St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited
Kingking hosts an indicated resource of 1.03 billion tonnes at 0.24% Cu and 0.34g/t Au (5.55 billion lbs contained copper, 11.1 million oz contained gold), with a 960-million-tonne reserve. The July 2025 PFS outlines forecast average annual output of 129,000 tonnes copper and 333,000oz gold in the first five years, and a Definitive Feasibility Study is underway (with Stantec/IMC) targeting completion in Q4 2026.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 3.7/10 is weaker than the peer average of 6.6/10.
- Jurisdiction risk score of 5/10 is meaningfully riskier than the peer average of 7.8/10.
- Trading within 7% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
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 the underlying research identifies — whether a major already holds a JV, earn-in, or 5–19.9% strategic stake — isn't tracked yet and is absent from this score.
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Management Team
President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, based in the Philippines.
Chief Operating Officer of St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, based in the Philippines.
Chief Finance Officer of St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, based in the Philippines.
Executive Director of St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, based in Greece/Switzerland.
General Counsel of St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited, based in the Philippines.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Queensberry Mining and Development Corp, the investment vehicle of the Villar family (a prominent Philippine business dynasty), has built a controlling 52% stake in St. Augustine over more than a decade of share purchases and warrant exercises. That is a genuine, long-standing controlling position, but it functions as a family holding company rather than an operating mining producer or resource-specialist fund, and no other notable investor or insider buying was found.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
We haven't parsed this company's PEA/PFS/FS recommendations yet — cut-off grade, mine life, DCF/NPV, and the report's own next-steps guidance are a planned research pass, not live data for every company yet.