Copper's 8 Million Ton Shortage Is Creating a Once in a Generation Opportunity and This Junior Mining Explorer Is Sitting at the Center of It
AI, Data Centers and Electrification Are Consuming Copper Faster Than the World Can Produce It.
What You Need to Know:
- Two superpowers are now racing to stockpile copper: the U.S. recently launched "Project Vault" – a $12 billion strategic mineral reserve. China responded days later, confirming it will expand its own copper stockpiles.
- Global copper inventories have fallen to just 14 days of demand. Analysts project a 320,000-ton deficit this year, ballooning to 8 million tons by 2030. New mines take 5-7 years to reach production. There is no quick fix – so attention is now turning to projects on the verge of coming online.
- Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) is a junior explorer sitting on what could be one of the most significant copper deposits in North America – potentially catapulting them to becoming a key player in the global copper industry.
The United States and China agree on almost nothing. But in recent months, both have made the same urgent move: stockpiling copper.
President Trump recently unveiled “Project Vault” – a $12 billion initiative to hoard copper, and other critical minerals, in the name of national security.1
He compared it to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, created after the Arab oil embargo left America scrambling for gas in the 1970s, saying: “Today we’re launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American businesses and workers are never harmed by any shortage.2
China responded almost immediately – confirming it will work with state-owned smelters to expand commercial copper stockpiles and assess adding copper concentrate to national reserves.3
That’s two superpowers committing to stockpiling copper just days apart – and institutional trading houses have taken notice. One Mercuria executive confirmed that: “The US was for the first time competing with China for supplies of copper.”4
Yet there’s one critical problem – a problem that’s also creating a major opportunity for commodity investors around the world: there isn’t enough copper to go around.
Global stockpiles have fallen to just 14 days of demand…5
Smelting activity has reached record lows…6
And analysts project a 320,000-ton deficit this year, ballooning to 8 million tons by 2030, caused by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, new data centers, and electric vehicles worldwide.7
In fact, S&P Global is now warning of a "systemic risk" to global economies if the shortage isn't addressed.8 With estimates predicting that we will need to mine 115% more copper over the next three decades than has been mined in all of human history. 9
Which brings us to Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU).
A tiny explorer sitting on what could be one of the most significant undeveloped copper deposits in North America. Located in British Columbia’s legendary “Golden Triangle” – the same geological district as Red Chris, a deposit worth tens of billions.
Five high-priority targets have been identified across Star Copper’s property. Only one has been thoroughly drilled – and what they’ve found there has caught the attention of geologists across the industry.
Exposed copper mineralization running hundreds of meters deep, grades that exceed industry benchmarks, and early calculations suggesting billions of dollars worth of metal sitting in the ground.
Yet what makes this opportunity so compelling for investors right now: the best may still be ahead.
Four of those five targets remain largely untested. The company is well-funded, with $17 million raised in the past eight months. And a major drill program is planned for 2026 that could reshape how the market values this stock.
When two superpowers compete for a scarce resource, prices rise.
But the biggest gains don’t go to those buying the commodity – they go to those who own the source.
Read on to discover why Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) could be the breakout mining stock of 2026.
The World’s Most Critical Metal – And Why the Shortage Is Only Getting Worse
Copper recently hit an all-time high of $13,843 per metric tonne – up 46% in the past year alone, and nearly double where it traded just a few years ago in early 2023.
That kind of move doesn’t happen because of sentiment or speculation. It happens when the world wakes up to a shortage it can’t fix quickly.
And the world’s two largest economies have clearly woken up. The U.S. and China just committed to spending billions hoarding the metal. The question is: what’s driving this?
Three forces are converging on copper at once – each powerful enough to strain global supply on its own: artificial intelligence, electrification, and the global energy transition. Together, they’re creating a deficit the mining industry has no way to close in time.
Copper Drain #1: AI and Data Centers
It’s the most explosive trend in the world – absorbing over half of all venture capital funding last year.10 Yet behind the growth of artificial intelligence is a rapid explosion in the number of data centers. There’s around 12,000 globally, yet that number is expected to double in the next few years.11
This explosive growth in AI is the reason why JPMorgan projects that data center demand for copper could reach 475,000 tons just this year alone.12
Copper Drain #2: Electric Vehicles
An EV requires as much as four times more copper than a traditional car – about 183 pounds (83 kilograms) per vehicle.13
So whether you like EVs or not, it’s impossible to deny the impact it’s having on the global copper market.
