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Drill results

copper · Nov 3, 2026

Osisko drills 314 metres of copper at Gaspé, and the system stays open south

Long infill holes confirm the block model at Murdochville; one step-out 400 metres southwest keeps the deposit open while the stock slides.

Osisko Metals Incorporated · OM.TO

Drill results

copper · Nov 3, 2026

Valhalla hits 32.6m of 4.35% CuEq at Sun — stock down by half

Three step-out holes in Alaska's Ambler District each hit wide, high-grade polymetallic rock, while the shares slid 51% over three months.

Valhalla Metals Inc. · VMXX.V

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copper · Nov 2, 2026

C3 drills its best hole yet at Khaleesi — one hole, big numbers

64.9 metres at 3.45% copper-equivalent in southern Peru, with a 23.3-metre core at 6.64% — the highest grade C3 has hit here, from a single hole.

C3 Metals Inc. · CCCM.V

Financing

copper · Nov 2, 2026

Hudbay puts C$30.1M into Pecoy Copper's Peru porphyry

A C$49.8M strategic round, led by an established Peru copper operator, lands on a pre-resource project — and the stock already ran 33%.

Pecoy Copper Corp · PCU.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 28, 2026

High-grade copper hits at El Roble as reserves run toward 2027

Atico drills 18.6m of 7.65% copper underground, feeding a reserve update due early next year — but the market hasn't moved.

Atico Mining Corporation · ATY.V

Economic study

copper · Oct 28, 2026

Barksdale restarts San Javier study, adding gold to the copper for the first time

An updated economic study bolts gold onto a 70.1-million-tonne copper resource in Sonora. The market moved 28% while peers sat still.

Barksdale Resources Corp. · BRO.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 27, 2026

Copper Giant drills its best hole yet at Mocoa, pre-PEA

MD-074 cut 135 m at 1.60% copper-equivalent inside the planned pit — nearly three times the Indicated grade — with the economic study due by end of November.

Copper Giant Resources Corp · CGNT.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 23, 2026

Kraken steps out 1.5 km south — and the thick stuff holds

Two step-out holes 1.2–1.5 km south of prior drilling hit 23–41 m of copper-nickel-cobalt from bedrock, but true width stays unknown.

Viridian Metals Inc. · VRDN.CN

Economic study

copper · Oct 21, 2026

Hudbay greenlights Copper World, a new U.S. copper mine for 2029

Board approval turns an Arizona copper project from study into a 36-month build, with Mitsubishi as a 30% partner and first metal targeted for H2 2029.

Hudbay Minerals · HBM.TO

Economic study

copper · Oct 21, 2026

Magna's Crean Hill restart gets its first hard numbers

A pre-feasibility study pencils a 12-year Sudbury nickel-copper-PGM mine at C$127M to build, with construction set for 2027.

Magna Mining Inc. · NICU.TO

Drill results

copper · Oct 21, 2026

A thick copper-gold hit at Kwanika, and the market noticed

NorthWest cuts 110 metres of 1.86% copper-equivalent in the Western Zone — infill meant to firm up the deposit, not grow it.

NorthWest Copper Corp. · NWST.V

Resource estimate

copper · Oct 20, 2026

NexMetals nearly triples Selebi North's confident resource

The Botswana copper-nickel rebuild delivered the North number it promised — 8.95 Mt Indicated, grades rising on both metals — as the stock kept falling.

NexMetals Mining Corp. · NEXM.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 20, 2026

Near-surface copper hits at São Francisco, and the stock has moved

Prospectiva's first three assayed holes include 7.15 m at 4.78% copper. Four more holes are drilled and awaiting results.

Prospectiva Resources Ltd. · PSVA.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 15, 2026

BCM logs thick skarn in TK21 — but no assays, just chalcopyrite by eye

A deep twin hole at Thompson Knolls hit a long mineralized interval. Every grade number is a visual estimate. Two holes now wait on the lab.

BCM Resources Corporation · B.V

Resource estimate

copper · Oct 14, 2026

Copper Giant's Mocoa grows to 1.6 Bt — and earns its first Indicated tonnes

The updated resource adds a near-surface core the company can build a study on. The headline 50% copper jump needs a second read.

Copper Giant Resources Corp. · CGNT.V

M&A

copper · Oct 9, 2026

NeoTerrex options a quiet Québec copper-gold belt last drilled in the 1990s

The explorer can earn 100% of the Reservoir project by 2030. The grades are real but historical, and nobody has verified a single number.

