What Edge Copper does

Edge Copper Corporation is a Canadian-domiciled, publicly-listed junior mining company on the TSX Venture Exchange (CVE: PLA) focused on developing a domestic U.S. copper supply through its 100%-owned Zonia Copper Project in Arizona's historic Walnut Grove mining district. Formerly known as Plata Latina Minerals Corporation, the company was repositioned as a single-asset copper developer on October 30, 2025 following the acquisition of the Zonia project from World Copper Ltd. for $10.5 million cash plus over 37 million shares, accompanied by a C$17 million private placement led by GeologicAI. With 1-10 employees, Edge Copper is pre-revenue and pre-development; its future economics are anchored in the March 2026 NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment, which projects 784 million pounds of copper cathode production over a 10-year mine life, an after-tax NPV8% of $488 million at base case prices of $4.60/lb (rising to $1.073 billion at spot prices), and $524.5 million in initial capital requirements.

The company's core asset is the Zonia Copper Project, a past-producing heap leach copper-oxide operation whose existing infrastructure and known permitting pathway lower the development barrier relative to greenfield projects. Edge Copper monetizes copper through direct commodity sales to industrial buyers, traders, and manufacturers serving electrical, construction, transportation, and renewable energy infrastructure end-markets; pricing is commodity-driven with no fixed price points publicly disclosed. The company reaches investors and stakeholders primarily through SEDAR+ regulatory filings (NI 43-101 Technical Reports), newswire distributions (Newswire, NewsFileCorp, Business Wire), and mining industry publications such as Canadian Mining Journal and the Financial Post.

Edge Copper differentiates exploration and resource conversion through a strategic partnership with GeologicAI, whose AI-powered Resource Exploration Strategies platform applies multi-sensor core scanning (elements, molecules, structure, texture), remote digital core logging, and High-Resolution Decision Engineering for advanced geological modeling. This technology stack delivers exploration results in 24-48 hours versus the 6-10 week industry-standard laboratory turnaround and underpins a 60,000-foot inaugural drill program aimed at accelerating resource conversion toward a 3-4 year feasibility timeline. Leadership is headed by Chair and CEO Gil Clausen, who holds approximately 20.5% of issued and outstanding common shares following an early warrant exercise; the team was strengthened in late October 2025 with the appointments of Kyle Lindahl as COO and John Stefka as VP Environment & Community Relations.

Name

Edge Copper

Legal name

Edge Copper Corporation

Website

https://edgecopper.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edge Copper is a Canadian-listed junior mining company (TSX-V: PLA) developing the 100%-owned Zonia Copper Project in Arizona, applying GeologicAI's AI-powered exploration technology to advance a past-producing heap leach copper-oxide operation toward production for U.S. industrial buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Copper Mining

NAICS

Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining (212230)

SIC

Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro primary industry

Copper Exploration & Resource Development (IMAKADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Copper Mine Engineering, EPC & Expansion Projects (IMAKADAM), Copper Anode/Cathode Production & Handling (IMAKADAG)

Keywords

• Copper exploration
• Copper development
• Heap leach mining
• Critical minerals supply
• Mineral resource estimation

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Copper Cathode Sales: Revenue generated from the production and sale of copper cathode from the Zonia Copper Project. The PEA projects 784 million pounds of copper cathode production over a 10-year mine life.

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Core offering

Edge Copper Corporation is a copper exploration and development company focused on advancing its 100%-owned Zonia Copper Project, a past-producing heap leach copper operation in Arizona's Walnut Grove mining district. The company's core offering centers on developing and ultimately producing copper cathode, with a Preliminary Economic Assessment projecting 784 million pounds of copper cathode production over a 10-year mine life. Edge Copper leverages GeologicAI's AI-powered exploration platform to optimize drill-hole planning and accelerate resource conversion toward feasibility.

