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Fast-tracking a past-producing Nevada gold mine toward a 2027 production restart

Lahontan Gold Targets 2027 Production Restart at Santa Fe in Nevada

Written by Pia Rivera

Pia Rivera

Pia oversees the Production teams in Vancouver and Toronto. She was the first production manager at INN in 2008, left briefly and rejoined the company in 2011. Since then, she has been helping provide value to mining, cannabis, technology and life science companies by ensuring that campaign deliverables are executed on time and on spec. Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines.

Oct 08, 2026 07:55PM

Lahontan Gold is eyeing 2027 for Santa Fe's revival in Nevada, expanding land by 75 percent with its Emergent Metals acquisition.

Lahontan Gold (TSXV:LG) founder and CEO Kimberly Ann had big news to share at the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Lahontan Gold's acquisition* of Emergent Metals (TSXV:EMR,OTCQB:EGMCF) gives it full ownership of West Santa Fe and adds the York claims at New York Canyon. The deal grows the land package by 75 percent, removes C$2.7 million in option payments and dilutes shareholders by about 4 percent.

Kimberly Ann said, “Having the York claims is very important to us because our drilling has been so successful over by the York pit, the historic pit.”

Lahontan Gold is moving its past-producing Santa Fe heap leach project in Nevada's Walker Lane toward a restart. Kimberly Ann expects a permit to build by mid-2027, and hopes to pour first gold by the end of that year.

Watch the full interview with Lahontan Gold's Kimberly Ann above.

* Subject to shareholder vote, expected in November 2026.

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