Monja Copper-Gold Project

The Monja Copper-Gold Project is located in Loja Province, Ecuador, covering 9,088 hectares across two licenses. A review of historical data and field reconnaissance has been completed.

The project lies on the northeast margin of the Lancones Basin, which hosts recognized volcanogenic massive sulfides and porphyry deposits including the giant volcanic-hosted Tambo Grande massive sulphide deposit¹ and the  Rio Blanco porphyry² in Peru. The project is also in close proximity to the Sunstone Metals’ Bramaderos³ porphyry project in Ecuador.

Initial mapping and sampling has identified a copper-gold porphyry system containing a two kilometer by one kilometer central core (press release from April 8, 2026) within a Paleocene-Miocene metallogenic belt known to host multiple significant copper deposits in southern Ecuador. Mineralization observed to date includes hydrothermal breccias with pyrite-chalcopyrite matrix, quartz-sulphide stockwork veining, and locally bornite, together with well-mineralized tourmaline breccias, all considered strong indicators of porphyry fertility. 

1. www.mdru.ubc.ca/projects/giant-volcanic-hosted-massive-sulfide-deposits-the-volcanologic-and-structural-setting-of-tambo-grande-peru/

2. Geology and Geochronology of the Miocene Rio Blanco Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Northern Peru - Astrophysics Data System

3.www.sunstonemetals.com.au/site/projects/bramaderos-gold-copper-project/overview