Best Junior Copper Stocks of 2017 on the TSXV

Copper prices have increased about 20 percent year-to-date, driven by a strong demand outlook, supply disruptions and speculation from investors. 
Overall, many market watchers remain bullish on the red metal for 2018, and for that reason investors are wondering which junior copper stocks have seen the biggest gains year-to-date.
The list below was generated using the Globe and Mail’s market data filter, and it shows the TSXV-listed copper companies with the biggest share price gains from January 1 to December 7, 2017. Only companies with market caps above $10 million are included. If we missed a company you think should be included, please let us know in the comments.
Click here to check out the top-performing TSX-listed copper companies year-to-date.

1. Abacus Mining and Exploration (TSXV:AME)

Current price: $0.85; year-to-date gain: 283.33 percent
Abacus Mining and Exploration is an exploration and development company with a 20-percent interest in the Ajax project in BC. The Ajax project is a proposed copper-gold open-pit mine that is currently in the submission stage of the provincial and federal environmental assessment process.
The company also holds an option to acquire up to a 75-percent undivided interest in the Willow porphyry copper-gold property in Nevada. In 2017, Abacus has focused mainly on Willow, but in October it gave an update on Ajax, noting that the environmental review process is nearing completion.

2. Amarc Resources (TSXV:AHR)

Current price: $0.16; year-to-date gain: 113.33 percent
Amarc Resources is focused on developing the BC-based IKE copper porphyry project, where it says it has made a “significant” copper-molybdenum–silver discovery. It also holds additional properties in the province, including the Joy and Duke copper porphyry assets, acquired in 2016.
In July, Amarc entered into a farm-in agreement under which Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM,NYSE:HBM) may acquire up to a 60-percent stake in IKE via a staged investment process. The company also has a similar agreement with Hudbay regarding Joy. In early November, Amarc provided updates on exploration work at IKE, Joy and Duke.

3. Los Andes Copper (TSXV:LA)

Current price: $0.31; year-to-date gain: 100 percent
Los Andes Copper is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of advanced-stage copper deposits in Latin America. The company owns the Chile-based copper-molybdenum Vizcachitas project, which occurs in the same geological belt as other world-class mining operations. 
Over the course of the year the company has been drilling at Vizcachitas, and in Q3 it published the final results of a drill program at the site. Click here to read a recent interview with Los Andes Copper President and CEO Antony Amberg.

4. Panoro Minerals (TSXV:PML)

Current price: $0.35; year-to-date gain: 83.78 percent
Copper exploration company Panoro Minerals is advancing its Cotabambas project in Peru. In total, the company has 13 properties in its portfolio; most are located in Southern Peru, with one in the northwest.
This year, Panoro has been drilling and completing other work at Cotabambas. One of its most recent announcements came in October, when it announced the discovery of new oxide mineralization at the Petra-David target at the project; it also said that it was continuing to delineate mineralization at Cotabambas’ Maria Jose target.

5. Canyon Copper (TSXV:CNC)

Current price: $0.16; year-to-date gain: 77.78 percent
Canyon Copper owns a number of projects in Canada and the US. Its copper-focused assets include the Saskatchewan-based Bootleg Lake gold and base metals project, and the Munro Warden copper-nickel–cobalt project in Ontario. It also holds the New York Canyon copper project in Nevada.
Bootleg Lake and Munro Warden were both acquired in 2017, and in November Canyon Copper said it had acquired an additional five claim blocks covering geological prospective areas close to Munro Warden. In total the claim blocks cover 384 hectares.
The data for this article was retrieved on December 7, 2017 using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter. Only TSXV-listed copper companies with market capitalizations greater than $10 million are included.
Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Editorial Disclosure: Canyon Copper and Los Andes Copper are clients of the Investing News Network. This article is not paid-for content.

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Best Junior Copper Stocks of 2017 on the TSXV
By Priscila Barrera, October 12, 2017
Copper prices are up almost 24 percent since January, and have been buoyed recently by a strong demand outlook from China, a weaker US dollar and speculation from investors.
Overall analysts remain bullish on copper for the rest of the year, and as a result many investors are interested in putting their money behind the red metal. Investing in copper exploration companies is a popular option, but what are the best junior copper stocks? 
The list below was generated using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter, and shows the TSXV-listed copper companies with the biggest share price gains from January 1 to October 12, 2017. Only companies with market caps above $10 million are included. If we missed a company you think should be included, please let us know in the comments.
Click here to check out the top-performing TSX-listed copper companies year-to-date.

1. Sama Resources (TSXV:SME)

Current price: $0.24; year-to-date gain: 200 percent
Sama Resources is a growth-oriented resource company focused on its Samapleu nickel-copper project in Côte d’Ivoire. Sama’s projects are located adjacent to the large nickel-cobalt laterite deposits of Sipilou and Foungouesso, which form a 125-kilometer base metals camp in West Africa.
The company did not release much news this past quarter, but in August it reported improved recovery rates at Samapleu.

