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- Canterra Minerals Corporation (TSX-V: CTM) is a Canada-based diversified minerals exploration company focused on critical minerals including copper, zinc, lead and silver, as well as gold, primarily in central Newfoundland; its key projects encompass the Buchans critical minerals project featuring volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits such as Buchans Mine Property, Lemarchant, Boomerang, South Tally Pond, Tulks South, Lake Douglas and Silver Pond located in proximity to the past-producing Buchans mine and Teck Resources' Duck Pond mine; the Wilding Gold Project covering approximately 417 square kilometers along the Valentine Lake Shear zone on-trend with Equinox Gold's Valentine mine; additional properties including Victoria, Long Lake and Seal Pond; and a 50% operated interest in the Alberta-based Buffalo Hills diamond project. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company targets high-grade VMS and orogenic gold deposits through acquisition, exploration, evaluation and drilling programs conducted in Newfoundland and Alberta. Recent developments include the closing of a C$2.0 million private placement in October 2025 led by strategic investor Michael Gentile to fund drilling at the Wilding Gold Project; commencement of drilling at Wilding in November 2025 with high-grade gold samples up to 535 g/t Au reported in September 2025; multiple high-grade copper intercepts at Buchans such as 7.73% CuEq over 4.45 metres in November 2025, 60.7 metres of 0.85% CuEq in June 2025 and 68 metres of 1.0% CuEq from surface in June 2025; expansion of the Valentine Lake Shear zone holdings to approximately 60 kilometres in 2024-2025; sale of the Buffalo Hills diamond project for $1.05 million in August 2024; closing of C$4.6 million financings in December 2024; acquisition of the past-producing Buchans mine and related projects in late 2023; and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in December 2024.