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Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you post #21 of world-class mineral districts! Our 21 post focuses on #copper in #Africa, including #Zambia and #DRC, which have drawn the attention of 60 mining & exploration companies, 8 being UK-listed, 6 being Canadian-listed, 2 being ASX-listed, 11-listed in other exchanges and 33 being private companies. #Zambia ranks 34 and #DRC Top 61of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Copper mineralization is primarily hosted in Sediment-Hosted (#SEDEX) deposits. These deposits are typically rich in metals like #copper, #cobalt, #zinc, #lead, and #silver and are former in a reduced facies environment. This reducing environment allows for the precipitation and concentration of metal sulfides, leading to the formation of SEDEX deposits. SEDEX deposits often occur in basins with significant amounts of organic matter, such as shales or carbonate rocks. Other copper deposit types found in the Africa include Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (#IOCG) deposits and #porphyry deposits in certain belts. The image below shows the number of primary copper projects in Zambia and DRC distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are 56 producing projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including Glencore, Zijin Mining Group, Barrick, China Railway Group Limited, First Quantum Minerals, CMOC Group Limited, Sinomine Resource Exploration Co., JCHX Mining Construction Group Co.,Ltd and MMG Limited among others. Some of the largest developing projects in feasibility stage (6), PFS/Scoping stage (2) and Resource-definition stage (14) include Kendrick Resources’s Chingola Tailings (99 Mt @ 1.46% Cu), Jinchuan Group International Resources Co Ltd (GDZD)’s Lubembe (95 Mt @ 2% Cu), KPZ International’s Eureka (74 Mt @ 0.95% Cu) and Gecamines S.A. Kalumines (70 Mt @ 1.96% Cu) among others. Exploration projects (25) in this region are operated by some of the following junior exploration companies, Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) (OTC: MDNGF)., BeMetals Corp. , Galileo Resources , Xtract Resources , Castillo Copper, Red Rock Resources , TERTIARY MINERALS PLC and African Energy Metals among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 20th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 20th post focuses on #copper in #WesternAustralia, which has drawn the attention of 70 mining & exploration companies, 59 being ASX-listed, 9 being private companies, and 2 listed in other exchanges. #WesternAustralia ranks Top 4 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. #Copper mineralization is primarily hosted in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (#VMS) which are large accumulations of metal sulfides formed at or near volcanic environments. They are created when hydrothermal fluids, rich in sulfur and metals, are expelled from underwater volcanic vents or hydrothermal systems. As these fluids cool and interact with seawater, they precipitate metal sulfides, such as copper, zinc, and lead, which accumulate on the seafloor. Other copper deposit types found in the Western Australia include #porphyry and Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (#IOCG) deposits.  The image below shows the number of primary copper projects in Western Australia distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are 4 producing projects in this region operated by several mining companies including Sandfire, 29Metals and Cyprium Metals Limited (ASX: CYM).. Some of the largest developing projects in feasibility stage (3), PFS/Scoping stage (6) and Resource-definition stage (15) include Caravel Minerals (1.2 Bt @ 0.24% Cu), Rio Tinto’s Winu (721 Mt @ 0.4% Cu), Cazaly Resources Limited’s Halls Creek (97 Mt @ 0.29% Cu) and Cyprium Metals Limited (ASX: CYM)’s Maroochydore (49 Mt @ 0.99% Cu) among others. There is a vast amount (67) of exploration stage projects in this region. Some of the junior companies exploring in this region include IGO Ltd, Gold Road Resources, WA1 Resources Ltd, Encounter Resources Limited, DevEx Resources, Minerals 260 Limited, Ausgold Limited, S2 Resources Ltd, Artemis Resources (ASX:ARV), Empire Metals Ltd, Augustus Minerals Limited, Red Metal Resources Ltd., Recharge Metals Limited, SensOre, Askari Metals Limited (ASX: AS2), and Infinity Mining Limited among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 19th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 19th post focuses on #copper in #Arizona, which has drawn the attention of 37 mining & exploration companies, 21 being Canadian-listed, 4 being ASX-listed, 3 being USA-listed, 4-listed in other exchanges and 7 being private companies. #Arizona ranks Top 7 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Copper