With global EV ownership projected to reach 150 million units by 2030, the additional copper demand could exceed 12 million metric tonnes.14
Copper Drain #3: China's Energy Transition
China just announced a record $574 billion power grid investment. It plans to build 30,000 kilometers of new ultra-high voltage transmission lines.15
That program alone could require 300,000 metric tonnes of copper annually.16 Add 70 million EV chargers at 132 pounds (60 kilograms) of copper each, and that’s another 4.2 million metric tonnes of copper demand.17
The three reasons above – AI, EVs, and grid upgrades – aren’t the only reason why demand for copper is sky high, either. They’re just compounding the demand you also see from solar panels, wind turbines, electrical goods, and construction.
The bottom line is clear: copper is currently experiencing a level of demand the world has literally never seen before.
Mining legend Robert Friedland put it plainly: 700 million metric tonnes of copper has been mined in all of human history. In the next 18 years, the world will need to mine 730 million metric tonnes more – just to maintain basic 3% GDP growth. 18
Yet this is just one half of the story – and one half of why Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) is suddenly in the spotlight.
With Booming Copper Demand, Supply Can't Keep Up – And Won't for Years
Average ore grades at the world’s top ten copper mines have fallen from 1.5% to 0.6%, pushing mining costs up roughly 12%.19 While new mines in North America take 10 to 20 years from discovery to production, and regulatory approvals are at 15-year lows according to Goldman Sachs.20
Not to mention, the copper mining industry is regularly rocked by disruptions like flooding, tunnel collapse, and mudslides that halt production. On average, six to eight percent of global mine capacity sits offline in any given year.21
As a result, global copper production is expected to grow by less than 1% in 2026.22
Sky-high demand and lackluster supply are precisely why JPMorgan now predicts an 8-million-ton global deficit of this increasingly scarce metal.23
This is a genuine crisis in global copper supplies. Yet the opportunity is clear for investors: the companies sitting on untapped copper in safe, mining-friendly places may soon become the biggest growth stories of 2026.
Which is why we’re highlighting Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
Where the Biggest Returns Come From In a Copper Bull Market
Though the situation for businesses that rely on the industrial metal is dire, it’s completely different for copper explorers and retail investors.
Copper is up dramatically in the past year – but the investors who made the real money during this rally weren’t buying the metal itself. They also weren’t the large producers who are already valued in the hundreds of billions.
The biggest gains were made by small, previously-overlooked companies that were actively exploring new copper projects. Within the last 24 months alone we’ve seen results like:
Amarc Resources climbed 572% in a year after its AuRORA discovery in British Columbia made headlines. Turning each $1,000 into $6,720.24
Sterling Metals ran 1,083% after a single drill result confirmed a major copper intercept – 262 meters grading 1.05% CuEq with a high-grade core of 19.8% CuEq. Transforming every $1,000 invested into $11,830.25
And King Copper Discovery soared 3,075% after a historic drill core at a Peruvian porphyry revealed high-grade copper at a time when everyone needs it. Multiplying every $1,000 invested into $31,750.26
These returns are the natural result of commodity bull markets like we’re facing right now. Junior explorers consistently outperform the underlying metal by multiples.
When a small company confirms a large deposit, the market is forced to reprice the stock to reflect what’s actually in the ground. And when this happens, it can produce life-changing returns.
Finding the right one comes down to a few things: a proven district, real data in the ground, the capital to keep drilling, and a valuation that still leaves room to run.
That’s the setup at Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU).
Star Copper’s Project Sits in One of the Most Prolific Mining Districts on Earth
In real estate, it’s location, location, location. In mining, the same rule applies – except the stakes are measured in billions of dollars.
Star Copper’s flagship Star Project covers 6,829 hectares of copper-gold porphyry ground in northern British Columbia – and for the first time in the project’s history, it’s 100% owned by a single operator.27 That matters because it means every dollar of value in the ground belongs to one company and its shareholders.
But what really sets this project apart is its neighbors.
