LION COPPER & GOLD CORP.
11 story beats from 2008 to 2026
The story so far
The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.
shares on issue market cap (log scale)
2026431m shares
- 6 Aug
The company announced a maiden mineral resource for the Bear Deposit, adjacent to its Yerington project: 6.71 billion pounds of indicated copper and 8.77 billion pounds of inferred copper, a major expansion of its district-scale copper endowment beyond the reserve already booked at Yerington/MacArthur.
resource reserve update
431m sh - 30 Jan
Nuton delivered the first tranche of its Stage 3 commitment, $30.5 million, to fund the Yerington Definitive Feasibility Study and permitting work, including efforts to qualify the project under the U.S. FAST-41 expedited federal permitting framework.
farm in farm out agreement
413m sh
2025413m shares
- 25 Nov
Nuton formally exercised its option to earn into the Yerington Copper Project and committed to Stage 3 funding of up to $31 million for a Definitive Feasibility Study and permitting, on top of the roughly $28 million it had already invested in the project's PEA and PFS.
resource reserve update
413m sh - 6 Aug
Lion Copper and Gold's Yerington Copper Project cleared a major milestone: a completed Pre-Feasibility Study with its first-ever mineral reserve (506.5 million tons, 2.14 billion pounds of contained copper), a $694 million post-tax project value and 14.6% return - fully funded by partner Nuton, aimed at 120 million pounds/year of U.S.-refined copper cathode.
resource reserve update
412m sh - 5 Feb
The company recapped a productive 2024: a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment combining its Yerington and MacArthur mines into one open-pit, heap-leach operation, $16.5 million received from Nuton, and new senior hires (a COO and VP Environment) - with a Pre-Feasibility Study targeted for June 2025.
resource reserve update
411m sh
2024411m shares
- 20 Nov
Nuton LLC, Rio Tinto's copper-technology venture and the company's earn-in partner at Yerington, agreed to provide an additional $5 million under an amended earn-in agreement to keep advancing the project.
farm in farm out agreement
411m sh - 24 Sept
Lion Copper and Gold began trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange and filed its March 2022 option-to-earn-in agreement with Rio Tinto covering the Yerington, Nevada copper project - the deal that funds the company's flagship project - as an exhibit, while also issuing warrants to settle earlier debt.
capital raising announcement
386m sh - 14 Mar
The company settled $1.92 million of debt by issuing roughly 45.8 million shares/units at $0.042, and raised a further $1 million in a private placement at the same price for working capital.
capital raising announcement
310m sh - 22 Feb
Lion Copper and Gold issued $941,813 of convertible debentures at a steep 20% annual interest rate, convertible into its own stock at $0.06/share or, at the holder's option, into shares of Falcon Butte Minerals Corp. that the company holds - a sign of tight, expensive financing.
capital raising announcement
310m sh
2014
- 27 Jan
LION COPPER & GOLD CORP.'s securities were notified for removal from listing and registration on its exchange.
listing compliance notice
2008
- 29 Feb
the American Stock Exchange certified LION COPPER & GOLD CORP.'s securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.
listing compliance notice