mineralization is primarily hosted in #copperporphyry, which are igneous rocks formed from hydrothermal fluids originated from a magma chamber. These fluids infiltrate the surrounding rocks, precipitating copper and other valuable metals as they cool down and react with the host rocks. Porphyry deposits typically occur in mountainous regions associated to crustal thickening. The image below shows the number of primary #copper projects in Arizona distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are 16 producing projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including Rio Tinto, Freeport-McMoRan, Grupo México , Capstone Copper, Excelsior Mining Corp. EXMGF / MIN: TSX, among others. Some of the largest developing projects in feasibility stage (2), PFS/Scoping stage (7) and Resource-definition stage (12) include Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s Rosemont (1.4 Bt @ 0.4% Cu), Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (ASCU:TSX | ASCUF:OTCQX)’s Cactus (602 Mt @ 0.54% Cu), Faraday Copper Corp.’s Copper Creek (506 Mt @ 0.43% Cu) and Taseko Mines Limited's Florence in-site leach (367 Mt @ 0.35% Cu) among others. Some of the junior companies exploring in this region include Arizona Metals , EMX Royalty Corporation, Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU | OTCQX: CPFXF | FSE: HPU) , Barksdale Resources Corp., Cordoba Minerals Corp., Phenom Resources , Mundoro Capital Inc., Prismo Metals Inc. among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 18th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 18th post focuses on #gold in the #Andes Region, including #Chile, #Argentina, #Peru, #Bolivia, #Ecuador and #Colombia, which has drawn the attention of 101 mining & exploration companies, 45 being Canadian-listed, 4 being ASX-listed, 3 being USA-listed, 7-listed in other exchanges and 42 being private companies. #Argentina ranks Top 14, 21 and 22 (#Salta, #SanJuan and #Jujuy Provinces respectively), #Chile ranks Top 38, #Peru ranks Top 59, #Ecuador Top 64, #Colombia Top 71 and #Bolivia Top 78 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Gold mineralization is primarily hosted in gold-copper #porphyry deposits, which are igneous rocks formed from hydrothermal fluids originating from a magma chamber. These fluids infiltrate surrounding rocks, depositing gold and other minerals as they cool and react with the host rocks. Porphyry deposits typically occur in mountainous regions associated to crustal thickening. Other gold deposit types found in the Andes Region include high-sulphidation (HS) #epithermal #vein-hosted and #breccia-hosted deposits associated volcanism as well as their low-sulphidation (LS) counter parts associated with geothermal fields. The image below shows the number of primary gold projects in The Andes Region distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are 94 producing gold projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including Newmont Corporation, Barrick, AngloGold Ashanti, Minsur S.A., Pan American Silver Corp., Kinross Gold Corporation, GOLD FIELDS, and Zijin Mining Group, among others. Some of the largest developing gold projects in Feasibility stage (18), PFS/Scoping stage (30) and Resource-definition stage (138) include Barrick’s Norte Abierto in Chile (3.3 Bt @ 0.5 g/t Au), Lumina Gold’s Cangrejos in Ecuador (1.4 Bt @ 0.46 g/t Au), AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa in Colombia (1 Bt @ 0.84 g/t Au) and Hochschild Mining PLC’s Volcan in Chile (538 Mt @ 0.64 g/t Au) among others. There is a vast amount (396) of exploration stage gold projects in this region. Some of the companies exploring in this region include: AbraSilver Resource Corp., Aldebaran Resources Inc. (TSX V.ALDE), Eloro Resources Ltd., Cerrado Gold, Condor Resources, Mirasol Resources Ltd., Torq Resources Inc., Silver X Mining and Lara Exploration Ltd. among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 17th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 17th post focuses on #gold in #BritishColumbia, which has drawn the attention of 179 mining & exploration companies, 140 being Canadian-listed, 6 being USA-listed, 2 being ASX-listed and 31 being private companies. #BritishColumbia ranks Top 25 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Gold mineralization occurs primarily in #porphyry deposits, which are igneous rocks formed from hydrothermal fluids originating from a magma chamber. These fluids infiltrate surrounding rocks, depositing gold and other metals as they cool and react with the host rocks. Porphyry deposits typically occur in mountainous regions associated to crustal thickening. Other gold deposit types found in this region include epithermal to mesothermal #vein-type polymetallic deposits. The image below shows the number