Atico Reports 2025 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Production Results

Original announcement by tmx on

Company
Atico Mining Corporation
Ticker
ATY
Exchange
TSX
Region
Colombia
Primary commodity
Copper
Secondary commodities
Gold
Document categories
Production, Economic study, Resource update, Other
Extracted
2026-09-17 11:19:26 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

Atico Mining Corporation announced its 2025 fourth quarter and full year production results from its El Roble mine in Colombia, reporting 2.6 million pounds of copper and 2,203 ounces of gold for Q4, and 9.2 million pounds of copper and 8,013 ounces of gold for the full year. The company met its updated production guidance for 2025 and anticipates a significant year-over-year increase in metal production for 2026, with guidance set at 11.5-12.5 million pounds of copper and 9,000-10,000 ounces of gold. Additionally, Atico is progressing permitting for its La Plata project in Ecuador and planning further drilling at El Roble to extend its mine life.

Reasoning: Atico Mining reported strong fourth-quarter 2025 production results, which helped meet its updated full-year guidance, and provided positive production and cost guidance for 2026, indicating an expected increase in metal production. The company is also advancing permitting for its La Plata project and planning further drilling at El Roble.

Positive factors

  • Strong Q4 2025 production results
  • Met updated production guidance for 2025
  • Positive 2026 production and cost guidance
  • Advancing permitting at La Plata project
  • Planned in-mine and near-mine drilling at El Roble to extend mine life

Negative factors

  • Overall decrease in copper and gold production for full year 2025 compared to 2024
  • Challenges faced during transitional year migrating to upper parts of the mine

Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.

Facts used in scoring: 28

Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

Resource Estimates (2)

probableEl Roble mine · copperTonnes: 828000Grade: 2.49Grade Unit: %Historical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all details
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Identity

Project
El Roble mine
Commodity
copper
Region
colombia
Reported Region
Colombia
Ticker
ATY

Resource scope

Estimate type
reserve
Effective date
2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reporting standards
ni_43_101
QP Signed
Yes
Qualified person names
Thomas Kelly
Resource group id
resource:a81f5461674d57b3bc0c

Resource Data

Category
probable
Tonnes
828000
Grade
2.49
Grade Unit
%

Prior Estimate

Resource Date
2024-03-12

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
historical_restatement
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: This fact provides historical reserve information for the El Roble mine, which is relevant context for current production but is not a new resource update.

Positive factors

  • Provides context for the mine's current operations
  • NI 43-101 compliant and QP signed

Negative factors

  • Historical estimate, not a new update

Evidence · text

“El Roble’s reserves estimate, with an effective date of March 12, 2024, includes Proven and Probable mineral reserves of 828 thousand tonnes averaging 2.49% Cu, 2.20 g/t Au and a life of mine until Q1-2027.”

Tags used in scoring

Probable Reservepositive

Indicated Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors.

Why it applies: category is "probable"

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

QP/CP Signedpositive

Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: qp_signed is true

NI 43-101 Compliantpositive

Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: reporting_standards includes ni_43_101

No Contained Metalnegative

Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.

Why it applies: contained_metal was not reported

probableEl Roble mine · goldTonnes: 828000Grade: 2.2Grade Unit: g/tHistorical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all details
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Identity

Project
El Roble mine
Commodity
gold
Region
colombia
Reported Region
Colombia
Ticker
ATY

Resource scope

Estimate type
reserve
Effective date
2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reporting standards
ni_43_101
QP Signed
Yes
Qualified person names
Thomas Kelly
Resource group id
resource:a81f5461674d57b3bc0c

Resource Data

Category
probable
Tonnes
828000
Grade
2.2
Grade Unit
g/t

Prior Estimate

Resource Date
2024-03-12

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
historical_restatement
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: This fact provides historical reserve information for the El Roble mine, which is relevant context for current production but is not a new resource update.

Positive factors

  • Provides context for the mine's current operations
  • NI 43-101 compliant and QP signed

Negative factors

  • Historical estimate, not a new update

Evidence · text

“El Roble’s reserves estimate, with an effective date of March 12, 2024, includes Proven and Probable mineral reserves of 828 thousand tonnes averaging 2.49% Cu, 2.20 g/t Au and a life of mine until Q1-2027.”

Tags used in scoring

Probable Reservepositive

Indicated Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors.

Why it applies: category is "probable"

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

QP/CP Signedpositive

Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: qp_signed is true

NI 43-101 Compliantpositive

Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: reporting_standards includes ni_43_101

No Contained Metalnegative

Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.

Why it applies: contained_metal was not reported

How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.