NeoTerrex Minerals Inc. · NTX.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 5, 2026

Altar drills a kilometre and a half of copper in one hole

Infill drilling at Aldebaran's Argentine porphyry hit 1,728.9 m of 0.45% CuEq, which the company says will feed a 2026 resource update and a pre-feasibility study targeted for 2027.

Aldebaran Resources Inc. · ALDE.V

Drill results

copper · Oct 1, 2026

Cascadia drills 75.55 m of 2.18% CuEq, pushes Carmacks zone 300 m north

Three step-out holes at the Yukon copper-gold project say the main zone is roughly twice as long as before — and the stock has run roughly ten times copper's gain over three months.

Cascadia Minerals Ltd. · CAM.V

Resource estimate

copper · Oct 1, 2026

NexMetals' Selebi copper-nickel resource grows 72% — all of it low-confidence

A past-producing Botswana mine now counts 32.47 million tonnes at high grade, but every tonne sits in the lowest confidence tier.

NexMetals Mining Corp. · NEXM.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 30, 2026

Southern Flats steps out 200 m west — a second porphyry centre firms up

Hercules extends its Idaho copper discovery with 287 m of 0.58% copper-equivalent, but the 1 km link to Leviathan stays undrilled.

Hercules Metals Corp. · BIG.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 28, 2026

High-grade copper reaches surface at Cowley — but the stock keeps sliding

Gladiator hits 24m at 2.37% copper from 8m down, and confirms a new Southern Limb front — while shares shed nearly a third as copper rallied.

Gladiator Metals Corp. · GLAD.V

Resource estimate

copper · Sep 24, 2026

ATERRA puts a number on its Chilean copper: 159.8 Mt

A maiden resource across four near-surface porphyries — real district scale, but every ounce and pound sits in the lowest-confidence bin.

ATERRA Metals Inc. · ATC.CN

Drill results

copper · Sep 22, 2026

Copper Giant drills 804 m of porphyry at Mocoa, core runs more than twice the model

Infill hole confirms the high-grade heart before a Q4 economic study; the stock has more than doubled the copper price move.

Copper Giant Resources Corp. · CGNT.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 22, 2026

Power Metallic drills deepest hole yet at Lion — and it got richer down there

5.70 metres at 14.00% copper-equivalent, about ~150 metres below the known resource, with one flanking hole's assays still pending.

Power Metallic Mines Inc. · PNPN.V

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copper · Sep 17, 2026

ATEX stretches its B2B copper strike by half, finds more east and north

The Phase VI wrap traces the high-grade breccia to about 600 metres and drops an 887-metre intercept — while the stock sat out a copper rally.

ATEX Resources Inc. · ATX.TO

Resource estimate

copper · Sep 15, 2026

Viridian puts a first number on Kraken — a conceptual one

An early-stage target pegs Kraken at 41–61 Mt of low-grade copper-nickel-cobalt, and the stock has risen 52 percent while copper stayed flat.

Viridian Metals Inc. · VRDN.CN

Drill results

copper · Sep 14, 2026

Getty steps out at Getty South and the zone holds together

A step-out hole cut 150.3m of 0.71% copper with a 46m core at 1.47% — and two more step-outs, north and south, both hit the same body.

Getty Copper Inc. · GTC.V

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copper · Sep 14, 2026

New porphyry center flagged at Hook — but the assays aren't back yet

Hercules Metals says alteration and a 1.8-km geophysical anomaly point to a fresh copper target in Idaho. The proof drilling waits until 2027.

Hercules Metals · BIG.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 9, 2026

Kodiak's first Ketchan hole hits 283.5 m of copper-gold

One standout hole carries the release: 0.70% CuEq over 283.5 m near surface, with a 108 m core at 1.02% — the other seven are quieter.

Kodiak Copper Corp. · KDK.V

M&A

copper · Sep 9, 2026

Vizsla adds Alaskan VMS and a gold project — with Agnico Eagle riding along

An all-share deal brings Delta's polymetallic system and Helm Bay gold in-house, and hands a major miner up to ~22% of the company.

Vizsla Copper Corp. · VCU.V

Resource estimate

copper · Sep 8, 2026

Ivanhoe grows its Congo copper discovery by 30%

The Makoko District resource jumps to 612 Mt Inferred at 1.80% copper — big numbers, most still at the lowest confidence tier.

