Tiernan Gold

What Tiernan Gold does

Tiernan Gold Corp. is a Canadian-domiciled, publicly listed gold development company (TSX-V: TNGD) focused exclusively on advancing its 100%-owned Volcan Gold Project in Chile's Maricunga Gold Belt. The project contains 9.8 million ounces of Measured and Indicated gold resources within a land package of approximately 58,400 hectares in the Atacama Region, with an additional 1.2Moz Inferred and 6 km of undertested strike providing exploration upside. The company was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hochschild Mining PLC, which acquired the Volcan Project in 2012 through its acquisition of Andina Minerals Inc., and went public in December 2025 via a reverse takeover of Railtown Capital Corp. Hochschild Mining Holdings Ltd. retains approximately 69.8% ownership post-IPO, with Tiernan operating as a publicly listed developer with strategic alignment to its London-listed parent.

The company's core technology centers on a large-scale open-pit heap leach gold mining operation, with a planned processing capacity of 60,000 tonnes per day incorporating carbon-in-column (CIC) adsorption and SART (Sulphidization, Acidification, Recycling, and Thickening) circuits for gold recovery. Active technical workstreams include HPGR versus conventional crushing evaluation, geologically constrained resource modeling using Terraspec hyperspectral analysis and structural interpretation, and an expanded metallurgical testwork program through SGS covering 36 variability samples. The project is transitioning from a completed Preliminary Economic Assessment — projecting 332,000 oz/year for the first decade, 3.8Moz over a 14-year mine life, US$1.5B post-tax NPV, 29% IRR, and US$1,094/oz AISC — toward a Pre-Feasibility Study led by Ausenco with support from Deswik, SLR Consulting, GAC, Motherlode, and Turnstone.

Tiernan Gold is pre-revenue and does not yet generate operating revenue; its current commercial activity consists of equity capital raises to fund project development. The company's customer base is institutional and retail investors seeking exposure to a Tier-1 gold development asset in a proven mining jurisdiction, with future gold production intended for sale to refiners and commodity traders once the project reaches construction. Its go-to-market is sales-led and centered on disciplined project de-risking, transparent technical disclosure, and engagement with institutional capital via a syndicate of Canadian investment banks (Canaccord Genuity, BMO Capital Markets, Raymond James, Haywood Securities).

Name

Tiernan Gold

Legal name

Tiernan Gold Corp.

Website

https://tiernangold.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tiernan Gold Corp. is a Canadian publicly listed gold development company (TSX-V: TNGD) advancing its 100%-owned Volcan Gold Project in Chile's Maricunga Gold Belt, with 9.8 million ounces of Measured and Indicated gold resources and a planned 60,000 tpd heap leach operation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gold Mining

NAICS

Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining (212220), Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining (21222), Metal Ore Mining (2122)

SIC

Gold And Silver Ores (1040), Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAKAEAI

Precious Metals Exploration & Project Development

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Precious Metals Mining & Refining (Gold, Silver, Platinum Group)

SECONDARYIMAKAEAA

Gold Mining

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Precious Metals Mining & Refining (Gold, Silver, Platinum Group)

SECONDARYIMAKAEAD

Precious Metals Ore Processing & Beneficiation

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Precious Metals Mining & Refining (Gold, Silver, Platinum Group)

SECONDARYIMAKALAA

Comminution (Crushing, Grinding & Milling)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Mineral Processing & Beneficiation

Keywords

• Gold mining
• Mineral exploration
• Heap leach processing
• Feasibility studies
• Precious metals development

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

Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Gold Production and Sales: The company plans to generate revenue through the production and sale of gold from its Volcan Gold Project. The PEA projects approximately 332,000 ounces of gold production per year for the first 10 years of operations, with total life-of-mine production of 3.8 million ounces over a 14-year mine life. Revenue will come from gold sales at market prices, with potential by-product credits from copper.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tiernan Gold is a single-asset gold development company focused on the disciplined de-risking and advancement of its 100%-owned Volcan Gold Project in Chile's Maricunga Gold Belt. The project encompasses 9.8 million ounces of Measured and Indicated gold resources and is being progressed through engineering studies (PEA to PFS), metallurgical testwork, geological re-interpretation, and environmental baseline work toward a future large-scale open-pit heap-leach gold mining operation with planned production of 332,000 ounces per year.

Product overview

Tiernan Gold is a single-product gold development company focused exclusively on advancing its 100%-owned Volcan Gold Project. The company operates a unified development strategy centered on this one flagship asset — a large-scale open-pit heap-leach operation in Chile's Maricunga Gold Belt. The Volcan Project is currently in the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) stage, transitioning from the completed Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) toward engineering and environmental permitting. The company has no secondary products, modules, or services; its entire value proposition rests on the disciplined de-risking and systematic advancement of the Volcan project toward production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Volcan Gold Project The Volcan Gold Project is a large-scale open-pit heap-leach gold development project located in the Maricunga Gold Belt, Atacama Region of Chile, containing 9.8 million ounces of Measured and Indicated gold resources. It is being advanced through Preliminary Economic Assessment to Pre-Feasibility Study stage with environmental baseline and permitting work underway, targeting projected production of 332,000 ounces of gold per year for the first 10 years of a 14-year mine life. The project is 100%-owned by Tiernan Gold Corp. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Andina Minerals Chile SpA.