2. Los Andes Copper (TSXV:LA)

Current price: $0.38; year-to-date gain: 120 percent
Los Andes Copper is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of advanced-stage copper deposits in Latin America. The company’s owns 100 percent of the Chile-based copper-molybdenum Vizcachitas project, which occurs in the same geological belt as other world-class mining operations. 
In the third quarter, the company published the final results of a drill program at Vizcachitas. Click here to read a recent interview with Los Andes Copper President and CEO Antony Amberg.

3. Camino Minerals (TSXV:COR)

Current price: $0.46; year-to-date gain: 104.44 percent
Camino Minerals is a discovery-oriented mineral exploration company. The company is exploring for high-grade copper and precious metals at projects primarily in Peru, but also in Canada, the US and Mexico.
Q3 was a busy one for Camino. In July, the company reported initial results from the Katty zone at its Los Chapitos project. In August, the company published drill results from the Adriana zone at the same project. In September, Camino extended high-grade mineralization at the Adriana and Katty zones.

4. Abacus Mining (TSXV:AME)

Current price: $0.47; year-to-date gain: 95.83 percent
Abacus Mining is an exploration and development company with a 20-percent interest in the Ajax project in BC. The Ajax project is a proposed copper-gold open-pit mine that is currently in the submission stage of the provincial and federal environmental assessment process.
The company also holds an option to acquire up to a 75-percent undivided interest in the Willow porphyry copper-gold property in Nevada. In August, the company gave an update on a field program at Willow.

5. Tintina Resources (TSXV:TAU)

Current price: $0.10; year-to-date gain: 66.67 percent
Tintina Resources is focused on its Black Butte copper project in Central Montana. The project has a measured and indicated resource of 1.176 billion pounds of copper at an average grade of 3.4 percent, and an inferred resource of 140 million pounds of copper at an average grade of 2.8 percent.
The company has not released much news this year, but in August it advanced to the permitting process at Black Butte. In September, Tintina received a draft operating permit from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
The data for this article was retrieved on October 12, 2017 using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter. Only TSXV-listed copper companies with market capitalizations greater than $10 million are included.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Priscila Barrera, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Editorial Disclosure: Los Andes Copper is a client of the Investing News Network. This article is not paid-for content.

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Best Junior Copper Stocks of Q2 2017 on the TSXV
By Priscila Barrera, July 21, 2017
Copper prices rose almost 7 percent in the first half of the year. Despite stalling in the second quarter, most analysts remain cautiously optimistic about the red metal’s prospects for the rest of the year.
Concerns about further supply disruptions in the second half of 2017 and potential weakness in the US dollar could push prices higher. However, experts are worried about a slowdown in demand from top consumer China, and an increase in stockpiles could also put prices under pressure.
Against that backdrop, many TSXV-listed copper stocks have recorded year-to-date gains, with the top riser so far up more than 200 percent.
The list below was generated using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter, and shows the TSXV-listed copper companies with the biggest share price gains from January 1 to July 18. Only companies with market caps above $10 million are included.
Click here to check out our list of the top-performing TSX-listed copper companies year-to-date.

1. American CuMo Mining (TSXV:MLY)

Current price: $0.40; year-to-date gain: 207.69 percent
American CuMo Mining’s CuMo project in Idaho is one of the largest deposits of molybdenum, copper and silver in North America. The company is advancing CuMo towards feasibility, and also has plans to move forward at its newly acquired Calida gold project.
During the second quarter of the year, American CuMo purchased significant patented claims for its CuMo project and received approval for Calida from the US Bureau of Land Management.

2. Camino Minerals (TSXV:COR)

Current price: $0.57; year-to-date gain: 153.33 percent
Camino Minerals is a discovery oriented exploration company. The company is exploring for high-grade copper and precious metals projects, primarily in Peru, but also in Canada, the US and Mexico.
It was a busy second quarter for Camino. In April, the company expanded mineralization at its Chapitos project. The next month, Camino closed a $5.03-million private placement to develop a drill program at the project, and in June it announced further drill results.

3. Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV:MMA)

Current price: $0.37; year-to-date gain: 105.56 percent
Midnight Sun Mining is an exploration company that is focused on Africa. It has a definitive agreement to option a 60-percent interest in the Solwezi licences in Zambia.
In May, the company started drilling at its Mitu copper-cobalt discovery. In July, the company reported initial assay results.

