Andina Copper Corp.
Andina Copper Corp. (renamed and up-listed from Pampa Metals Corporation in November 2025) is advancing three copper-gold porphyry targets across the Andes: Piuquenes in San Juan, Argentina (step-out holes including 152m at 0.40% Cu, 0.23 g/t Au); Cobrasco in Chocó, Colombia (maiden holes including 352m at 0.68% Cu with a high-grade 118m at 1.17% Cu core); and Mantau in Antofagasta, Chile. No mineral resource estimate yet exists for any target; the company raised CAD $27.5M in early 2026 to fund the multi-country drill campaign.
Notable vs. Peers
- Jurisdiction risk score of 6/10 is meaningfully riskier than the peer average of 7.6/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal the underlying research identifies — whether a major already holds a JV, earn-in, or 5–19.9% strategic stake — isn't tracked yet and is absent from this score.
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Management Team
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Andina Copper Corp. (formerly Pampa Metals Corp.), a role held since joining the company in October 2022. Dual Australian/Colombian citizen who has driven the company's growth strategy across South America, including entry into Argentina via the Piuquenes project and the acquisition of Rugby Resources' Cobrasco (Colombia) and Mantau (Chile) projects. Previously an Associate Director at UBS and at Goldman Sachs JBWere, and has held leadership roles at numerous listed and private mineral exploration companies including CEO/MD of Ookami Ltd. and Chairman/CEO/MD of MHM Metals Ltd. Holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from La Trobe University, a Graduate Diploma in Environment, Energy and Resources Law from the University of Melbourne, and a Graduate Diploma in Mineral Exploration from Curtin University.
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Andina Copper Corporation (since 2023) and CFO/Secretary of Daura Gold Corp. A shared corporate-services CFO also serving Lara Exploration Ltd. (since 2022), Seabord Services Corp. (since 2011), Nova Royalty Corp. (since 2023), and Seafire Capital Corp. (since 2022) -- none of which are tracked in this database. More than 15 years of accounting experience in mineral exploration and mining, focused on financial reporting, regulatory compliance, internal controls and corporate finance. (Task #526 merge; sourced from Pampa Metals' team page and MarketScreener.)
Chairman of Andina Copper Corp. Geologist and mining entrepreneur with 35 years' experience in the funding, discovery, development and sale of companies, mines and deposits across more than 20 countries, including 14 years with the CRA-Rio Tinto Group and 10 years with Oxiana-Oz Minerals. Co-founder of EMR Capital and of Tigers Realm Group, a resource-company incubator that listed NexGen Energy and C3 Metals Inc. among others. Concurrently Chairman of C3 Metals Inc. and of Asiamet Resources.
Vice President, Exploration of Andina Copper Corp. Peruvian geologist with more than 30 years of experience across Latin America, specializing in copper-gold porphyry, epithermal and VMS deposit systems. Previously Vice President of Exploration at Atico Mining, contributing to the El Roble VMS mine in Colombia and the La Plata VMS deposit in Ecuador, and earlier held senior exploration roles at Barrick.
Principal Consulting Geologist of Andina Copper Corp. Argentine national with more than 30 years of international mineral-exploration experience, recognized as a leading South American porphyry copper specialist and a Society of Economic Geologists member. Recently Exploration Director at McEwen Copper; previously held VP and Director-level roles at Ivanhoe Group companies, Antofagasta Minerals, Rio Tinto and BHP, working extensively on major porphyry systems in the Argentine Andes.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Checked, with one genuine positive. Chairman Tony Manini -- a co-founder of Oxiana, which became OZ Minerals -- put roughly C$520,000 of his own money into the stock across two purchases at C$0.16 in April and July 2025, alongside two smaller purchases by director Michael Van Den Elsen, and no insider has sold. The company then placed shares at C$0.40 in October 2025, well above where the insiders bought. Against that, no institutional or fund holder is disclosed at all, no producer or major holds a stake, and the most recent insider buying is now more than a year old.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
We haven't parsed this company's PEA/PFS/FS recommendations yet — cut-off grade, mine life, DCF/NPV, and the report's own next-steps guidance are a planned research pass, not live data for every company yet.