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Gold has been on a tear in 2025, currently holding above $3,300 and breaking through levels that most people didn’t expect this early in the cycle. The move has pulled a lot of capital back into the sector, and for the first time in years, some junior gold equities are starting to show real signs of life. The GDXJ is up nearly 50% year to date, and a handful of explorers and developers have already seen major re-ratings.

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But this rebound hasn’t lifted everyone equally. A lot of juniors are still stuck in the same position they were a year ago. Some have ounces in the ground but no clear plan. Others are barely holding onto a single asset and hoping the market eventually comes to them. The gap between well-positioned juniors and everyone else is growing wider.

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Axcap Ventures (CSE: AXCP) is trying to close that gap by doing what most companies can’t. They’re going after stranded gold assets with real scale, buying them cheap, and drilling aggressively while the window is still open. The strategy is simple. The team knows how to execute it. And if they pull it off, the upside could be real.

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The Disconnect

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The real opportunity in this cycle isn’t discovery. It’s arbitrage.

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Right now, there are gold deposits with millions of ounces in the ground that are trading at a fraction of what they should be worth. Not because they’re in the wrong jurisdiction. Not because they lack scale. But because they’re stuck in companies that can’t move them forward.

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Over the past decade, a lot of these assets changed hands or stalled out entirely. Some were left behind by majors after internal portfolio cuts. Others ended up in juniors that never had the capital or structure to build a proper plan. The geology is still there. The work has already been done. But the market doesn’t care, because the vehicle is broken.

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At the same time, majors are running out of options. Their reserves are falling¹, exploration pipelines are thin, and the cost of building new projects keeps rising. Eventually, they’ll need to restock. But they’re not going to acquire from a company with no scale, no liquidity, and a fractured shareholder base.

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That’s the gap Axcap is targeting. They’re not looking for grassroots swing-for-the-fence discoveries. They’re investing in real ounces at cheap prices, drilling to add scale, and packaging them inside a platform that the market can actually take seriously.

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This isn’t about waiting for the gold cycle to reward everyone equally. It’s about fixing what’s broken and capturing the value the market is still ignoring.

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Axcap’s Playbook

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Axcap isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel. Their strategy is simple, repeatable, and grounded in past success stories. What sets it apart is the discipline behind the execution. The model is to aim to create value by buying underappreciated gold deposits, drilling them hard to grow resources, and monetizing them once the market pays attention.

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The first step is acquisition. Axcap targets projects that already saw tens of millions invested in exploration but were left stranded. These are often deposits with millions of ounces of gold and real exploration upside, but they’ve been overlooked because the previous owner couldn’t move them forward. Some ran out of money. Others failed to build a plan or a following. The ounces are still in the ground, and Axcap is buying them cheap. Their target entry cost is under $5 per ounce.

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Next comes the drilling. This isn’t window dressing or infill for a future PEA. They drill with purpose. The goal is to add ounces fast and improve scale. At Converse, they’re going deeper to extend the known system. At Rattlesnake, they’re moving beyond the core zones and testing multiple intrusives that haven’t been drilled.

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The real differentiator is in how they structure it. Most juniors are stuck with one project and no real way out. Even if they grow a resource, the market doesn’t care because there’s no scale, no liquidity, and no exit strategy. Axcap is solving for that problem.

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They’re rolling multiple assets into one platform that has weight. A structure that can attract bigger investors. A company that can get indexed. And a setup that a major might actually want to buy. Whether they spin out a project, sell one asset and keep the rest, or build the whole thing to a scale that demands a premium, they have options.

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This playbook isn’t theory. It’s been used before. Detour Lake, Canadian Malartic, and Windfall all started the same way. Modest initial resources. Stuck in forgotten companies. Then someone came in, drilled hard, built scale, and sold the story for real money. Axcap is following that model. But with three projects already in the mix, a pipeline of new targets, and a team that has pulled this off before.

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This isn’t about moonshot discoveries. It’s about execution. Buy quality. Add scale. Package it right. Create the kind of company this sector is missing. That’s the plan. And they’re already well into it.

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Leadership with a Track Record

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What makes Axcap’s strategy believable isn’t just the model. It’s the people running it.

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CEO of Axcap investee Company, PGV Patriot Gold Vault, Blake McLaughlin brings the technical engine. He was Chief Geologist at Argonaut Gold and has led exploration teams across Canada and Mexico. He’s the one building the models, designing the programs, and turning potential into ounces.

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Mario Vetro, Co-Founder and Director, helped build K92 Mining from restart to billion-dollar gold producer. He now runs Commodity Partners, a resource-focused merchant bank that’s backed dozens of mining deals. He knows how to build and finance these kinds of stories.

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Tyron Breytenbach, also Co-Founder and Director, brings the capital markets side. He was a top gold analyst at Cormark, then moved into banking and senior roles at Aris Mining. He understands how institutions think, and how to structure a story that fits the market.

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Luis Zapata adds the international lens. He’s the current CEO of Vista Gold in Peru, the former Head of Latin America Equities at Canaccord, and has helped finance and manage projects across the Americas. He’s been on both sides of the table and knows how to navigate emerging markets.

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Together, they bring a mix of geology, capital markets, and operational depth that most juniors just don’t have. They’ve led exploration teams, raised serious capital, and taken companies through the full cycle.

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Behind them is a deep bench of advisors. John Lewins and David Medilek, the CEO and COO of K92, are on board. So is Raj Gill from Wesdome and Richard Gray from Cormark. These aren’t passive names. They’re strategic voices with real experience in gold mining, capital markets, and M&A.

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This isn’t a promotional shell. It’s a serious team running a real strategy. They’ve got the assets. They’ve got the structure. And they’ve got the experience to pull it off.

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Final Thoughts

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Axcap isn’t building a single-project story. They’re building a platform. One that they aim to scale across assets, respond to changing markets, and give investors more than one path to win.

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They’ve already brought together over 7.9 million ounces of gold across their projects. But that’s just the start. The goal is to build a portfolio of 10 to 20 million ounces, spread across North America, through smart acquisitions and systematic drilling. They’re not chasing optionality. They’re building it.

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That kind of scale could open the door to different outcomes. They could spin out individual assets, joint venture with majors, or package the whole thing into something too large to ignore. They’re structuring the company in a way that allows flexibility. If the gold market rips, they’re ready. If M&A activity accelerates, they have assets worth buying. If capital flows back into developers, they’ve got the inventory and the team.

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This isn’t a bet on any single drill hole or news cycle. It’s a plan to keep growing into the upside, cycle after cycle. With drilling underway, new assets on the radar, and a leadership group with experience building billion-dollar companies, Axcap is positioning itself to be one of the few juniors that doesn’t just survive this cycle but defines it.

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Sources

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¹ Axcap Ventures, Corporate Presentation, May 2025, p. 8. Available at: 

https://www.axcapventures.ca/investors

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Axcap Ventures:

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Official Website: https://www.axcapventures.ca/

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News Releases: https://www.axcapventures.ca/news

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Investor Presentation: https://www.axcapventures.ca/investors

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