# Freeport Announces 2 Year License Renewal for Yandera Copper Project, One of the World's Largest Undeveloped Copper Projects

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/freeport-announces-2-year-license-renewal-for-yandera-copper-project-one-of-the--a18d78ec-85df-4350-b26b-88383d8c1bb2

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/FRI/news/8524902303125167/freeport-announces-2-year-license-renewal-for-yandera-copper-project-one-of-the-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2024-02-21T13:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

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- Company: Freeport Resources Inc.

- Ticker: FRI

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Papua New Guinea

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Molybdenum

- Document categories: Permitting, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-25 10:47:11 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Freeport Resources has secured a two-year renewal of the Yandera Copper Project's exploration license \(EL 1335\) in Papua New Guinea, valid through November 2025. The company plans to use this period to commence a Definitive Feasibility Study and engage with strategic partners.

Reasoning: The renewal of the exploration license \(EL 1335\) provides the necessary regulatory runway to advance toward a Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\).

- Positive factor: License renewal provides operational visibility

- Positive factor: Project scale is significant \(one of world's largest undeveloped copper resources\)

- Positive factor: Strategic interest from potential partners mentioned

- Negative factor: Historical resource data is not treated as current by the company

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Historical Estimate Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Estimate pre-dates or does not comply with current JORC/NI 43-101 standards — requires verification drilling.

Why it applies: The resource figures provided are from a 2017 Pre-Feasibility Study and the company explicitly states they are not treating them as current.

Evidence · text

> The study was prepared prior to the Company acquiring an interest in the Yandera Project, and is derived from historical estimates which the Company is not treating as current.

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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: Dr. Nathan Chutas, a qualified person, has reviewed and approved the technical content.

Evidence · text

> Dr. Chutas has reviewed and approved the technical content in this announcement.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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