About Fortune Bay
We are an exploration and development Company poised for growth
Fortune Bay Corp. (TSXV: FOR, FWB: 5QN, OTCQX: FTBYF) is an exploration and development company with 100% ownership in two advanced gold exploration projects in Canada, Saskatchewan (Goldfields Project) and Mexico, Chiapas (Ixhuatán Project), both with exploration and development potential. The Company is also advancing the 100% owned Strike and Murmac uranium exploration projects, located near the Goldfields Project, which have high-grade potential typical of the Athabasca Basin. The Company has a goal of building a mid-tier exploration and development Company through the advancement of its existing projects and the strategic acquisition of new projects to create a pipeline of growth opportunities. The Company’s corporate strategy is driven by a Board and Management team with a proven track record of discovery, project development and value creation.
Our Company’s name is derived from the large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Corporate History
Fortune Bay Corp. ("Fortune Bay") was formed through a series of public transactions that have been spearheaded by Fortune Bay's Executive Chairman, Wade Dawe. Linear Resources Inc. was formed pursuant to articles of amendment dated October 6, 1999, and Mr. Dawe was appointed to its Board of Directors. In 2003, Mr. Dawe assumed the role of President and CEO, and the company then changed its name to Linear Gold Corp. ("Linear Gold" or "Linear") and focused on gold exploration in the Americas. Later in 2003, Linear raised initial equity financing of CDN$7.3 million and subsequently acquired a number of gold assets in Central America from Switzerland based Xstrata PLC. As part of the transaction with Xstrata, the Ixhuatán property, located in Chiapas, Mexico, was acquired. Exploration activity at the Ixhuatán property from 2004 to 2007 by Linear resulted in a significant +1.7 million ounce gold discovery. From 2003 through 2009, Linear Gold raised in excess of CDN$75 million from the capital markets to fund its exploration activities.
On August 20, 2009, Linear, through a wholly owned subsidiary, purchased the Goldfields Property for US$5,000,000 in cash, the assumption of certain liabilities and the issuance of 727,272 common shares of Linear. The Goldfields property hosts a +1.0 million ounce gold deposit.
On June 25, 2010, Linear amalgamated with Apollo Gold Corporation to form a new company Brigus Gold Corp. ("Brigus"), and Wade Dawe was appointed Executive Chairman. Post-merger Brigus operated the Black Fox gold mine in Ontario, Canada, while advancing its gold deposits in Mexico and Saskatchewan, Canada. The company employed approximately 400 people and traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
On June 27, 2016, Fortune Bay Corp. completed a transaction pursuant to which it acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Ireland based software developer Kneat Solutions Limited. The corporation subsequently changed its name to "kneat.com, inc." and listed on the TSX-V with the trading symbol KSI. As part of the transaction, Fortune Bay Corp. spun-out its gold resource properties by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement in Ontario; and formed a new gold-focused corporation to hold the Goldfields project and the Ixhuatán project which changed it's name to – Fortune Bay Corp.' The new Fortune Bay Corp., second company to have this name, currently trades on the TSX-V with the symbol FOR.