First Mining Gold, New Found Gold, and STLLR Gold have put their names up to be case studies in the eighth annual Goodman Gold Challenge.
The annual competition, taking place Jan. 28-30, challenges teams of university students from across Canada to analyze the stock portfolios of three gold-mining companies and make an investment recommendation based on their findings.
A panel of judges evaluates their pitches and the team with the best case will take home prize money worth the equivalent of four ounces of gold.
In 2025, the winning team hailed from Queen’s University, which chose Meridian Mining for its investment potential.
The initiative is hosted by the Goodman School of Mines at Laurentian University in Sudbury.
“Everyone should know about investment and should invest, whether you are studying business, theatre or medicine,” Jonathan Goodman, the challenge’s founder, is quoted as saying.
First Mining is a Canadian gold developer focused on the development of the Springpole Gold Project in northwestern Ontario and the Duparquet Gold Project in Quebec, two of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Canada.
New Found Gold is an emerging Canadian gold producer that holds a 100 per cent interest in the Queensway Gold Project, as well as the recently acquired Hammerdown Operation, Pine Cove Operation and the Nugget Pond Hydrometallurgical Gold Plant gold circuit.
STLLR Gold Inc. is a Canadian gold development company formed in February 2024 through the merger of Moneta Gold and Nighthawk Gold. The company is focused on advancing three high-potential gold projects in premier Canadian mining jurisdictions: Tower Gold Project (Ontario), Colomac Gold Project (Northwest Territories), and Hollinger Tailings Project (Ontario).