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- Kincora Copper Limited (TSXV/ASX:KCC) is a project generator and active explorer focused on discovering world-class copper-gold porphyry deposits in Australia's Macquarie Arc and Mongolia's Southern Gobi regions; it holds a portfolio of 14 licenses covering nearly 4,000 square kilometers, including flagship brownfield projects such as Fairholme (169 square kilometers in the Junee-Narromine volcanic belt), Trundle (167 square kilometers in the same belt), Nyngan, Nevertire, Jemalong, Wongarbon, Cundumbul, Condobolin, and Bronze Fox in Mongolia hosting a JORC resource with mining license potential. The company primarily advances mineral properties through acquisition, exploration, and evaluation targeting copper, gold, lead, zinc, silver, and base metals; it operates a hybrid model leveraging partner-funded drilling and management fees while retaining significant interests in advanced assets near world-class mines like Cadia, Northparkes, and Cowal. Founded in 1983 as Brazilian Diamonds Limited and renamed Kincora Copper Limited in January 2011, it is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with operations centered in New South Wales, Australia, and Mongolia. Recent strategic shifts include a pivot to project generation securing six asset-level partnerships unlocking over A$110 million in potential multi-year funding from partners like AngloGold Ashanti (two earn-in/JVs up to A$100 million across Nyngan, Nevertire, and related projects with 6,197 meters drilled and programs expanded twice), Fleet Space Technologies (geophysical surveys and drilling at Nyngan and Wongarbon), Earth AI (drilling at Cundumbul), and Orbminco Limited (advancing Bronze Fox); an oversubscribed C$4 million financing in July 2025 led by investors including Rick Rule and Jeff Phillips with 12-month hold periods and corporate restructuring; resecuritization of 100% Mongolian ownership; and plans for self-funding via 10% management fees on over $10 million annual partner exploration expenditures minimizing dilution.