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Andina Copper

Copper explorer, with a project stated to be in San Juan.

explorer copper
Dec 2025Covered
6 of 10Topics on record
1 executiveNamed on the record
Stage
Explorer
Primary commodity
Copper
Jurisdiction
San Juan
Deposit
goldrich porphyry system
Latest appearance
03 Dec 2025
On record
1 interview · 17 statements · 1 executive

At a glance

What the record holds today. Every card names where it came from — a management representation is not an established fact, and the page never blurs the two.

Grade
drill hole intersected 150 odd meters from 3 m at 3 copper 6 gold
Management-stated Joseph van den Elsen Dec 2025
Capital needed
14.75 US to acquire 80% interest in Pure Kennis, with 2.5 payable in script/stock
Management-stated Joseph van den Elsen Dec 2025
What happens next
4-year option on Pure Kennis acquired November 30, 2023; 2 years into option period
Management-stated Joseph van den Elsen Dec 2025
The main open question
The company is pre-resource with no published estimates, relying on historical and early-stage drill holes to define the deposit.
Weighed from the statements below, not our opinion of the company.
Our reading
How outsiders read it
2 independent voices on record — 1 constructive, 1 neutral
Rupert Verco, Tom Bodrovics
Outside voices

Management view vs outside view

Management interviews are promotional by nature; the outside view is the counterweight. Both are quoted from the recordings, not added by us.

What management spends its time on

Counted from Andina Copper's own claims across 1 interview — most-covered theme first.

What outside voices pick up on

2 independent voices — people who do not speak for the company — across 2 mentions.

1 constructive 1 neutral
  • Rupert Verco “Mentioned only as current employer of technical advisor Steven McIntosh; not an investment call”
  • Tom Bodrovics “He describes it as a high-hit-rate drill story with large scale that makes it attractive.”

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Weighed from the statements on this page — management's pitch and the outside view. Not financial advice, and not our opinion of the company.

▲ Bull case

Management says the Pilkeness project is a gold-rich porphyry system with some high-grade drill intersections—500m at 53% copper and 73g/t gold—and mineralization from surface at Pure Central, one of two porphyry discoveries.

What it rests on
Evidence: 2 moments from 1 interview
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Management says the Pilkeness project is a gold-rich porphyry system with some high-grade drill intersections—500m at 53% copper and 73g/t gold—and mineralization from surface at Pure Central, one of two porphyry discoveries. An outside investor describes it as a high-hit-rate drill story with large scale. The permits have been in place since the 1990s, enabling drilling within a month of entry.

▼ Bear case

The company is pre-resource with no published estimates, relying on historical and early-stage drill holes to define the deposit.

What it rests on
Evidence: 1 moment from 1 interview
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The company is pre-resource with no published estimates, relying on historical and early-stage drill holes to define the deposit. It faces a $14.75M acquisition cost for 80% of Pure Kennis, with $2.5M potentially paid in dilutive script; capital needs beyond that remain unaddressed. Argentina's political economy cycles every 5–10 years, and the case rests on a reformist window that began only in late 2023.

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Drilling at Pure Kennis runs November–April at 3,800m elevation; 3,000–4,000 meters are planned starting first week of January with results expected early next year.

What it rests on
Evidence: 1 moment from 1 interview
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Drilling at Pure Kennis runs November–April at 3,800m elevation; 3,000–4,000 meters are planned starting first week of January with results expected early next year. The re-entered Cabrasco hole, stopped at 300m in late 2022, is still drilling. These two-project campaign will show whether early intersections extend to district scale or stall.

Each moment links to the exact point in the source recording. The cases are drawn from the transcripts, weighed as written — they are not a rating, a target or a recommendation.

Project 12 statements

The deposit 8

Key takeaway. In a December 2025 interview, Andina Copper's management described the deposit as a gold-rich porphyry system and also mentioned it is a porphyry copper-molybdenum system.

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They reported drill intercepts including 150 meters at 3% copper and 6 g/t gold, 400 meters at 0.47% copper and 0.52 g/t gold, 800 meters at 0.4% copper and 0.51 g/t gold, and 500 meters at 0.53% copper and 0.73 g/t gold. Management also said mineralization starts from surface at Pure Central and called Cabrasco one of the last untested district-scale porphyry systems.

What was actually said
deposit type
goldrich porphyry system
“So what you see in our project is that it's a goldrich porphyry free system and specifically it's those gold credits that make this highrade.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
deposit type
porphyry copper molybdenum
“So this is potentially a very very large price uh copper molly as opposed to copper gold in Argentina”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
exploration upside
mineralization from surface at pure central
“The other point to note is that we have mineralization from surface at pure central which is one of our two porphyry discoveries”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
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exploration upside
one of the last untested district scale porphyry systems at Cabrasco
“So, I've read on your website that it sits on one of the last untested district scale periphery systems.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
grade
drill hole intersected 150 odd meters from 3 m at 3 copper 6 gold
“drill hole which intersected 150 odd meters from 3 m at 3 copper 6 gold.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
grade
400 m at 47 copper .52 gold
“Our project um uh includes we're pre- resource. Our project includes drill holes of 400 m at 47 copper.52 gold”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
grade
800 m at 4 copper 51 gold
“800 m at 4 copper 51 gold”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
grade
500 m at 73 copper um sorry 53 copper 73 gold
“and highrade zones of 500 m at 73 copper um sorry 53 copper 73 gold.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Jurisdiction 3

Key takeaway. Management says the company's project is located in the San Juan region and has been fully permitted since the 1990s.

