Culpeo Minerals (ASX:CPO, OTCQB:CPORF)

RM Research Outlines Potential Rerating of Culpeo Minerals Driven by Chilean Copper Projects

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Australian market analyst firm RM Research projects a potential rerating of Culpeo Minerals (ASX:CPO,OTCQB:CPORF), a copper exploration and development company, to more than $100 million market capitalization, driven by potential success in either of the company’s high-grade copper projects in Chile.


ASX-listed Culpeo Minerals maintains two copper projects in Chile - Lana Corina and Fortuna - both located in Chile’s Coastal Cordillera, targeting district-scale, underexplored mineralised systems.

“RM Research maintains a speculative buy on the back of the potential to outline high-grade copper-molybdenum at Lana Corina which we believe has potential for mineral resources of +80Mt (million tons) @ >0.80 percent CuEq (copper equivalent,” RM Research stated in its analyst report dated April 16, 2024.

Culpeo recently increased its ownership of Lana Corina to 50 percent, earning 80 percent to 100 percent. Recent drilling at Lana Corina showed copper-molybdenum mineralization over a strike length of 2 to 3 kilometres.

“The return of a drill rig to Lana Corina is imminent with extensions of breccia/porphyry hosted mineralisation being targeted as well as deeper copper and molybdenum associated with the silica cupola. Further surface geochemical results are also due this quarter from the La Florida Prospect,” the analyst report cited as near-term catalysts.

The Fotuna property is 10 kilometres north of Lana Corina, comprising three prospects along a 3-kilometre strike length. Results of recent drilling at Fortuna include 26 metres @ 0.81 percent copper equivalent, with elevated surface channel and rock chip samples up to 1.3 percent copper and 2.4 grams per ton gold.


Report highlights:

  • Culpeo has increased its ownership of Lana Corina, where recent drilling returned impressive results of copper and molybdenum, over a 2 to 3 kilometre strike length. Near-term drilling will likely target extensions of the wide high-grade copper mineralisation hosted within the outcropping breccia pipes and associated porphyry intrusion.
  • Achieving success in either the Lana Corina or Fortuna projects may lead to a rerating of Culpeo Minerals to more than $100 million market capitalization.
  • RM Research maintains a speculative buy for Culpeo, driven by the potential to define the high-grade copper-molybdenum at Lana Corina, with a possible mineral resource of more than 80 million tons @ more than 0.80 percent copper equivalent.


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