Ivan Bebek

Coppernico Metals is advancing the Sombrero copper-gold project in Peru, which he believes has top-10 copper discovery potential: 53,800 hectares with 17 targets, surface channel samples of 52 meters at 1.06% copper and 90 meters at about 1% copper, roughly double the global average grade, near infrastructure, and analogous to Los Bombas. The company has attracted major shareholders Newmont and Teck Anglo, filed a major 3,000-page permit to drill in 2026, is funded to June, and he sees a path to a multi-billion-dollar valuation or roughly $10 per share versus around C$0.25 today if it proves up even part of the analog value.

He remains a gold bull because central banks and investors hedge devaluing fiat currencies with real assets. Gold rose from about $260 per ounce to $4,000 per ounce over his career, and he expects real-value assets to keep rising as currencies lose purchasing power.

Ivan believes the next bull market will be in commodities due to supply/demand issues, historically cheap junior-miner valuations, and macro factors including COVID, tariffs, and potential currency weakness. He frames metals as scarce assets priced in US dollars.