Ophir Metals Corp.
Ophir Metals Corp. (renamed from Ophir Gold Corp. effective 18 June 2024, ticker OPHR unchanged) is a diversified explorer advancing the past-producing Breccia gold property in Idaho -- restarted in early 2026 with a program refining and testing drill targets along a CSAMT-defined structural corridor -- alongside the Radis and Pilipas lithium properties in the James Bay region of Quebec. No NI 43-101 resource estimate has been published for either project.
Notable vs. Peers
- Trading within 2% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Idaho: Fraser PPI 2025 is 77.16 of 100 (rank 27 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Lemhi County, Idaho, USA (Breccia) -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction; company also holds lithium properties in James Bay, Quebec, Canada.
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 Breccia Gold Project, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA (checked Oct 5, 2026; recheck due Apr 3, 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:9/10
United States: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 26% 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% · 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 Director of Ophir Metals Corp. (renamed from Ophir Gold Corp. in June 2024), over 10 years in capital markets serving private and publicly listed companies.
Chief Financial Officer of Churchill Resources Inc. (TSXV: CRI), and concurrently CFO of Ophir Metals Corp. CPA based in Vancouver and a founding partner of Quantum Advisory Partners LLP, with over 20 years of accounting, auditing and tax experience; previously CFO at Orla Mining Ltd. and other resource companies. Source: churchillresources.com's own Company Overview management section.
Director of Ophir Metals Corp., a professional geologist with over 30 years' mineral-exploration experience and involvement with the Ontario Prospectors Association.
Executive Vice President, Exploration of PMET Resources Inc. (formerly Patriot Battery Metals, where he was Vice President Exploration from 2019), and Director and Vice President Exploration of Ophir Metals Corp. since 2021. M.Sc., P.Geo.; a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 and a member in good standing of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec. Also Mentor and Senior Technical Advisor for REEs and Nb at Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. Specialises in high-level project management including program design and implementation, technical reporting, land management, community engagement and corporate technical disclosure, and has provided technical oversight for PEA-, PFS- and FS-level projects as well as complex metallurgical programs.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Insider Shawn Wescott bought on the open market twice in recent months, but he is the only insider buying, and no producer, strategic investor, or resource-specialist fund holds a disclosed stake.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Ophir Metals, renamed from Ophir Gold in June 2024, is a diversified explorer advancing the past-producing Breccia gold property in Lemhi County, Idaho, where an exploration restart in early 2026 has been refining and testing drill targets along a structural corridor defined by a CSAMT survey. It also holds the Radis and Pilipas lithium properties in the James Bay region of Quebec. In August 2026 it signed a non-binding letter of intent for an option to acquire up to 100% of the BlackFyre magmatic copper-nickel-cobalt property in Quebec's Cape Smith Belt, about 20km north-west of Glencore's Raglan mine complex, where it plans an initial airborne geophysics phase. No NI 43-101 resource has been published for any of its projects.
No reports or presentations linked yet.