsxv-final-approval-for-its-acquisition-of-option-to-earn-up-to-80-interest-in-the-kwyjibo-rare-earth-project-in-quebec-files-amended-2026-kwyjibo-pea-report.html

Publisher: jmn

Original announcement: 2026-10-13T03:05:23.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-13T23:02:21.543Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-13T23:02:21.543Z

- Company: Nordique Critical Metals Inc.

- Ticker: NQC

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Québec

- Primary commodity: Rare earth

- Secondary commodities: Iron ore, Copper, Gold

- Document categories: Agreement transaction, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-10-13 23:02:22 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Nordique Critical Metals has received final TSXV approval to acquire an option for up to an 80% interest in the Kwyjibo Rare Earth Project in Québec through a two-phase earn-in agreement with SOQUEM. Additionally, the company filed an amended Preliminary Economic Assessment \(PEA\) to provide technical clarifications regarding mineralized material terminology, resource definitions, and cut-off values.

Reasoning: The company secured regulatory approval for a major project acquisition and clarified its economic model via an amended PEA.

- Positive factor: Final TSXV approval for acquisition of up to 80% interest in Kwyjibo Project

- Positive factor: Structured two-phase earn-in agreement with SOQUEM

- Positive factor: Amended PEA provides technical clarification and improved transparency

- Positive factor: Project features IOCG-style mineral system with significant REE enrichment

- Negative factor: Project subject to 1.5% NSR royalty to Iron Ore Company of Canada

- Negative factor: Earn-in requires significant cash and equity commitments

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**NI 43-101 Compliant**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 \(Canada\) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: The amended technical report was filed in accordance with NI 43-101.

Evidence · text

> has also been filed on the Company’s SEDAR+ profile in accordance with NI 43-101.

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: The document discusses clarifications to the definition of Inferred Mineral Resources.

Evidence · text

> The definition and disclosure relating to Inferred Mineral Resources has been clarified

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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