Star Copper sits in the Golden Triangle and Golden Horseshoe regions – a stretch of British Columbia that has produced some of the most valuable mineral deposits ever found in North America.
Red Chris, sitting in the exact same rock formation, contains roughly 5 billion pounds of copper and between 7 and 9 million ounces of gold.28 The value of that single deposit runs into the tens of billions.
Galore Creek, Schaft Creek, and Brucejack sit nearby. Legendary past-producing mines like Eskay Creek and Snip were pulled from these same rocks.
And now, activity directly next door is reinforcing just how fertile this district remains.
Immediately adjacent to Star Copper’s ground, Doubleview Gold recently released favourable drill results from its Hat Project — highlighting significant copper-gold mineralization within the same broader geological corridor.
This isn’t a coincidence.
These deposits exist here because of a specific geological structure called porphyries.
These types of deposits are what major mining companies spend billions trying to acquire. The reason why is simple, porphyries are:
- Enormous, often containing billions of pounds of metal…
- Produce for decades, and…
- Often come with a supergene zone – a blanket of higher-grade copper concentrated right at the surface, where it's cheapest to extract.
Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) sits right in the middle – same rock type, same age, and the very same geological fingerprint as the deposits that made this region famous.
It has all the makings of a monster deposit – so what’s actually in the ground?
What 18,000 Meters of Drilling Has Already Revealed at Star Copper
The drill results at Star Main speak for themselves.
One hole returned 324 meters of continuous copper mineralization starting just 4 meters below surface. That’s longer than three football fields laid end to end – and the drill was in copper the entire way down.
Another hit 288 meters at 0.67% CuEq…
Another ran 269 meters at 0.42% copper…
Another 106 meters at 1.02% CuEq – clearing the high-grade threshold…
And another 76 meters at 1.12% CuEq starting just 2 meters below surface.29
Hole after hole, the same story: long intercepts, solid grades, starting near the surface, exposed across a footprint that now stretches 550 meters by 950 meters.
For context, Sterling Metals ran 1,083% in 2025 on a single intercept of 262 meters at 1.05% CuEq. Star Copper has multiple intercepts that length or longer – and high-grade zones nested inside them.
Most junior explorers would build an entire company around one of these holes. Star Copper has drilled dozens. Over 18,000 meters into a single target.30 And nearly every significant hit starts within a few meters of surface – exactly where extraction costs are lowest.
So let’s run the math.
The mineralized zone at Star Main measures roughly 550 meters by 500 meters and extends down at least 100 meters. At an average grade of 0.8% copper-equivalent, that’s over one billion pounds of copper.
At today’s prices: approximately $6 billion in implied metal value – from the first 100 meters, of a single zone, on a property with five targets.
Yet this could still be scratching the surface of what’s truly in the ground.
Star Copper has drilled past 650 meters. Several of those deep holes were still in copper when they stopped drilling. The system didn’t end – the drill did. Which means there could be billions more in copper below what’s already been measured.
This is just one reason why investors are already beginning to get excited about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU). Yet, there’s more.
Star Copper’s Discovery Could Soon Become 5x Bigger
So far, everything you’ve read about Star Copper has centered on one primary focus – Star Main. But the Star Project hosts five distinct targets across the property, each showing copper-gold signatures that could materially expand the mineralized footprint beyond the core discovery.
Exploration has now progressed from historical confirmation to systematic step-out and satellite testing — with drilling underway across multiple zones and additional targets moving toward drill-ready status.31
- Star Main remains the flagship. A total of 49 historical holes plus 10–12 holes drilled by Star Copper have confirmed broad copper-gold mineralization that remains open laterally and at depth. Ongoing work is focused on expansion and refinement.
- Star North, just northeast of Star Main, saw its first exploratory hole drilled last year. Early work confirmed the geological model, and follow-up drilling is being evaluated to further define the system.
- Copper Creek also saw its initial exploratory hole completed last year. This target sits within the same mineralized corridor and is being advanced to determine its scale and structural continuity.
- Star East spans a broad 500 by 500 metre zone with consistent copper-gold soil responses and open extensions in multiple directions. It has been advanced through surface work and now stands as a high-priority future drill target.
