Verdera Energy Corp.V
Verdera Energy Corp. (TSXV: V; OTCQB: VUECF) is an in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium developer in New Mexico's Grants Uranium District. Its flagship Crownpoint and Hosta Butte Project sits within about 400 square miles of private mineral rights in McKinley County that also include the West Largo and Nose Rock areas. Crownpoint carries a pre-existing Nuclear Regulatory Commission licence authorising production of 1,000,000 lb a year with licensed processing capacity of 3,000,000 lb a year, though nothing is produced today. The company is the former POCML 7 Inc., a TSX Venture capital pool company that bought enCore Energy's New Mexico uranium subsidiary in April 2025; it was renamed Verdera Energy in February 2026 and began trading as TSXV: V on 24 February 2026 after a $20 million brokered financing. On 24 September 2026 it closed the sale of the Treeline Uranium Project to Americas Uranium for US$100,000 in cash and C$2 million in Americas Uranium shares (C$200,000 at closing and C$1.8 million in stages over 36 months), keeping a 1.5% royalty. On 30 September 2026 enCore completed the distribution of 35,000,000 Verdera shares to its own shareholders and remains Verdera's largest shareholder.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 10/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.7/10.
- Jurisdiction risk score of 6/10 is meaningfully riskier than the peer average of 7.8/10.
- Trading within 3% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)6/10
New Mexico: Fraser PPI 2025 is 73.78 of 100 (rank 35 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale; this company scores 6 for the project-specific reason below. Incorporated in British Columbia, Canada (continued from Ontario 2026-03-16; originally the TSXV capital pool company POCML 7 Inc., incorporated 2021-12-31) and TSXV-listed -- Tier-1 by incorporation/listing. But the real geological/permitting risk sits almost entirely in the United States: the flagship Crownpoint and Hosta Butte Project is 100% in McKinley County, New Mexico, subject to dual NRC (federal, in-situ recovery licensing) and New Mexico state permitting. Scored below a typical Canadian-domiciled Tier-1 explorer specifically because this exact project area carries a well-documented, decades-long history of community and legal opposition to uranium ISR development around Crownpoint/Church Rock (the same Grants Mineral District where Hydro Resources Inc./HRI, a predecessor licensee, fought Navajo Nation-adjacent legal challenges over this same license for roughly two decades before the project changed hands) -- elevated permitting-timeline and social-license risk specific to this site, not a generic US-jurisdiction discount.
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 Crownpoint and Hosta Butte Uranium Project, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA (checked Sep 26, 2026; recheck due Mar 25, 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: White Mesa mill (Energy Fuels Inc), 233 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
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:10/10
enCore Energy Corp. holds 19.8% (reported 24 Feb 2026) See holders
An operating producer's stake scores 8 at 5%, rising to 10 at 20% (the take-over-bid threshold) and holding there up to 50%.
Weight 25% · 34% here - Distance to a producing mineSub-score:0/10
Nearest producing mine: White Mesa mill (Energy Fuels Inc), 233 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 31% here - Lifecycle stageSub-score:3.5/10
Stage: Resource Definition
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 20% here - JurisdictionSub-score:6/10
United States: jurisdiction score 6/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 9% here - CommoditySub-score:4/10
Primary commodity: Uranium
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 6% 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
Entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the minerals and securities industries. Founded Energy Metals Corp. as its co-founder and Chairman, compiling the largest domestic uranium resource base in U.S. history before it was sold for $1.8 billion in 2007. Founder of enCore Energy Corp. and its Executive Chair until his retirement in March 2026, when he became Chairman Emeritus and a Senior Advisor on enCore's Technical Advisory Committee; enCore is Verdera's largest shareholder. Appointed Executive Chair of Verdera Energy Corp. effective 2 March 2026. Also Chairman of the board of Manhattan Uranium Discovery Corp., formed following the combination of Aero Energy, Urano Energy and Pegasus Resources (completed 7 May 2026), and Chairman of Predator Group.
Leads Verdera Energy Corp.'s development of In-Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium assets in New Mexico.
Director of Verdera Energy Corp. Former President of Sprott Inc.
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
Verdera Energy is an in-situ recovery uranium developer in New Mexico's Grants Uranium District, and its flagship Crownpoint and Hosta Butte Project lies within about 400 square miles of private mineral rights in McKinley County. The project's resource is 23,416,000 lb of U3O8 indicated, with no measured category, plus 5,362,000 lb inferred, and Crownpoint carries a pre-existing Nuclear Regulatory Commission licence for production of 1,000,000 lb a year, though nothing is produced today. The company, formerly the capital pool company POCML 7, bought enCore Energy's New Mexico uranium subsidiary in April 2025 and began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on 24 February 2026. On 24 September 2026 it closed the sale of its Treeline project to Americas Uranium for C$2 million in Americas Uranium shares plus US$100,000 in cash, keeping a 1.5% royalty, and on 30 September 2026 enCore completed the distribution of 35,000,000 Verdera shares to its own shareholders.