Lion Copper and Gold

Lion Copper and Gold

Lion Copper and Gold focuses on the exploration and development of copper assets in Nevada's Walker Lane trend. The company's flagship MacArthur project is a large, permitted oxide copper deposit with established infrastructure, while the adjacent Yerington pit and Bear deposit offer further resource upside. Both projects sit on private land, which simplifies state-level permitting relative to federal-land alternatives. Lion's strategy centers on advancing MacArthur toward a feasibility study and eventual production decision, with copper recovery via conventional solvent extraction and electrowinning methods. The firm signed a strategic partnership with Nuton, a Rio Tinto venture, in 2022 to deploy primary sulfide leaching technologies at MacArthur (per the firm, 2022). This collaboration provides technical support, milestone payments, and a path to offtake. Lion also holds water rights and extensive land packages in Nevada's Mason Valley. The company maintains a project office in Yerington, Nevada, and lists on the TSX Venture Exchange and OTCQB. While team size is not publicly detailed, leadership combines mining engineering and public-company management experience. In November 2023, Lion closed an $8.5 million private placement to fund ongoing permitting and feasibility work at MacArthur (per the firm, 2023). Lion's architecture differs from pure exploration plays: it holds a district-scale land position with historical production, partnered with a major mining company on a novel leaching technology. This creates a structuring optionality — sell to a major, joint-venture, or self-fund into production — that smaller single-asset developers lack.