RaisingUS$18mUS$96m pre-money
SectorMining — CopperChile; Peru
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Progress3 emailed1 replied
The mandate
Ardent Metals is a copper developer consolidating brownfield concessions in northern Chile and southern Peru, with two past-producing pits and an existing mill within trucking distance. The company is raising US$18m to complete a definitive feasibility study and secure long-lead processing equipment.
Highlights
- Measured and indicated resource of 1.9Mt contained copper across three contiguous concessions.
- Existing 4,000tpd mill on site, cutting an estimated US$140m from initial capital.
- Offtake term sheet signed with a European trading house covering the first five years of concentrate.
- Raising US$18m at a US$96m pre-money valuation; roughly US$11m committed by existing holders.
- Definitive feasibility study targeted for Q3 2027, with first production guided to 2029.
- Status
- Live
- Stage
- Developer
- Deck
- Ardent Metals Investor Deck.pdf
- Website
- ardentmetals.example
Expected to close 30 September 2026
Contacts on this deal
3 emailed · 1 replied
| Name | Company | Status | Sent | By | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite Oyelaran | Kestrel Resource Partners | m.oyelaran@kestrelresource.example | ✓ Replied | 11 Aug 2026 | Chris |
| Cecily Hargreave | Halloway Family Office | c.hargreave@halloway.example | Sent | 12 Aug 2026 | Chris |
| Anton Reyes-Muller | Marlow Creek Capital | a.reyes@marlowcreek.example | Sent | 12 Aug 2026 | Rogier |
| Tobias Nkemelu | Ardent Metals | t.nkemelu@ardentmetals.example | Draft waiting | 15 Aug 2026 | Chris |
| Ingrid Solberg | Ollerton & Pike | i.solberg@ollertonpike.example | Not contacted | — | — |
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