This represents a 53% increase in copper-equivalent metal content over the previously reported indicated resource and a 100-fold increase in copper-equivalent metal content in inferred resources.
Following the update, shares of Osisko Metals rose 6.5% by 12:10 p.m. EDT. The miner has a market capitalization of $44.6 million.
“At 2.23 million tonnes of contained copper, as well as significant molybdenum (274 million pounds) and silver (46.0 million ounces), the latest Gaspé Copper in-pit Indicated Resource hosts by far the largest undeveloped copper-molybdenum deposit in Eastern North America, exclusive of inferred resources,” the company said in a news release.
A minimum 70,000-meter drill program is now planned for 2025, with the objective of converting the bulk of the current inferred resource to the indicated category.
Given this new resource milestone, management has elected to defer the PEA,…
