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- Domestic Metals Corp., formerly Norden Crown Metals Corp., is a Canada-based mineral exploration company focused on the discovery of large-scale copper and gold deposits in historical mining districts, primarily through its flagship Smart Creek project in Montana, USA; the road-accessible 4187-hectare property features four key exploration targets including the Smart Creek porphyry (copper-gold-molybdenum), Sunrise CRD (copper-gold-silver carbonate replacement), Radio Tower porphyry (copper-gold-molybdenum with carbonate replacement and skarn), and Smart Creek South (exotic copper) mineralization zones, supported by extensive surface copper anomalies, historic drilling intercepts such as 109.73 meters at 0.75% Cu and 18.74 g/t Ag, and reactive carbonate-diabase host rocks in a pro-mining jurisdiction near the prolific Butte copper mine. Previously centered on silver, zinc, copper and gold volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) and iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) projects in Scandinavia, including the Gumsberg VMS project in Sweden's Bergslagen district (spanning 18,000 hectares with prospects at Östra Silvberg, Vallberget, Loberget, Fredriksson Gruvan and Gumsberg West) and the Burfjord IOCG project in Norway (with partnerships like Boliden Mineral AB for drilling), the company shifted its strategic focus to North American critical minerals. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Domestic Metals recently completed the acquisition of an option over Smart Creek from Domestic Copper Corporation in 2024 (with potential to earn up to 60% from partner Rio Tinto), changed its name to Domestic Metals Corp. and updated its ticker to TSXV:DMCU in March 2025 to reflect its emphasis on domestically sourced copper for AI infrastructure and electrification needs, and appointed investor relations firm Liviakis Financial Communications while planning geological mapping, geochemistry, geophysics and drilling to commence in the second half of 2025.