Visionary Metals Corp.
Visionary Metals Corp. (formerly Visionary Gold Corp., renamed July 2023; ticker VIZ unchanged) explores for gold, nickel, copper and cobalt in Wyoming, USA. Its 2026 focus is the Tin Cup and King Solomon Nickel-Copper Projects, two magmatic nickel-copper sulfide targets 10km apart within a 40km2 land package in the Granite Mountains, held under a Strategic Exploration Alliance with Teck American Incorporated -- Teck holds a 9.9% equity stake and is funding a 2026 3,000-5,000m diamond drill program (an additional C$800,000 direct plus ~C$300,000 in technical services) following FLTEM surveys that identified strong EM conductors. The company's original asset, the Wolf Gold Project (Lewiston gold district, Fremont County), returned high-grade orogenic gold results (up to 39.19 g/t Au over 1m) from its first-ever 2021 drill program around a past-producing mine; Visionary also holds the Black Rock Gold-Copper Prospect. No resource estimate has been published for any project.
Notable vs. Peers
- Trading within 4% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Wyoming: Fraser PPI 2024 is 93.25 of 100 (rank 5 of 82; not rated in the 2025 survey), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Wyoming, USA -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
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 King Solomon Nickel-Copper Prospect (Teck exploration alliance), Granite Mountains, Wyoming, 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:8.7/10
Teck Resources Limited holds 9.9% (reported 23 Sep 2025) 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% · 49% here - 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% · 29% 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% · 13% here - CommoditySub-score:4/10
Primary commodity: Nickel
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 9% 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
Third-generation mining professional with extensive experience in precious metals and energy sectors; previously led gold exploration in Guyana and founded an oil and gas services company. CEO and Director since 1 Dec 2020.
Licensed in Alberta and Ontario with 17 years in corporate governance and securities regulation; serves on TSX Venture Exchange advisory committees.
Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (appointed June 2024), Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Summit Royalties Ltd. (following its November 2025 go-public transaction), and Chief Financial Officer of Visionary Metals Corp. Senior Vice President at Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., a firm providing shared management and financial-consulting services to public and private resource companies. Over 40 years of experience in corporate strategy, operations, finance and M&A (more than $1.0 billion completed) in the US and Canada. Holds a B.Sc. (Bio-Psychology) and a Licentiate of Accounting from UBC, articled with Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte), and became a Chartered Accountant in 1983.
Nearly 50 years in mining and exploration, specializing in nickel geology; previously directed exploration at Norilsk Nickel and held senior roles at Ivanhoe Mines, BHP, and Gold Fields. Qualified Person under JORC and NI 43-101 standards.
An Independent Director of Orestone Mining Corp. (TSXV: ORS) and Chairman of Visionary Metals Corp. B.Sc., P.Land. Over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas and in the mineral sectors, as a founder and director with expertise in strategic planning, corporate finance, management and administration. Source: orestone.ca/corporate/directors/.
PGeo, EGBC. Professional geologist with over 20 years of experience in mineral exploration across four continents, focusing on gold systems.
Director of Visionary Metals Corp. Seasoned business professional and economic geologist with over 40 years of experience in mineral exploration, development, and mining; former CEO of Strathmore Minerals and served 10 terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Royalties Ltd., known as Drew Clark, and a Director of Visionary Metals Corp. Has completed over $300 million of royalty deals across more than 30 transactions over 12 years, and played a pivotal role in scaling Metalla Royalty & Streaming as its VP of Corporate Development and first employee, helping grow that portfolio from 18 to 100+ royalties and streams. Previously VP Corporate Finance at a boutique investment bank and held senior corporate-development roles at Carlisle Goldfields and Premier Royalty, acquired by Alamos Gold and Sandstorm Gold respectively.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Teck Resources -- a major diversified Canadian miner -- has an Exploration Alliance Agreement with Visionary Metals that the company describes as providing additional funding commitments for its Wyoming nickel exploration. The exact agreement date and financial terms were not confirmed. The company also closed an upsized $7.445 million financing in June 2026, but no subscriber was named, and separately ran a share buyback in July 2026. No named specialist fund holds a disclosed position, and there are no insider trading records in our data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Visionary Metals, formerly Visionary Gold, explores for gold, nickel, copper and cobalt in Wyoming. Its 2026 focus is the Tin Cup and King Solomon nickel-copper projects, two magmatic sulphide targets 10km apart within a 40km2 land package in the Granite Mountains, held under a strategic exploration alliance with Teck American, which holds a 9.9% equity stake and is helping fund a 2026 diamond drill program. Drilling began at King Solomon, the site of Wyoming's first nickel sulphide discovery, in August 2026, with 4,500m permitted across the two projects, and is to move on to five large conductive bodies at Tin Cup. The company's original asset is the Wolf gold project in the Lewiston district, where its first drill program in 2021 returned up to 39.19 g/t gold over 1m, and it also holds the Black Rock gold-copper prospect. No resource has been published for any of its projects.