Quantifiable outcome

• 332,000 oz/year gold production for first 10 years (US$2,400/oz gold price assumption)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AusencocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 May 2026Ausenco Chile Ltda retained as lead PFS consultant, overseeing process engineering, environmental baseline, and NI 43-101 Technical Report compilation. Previously led the Preliminary Economic Assessment completed for the Volcan Project in 2025.
• DeswikcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 May 2026Deswik Brasil engaged for open pit mine design and optimization, including trade-off analysis evaluating alternative locations for waste rock dump and low-grade stockpile, comprehensive pit optimization, mine design, scheduling, and capital and operating cost estimation.
• SLR ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 May 2026SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd retained to prepare an updated, geologically constrained Mineral Resource Estimate incorporating recent relogging results with new lithological, structural, and alteration domains.
• SGScoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 May 2026SGS Canada Inc. commissioned for comprehensive metallurgical testwork program expanded to 36 variability samples, covering full characterization, HPGR evaluation, and locked-cycle CIC/SART testing.
• Gestión Ambiental Consultores (GAC)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 May 2026GAC retained for EIA consulting and environmental strategic support, bringing 35+ years of SEIA experience including major Atacama Region mining projects.
• Motherlode ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 10 February 2026Motherlode Consulting Inc. engaged for geology and resource modelling as part of the comprehensive geological re-interpretation program at the Dorado deposit.
• Turnstone Metallurgical ServicescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 10 February 2026Turnstone Metallurgical Services engaged for metallurgy consulting to deepen process understanding and optimize flowsheet design for Volcan as the project advances.
• Railtown Capital Corp.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 September 2025Railtown Capital Corp. (TSXV:RLT.P) is a capital pool company that completed a reverse takeover with Tiernan Gold to create the resulting TSXV-listed issuer. The transaction was the Qualifying Transaction for Railtown under TSXV Policy 2.4, resulting in the creation of the public Tiernan Gold Corp.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Alamos Gold: Alamos Gold is an intermediate gold producer with operations in North America (Young-Davidson, Island Gold) and recently commissioned Turkish assets. Comparable on the producer-with-development-asset model, low-AISC profile, and disciplined project development approach typical of advanced precious metals peers.
• Galiano Gold: Galiano Gold (formerly Asanko Gold) operates the Asanko gold mine in Ghana and is advancing development-stage assets. Directly comparable as a mid-tier gold producer with single-asset focus, heap leach processing, and similar capital markets profile. Director Greg McCunn is former Galiano CEO.
• Argonaut Gold: Argonaut Gold is a North American gold producer with assets in Canada and Mexico, focused on advancing heap leach operations with comparable cost structures. Relevant as a TSX-listed mid-tier gold producer/developer with similar heap leach processing exposure and capital markets profile.
• Hochschild Mining: Hochschild Mining PLC is the 69.8% controlling shareholder of Tiernan and an established mid-tier precious metals producer with operations in Peru, Argentina, and Chile. Most directly comparable as a precious metals peer with Chilean exposure, and provides a benchmark for Tiernan's potential operating and economic profile at scale.
• Lundin Gold: Lundin Gold is a single-asset gold developer-turned-producer operating the Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador, with a similar project scale (~5 Moz resource at construction), PFS-to-production trajectory, and Tier-1 South American jurisdiction profile. Closely comparable on asset structure, scale, and development-stage economics.
• Equinox Gold: Equinox Gold is a multi-asset gold producer with operations across the Americas, including assets in Mexico and Brazil. Comparable as a mid-tier gold producer/developer advancing multiple ounces through construction and operations, with similar capital markets presence on TSX.
• Atico Mining: Atico Mining is a junior precious/base metals producer with operations in Colombia and Chile. Closely comparable as a Latin American-focused junior gold developer with similar scale, jurisdictional exposure, and capital markets presence on TSX-V.

Broad incumbents

• Pan American Silver: Pan American Silver is a major silver and gold producer with operations across the Americas. CEO Fausto Di Trapani previously led Pan American's CFO function and orchestrated its US$2.1B MAG Silver acquisition, providing direct operational and strategic continuity relevant to Tiernan's profile as a Latin American gold developer.

Emerging players

• Orla Mining: Orla Mining is an emerging gold producer-developer advancing the Camino Rojo oxide heap leach project in Mexico and exploration in Panama. Comparable as a recent junior developer that successfully transitioned to producer, providing a model for Tiernan's potential development path.

Others

• Capstone Mining: Capstone Mining is a copper producer with operations in Chile and the US. Comparable as a TSX-listed mid-tier miner with Chilean operational exposure and a development-stage project portfolio; board member Jill Gardiner served as a Capstone director. Provides a broader Chilean-operating peer reference for the regulatory and operating environment Tiernan will face.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TiernanGold
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tiernan-gold

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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