Ecuador’s Mining Reset Is Opening Doors. Salazar Resources Is Walking Through All of Them

Salazar Resources defined a 1.5 km by 0.5 km copper-gold porphyry mineralized footprint at its Monja project in Ecuador, received a government fee exemption for exploration-stage companies, and saw the after-tax NPV of El Domo—the mine under construction in which it holds a 25% carried interest—independently confirmed at US$573 million, a 121% increase from the 2021 feasibility study figure of US$259 million.

A Carried 25% Stake in an Ecuador Copper-Gold Mine Just Got 121% More Valuable, and the Country Just Made Exploration Cheaper

Salazar Resources Limited reported a 121% increase in the after-tax net present value of its 25% carried interest in the Curipamba–El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador to US$573 million based on an updated technical report with an effective date of December 31, 2025, while Ecuador’s mining regulator exempted exploration-stage projects from the Mining Oversight and Control Fee.