Product overview

Edge Copper Corporation is a U.S. copper development company focused on advancing the Zonia Copper Project in Arizona. The company operates as a single-product mining venture, with its core asset being the 100%-owned past-producing heap leach copper operation. The company leverages strategic partnerships with GeologicAI for AI-powered exploration services and has a 54,000-foot (initially planned as 60,000-foot) drill program underway to expand resources and support feasibility studies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Zonia Copper Project A 100%-owned past-producing heap leach copper operation located in Arizona's historic Walnut Grove mining district. The project is being advanced toward feasibility within 3-4 years, with a NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment projecting 784 million pounds of copper cathode production over a 10-year mine life, an after-tax NPV of $488M at base case copper prices ($4.60/lb), and initial capital requirements of $524.5 million.

Quantifiable outcome

• 784 million pounds of copper cathode production over 10-year mine life
• +4 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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AI capability4 records

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• World Copper Ltd.coreOthers · 6 November 2025World Copper Ltd. sold its Zonia Copper Project to Edge Copper (then Plata Latina Minerals Corporation) via a court-approved plan of arrangement. The transaction involved a cash payment of $10.5 million and issuance of over 37 million shares, completed on October 30, 2025. World Copper highlighted this sale as a key recent event in its board and management changes announcement.
• GeologicAIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 November 2025Strategic partnership and investment in Edge Copper to apply GeologicAI's High-Resolution Decision Engineering technology to the Zonia Copper Project. The collaboration provides advanced geological modeling, remote core logging, and resource optimization services to help advance the past-producing copper-oxide project toward feasibility within 3-4 years. GeologicAI led a C$17 million equity financing completed on October 30, 2025.

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Direct peers

• World Copper Ltd. World Copper is the former owner of the Zonia Copper Project, which it sold to Edge Copper in October 2025. It is a direct comparable as a junior copper developer with U.S.-focused assets, providing a benchmark for project economics, capital structure, and development pathway for Arizona oxide copper projects.
• Arizona Sonoran Copper Company: Arizona Sonoran is a copper developer focused on the Cactus Mine Project, also located in Arizona's historic copper mining belt. As a fellow Arizona-focused oxide/leachable copper developer, it represents the closest geographic and geological peer for Zonia, with similar development timelines and end-product profiles.
• Faraday Copper Corp. Faraday Copper is a Canadian-listed junior copper developer advancing the Copper Creek Project in Arizona. It is directly comparable to Edge Copper as a junior miner focused on advancing a single copper asset toward feasibility in the southwestern United States.
• Copper Fox Metals Inc. Copper Fox Metals is a Canadian junior miner focused on copper development projects, including the Schaft Creek JV in British Columbia. Comparable to Edge Copper as a small-cap copper developer advancing a flagship asset through feasibility work.
• NGEx Minerals Ltd. NGEx Minerals is a Canadian-listed junior explorer-developer advancing the Los Helados copper-gold project in Chile and Argentina. Comparable to Edge Copper as a small-cap, single-asset-focused copper developer with strong insider sponsorship and pre-construction stage.
• Solaris Resources Inc. Solaris Resources is a Canadian-listed junior copper developer advancing the Warintza project in Ecuador. Directly comparable as a single-asset, pre-construction copper developer with strong PEA-stage economics and strategic equity sponsorship (Equinox Gold backer).
• Filo Corp. Filo Corp. is a Canadian-listed junior copper developer advancing the Filo del Sol project on the Argentina-Chile border. Highly comparable to Edge Copper as a PEA-stage copper developer with a single flagship asset, large resource base, and technology-enabled exploration approach.

Emerging players

• Ivanhoe Electric Inc. Ivanhoe Electric combines copper/gold development with proprietary Typhoon DCIP/MT geophysical survey technology for mineral exploration. It is a strong comparable for Edge Copper's AI-powered exploration angle, both leveraging technology to accelerate resource definition in copper.

Broad incumbents

• Taseko Mines Limited: Taseko Mines operates the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine in British Columbia and is advancing the Florence Copper project in Arizona (in-situ copper recovery). As an established mid-tier copper producer with an Arizona development project, it offers a comparable operating model and regulatory pathway reference for Edge Copper.
• Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay is an established mid-tier copper producer with operations in Manitoba, Peru, and Arizona (Copper World project). Comparable to Edge Copper as a copper developer with Arizona exposure, providing a benchmark for capex intensity, project economics, and Arizona permitting requirements.

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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