Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce the awarding of the Front-End Engineering and Design contracts for both the Mine Engineering and the Process Plant Engineering of its flagship Copperwood Project to DRA Global , a leading multi-disciplinary engineering group. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the development of Highland Copper's fully permitted Copperwood Project. The selection of DRA [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to provide key updates at its 100% owned Copperwood project and the White Pine North project , its joint venture with Kinterra Copper LLC . Highland Copper continues to execute on its path to a near-term construction decision at Copperwood through completion of required early site work and preparation for detailed engineering. In parallel at White Pine, completion of a significant [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Wynand van Dyk as Project Director for the Copperwood project . Dr Wynand van Dyk is a senior executive with 30 years of experience in mining, metallurgy and capital projects. Wynand began his career with De Beers in South Africa, followed by numerous years at Hatch working as a project manager and lead process engineer for the mining division. He then [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. announces that, subject to regulatory approval, it has approved the grant of 7,875,000 incentive stock options, 2,161,000 Restricted Share Units and 1,812,500 Deferred Share Units to directors, executive officers and employees of the Company. The options are exercisable at an exercise price of $0.12 per share for a period of up to five years and will vest as to one third immediately and one [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to provide key updates at its Copperwood project and its joint venture with Kinterra Copper LLC , the White Pine North project . Key Highlights At Copperwood, re-initiated early site preparation work in May 2024 to advance stream relocation and wetland mitigation structures, maintaining permits in good standing Also in May, Highland presented the merits of the Copperwood project to [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce that White Pine Copper LLC., its joint venture with Kinterra Copper USA LLC, has successfully completed its winter drilling program on the White Pine North Project. The goal of the drilling program was primarily to collect samples for geotechnical and metallurgical testing to support Feasibility Study work. The drilling program was carried out by Timberline Drilling Inc [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is proud to announce that after review of the permitted Copperwood Project , the Michigan Strategic Fund Board has unanimously approved a performance-based grant of $50 million from the Strategic Site Readiness Program . The Copperwood Project is strongly aligned with Michigan's focus on mobility and electrification and has the potential to be a key source of U.S. domestic copper to supply the [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry O'Shea as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. O'Shea has also been appointed to Highland's Board of Directors. Mr. O'Shea joined Highland Copper in February 2022 as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Interim CEO in October 2023. Mr. O'Shea has considerable operating, capital markets and finance experience [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce that after a yearlong review of the permitted Copperwood Project , the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has proposed a $50 million grant to be funded by the Strategic Site Readiness Program . On January 30, 2024, the MEDC, alongside Highland, had the opportunity to present the Project to the Board of the Michigan Strategic Fund for grant consideration. The MSF [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce that the White Pine Copper, LLC, its joint venture with Kinterra Copper USA, LLC ., has initiated a drilling program at the White Pine North Project in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The winter drilling program initiated mid-January intends to obtain material for additional metallurgical and geotechnical test work programs. The drilling program, which will run through Q2 [...]
Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce that it has initiated site activity at its Copperwood project in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Particularly, it has completed wetland impacts and initiated the related environmental mitigation projects as required by its permit obligations and in line with Highland's goal to operate in an environmentally friendly manner. This represents a key step towards project financing [...]