Ivanhoe Mines · IVN.TO

Drill results

copper · Sep 7, 2026

Panoro's long copper holes and a first skarn hit at Cotabambas

Two step-out holes stretch the South Pit deposit from surface to 1,100 m, and a maiden endoskarn cut opens a new question.

Panoro Minerals Ltd · PML.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 4, 2026

Mogotes wraps its Filo Sur season and books two new porphyry targets

The Luz del Sol assays we were waiting on are in — thin. The company now points to 20,000 metres of drilling for 2026–2027.

Mogotes Metals Inc. · MOG.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 3, 2026

A different kind of hole at Moby Dick: wide, but thin-tenor

Pirate Gold drills 299.4m of copper-gold — the width is real, the grade is low, and the stock kept sliding while copper rose.

Pirate Gold Corp · YARR.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 3, 2026

Palmer VMS returns 49.2 m of 4.7% copper-equivalent in Alaska

Two holes confirm a thick, high-grade copper-zinc core and extend it deeper — from a project Vizsla acquired in December 2025.

Vizsla Copper · VCU.V

Economic study

copper · Sep 1, 2026

DLP puts a number on Aurora: $2.7B NPV, and a moly project in disguise

The Peru copper-moly project gets its first economic study — big scale, thin returns, and revenue riding on one volatile metal.

DLP Resources Inc. · DLP.V

Drill results

copper · Sep 1, 2026

Stakeholder drills 498 metres at Loki — grades tell a quieter story

One long hole in the Yukon confirms a fertile intrusion, but the copper and PGE numbers read in ppm and ppb, not percent.

Stakeholder · SRC.V

Financing

copper · Aug 30, 2026

Washington buys into Trilogy's Alaska copper play

The U.S. Department of War signs off on a US$35.6 million stake to advance the Ambler district's copper — governance strings attached.

Trilogy Metals · TMQ.TO

Financing

copper · Aug 28, 2026

McEwen Copper lands US$240M loan to push Los Azules toward decision

A high-cost bridge loan carries the Argentine copper project toward a mid-2027 investment decision — but the full ~US$4B still isn't assembled.

McEwen Inc. · MUX.TO

Financing

copper · Aug 28, 2026

Rio Tinto buys into Mogotes and its frontier Vicuña ground

A major has put US$15M and its geoscience toolkit into an exploration-stage porphyry company on the Argentina–Chile border, forming a technical alliance on the Filo Sur project.

Mogotes Metals Inc. · MOG.V

Drill results

copper · Aug 27, 2026

Massive sulphide hits at Mary March, and the market noticed

Canstar's first Mary March drilling since 2019 cut 15.6 m of massive sulphide at 2.3% CuEq — its widest ever, ~100 m along strike from the 1999 discovery hole.

Canstar Resources Inc. · ROX.V

Drill results

copper · Aug 27, 2026

Copper Giant drills 771 metres in one hole at Mocoa

A long, low-grade copper-molybdenum intercept extends the Colombian porphyry southeast and at depth — width and formula still unverified.

Copper Giant · CGNT.V

Drill results

copper · Aug 27, 2026

Wedge hole 10 hits 31.95m of 2.52% copper-equivalent

A step-out drill hole at a historic New Brunswick camp lands a wide massive-sulphide zone, but the stock sat out a strong copper rally.

Nine Mile Metals Ltd. · NINE.CN

Financing

copper · Aug 27, 2026

Viridian raises up to $1.0M as Kraken assays stay pending

A $0.45 unit placement funds the drill program and an IR budget, while the stock has moved sharply ahead of any assay numbers.

Viridian Metals Inc. · VRDN.CN

Drill results

copper · Aug 26, 2026

ATEX extends B2B breccia 200m south; hole ends in 1.72% CuEq

Final Phase VI assays stretch the high-grade copper breccia to about 600m of strike, still open south and at depth. The stock sat out the copper rally.

ATEX Resources Inc. · ATX.TO

Economic study

copper · Jun 15, 2026

A billion-tonne BC copper deposit gets its first reserve — and a price tag with strings attached

Surge Copper's Berg pre-feasibility study defines a 28-year mine and a maiden reserve of 5.8 billion pounds of copper, alongside economics that lean heavily on the company's long-term price assumptions.

Surge Copper · SURG.V