of primary gold projects in British Columbia distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are 12 producing gold projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including Newmont Corporation, Artemis Gold Inc., New Gold Inc., Osisko Development Corp. and Ascot Resources Ltd. among others. Some of the largest developing projects in Feasibility stage (4), PFS/Scoping stage (18) and Resource-definition stage (57) include Seabridge Gold Inc.’s KSM (11 Bt @ 0.43 g/t Au), Skeena Resources Limited’s Eskay Creek (52 Mt @ 2.63g/t Au), Thesis Gold Inc.’s Lawyers (72 Mt @ 1.23g/t Au), Spanish Mountain Gold (312 Mt @ 0.51 g/t Au), Dolly Varden Silver Corp.’s Kitsault Valley (11 Mt @ 2.78 g/t Au), Talisker Resources Ltd. ’s Bralorne (8 Mt @ 6.36 g/t Au) and Cassiar Gold Corp. (37 Mt @ 1.14 g/t Au) among others. There is a vast amount (199) of exploration stage projects in this region. Some of the junior companies exploring in this region include Goliath Resources Limited, Scottie Resources Corp., Teuton Resources Corp, American Creek Resources Ltd (TSX-V:AMK), Canagold Resources, Kootenay Silver Inc. and Orogen Royalties Inc. | TSX.V:OGN among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 16th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 16th post focuses on #copper in #BritishColumbia, which has drawn the attention of 122 mining & exploration companies, 98 being Canadian-listed. #BritishColumbia ranks Top 25 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Copper is primarily hosted in #copperporphyry deposits, where ore mineralization is derived from hydrothermal fluids typically exsolved from a magma chamber. Such fluids infiltrate into intrusive igneous host rocks, while precipitating copper and other metals as they cool and react with the host rocks. Porphyry deposits typically occur in mountainous regions associated with crustal thickening. Other copper deposits types in this region include polymetallic Volcanogenic-Massive-Sulphide (#VMS) deposits, which are typically of higher grade and lower tonnage than porphyry deposits. The image below shows the number of primary copper projects in British Columbia distributed through the Lassonde Curve. There are eight (8) copper producing projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including Glencore, Newmont Corporation, Teck Resources Limited, Hudbay Minerals Inc., and Centerra Gold Inc., among others. Other mid-cap companies with operating assets include Taseko Mines Limited and Imperial Metals Corporation. Some of the largest developing copper projects (40) in this region include Teck Resources Limited’s Schaft Creek (1.7 Bt @ 0.24% Cu), Surge Copper Corp’s Berg (1.6 Bt @ 0.2% Cu), Taseko Mines Limited’s Yellowhead project (1.4 Bt @ 0.25% Cu), NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc (944 Mt @ 0.18% Cu), Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU | OTCQX: CPFXF | FSE: HPU)'s Eaglehead project (313 Mt @ 0.2% Cu) and Vizsla Copper Corp.'s Poplar project (292 Mt @ 0.31% Cu) among others. There is a vast amount (133) of exploration-stage copper projects in this region, with some junior explorers including Brixton Metals Corp. (BBB.V | BBBXF) , Dolly Varden Silver Corp., Orogen Royalties Inc. | TSX.V:OGN , Cornish Metals Inc., Wealth Minerals , Doubleview Gold Corp., Teuton Resources Corp., Kodiak Copper Corp., Kootenay Silver Inc., Alta Copper Corporation (TSX: ATCU | OTCQX: ATCUF | BVL: ATCU)., American Eagle Gold., NorthWest Copper., Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. and Amarc Resources Ltd. among others. If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

Hello prospectors & developers, after a bit of a gap, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 15th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 15th post focuses on #copper in the #Andes Region, including #Chile, #Argentina, #Peru, #Bolivia, #Ecuador and #Colombia, which has drawn the attention of 167 mining & exploration companies, 62 being Canadian-listed, 12 being ASX-listed, 8 being USA-listed, 5 being UK-listed, 15-listed in other exchanges and 64 being private companies.   #Argentina ranks Top 14, 21 and 22 (#Salta, #SanJuan and #Jujuy Provinces respectively), #Chile ranks Top 38, #Peru ranks Top 59, #Ecuador Top 64, #Colombia # Top 71 and #Bolivia Top 78 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2023. Copper mineralization is primarily hosted in #copperporphyry deposits, which ore mineralization is derived from hydrothermal fluids typically exsolved from a magma chamber. Such fluids infiltrate surrounding intrusive host rocks while precipitating copper and other metals as they cool and react with the host rocks. Porphyry deposits typically occur in mountainous regions associated to crustal thickening. Other copper deposit types found in the Andes Region include Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (#IOCG) deposits and lesser #stratabound / #manto-style copper deposits.  