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- Adventus Mining Corporation Adventus Mining Corporation is a Canadian copper-gold exploration and development company focused primarily on advancing projects in Ecuador. The company owns a 75% interest in the 21,500-hectare Curipamba copper-gold project, which features the shallow, high-grade El Domo deposit with proven and probable open-pit mineral reserves of 6.5 million tonnes grading 1.93% copper, 2.52 g/t gold, 46 g/t silver, 2.49% zinc and 0.2% lead, alongside measured and indicated resources totaling 9.0 million tonnes grading 2.11% copper, 2.36 g/t gold, 45 g/t silver, 2.59% zinc and 0.24% lead; it also holds an 80% interest in the Pijili and Santiago greenfield copper-gold porphyry and epithermal projects through a joint venture with Salazar Resources; and maintains an exploration portfolio in Ireland including the Rathkeale, Kingscourt and Fermoy projects with South32 Limited as funding partner, plus non-core equity investments in junior miners. Operations target volcanogenic massive sulphide and porphyry systems for copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead and associated metals, serving global mining markets with emphasis on Ecuador's central region for Curipamba and nationwide exploration alliances. Adventus Mining Corporation was incorporated in 2016 under the Canada Business Corporations Act, originally as Adventus Zinc Corporation before renaming in 2019, and maintains headquarters at 550-220 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario.
In recent developments, Adventus Mining Corporation completed a merger with Luminex Resources Corp. in January 2024, integrating additional Ecuador projects and prompting website updates; signed an investment agreement with the Government of Ecuador in March 2024 for the Condor project; received environmental license approval for El Domo-Curipamba in January 2024 following public consultation; closed a C$25.6 million private placement in April 2024; and was fully acquired by Silvercorp Metals Inc. Silvercorp Metals Inc. on July 31, 2024, via a statutory plan of arrangement exchanging Adventus shares at a 0.1015:1 ratio for Silvercorp shares, leading to delisting from the TSX Venture Exchange, cessation as a reporting issuer, and transition consulting roles for key executives including CEO Christian Kargl-Simard and CFO Frances Kwong. Post-acquisition, Silvercorp reports ongoing El Domo project advancement, including awarding initial construction contracts as of January 2025, enhancing development toward production.