In two coastal licences
Total licence area,
western Newfoundland
Sources: Brutus Mining Inc., news release announcing the Bay of Islands option; NL Mineral Lands registry (GeoAtlas), licences 040594M and 040596M.
Sources: Szponar et al., Icarus 224 (2013); First Atlantic Nickel, Dec. 11, 2025; Luma Hydrogen, Aug. 21, 2026; Benton Resources and Metals Creek Resources, Mar. 25 and Sept. 9, 2026. Information on other companies comes from their public disclosure; the Company has no interest in their properties, and results there are not necessarily indicative of results on the Company’s properties.
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Sources: Brutus Mining Inc., news release announcing the Bay of Islands option; Szponar et al., Icarus 224 (2013); Hicks, The History of Petroleum Exploration in Western Newfoundland, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; First Atlantic Nickel, Dec. 11, 2025; Luma Hydrogen, Aug. 21, 2026; Benton Resources and Metals Creek Resources, Mar. 25, 2026.
Two coastal licences, western Newfoundland
North Licence 040596M
South Licence 040594M
322 claims in total
Option agreement: Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK)
Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex — Active Serpentinization
Million years old
Ultramafic massifs
The licences lie along the western margin of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, ancient ocean crust and upper mantle about 485 million years old, beside four ultramafic massifs.
Provincial records — Ready to Test
Dissolved hydrogen in high-pH spring waters
Hydrogen data on the licences from Brutus’s first program
At the Tablelands, part of the same complex, researchers measured dissolved hydrogen of 0.06 to 1.20 mg/L in high-pH spring waters, evidence of serpentinization today.
Fluid Pathways
Provincial records describe trace live oil and bitumen at Little Port, pyrobitumen at Bottle Cove, hydrocarbon-stained limestone at Trumpet Cove and possible gas venting on the floor of the Bay of Islands.
Ready to Test
Brutus’s first program will generate the first hydrogen data on the licences, in the same complex where Tablelands springs carry hydrogen.
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Sources: NL Mineral Lands registry (GeoAtlas), licences 040594M and 040596M; Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Claims Brochure 2024 (25 ha per claim); Brutus Mining Inc., option agreement with Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK); Szponar et al., Icarus 224 (2013); Hicks, The History of Petroleum Exploration in Western Newfoundland, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Bay of Islands Project is in western Newfoundland, Canada. Its two coastal licences lie along the western margin of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex.
The project covers 322 claims in two licences totalling 80.5 km²: the North Licence 040596M (88 claims) and the South Licence 040594M (234 claims).
Brutus Mining holds an option to acquire 100% of the Bay of Islands Project under an option agreement with Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK).
The two coastal licences have road access. Route 450 from Corner Brook reaches the southern licence.
The licences lie along the western margin of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, ancient ocean crust and upper mantle about 485 million years old, beside four ultramafic massifs. Provincial records describe trace live oil and bitumen at Little Port, pyrobitumen at Bottle Cove, hydrocarbon-stained limestone at Trumpet Cove and possible gas venting on the floor of the Bay of Islands.
Natural hydrogen is emerging as a new source of clean energy, generated underground, most commonly when groundwater reacts with iron-rich rock. It forms underground, with no manufacturing step.
Yes. At the Tablelands, part of the same complex, researchers measured dissolved hydrogen of 0.06 to 1.20 mg/L in high-pH spring waters, evidence of serpentinization today (Szponar et al., Icarus 224, 2013).
The Company will announce further plans for exploration of hydrogen across the Project.
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