- Pyrrhotite Creek represents one of the largest geophysical and geochemical footprints on the property — a 1.8 km corridor with strong surface expressions. Fieldwork has outlined compelling drill targets that could see testing in an upcoming program.
Star Copper’s flagship project – Star Main – with its $6 billion potential copper has the potential to rerate their stock price by itself. Which means a discovery at any of these other targets could be like throwing gas on a fire.
Yet, the real story isn’t simply four more opportunities to find copper.
There Could Be a $30 Billion Copper Structure Hiding Below
Picture a hand, palm-up.
The palm represents a massive body of copper-rich rock deep underground.
While the fingers are pathways where mineral-rich fluids traveled upward over millions of years, depositing copper as they spread out toward the surface.
What if all five targets we’ve looked at today are fingers from the same palm? That’s what the geological evidence suggests.
All five zones share the same geochemical fingerprint, they light up the same way on geophysical surveys, and they sit within the same rock formation. As CEO Darryl Jones has stated before,
"In geology, something 500 meters away isn't separated by a fence. In all likelihood, it's all part of the same system."
The technical term is a “connected porphyry system” — and if that’s what Star Copper is sitting on, the scale changes dramatically.
Porphyry systems alone can host billions of pounds of copper. But when nature adds a supergene enrichment zone — effectively concentrating copper near surface — the dynamic changes.
These enriched systems are rare. And historically, major supergene-overprinted porphyries have almost always been developed into mines because they offer the combination investors look for: size and enhanced grade.
If Star Copper is sitting on both a connected porphyry at depth and a supergene blanket above it, the potential footprint and the strategic value could be far larger than a single target suggests.
Star Main alone points to roughly $6 billion in implied metal value from just its first 100 meters. Apply that same math across five similar zones and you’re looking at $30 billion or more – still only measuring the top slice of a system that runs past 600 meters and remains open at depth.
In 2026, Star Copper plans to find out. The company is launching 15,000 meters of drilling along with advanced imaging surveys designed to map what’s happening deep below all five targets – to see whether the fingers connect to a single palm.
If the program confirms what the geology suggests, then Star Copper will have a world-class deposit on their books.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
“Supergene copper systems are rare geological events. Most of the major ones were discovered decades ago — primarily in Argentina — and virtually all of them have gone on to become mines. If what we’re seeing here proves out, this could represent one of the last meaningful supergene discoveries of its kind.”
— Darryl Jones, President
The Most Overlooked Stock In the Golden Triangle
If the geological picture is this promising, an obvious question follows: why is Star Copper still trading at a tiny fraction of what its neighbors are worth?
Put simply, they’re too small.
Star Copper trades at a market cap of approximately $45 million.
Most investors have never heard of it, it’s not on Wall Street’s radar, and it sits in that space between too small for institutions and not yet proven enough for the broader market – the exact space where the biggest early-stage gains are made.
Meanwhile, Star Copper’s direct neighbor – in the same rock type and geological setting – carries a market cap of approximately $440 million. Almost 10x bigger.
What’s the difference? Their neighbor simply got noticed by institutional players.
In our view, Star Copper won’t go unnoticed for long, because all of their major catalysts are still ahead:
- New drilling is underway
- New targets are being tested for the first time
- Resource definition still to come
- The discovery could grow larger with every hole drilled
Consider the basic math.
Star Copper has outlined an estimated $6 billion in implied in-situ copper value in just one zone.
And that’s before factoring in the four additional targets across the property — each showing similar geological signatures and expansion potential.
The current market capitalization reflects only a fraction of that broader opportunity
Which is why we believe that Star Copper is trading at a deep discount currently.
However this discount will end once the results of their drill program is announced, the resource gets defined, and the majors start circling.
When this happens, the overlooked stock becomes the talked-about stock. And the investors who recognized the gap before the market did are the ones who benefit most.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
$17 Million Raised – And a Management Team That Refuses to Slow Down
The single biggest killer of junior mining stories isn’t bad geology – it’s running out of money before proving anything. That’s when you’ll see the drilling stop, projects shelved and the share price stagnate.
Star Copper has taken the opposite approach.
