Verdera Energy Corp.V
Verdera Energy Corp. (TSXV: V; OTCQB: VUECF; CUSIP 92339J107) is an in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium developer whose flagship Crownpoint and Hosta Butte Project sits within a ~400 square-mile land package in McKinley County, New Mexico's Grants Uranium District (also including the West Largo, Ambrosia Lake-Treeline and Nose Rock areas). The company originated as POCML 7 Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange capital pool company incorporated 2021-12-31; on 2025-04-09 enCore Energy Corp. sold the subsidiary holding these New Mexico uranium assets to the POCML 7 vehicle for 50,000,000 non-voting preferred shares (approximately 73% fully diluted at the time), a 2% production royalty, and US$350,000 cash. The company was renamed Verdera Energy Corp. (2026-02-19), continued to British Columbia (2026-03-16), and commenced trading as TSXV:V on 2026-02-24 following a brokered $20 million financing (Haywood Securities and SCP Resource Finance co-lead agents). enCore's stake has since been diluted by that financing: as of the August 2026 F-1/A, enCore holds 15,000,000 common shares plus 35,000,000 Class A Preferred shares (~20.05% of voting securities) -- the Class A Preferred are slated to convert and distribute directly to enCore's own shareholders rather than being retained corporately, which would leave enCore Energy Corp. itself holding only ~13.5% of the company post-distribution. Crownpoint carries a pre-existing NRC license from prior operator Laramide Resources authorizing 1,000,000 lb/yr production with a licensed processing capacity of 3,000,000 lb/yr, though no current production exists.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 10/10 is stronger than the peer average of 7.5/10.
- Jurisdiction risk score of 6/10 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.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the minerals and securities industries. Founded Energy Metals Corp. (sold for $1.8 billion in 2007) and previously served as Executive Chair of enCore Energy Corp., Verdera's largest shareholder. Appointed Executive Chair of Verdera Energy Corp. effective 2 March 2026.
Leads Verdera Energy Corp.'s development of In-Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium assets in New Mexico.
45-year veteran of the uranium industry; reviewed and approved as a National Instrument 43-101 Qualified Person on Verdera's corporate technical disclosure regarding the Crownpoint & Hosta Butte and West Largo uranium projects, New Mexico.
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
NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for Crownpoint and Hosta Butte, effective 2025-02-25, filed in a Filing Statement and Technical Report dated 2025-12-05 (Qualified Person Carl Warren): Indicated Mineral Resource of 23,416,000 lb U3O8, Inferred Mineral Resource of 5,362,000 lb U3O8. No Measured category disclosed; ouncesFound written as the Indicated-only figure per this repo's established uranium convention (Task #529: Measured+Indicated only, Inferred excluded -- see e.g. F3 Uranium/IsoEnergy/Laramide Resources' own backfills). No PEA or later economic study exists yet, consistent with this record's RESOURCE_DEFINITION stage -- the company has a sized, categorised resource but has not yet published project economics.