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On political risk, the company notes that Argentina "goes in and out of vogue every 5 to 10 years," but points to a reformist political agenda that has been in place since the appointment of Mining, Lithium and Economy (MLE) officials at the end of 2023.

What was actually said
permit status
fully permitted since the 1990s
“our project specifically has had all the permits since the '9s meaning when we walked in we were drilling within a month.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
political risk
Argentina goes in and out of vogue every 5 to 10 years; reformist political agenda since MLE appointment end 2023
“Argentina is a a jurisdiction, an economy that goes in and out of vogue every 5 to 10 years and it has re-entered um you know vogue since uh MLE was appointed at the end of 2023.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
region
San Juan
“we acquired the Pilkeness project in San Juan which is a copper gold porphyry project.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Technical risk 1

What was actually said
key assumption
mineralization from surface at Cabrasco
“It had had 2,000 m drilling, which is ostensibly the same amount that we had at at Pure Kennis. And unlike the Pure Kennis project, the key selling point here, I think, is more the the shallowness of the mineralization and the fact that you had porphyry free mineralization from from surface.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Economics 1 statement

Financing 1

What was actually said
capital needed
14.75 US to acquire 80% interest in Pure Kennis, with 2.5 payable in script/stock
“we acquired a 4-year option on the 30th of November 2023. So, we're 2 years into that and it's to acquire a 80% interest for 14.75 US of which we can pay 2.5 in in script in stock.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Timeline 4 statements

Timeline 3

Key takeaway. Management describes several milestones in their project timeline.

Read the full summary

The company re-entered a historical hole at Cabrasco, drilling to 750 meters deep but stopping at 300 meters in November/December 2022. At Pure Kennis, where drilling season runs November to April, the company plans 3,000–4,000 meters this season starting the first week of January. Andina acquired a 4-year option on Pure Kennis on November 30, 2023, and is now two years into that option period, management reports.

What was actually said
milestone
4-year option on Pure Kennis acquired November 30, 2023; 2 years into option period
“we acquired a 4-year option on the 30th of November 2023. So, we're 2 years into that”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
milestone
re-entered historical hole at Cabrasco, drilling to 750 meters deep, stopped at 300m in Nov/Dec 2022
“So, we've re-entered that same hole. So, we've simply gone down the historical casing, re-entered the hole at 300 m. Um, and we're we're still drilling today at about 750 odd odd meters deep.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·
milestone
Pure Kennis drilling season November to April; 3-4,000 meters planned this season starting first week of January
“The the field season here runs from about the 1st of November to the end of April, and that's a function of the altitude. We're at 3,800 m above sea level. This season, which is already underway, we're doing some further mapping, three sets of geophysics, and we'll start drilling again on the first week of January and likely do another 3 to 4,000 m this season.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Catalysts 1

What was actually said
upcoming result
meaningful results expected early next year across two projects
“Um so, I think given we're working across our two projects, I think next year will be very strong.”
Joseph van den Elsen· 03 Dec 2025·

Outside views 2 mentions

2 mentions by people who do not speak for the company — 1 constructive, 0 cautious, 1 neutral. These are their views, not the company's.

Rupert Verco
neutral
Mentioned only as current employer of technical advisor Steven McIntosh; not an investment call
Crux Investor· 20 Jul 2026·
Tom Bodrovics
bullish
He describes it as a high-hit-rate drill story with large scale that makes it attractive.
Competent Investor Podcast - Tom Bodrovics· 25 Jun 2026·

Sources 1 interview

Every interview 1

DateChannelInterviewStatements
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Questions people ask

What is Andina Copper's project and where is it?

Andina Copper is a explorer copper company. Everything here is drawn from its executives' own interviews.

Which interviews mention Andina Copper?

We track 1 interview mentioning Andina Copper, across 1 channel (Natural Resource Stocks).

What are investors saying about Andina Copper?

2 independent voices — people who do not speak for the company — are on record discussing it (1 bullish, 1 neutral). Their reasoning is quoted in the outside-view section above.

What do recent interviews with Andina Copper cover?

The most-discussed topics on record are the deposit, timeline, jurisdiction, financing — each claim quoted and dated in the sections above.

How to read this page

What is here

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What is not verified

All of it. Resource figures, economics, timelines and promotional framing are management's own representations, checked against no filing and no technical report. Transcripts are automatic; we repair a clearly mis-heard word but never a number, a date, a unit or a speaker's hedge — “about 8.6 million ounces” keeps its “about”.

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