The Supply Gap No One's Talking About Is Repricing Copper Developers

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The Supply Gap No One's Talking About Is Repricing Copper DevelopersIssued on behalf of Salazar Resources Ltd. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USANewsGroup.com News Commentary — Copper inventories are draining faster than the industry can replace them. ING projects a 600,000 tonne refined deficit for 2026, driven by persistent mine disruptions and a supply chain that simply cannot keep pace. The math gets worse when you dig into the geology: global ore grades have collapsed 40% since 1991[1], and new projects now take an average of 17 years from discovery to first production. That timeline mismatch is forcing institutions to look earlier in the development curve, toward names like Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF), Foran Mining (TSX: FOM) (OTCQX: FMCXF), Solaris Resources (NYSE-A: SLSR) (TSX: SLS), Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY) (OTCQX: CPPKF), and ATEX Resources (TSXV: ATX) (OTCQB: ATXRF) , are advancing projects positioned to fill the supply vacuum. Analysts see copper reaching $12,000 per tonne by mid-2026, with tight inventories and accelerating demand from AI infrastructure and grid expansion keeping pressure on prices. The bottleneck is structural: concentrate availability faces a projected 300,000 tonne shortfall[2], which means discovery-stage assets with clear development pathways are commanding a value premium that would have seemed aggressive two years ago. Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) has identified a high-priority copper-gold porphyry target at its wholly owned Monja Project in Ecuador, marking the asset as a cornerstone of the company's exploration strategy. Surface mapping has defined a two-kilometer by one-kilometer mineralized core within a metallogenic belt known to host multiple significant copper deposits in southern Ecuador. Rock chip sampling returned encouraging results, with the best sample grading 4.77% copper, 1.12 g/t gold, 19.5 g/t silver, and 74 ppm molybdenum. Field crews documented hydrothermal breccias with pyrite-chalcopyrite matrix, quartz-sulphide stockwork veining, and traces of bornite, all considered strong indicators of porphyry fertility. The 9,088-hectare concession benefits from year-round exploration access and sits in close proximity to Sunstone Metals' Bramaderos porphyry project. "We are very pleased to be advancing our 100%-owned Monja concession," ...

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