The image below shows the number of primary copper projects in The Andes Region distributed through the Lassonde Curve.   There are 88 producing projects in this region operated by several large cap mining companies including BHP, Glencore, SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION, Freeport-McMoRan, Anglo American, Grupo Antofagasta Minerals, Lundin Mining Corporation and Teck Resources Limited, among others. Some of the largest developing projects in feasibility stage (30), PFS/Scoping stage (18) and Resource-definition stage (53) include McEwen Mining Inc. Los Azules in Argentina (5.7 Bt @ 0.3% Cu), Teck’s Nueva Union in Chile (4.5 Bt @ 0.36% Cu), First Quantum Minerals La Granja in Peru (4.3 Bt @ 0.51% Cu) and SolGold Plc Cascabel in Ecuador (3.8 Bt @ 0.33% Cu) among others. On average, Chilean projects tend to have higher copper grades relative to other projects in The Andes Region. There is a vast amount of exploration stage projects in this region (133). Some of the junior companies exploring in this region include Sunstone Metals Limited, Tinka Resources, Mirasol Resources Ltd., Lara Exploration Ltd., Alta Copper Corporation (TSX: ATCU | OTCQX: ATCUF | BVL: ATCU)., Luminex Resources (Adventus Mining Corporation), New Pacific Metals Corp., Tribeca Resources, Sable Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SAE), Altiplano Metals Inc., Camino Corp., Turmalina Metals, Coppernico Metals , Pampa Metals and Culpeo Minerals among others.   If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!

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What’s Next for Copper Markets? Copper markets have seen a rollercoaster ride this year. Prices soared from February to June, peaking at USD $11,104/ton ($5.04/lb), driven by tight supplies and speculative trading. However, recent weeks have seen a sharp price decline to USD $9,652/ton ($4.38/lb), an 11.5% drop, breaking a critical trend line. Opinions on future prices are mixed. Trafigura attributes the surge to speculative flows rather than fundamentals and expects tighter supplies from mine closures. Goldman Sachs anticipates a price range of USD $10,000/ton ($4.54/lb) to USD $15,000/ton ($6.80/lb), potentially rising with supply shocks. Hedge funds like Rokos Capital Management and ANDURAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP are betting big, predicting prices as high as USD $20,000/ton ($9.07/lb) to USD $40,000/ton ($18.14/lb) due to a long-term supply deficit and rising demand from EVs and AI data centers. Despite China's weak economic data, the outlook remains bullish. Demand is expected to increase with global industrial activity, looser monetary policies, and the rise of new technologies. Copper's journey is far from over, and it will be interesting to see how these dynamics play out in the coming months. #CopperMarket #Commodities #Investing #SupplyChain #TechnologyTrends https://lnkd.in/eFzc9rVq

Hello prospectors & developers, Motherlode Consulting Inc. would like to bring you our 14th post of world-class mineral districts! Our 14th post focuses on #REE in #BritishColumbia (BC), which has drawn the attention of five (5) REE exploration & developing companies.  BC ranks Top 15 of the world for its Investment Attractiveness measured in The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2022. Rare earth elements (REE) mineralization in BC is primarily hosted in #carbonatites, which are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich melts derived from the mantle. Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemical elements, which are categorized into two main groups based on their atomic number and mass: Light rare earth elements (LREEs) of atomic numbers ranging from 57 to 64, including #lanthanum (La), #cerium (Ce), #praseodymium (Pr), and #neodymium (Nd). Heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) of atomic numbers ranging from 65 to 71, including #gadolinium (Gd), #terbium (Tb), #dysprosium (Dy), and #yttrium (Y). The image below shows the number of primary REE projects in BC distributed through the Lassonde Curve. No producing assets exist in this region, while the most advance-stage project corresponds to the PEA-stage #Wicheeda project (35 Mt @ 2% TREO) being developed by Defense Metals Corporation.  The remaining companies have projects in exploration stage only and include Neotech Metals (CSE: NTMC) (OTCQB: NTMFF), Spectre Investments, Inc., True North Gems, Arctic Star Exploration (TSXV:ADD), Canada Carbon Inc. and APEX Critical Metals If you like this post, give us a thumbs up or leave your comment below and stay tuned for more world-class mineral districts posts!