The company has raised $17 million in just eight months32 – a substantial treasury for a junior explorer. Roughly $6 million has already been deployed directly into the ground, with Phase 1 drilling completed and Phase 2 kicked off immediately after.
This wasn’t accidental. CEO Darryl Jones runs his company with a philosophy that many in the junior mining space lack: move fast, deploy capital aggressively, and keep shareholders engaged with results.
And unlike most exploration projects in northern British Columbia, Star Copper can actually execute at that pace. The property has a fixed-wing airstrip on site, cutting logistics costs that drain competitors relying on 5-figure daily rental fees for helicopters, whether they fly or not.
A network of roads runs across the project. The terrain is flat, meaning no seasonal shutdowns, no waiting for weather windows – drilling can continue year-round, and every dollar in the treasury stretches further.
For 2026, Star Copper has 15,000 meters of drilling planned – expanding known zones, testing new targets, and running advanced geophysical surveys that could confirm the connected-system thesis.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
Star Copper’s Team Have a Proven History of Delivering Big Exits for Investors
In December 2023, Alpha Lithium was acquired for $313 million in an all-cash deal.33
Three years earlier, it had been a $20 million exploration company that most investors had never heard of. The team behind it raised over $100 million, developed significant resources, and delivered a 15x return for shareholders who got in early.34
That same team is now running Star Copper.35
DARRYL JONES, PRESIDENT & CEO
President and CEO Darryl Jones was a founding Director of Alpha Lithium. He brings over 15 years of capital markets experience and an established financial network across the resource sector – the kind of relationships that turn drill results into institutional attention.
BRAD NICHOL, BOARD CHAIRMAN
Board Chairman Brad Nichol helped spearhead the Alpha Lithium journey from start to finish, leading the company from obscurity to a nine-figure exit in just over three years.
SEAN CHARLAND, DIRECTOR
Director Sean Charland, a seasoned communications professional with deep experience raising capital for resource explorers, was also a founding Director at Alpha Lithium.
That’s three members of the team that engineered a $313 million exit – now focused on doing it again.
They know how to build a company…
They know how to attract capital…
They know how to position an asset for the kind of outcome that rewards early shareholders…
And they’ve picked Star Copper as their next project.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
A Single Drill Result Could Reprice This Stock – And There Are Dozens Coming
For investors, timing matters.
And Star Copper’s catalyst calendar heading into 2026 is one of the most loaded in the junior copper space.
First, results from as much as 3,000 meters of recent drilling are pending, with new assays expected on a rolling basis.
Two entirely new targets – including Copper Creek – have been drilled for the first time. Any significant hit from these untested zones could immediately change how the market values this company.
Then comes the 15,000-meter drill program planned for 2026.
This program will expand the known mineralization at Star Main, test the untouched Star North target – a 500-by-700-meter anomaly that has never seen a drill bit – and continue building the data needed to define a formal resource. Each set of results represents a potential re-rating event.
Beyond drilling, advanced geophysical surveys including 3D-IP and magnetotelluric imaging are planned.
These tools penetrate deep into the ground and could reveal the connections between all five targets, potentially confirming that one enormous porphyry system lies beneath the property.
And all of this unfolds against a backdrop of macro tailwinds that show no signs of fading:
- British Columbia is becoming a hot spot for copper investment…
- Government attention toward critical mineral supply is increasing…
- Copper prices continue to rise, and…
- The industry’s focus on secure North American supply is intensifying with every new headline about China hoarding metal and the U.S. racing to catch up.
Top 5 Reasons to Consider Star Copper Corp.
Superpower Copper Race
The U.S. and China are now openly competing to stockpile copper. Project Vault commits $12 billion to secure American supply. China is racing to expand its own reserves. When superpowers compete for a scarce resource, prices rise – and those who own the source find themselves the center of investors’ attention.
World-Class Geological Post Code
Their project sits in the same rock formation, with the same characteristics as Red Chris (a project which contained $5B+ copper and 7-9M oz gold). The Golden Triangle is where world-class deposits are found – and Star Copper is right in the middle of it.
Massive Hidden Potential
$6 billion implied value in just one zone’s first 100 meters – and five interconnected targets may connect to one enormous porphyry system below. If confirmed, this could be one of the most significant undeveloped copper-gold systems in North America.
