Gunnison Copper Hits First Revenue Milestone
America’s newest copper producer just shipped its first batch of Made-in-America copper, and pocketed over $1 million in the process.
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The First Sale Is In
On September 15, Gunnison Copper (TSX: GCU | OTCQB: GCUMF) officially sold its first copper cathode from the Johnson Camp Mine in Arizona, marking the company’s transition from developer to producer. The company sold 225,371 pounds of copper cathode at an average realized price of US$4.64 per pound, generating gross proceeds of approximately US$1.05 million. It’s the kind of milestone that takes a mining company from promise to reality. Read the full PR here.
Why This Matters
Copper has quietly become one of the most politically charged and economically critical metals in the world. It’s been added to the U.S. government’s critical minerals draft list for the first time, and prices have surged back near $5/lb as demand for electrification, AI data centers, EVs, and defense infrastructure accelerates.
Against that backdrop, Gunnison’s first shipment isn’t just another sale. It’s a proof point: the U.S. now has another domestic copper producer feeding directly into supply chains Washington is desperate to secure.
And this isn’t a one-off. Johnson Camp has a nameplate capacity of 25 million pounds annually.
The Nuton Edge
Another piece of the story: Gunnison is the first company in the U.S. to deploy Rio Tinto’s Nuton® bio-leaching technology at scale.
This matters because Nuton can extract copper more efficiently, with lower energy and water needs, while dramatically reducing the environmental footprint. In a market that increasingly rewards low-carbon, ESG-friendly copper, that’s a serious differentiator.
First Nuton copper is expected later this year.
Beyond Johnson Camp
The bigger picture is Gunnison’s district-scale land package in Arizona’s Cochise Mining District. The flagship Gunnison Project carries a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) showing:
NPV8% of US$1.3 billion
IRR of 20.9%
Payback period: ~4 years
That’s before layering in the upside from satellite deposits like Strong and Harris, or future expansions of Johnson Camp.
Bottom Line
Copper prices are strong. Policy tailwinds are real. And Gunnison Copper just delivered its first Made-in-America copper sale with millions of pounds per year still to come.
This isn’t a speculative “someday” story. It’s happening now.
Keep Gunnison on your radar as production scales and Nuton’s technology comes online in 2025.
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