Titan Mining is advancing a dual-commodity platform anchored by long-life zinc production and the development of a fully integrated U.S. natural graphite supply chain. With a proven operating base at Empire State Mine and a high-growth opportunity at the Kilbourne Graphite Project, Titan is focused on disciplined exploration, value-accretive development, and delivering reliable, long-term returns for shareholders.
Focused on Returns
The Augusta Group is led by its founder, Richard Warke, and principals, Donald Taylor, an award-winning exploration geologist, Daniel Earle and Rita Adiani, both seasoned mining industry corporate leaders with capital markets and M&A experience and Purni Parikh, an experienced steward of corporate and regulatory affairs.
With a track record unmatched in the sector, Augusta has generated over C$4.6 billion in realized transactions since 2011, including (select a company to read more):
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$385.3M Market Cap
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$1.7B Market Cap
Highlander Silver is a high-quality silver-growth company developing a portfolio of advanced-stage assets in Peru which includes the bonanza-grade San Luis gold-silver project, which ranks among the 10 highest-grade projects globally in both gold and silver categories, and the Corani silver project, the largest fully-permitted silver deposit in the world.1 The Company also operates the Mercedes gold-silver mine in Mexico. Highlander Silver’s major shareholders include the Augusta Group, Lundin family, and Eric Sprott.
Sold for $1.6B in 2011
12960% return
- Discovered La Bodega gold deposit in the historic California-Vetas mining district and grew it to a 3.5 M oz inferred resource
- Mineral rights to more than 4,500 hectares of exploration land in northeastern Colombia
- February 2011 − sold to the EBX Group for C$1.6 billion
- Increase in share price of ~12,960% from initial shareholder investment
Sold for $667M in 2014
3300% return
- Acquired Rosemont copper deposit, grew it to one of the world’s best copper project
- Rosemont hosted a large copper/molybdenum mineral reserve near Tucson, Arizona
- Expected to account for about 10% of US copper output when in production
- Grew Rosemont to a ~1 billion ton M&I resource;
- July 2014 − sold Augusta Resource to HudBay Mining for C$0.666 million
- Increase in share price of ~ 3,300% from the initial shareholder investment
Co-founded in 2017
$15B market Cap
- Co-founded Equinox Gold having a current market cap of $15B
- Aggressive drilling program at Castle Mountain attracted the successful three-way merger between Trek Mining, NewCastle Gold and Anfield Gold creating Equinox Gold, a deal valued at C$200 million
- NewCastle Gold was a past producing heap leach gold mine in San Bernadino County, CA
- Acquired control of the permitted 4.2 M oz M&I Castle Mountain gold resource at a market cap of $16 M
- Increase in share price of ~336% from initial shareholder investment in NewCastle Gold
Sold for $2.1B in 2018
6100% return
- Grew the Clark deposit (then known as the Central deposit) from 53M oz inferred silver resource at acquisition to 236 M oz M&I resource (from 300 M oz inferred)
- Discovered the Taylor zone which grew to the world’s 11th largest zinc equivalent metal deposit – and became known as the
- Taylor Deposit Taylor is one of the world’s best undeveloped zinc projects with high-grade resource, first quartile costs, US$2.0 billion NPV and a rapid 1.6 year payback.
- COO, Don Taylor Recipient of the 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award for the Taylor Deposit being the best global discovery
- June 2018 – sold Arizona Mining to South 32 for approx. C$2.1 billion
- Increase in share price of ~6,100% on the initial shareholder investment
Spun out Equinox Gold - took over management in 2019
$2.5B Market Cap
- Copper development in the Americas with a Tier 1 copper discovery in Ecuador
- Portfolio spanning Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Mexico
- Warintza Project - confirmed as a globally significant project with US $4.6 billion NPV and first- quartile costs, delivering robust economics and longevity.
- Scale, simplicity, and sustainability: 1.3 billion tonnes of Mineral Reserves and over 20 years of mine life, supported by conventional open-pit mining and low capital intensity.
- Fully funded and community-backed: Advancing to feasibility with US $200 million financing from Royal Gold and strong partnerships across Ecuador’s Shuar communities and government.
- Meeting a critical global supply gap while delivering strong returns to stakeholders.
- Increase in share price of ~1275% since Augusta Group’s management and continues to grow from initial shareholder investment
Increase in share price of
~312%
- Tethyan Resource Corp, managed by the Augusta Group, was a precious and base metals mineral exploration company focused on the Tethyan Metallogenic Belt in Eastern Europe, mainly Serbia comprising the brownfield development projects (Kizevak and Sastavci) and large prospective landholdings
- In mid-2020 Adriatic Metals PLC acquired Tethyan forming a leading Balkan polymetallic explorer and developer with four key projects Rupice, Veovaca, along with Kizevak & Sastavci) covering a total land package in excess of 301km2 which was subsequently was acquired by Dundee Precious Metals (now known as DPM Metals)
- Increase in share price of ~312% from initial shareholder investment in Tethyan Resources
Sold for $200M in 2025
42% return
- Attracted major AngloGold Ashanti plc in an all-cash acquisition of $200m
- Comprising assets in Nevada USA, a top-tier mining jurisdiction
- Set to be the first producer in the district
- Construction ready Reward Project with Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves of 370k oz Au grading 0.25 oz/t gold (0.86g/t)
- Bullfrog Gold Project with MI&I resources of 1.2Moz Au grading 0.53 g/t (94% oxide) and Inferred mineral resources of 250 K oz Au grading 0.48 g/t (91% oxide)
- Increase in share price of ~42% from initial shareholder investment
*Intraday market caps as of May 14, 2026
Our formula is clear: discover exceptional assets, de-risk them efficiently, and create outsized returns for shareholders and project partners. Backed by deep sector expertise and consistent access to low-cost capital, Augusta continues to build the next generation of premier mining companies.