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- Asiamet Resources Limited (AIM: ARS) is an emerging mid-tier exploration and development company focused on copper, copper-gold and polymetallic deposits in Indonesia. The company holds a 100% interest in the KSK Contract of Work in Central Kalimantan, which includes the development-ready BKM Copper Project, a heap-leach solvent extraction-electrowinning operation with updated JORC-compliant Ore Reserves of 28.4Mt at 0.7% copper grading 207kt contained copper; the nearby BKZ Polymetallic Project with JORC-compliant Inferred Resources including high-grade zinc-lead-silver-gold-copper domains and a lower copper-silver zone; and a pipeline of 15 additional copper, polymetallic and gold exploration targets such as BKW, BKS, Beruang Tengah and Rinjen. Asiamet also owns an 80% interest in the Beutong Copper-Gold Project on Sumatra, a large porphyry-skarn system with JORC-compliant Resources containing 1.95Mt copper, 1.69Moz gold and 16.73Moz silver on an attributable basis, supported by an IUP-OP production licence. Operations target Asian growth markets and emphasize low-cost development with proximity to infrastructure.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, the company changed its name from Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited in July 2015 and maintains its registered office in Hamilton, Bermuda.
In 2024-2025, Asiamet advanced optimization of the BKM Copper Project, releasing an updated Feasibility Study in May 2025 that reduced pre-production capital by approximately US$58 million to US$178.4 million through a smaller-scale, higher-grade starter pit design mining 28.5Mt ore at 0.55% soluble copper to produce 124kt copper cathode over 12.8 years, alongside lowered strip ratio, heap-leach staging and engineering partnerships with PT Rexline Engineering Indonesia and BGRIMM Technology Group. The company raised US$3.55 million via placements to PT BUMA Internasional Grup Tbk (increasing its stake) and management, appointed Mudit Goenka as Head of Corporate Finance, commenced formal project financing with an independent technical expert and limestone resource drilling north of BKM, and progressed final permitting including the Forest Area Utilisation Agreement. Most recently in November 2025, Asiamet entered a conditional agreement to sell its KSK Project interest to Norin Mining (Hong Kong) Limited for US$105 million, pending approvals, to realize shareholder value and enable a potential business pivot while retaining Beutong.