Gunnison Copper Corp. (TSX: GCU, OTCQB: GCUMF, FRA: 3XS) is a multi-asset pure-play copper developer and producer that controls the Cochise Mining District (the district), containing 12 known deposits within an 8km economic radius, in the Southern Arizona Copper Belt. Its flagship asset, the Gunnison Copper Project, is a significant resource containing over 831 million tons with a total copper grade of 0.31% and yielding robust economics, including an NPV8% of $1.3 Billion, IRR of 20.9%, and payback period of 4.1 years. It is being developed as a conventional operation with open pit mining, heap leach, and SX/EW refinery to produce finished copper cathode on-site with a direct rail link.
In addition, Gunnison's Johnson Camp Asset, which is under construction with first copper production in H1 2025, is fully funded by Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto Venture, and has a production capacity of up to 25 million lbs of finished copper cathode annually. Other significant deposits controlled by Gunnison in the district, with potential to be economic satellite feeder deposits for Gunnison Project infrastructure, include Strong and Harris, South Star, and eight other deposits..