Viscount Mining Corp.
Viscount Mining Corp. (North Vancouver-headquartered) holds 100% of the Silver Cliff project (96 lode claims, Colorado), whose Kate Deposit carries an NI 43-101 mineral resource of approximately 24 Moz silver (Measured+Indicated+Inferred; last public update April 2023, prepared by Harald Hoegberg building on a 2018 Arseneau Consulting estimate). The company also holds 100% of the Cherry Creek multi-metal project (~9,000 acres, White Pine County, Nevada), earlier-stage with no resource estimate. No PEA has been completed for Silver Cliff. Commodity set to silver given Kate is the resource-bearing flagship (candidate row commodity was blank).
Notable vs. Peers
- Jurisdiction risk score of 9/10 is meaningfully safer than the peer average of 6.8/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Colorado: Fraser PPI 2025 is 77.24 of 100 (rank 26 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Colorado and Nevada, USA -- Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at Silver Cliff Project (Kate Deposit), Colorado, USA; existing mill, grid power, and tailings facility not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Cripple Creek & Victor (SSR Mining Inc.), 73 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: 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:4.2/10
Nearest producing mine: Cripple Creek & Victor (SSR Mining Inc.), 73 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 46% 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% · 31% 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% · 14% here - CommoditySub-score:5/10
Primary commodity: Silver
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
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Viscount Mining Corp.; founded the company in 2010. Led the development of numerous joint-venture mining agreements, land acquisitions and exploration contracts.
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Goldstorm Metals Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Viscount Mining Corp. and DLP Resources Inc, Chief Financial Officer & Director of Freeport Resources Inc., and an advisor to iMetal Resources Inc. (TSXV: IMR), whose board he left on 31 August 2026. A partner at Cross Davis & Company LLP with over 20 years in finance and accounting for publicly-listed companies, whose experience includes CFO positions at TSX Venture Exchange companies and roles at Appleby and Davidson & Company LLP.
Corporate Secretary of Viscount Mining Corp. (B.A., English Literature). President of Pacific Blue Holdings; manages corporate governance for multiple TSX/TSXV-listed entities.
Chairman of Viscount Mining Corp. (Ph.D., P.Ag., FAIC, SOM). Former Premier of Saskatchewan (1982-1991); presided over the privatization of Potash Corp. and Cameco.
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Exploration and Director of Black Mammoth Metals Corp. (since May 31, 2013), concurrently Director and Vice President of Exploration of Viscount Mining Corp., and a Director of Bayhorse Silver Inc. (appointed January 2024). Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG CPG #11451; also registered in Idaho, California, Oregon and Alaska) and a Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101. More than 40 years of domestic and international mineral exploration experience, having designed and executed generative exploration programs in the United States as well as advanced project evaluations, acquisitions and drill testing in the United States, Latin America and Southeast Asia; currently co-owner of IDA Gold Corporation, a private gold-focused Nevada-based exploration company, and previously responsible for exploration and acquisitions in the United States for Golden Predator Corp. With Placer Dome he was instrumental in the acquisition of and first exploration work on the Donlin Creek project in Alaska and conducted exploration work over 18 years within the Cortez joint venture and Bald Mountain mine properties; he was also responsible for acquiring the lands now occupied by a portion of the Pipeline mine and was involved in the early exploration work on the deposit. Spent 11 years with Agnico-Eagle (USA) Ltd., establishing its U.S. office and leading his exploration team to a gold discovery in northeastern Nevada. Holds a BSc and an MSc in Geology from Eastern Washington University.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
Checked thoroughly and found little: the Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF holds 2.63%, which is index-inclusion mechanics rather than a manager's discretionary decision, and the only insider activity on record in the last two years is a single option exercise. No strategic, specialist or insider-buying signal clears the bar.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Viscount Mining owns 100% of the Silver Cliff silver project in Colorado, made up of 96 lode claims, and the Cherry Creek multi-metal project of about 9,000 acres in White Pine County, Nevada. Silver Cliff's Kate deposit carries measured and indicated resources of 10,275,000 oz of silver (1,578,000 oz measured and 8,697,000 oz indicated) at 71 g/t, plus 14,215,000 oz inferred at 52 g/t, in an estimate effective 17 April 2023. SLR Consulting was engaged in 2026 to re-analyse the Kate estimate, and no economic study has been completed for Silver Cliff. In July 2026 Viscount began a four-phase tungsten evaluation program at Cherry Creek, in a district that produced over 30,000 short tons of tungsten between 1902 and 1958, after compiling more than 5,000 historical rock and soil samples.