Auris Minerals Limited (ASX: AUR; formerly RNI NL, renamed May 2017), West Perth-based, explores a consolidated ~1,350km2 copper-gold portfolio in the Bryah Basin, Western Australia, across five project areas: Forrest, Doolgunna, Morck's Well, Cashmans and Horseshoe Well. The Forrest Project (130km north of Meekatharra) carries a current JORC (2012) copper Mineral Resource Estimate across the Forrest and Wodger deposits of 2.4Mt @ 1.7% Cu for 41,500t contained copper metal (1.0% Cu cut-off), first announced 2 Jul 2020 and still presented as current on the company's own Forrest project page, and mineralisation at both deposits remains open down dip and plunge. Forrest tenements E52/1659 and E52/1671 sit under an agreement with Westgold Resources (ASX: WGX), which holds all gold rights plus a 20% free-carried interest in copper until a decision to mine.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 8.1/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.5/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Western Australia: Fraser PPI 2025 is 88.53 of 100 (rank 13 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Western Australia (Bryah Basin) is a Tier-1, well-established Australian mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)No verified figure
Researched with nothing found: no source we could cite confirms or rules out an existing mill, road access, grid power, or tailings facility at Morck Well Copper-Gold Project, Bryah Basin, Western Australia (checked Sep 30, 2026; recheck due Mar 29, 2027). Counts at a neutral 5/10 until one does.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No project coordinates on file yet, so distance to a producing mine can't be measured.
Acquisition Susceptibility
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 in the research, a producer that already owns part of the company, is scored from its disclosed strategic shareholders. A producer that is a joint-venture or earn-in partner on the project, rather than a shareholder, isn't captured yet.
How this score is built
- Disclosed pending dealSub-score: Not scored
No pending acquisition or merger disclosed (checked)
Not scored: having no deal in flight isn't held against a company.
Weight 26.25% - Producer's strategic stakeSub-score: Not scored
No producer holds a disclosed stake on file (holder register researched) See holders
Not scored: most juniors that do get bought had no prior toehold, so a missing stake says little either way.
Weight 25% - Distance to a producing mineSub-score: Not yet researched
Distance not yet researched: no project coordinates on file
Distance can't be measured without coordinates, so excluded rather than counted as far.
Weight 22.5% - Lifecycle stageSub-score:3.5/10
Stage: Resource Definition
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:9/10
Australia: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 26% here - CommoditySub-score:8/10
Primary commodity: Copper
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 17% here
Weight is each input's share of the full score. “Here” is its share of this company's score: inputs that aren't scored are left out and the rest re-weighted, never counted as zero.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Non-Executive Chairman of Auris Minerals Limited (ASX: AUR). Chartered Accountant specialising in corporate, financial and management advisory services; extensive involvement with public-company listings and capital raisings; former Director/Councillor of the Royal Flying Doctor Service WA (26 years, incl. 8 years as Chairman). Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 2015 Australia Day Honours. Source: aurisminerals.com.au/corporate-directory/directors.
Geologist with 35+ years in minerals exploration, development, and production across precious and base metals. Currently also a Non-Executive Director of Auris Minerals Ltd.
Managing Director of Auris Minerals Limited (ASX: AUR). Background in financial services -- investment banking, accounting and stockbroking; executive/non-executive director and company-secretary experience at ASX-listed and private companies. Bachelor of Business, Curtin University; Chartered Accountant; AICD member. Source: aurisminerals.com.au/corporate-directory/directors.
Exploration Manager of Auris Minerals Limited (ASX: AUR). Exploration geologist with 20+ years in gold and base-metal exploration across Archean and Proterozoic terrains in Western Australia and Queensland; career highlights include roles at Plutonic Operations Limited, Goldfields Australia, Normandy, Homestake, Aditya Birla and LionOre, plus seven years at Ramelius Resources contributing to the exploration and development of the Wattle Dam Gold Mine; also worked with Rubianna, Tychean and Antipa Minerals. Member, Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Source: aurisminerals.com.au/corporate-directory/executives/.
Company Secretary of Auris Minerals Limited (ASX: AUR, appointed 20 Nov 2020). Spent 10 years in public practice in the Audit and Assurance division of RSM Australia (Perth, Dallas, New York) and 2.5 years as CFO and Joint Company Secretary at Kalium Lakes Limited. Source: search aggregation of Auris Minerals corporate-directory coverage.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
No smart-money tracking (institutional/large-investor activity) for this miner yet — this is a planned feature, not live data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
A plain-language summary of this company's technical-report findings isn't written yet. See the cited figures on this page and the documents below.