Ibero Mining Corp.
Ibero Mining Corp. (TSXV: IMC, OTCQB: AUCCF; formerly EuroPacific Metals Inc., renamed and began trading as IMC on 13 September 2024, North Vancouver-headquartered) explores brownfield gold and copper-gold projects in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. It holds 100% of EVX Portugal, which holds exploration rights on the ~328.5km2 Borba 2 property in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, and an agreement to acquire up to 100% of Indice Crucial Lda, which holds rights on the Barrancos copper-gold properties (~74km2) near the Spanish border. No NI 43-101 resource estimate has been published. CIRO halted trading in its shares on 7 May 2025; the notice gives no reason, and no resumption has been announced, although the company closed a private placement on 17 April 2026.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)8/10
Portugal -- an EU-member, established mining jurisdiction with a functioning permitting regime; a notch below Tier-1 Canada/Australia on junior-mining track record and infrastructure depth for the Iberian Pyrite Belt specifically.
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 Borba 2 Copper-Gold Project (Miguel Vacas mine area), Alentejo, Portugal (checked Oct 2, 2026; recheck due Mar 31, 2027). Counts at a neutral 5/10 until one does.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Aguas Tenidas (Sandfire Resources Ltd), 126 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
Not enough price history to chart: trading has been halted since May 7, 2025. as of May 7, 2025
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
A disclosed corporate action (not an acquisition or merger)
A corporate action of this kind says nothing about takeover susceptibility, so it isn't scored.
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:2.5/10
Nearest producing mine: Aguas Tenidas (Sandfire Resources Ltd), 126 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:1/10
Stage: Grassroots Exploration
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:8/10
Portugal: jurisdiction score 8/10
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
Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Ibero Mining Corp. (formerly Europacific Metals Inc., renamed September 2024), which holds brownfield gold and copper-gold projects in Portugal; also Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Falcon Gold Corp. Focused over the past 20 years on financing domestic and international mineral exploration and development.
Chief Financial Officer of Oreterra Metals Corp.; also Chief Financial Officer of Ibero Mining Corp., Falcon Gold Corp. and Searchlight Resources Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (CPA, CA.) University of Toronto graduate and former BDO Canada LLP partner. Has built several public companies on the TSXV and CSE; extensive experience as CFO and director for both public and private companies.
Vice President Exploration of Ibero Mining Corp., a senior geologist with over 38 years' experience.
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 producer, strategic investor, or resource-specialist fund holds a disclosed stake, and no insider trading activity has been filed in the last six months. Trading in this stock was halted in 2025.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Ibero Mining, formerly EuroPacific Metals and trading as IMC since 13 September 2024, explores brownfield gold and copper-gold projects in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. It holds 100% of EVX Portugal, which has exploration rights over the Borba 2 property of about 328.5 km2 in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, and an agreement to acquire up to 100% of Indice Crucial, which holds the Barrancos copper-gold properties of about 74 km2 near the Spanish border. In November 2024 it reported 19.9 m at 0.89% copper from deep hole 11 at the Miguel Vacas copper-gold deposit, part of an 11-hole, 1,060 m campaign, with preliminary modelling suggesting a target of about 4.9 Mt at 0.9% copper; no NI 43-101 resource estimate has been published. CIRO halted trading in its shares on 7 May 2025, without giving a reason, and no resumption has been announced, although the company closed a private placement on 17 April 2026.
No reports or presentations linked yet.