4. Tintina Resources (TSXV:TAU)

Current price: $0.11; year-to-date gain: 91.67 percent
Tintina Resources is focused on the development and mining of its Black Butte copper project in Central Montana. The project has a measured and indicated resource of 1.176 billion pounds of copper at an average grade of 3.4 percent, and an inferred resource of 140 million pounds of copper at an average grade of 2.8 percent.
The company has not put out much news this year, but in June it released an update on Black Butte, noting that it continues to move forward. 

5. Abacus Mining (TSXV:AME)

Current price: $0.44; year-to-date gain: 85.42 percent
Abacus Mining is an exploration and development company with a 20-percent interest in the Ajax project in BC. The Ajax project is a proposed copper-gold open-pit mine that is currently in the submission stage of the provincial and federal environmental assessment process.
In April, the company started a field program at its Willow porphyry copper-gold project. In May, Abacus provided an update on the environmental review process at Ajax.
The data for this article was retrieved on July 18, 2017 using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter. Only TSXV-listed copper companies with market capitalizations greater than $10 million are included.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Priscila Barrera, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Editorial Disclosure: American CuMo Mining is a client of the Investing News Network. This article is not paid-for content.

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Best Junior Copper Stocks of Q1 2017 on the TSXV
By Priscila Barrera, April 13, 2017
The copper price rose in the first three months of 2017, though it increased at a slower pace than it did in the last few months of 2016.
Many factors drove the red metal’s price, but supply concerns and instability caused by US President Donald Trump were key. Many copper-focused investors are keenly watching for news on Trump’s promised infrastructure spending plan, as it could push the copper price even higher.
Some junior copper stocks are also faring well this year. In fact, the best-performing TSXV-listed copper stock year-to-date has gained over 180 percent.
The list below was generated using The Globe and Mail’s market data filter, and it shows the five TSXV-listed copper companies that have seen the biggest share price increases from January 1 to April 12. Only companies with market caps above $10 million are included.
Click here to check out the top-performing TSX-listed copper companies in Q1.

1. American CuMo Mining (TSXV:MLY)

Current price: $0.37; year-to-date gain: 184.62 percent
American CuMo Mining’s CuMo project in Idaho is one of the largest deposits of molybdenum, copper and silver in North America. The company is advancing CuMo towards feasibility, and plans to move forward at its newly acquired Calida gold project as well. 
During the first quarter of the year, American CuMo completed a detailed ore-sorting analysis, noting that the results confirm substantial grade improvements at CuMo. In Q1, the company also purchased additional mining claims for CuMo, completed further ore-sorting analysis and entered into a strategic financial relationship with Millennia Minerals.

2. Sama Resources (TSXV:SME)

Current price: $0.18; year-to-date gain: 125 percent
Sama Resources is a growth-oriented resource company focused on its Samapleu nickel-copper project in Côte d’Ivoire. Sama’s projects are located adjacent to two large nickel-cobalt laterite deposits called Sipilou and Foungouesso, which form a 125-kilometer base metals camp in West Africa.
In January, Sama Resources completed a downhole geophysical survey to follow up on shallow high-grade nickel-copper-palladium intercepts. The company also recently announced a $2.6-million private placement.

3. Abacus Mining (TSXV:AME)

Current price: $0.09; year-to-date gain: 125 percent
Abacus Mining is an exploration and development company with a 20-percent interest in the Ajax project in BC. The Ajax project is a proposed copper-gold open-pit mine that is currently in the submission stage of the provincial and federal environmental assessment process.
At the beginning of the year, Abacus released an updated feasibility study for Ajax. During Q1 the company also signed an option agreement with Almadex Minerals (TSXV:AMZ), closed a $1.02-million private placement and started a field program at the Willow copper-gold property in Nevada.

4. Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV:MMA)

Current price: $0.38; year-to-date gain: 113.89 percent
Midnight Sun Mining is an Africa-focused mineral exploration company. It has a definitive agreement to option a 60-percent interest in the Solwezi licences in Zambia.
In January, the company discovered “ore shale”-type copper-cobalt-nickel-gold mineralization at the Solwezi licenses, and in February it announced plans to conduct a geophysical survey in the area in order to map the strike and depth extents of the host rock.

5. Tintina Resources (TSXV:TAU)

Current price: $0.12; year-to-date gain: 100 percent
Tintina Resources is focused on the development of its Black Butte copper project in Montana. The project has a measured and indicated resource of 1.176 billion pounds of copper at an average grade of 3.4 percent, and an inferred resource of 140 million pounds of copper at an average grade of 2.8 percent.
The company is facing some challenges at Black Butte — most recently, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality sent Tintina back to the drawing board after saying its permit application needs improvement. Opposition to the mine has been strong amongst conservation groups as well. The company has not released any news this year.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Priscila Barrera, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Editorial Disclosure: American CuMo Mining is a client of the Investing News Network. This article is not paid-for content.