CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU, OTCQB: COPAF) is advancing its 100%-owned, past-producing Kinsley Mountain Gold Project in eastern Nevada toward production. The PEA outlines average production of 30,000 oz Au/year for the first four years, with production anticipated to commence H1 2028. The company is also advancing the Troy Canyon and Williams properties (both past-producing, Nevada), neither yet stage-setting.
Notable vs. Peers
- Trading within 0% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not in place: mill, grid power. Not yet determined: tailings facility.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Nevada: Fraser PPI 2025 is 100.00 of 100 (rank 1 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. The Kinsley Mountain project is in eastern Nevada, a premier Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)3.6/10
No confirmed mill, confirmed road access, and no confirmed grid power at Kinsley Mountain Gold Project, eastern Nevada, USA; tailings facility not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Bald Mountain (Kinross Gold Corporation), 105 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
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:3.2/10
Nearest producing mine: Bald Mountain (Kinross Gold Corporation), 105 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 46% here - Lifecycle stageSub-score:6/10
Stage: Preliminary Economic Assessment
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 31% here - JurisdictionSub-score:9/10
United States: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 14% here - CommoditySub-score:10/10
Primary commodity: Gold
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 9% 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
Chief Executive Officer and a Director of CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU). A mining executive with 35+ years of international experience spanning exploration through engineering, construction and operations. Has held senior leadership roles with Freeport-McMoRan, Hemco Nicaragua and Merdeka Copper & Gold, overseeing major copper and gold projects across Asia and the Americas. Holds Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mineral Processing Engineering from the University of Alberta and a BSc from UBC. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Chief Operations Officer of CopAur Minerals Inc. Over 40 years of mining experience in open pit heap and vat leach gold projects, specialising in the development, design, construction and start-up of operations in the United States, Mexico and internationally. Expertise in heap leach facility design, mine restarts and early-stage production. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Chief Financial Officer of CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU), and concurrently CFO & Corporate Secretary of Surge Copper Corp. and CFO of CANEX Metals Inc. and Excalibur Metals Corp. Holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants Association of British Columbia (CPA, CGA). Over 14 years of public sector experience, well versed in the financial reporting and compliance requirements of public companies. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Corporate Secretary of CopAur Minerals Inc. Has served as Director and Corporate Secretary for numerous TSX and TSXV-listed companies, primarily within the mining sector, nationally and internationally, for over 30 years. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Chairman and Director of CopAur Minerals Inc. 30 years of experience raising capital and managing projects in the public market. Founded Internet Direct in 1991 (sold to Bell in 1995); was a founding member of Western Canadian Coal, acquired by Walter Energy in 2010 for $2.2 billion; funded Richfield Ventures in 2011, which acquired the Blackwater gold deposit and sold to New Gold in 2012 for $550 million; started Surge Copper in 2003 and raised over $25 million for exploration. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Director of CopAur Minerals Inc. A capital markets executive and entrepreneur with over 15 years in public and private company investing, corporate development and M&A. President of Baccarat Investments Inc. and founder of Monumental Energy Corp. Founding shareholder and corporate development lead of Advantage Lithium (acquired by Allkem for $69 million); founder, director and former CEO of Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN) and of New Placer Dome Gold, acquired by CopAur in 2022. Board member of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association and on the advisory board of Mines & Money in Hong Kong, Toronto and London. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Director of CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU) and President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET). An M.Sc. exploration structural geologist (P.Geo.) with experience advancing mineral projects from early-stage discovery through feasibility across North, Central and South America, and 15+ years advancing copper and gold projects from early-stage discovery to resource definition. Senior Geologist for the Metals Group; has worked with Benchmark Metals, Thesis Gold and Altiplano Metals. Holds an MSc in Geology from the University of Calgary, with research focused on district-scale controls on gold, silver and copper mineralization in British Columbia. Sources: copaur.com/our-team/ and torrmetals.com/corporate.
Director of CopAur Minerals Inc. A businessman and entrepreneur based in Calgary, Alberta. A director of International Samuel with over 35 years of practical experience in Canadian securities markets. Chairman and President of two private investment partnerships, and formerly Director and Chairman/President of a small publicly traded oil producer for three years. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Professional geologist with over 40 years of experience in mineral exploration and mine development. Advisor to CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU) and a Director of Evergold Corp. (TSXV: EVER). Founded EuroZinc Mining Corp., which acquired the Neves-Corvo copper mine and the Aljustrel zinc-copper mine in Portugal and grew to a market capitalization of over $1.8 billion before being acquired by Lundin Mining; served as its President and COO while Neves-Corvo produced roughly 200 million lbs of copper annually. Earlier held senior exploration manager roles with Amoco Minerals/Cyprus Minerals in Canada, Norway and New Zealand, contributing to the Detour Lake, Golden Cross and Huckleberry deposits, all of which became producing mines. Has served as VP Exploration and Development and a Director of Freegold Ventures Limited since 2010/2011, and is also a Director of Finlay Minerals. Sources: copaur.com/our-team/ and evergoldcorp.ca/corporate/board/.
Advisor to CopAur Minerals Inc. Founder and CEO of Innovation Mining Inc., developing eco-friendly alternatives to traditional cyanide and smelting-based metal extraction methods. An innovator in environmentally responsible metallurgy with a track record in clean technologies within the mining sector. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
Advisor to CopAur Minerals Inc. A Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee and a pioneer of heap leach gold extraction. Founded the Afton Mine and served as Chairman of Glamis Gold Ltd., transforming it into a North American industry leader prior to its US$8.2 billion acquisition by Goldcorp. Held key roles at Eldorado Gold, Castle Gold, Glencairn Gold (now B2Gold), New Oroperu Resources and Alamos Gold. Leads a multi-generational oxide gold heap leach expert team advancing CopAur's Nevada assets. Source: copaur.com/our-team/.
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
CopAur Minerals owns 100% of the past-producing Kinsley Mountain gold project in eastern Nevada. A preliminary economic assessment released on 27 May 2026 gives a post-tax NPV (5%) of US$39M and a 20% post-tax IRR at a base-case gold price of US$3,200/oz, with an all-in sustaining cost of US$1,861/oz, average production of 30,000 oz a year in the first four years and production anticipated from the first half of 2028. The resource released with it is 742,000 oz of gold indicated at 1.11 g/t, with no measured category, including 384,000 oz at 5.32 g/t in the high-grade Secret Canyon zone, plus 69,000 oz inferred. In August 2026 the company filed a preliminary plan of operations for Kinsley, and it also holds the past-producing Troy Canyon and Williams properties in Nevada.