Leviathan Metals Corp.
Leviathan Metals Corp. (renamed from Leviathan Gold Ltd., November 2025) pivoted from an Australian gold-exploration junior into a Botswana/Bosnia-focused copper-silver explorer via the Cura Exploration Botswana acquisition, and sold its remaining Australian gold ground (Timor project) in January 2026. Flagship is the early-stage Central Copper Project, which abuts Khoemacau's producing copper mine; Foca (Bosnia) targets silver-lead-zinc.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 2.1/10 is weaker than the peer average of 5.6/10.
- Trading within 5% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)7/10
Botswana is a stable multi-party democracy with an established mining code, though this specific ground is early-stage and remote; secondary Bosnia & Herzegovina exposure (Foca) carries materially higher risk (EU-candidate but politically fragmented, weaker mining-sector track record).
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 Central Copper Project, Botswana (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 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: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% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:7/10
Botswana: jurisdiction score 7/10
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
Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Leviathan Metals Corp. A growth executive with 20 years of experience in venture capital markets who has raised over $300 million for public and private resource companies. Co-founded Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX-V/NYSE) and US Gold Corp. (Nasdaq), and chairs Silver One Resources Inc. (TSX-V). Expertise spans mineral exploration, finance, corporate governance and M&A.
Chief Executive Officer and Director of King Copper Discovery Corp.; also Chief Financial Officer, Director of Leviathan Metals Corp. Over 20 years of experience including work with TSX-listed and private companies globally; expert in IPO listings, debt/equity financing, tax planning and corporate governance. Member of CPA British Columbia and CAANZ.
Chief Operating Officer of Leviathan Metals Corp. Holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in geology with over 25 years of exploration, discovery and mineral project evaluation experience across North America, Africa and Europe. Former Exploration Manager at Taseko Mines Limited, contributing to the discovery of the 400-million-tonne Aley Niobium deposit; former President/CEO of Volcanic Gold Mines and VP at Hunter Dickinson. Currently President and CEO of TSX-V listed Medgold Resources Corp.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Michael Gentile, the same well-known junior-mining-sector strategic investor who backs Cascadia Minerals, holds a substantial stake here too -- around 8%, after publicly describing having bought roughly 10% at the time. That is deliberate conviction from a named, repeat resource-sector financier.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Leviathan Metals, renamed from Leviathan Gold in November 2025, has turned from Australian gold exploration to copper and silver through its acquisition of Cura Exploration Botswana, and in January 2026 it sold its remaining Australian gold ground. Its flagship is the 100%-owned Central copper project in Botswana's Kalahari Copper Belt, next to Khoemacau's producing copper mine, and it also holds the Foca silver-lead-zinc project in Bosnia. By August 2026 it had completed 14 widely spaced diamond holes for about 3,600m at Central, confirming the D'Kar-Ngwako Pan Formation contact that hosts the belt's known deposits in all but two holes, confirming a domal structure, and visually observing copper sulphides in 8 of the 14 holes. Assays were pending at that time, and step-out drilling is planned around the domal structure.