Proven Leadership Team
Management that built and sold Alpha Lithium for $313 million. They know how to create value and deliver exits.
The Most Overlooked Stock in the District
Trading at a fraction of its direct neighbor’s market cap (~$45M vs ~$440M). Star Copper has all major catalysts still ahead. Their stock price would multiply 10x just to match the neighbor – but it could go even higher if the deposit proves itself.
The Window Is Open – But It Won’t Stay Open Forever
Remember, the U.S. just launched Project Vault – a $12 billion critical minerals stockpile that is being compared to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. At the same time China is committing to their own stockpile.
Meanwhile, money is flooding into copper. Inflows into U.S. copper ETFs hit $1.2 billion in 2025 – more than double the previous year.36 Major miners who can’t dig enough out of the ground are turning to waste piles and experimental extraction methods just to squeeze out more supply.
The math is stark. Last year there was a 2.3 million metric tonne supply gap in copper. By 2030, that gap widens to 8 million metric tonnes.37
Robert Friedland, one of the most successful mineral investors, put it bluntly: humanity has mined 730 million metric tonnes of copper in its entire history. We need another 730 million metric tonnes in the next 18 years.
In the middle of this tightening market sits Star Copper Corp. – a junior explorer with $6 billion in implied metal value in just one zone, four additional targets showing the same geological signatures, and a management team that engineered a $313 million exit in their last venture.
Yet the company trades at roughly $45 million – what we consider a deep discount.
That valuation gap won’t last forever. Every upcoming drill result, every geophysical survey, every step toward resource definition has the potential to close it.
For investors who understand early-stage exploration, the setup is clear.
The macro, the geology, and the capital are all where they need to be to support a new, world-class copper mine.
And the market hasn’t priced any of it in yet.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
Star Copper Corp. Offers Any Speculative Investor Genuine Upside Potential
You don’t need us to tell you that this is still an early stage story – or that this is precisely why the opportunity exists.
If the market already knew what was beneath all five targets, Star Copper wouldn’t be trading at $45 million. It would be trading at multiples of that.
The investors who build wealth in junior mining are the ones who recognize setups like this before the crowd arrives. They position while the story is still developing, the catalysts are still ahead, and the valuation gap is still wide open.
Star Copper has the geology – sitting in the same rock formation as deposits worth tens of billions.
It has the results – intercepts stretching over 300 meters, with mineralization confirmed past 650 meters and still open.
It has the upside – five targets with matching signatures, only one drilled, and a connected-system thesis that could multiply everything.
It has the capital – $17 million raised, 15,000 meters of drilling planned.
And it has the team – the same people who took Alpha Lithium from $20 million to a $313 million exit in three years.
All this, while trading at a 1/10th of its neighbor’s valuation.
For those who understand both the risk and opportunity in junior explorers, the setup speaks for itself.
Talk to your broker about Star Copper Corp. (OTCQX: STCUF | CSE: STCU) today.
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Star Coppers ability to identify Mineral Resources in sufficient quantity and quality to justify development activities and/or its ability to commence and complete development work and/or commence and/or sustain commercial production operations at any of its projects will depend upon numerous factors, many of which are beyond its control, including exploration success, the obtaining of funding for all phases of exploration, development and commercial mining, the adequacy of infrastructure, geological characteristics, metallurgical characteristics of any deposit, the availability of processing technology and capacity, the availability of storage capacity, the supply of and demand for gold and other minerals, the availability of equipment and facilities necessary to commence and complete development, the cost of consumables and mining and processing equipment, technological and engineering problems, accidents or acts of sabotage or terrorism, civil unrest and protests, currency fluctuations, changes in regulations, the availability of water, the availability and productivity of skilled labour, the receipt of necessary consents, permits and licenses (including mining licenses), and political factors, including unexpected changes in governments or governmental policies towards exploration, development and commercial mining activities.
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- 7. 320k https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/02/02/forget-energy-copper-is-ais-real-bottleneck-here-are-the-2-miners-to-profit-most/ 8.2 m https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101453445-big-winner-of-the-green-revolution-goldman-sachs-copper-is-new-oil-and-will-rise-by-more-than-60-in-four-years
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