Life isn’t perfect, and that’s exactly what makes it beautiful.
Some days the lighting is off, the shadows show up uninvited, and things don’t go as planned. I’m learning to love the life I’m in anyway.
Control what you can, let go of what you can’t, and always find the positive hiding in the imperfect.
Grateful for this messy, real, wonderful journey.
Companies like Fitzroy Minerals $FTZ.V are well positioned to benefit from accelerating government support and directives aimed at speeding up copper mine development. @Fitzroyminerals
This stems from the structural copper supply deficit.
Copper is now treated as a strategically critical mineral (alongside lithium, etc.), creating policy tailwinds for faster development of projects.
Specific Government Actions Supporting Acceleration
🇺🇸United States (Trump administration, 2025–2026):
Copper was added to the USGS Critical Minerals List in November 2025. This unlocks expedited permitting, priority status, and funding pathways.
Executive orders and directives prioritize domestic mineral production, expand FAST-41 permitting (streamlining federal reviews), and direct agencies to fast-track projects. Some proposals aim to cut multi-year permitting to weeks in emergencies.
DOE has announced nearly $1 billion in funding opportunities for critical minerals mining, processing, and recycling (including copper-related).
Focus is primarily domestic (e.g., projects in Arizona, Utah), but the broader signal boosts prices, investor interest, and offtake appetite for any credible new copper supply.
🇨🇱 Chile (Fitzroy’s main jurisdiction, Buen Retiro and Caballos projects):
New right-wing President José Antonio Kast (elected late 2025, in office from March 2026) is explicitly pushing faster permitting (“permisología” reduction), regulatory simplification, and more foreign investment in mining.
Chile published a National Critical Minerals Strategy in January 2026, prioritizing copper (Group A mineral) with goals to streamline permitting, provide regulatory stability, and position Chile as a reliable global supplier.
Government targets faster copper output growth (aiming toward 6 Mt annually sooner than prior forecasts) through brownfield expansions and new projects.
🇨🇦Canada:
Critical Minerals Strategy includes tax credits (30% for eligible copper exploration via flow through shares), funding programs (e.g., Strategic Innovation Fund, Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund), and support for project development. Copper qualifies.
Fitzroy is a Canadian company, so its domestic assets (e.g., Caribou project in BC) or overall corporate efforts could access some of these.
Policy Acceleration could spawn:
Faster permitting
The biggest bottleneck. Chile’s new directives and US style streamlining directly shorten timelines for projects like Fitzroy’s Buen Retiro oxide which will be operating a simple heap leach process, using the electrowinning plant owned by its partner Pucobre, a mid sized Chilean producer.
Capital and partnerships
Higher copper prices (already responding to the deficit narrative) + policy support make financing and joint ventures easier. Fitzroy already has a partnership structure with Pucobre at Buen Retiro.
Strategic interest
Governments and majors seeking non-Chinese supply chains may offer offtakes, investments, or support. Copper’s critical status amplifies this.
Sector-wide momentum
Juniors advancing real discoveries in “good” jurisdictions (Chile, Canada, US, Australia) see better valuations and access to capital.
This post is strictly my opinion and speculative. See disclosures. Not investment advice. $FTZ.V $FTZFF
Life isn’t perfect, and that’s exactly what makes it beautiful.
Some days the lighting is off, the shadows show up uninvited, and things don’t go as planned. I’m learning to love the life I’m in anyway.
Control what you can, let go of what you can’t, and always find the positive hiding in the imperfect.
Grateful for this messy, real, wonderful journey.
Companies like Fitzroy Minerals $FTZ.V are well positioned to benefit from accelerating government support and directives aimed at speeding up copper mine development. @Fitzroyminerals
This stems from the structural copper supply deficit.
Copper is now treated as a strategically critical mineral (alongside lithium, etc.), creating policy tailwinds for faster development of projects.
Specific Government Actions Supporting Acceleration
🇺🇸United States (Trump administration, 2025–2026):
Copper was added to the USGS Critical Minerals List in November 2025. This unlocks expedited permitting, priority status, and funding pathways.
Executive orders and directives prioritize domestic mineral production, expand FAST-41 permitting (streamlining federal reviews), and direct agencies to fast-track projects. Some proposals aim to cut multi-year permitting to weeks in emergencies.
DOE has announced nearly $1 billion in funding opportunities for critical minerals mining, processing, and recycling (including copper-related).
Focus is primarily domestic (e.g., projects in Arizona, Utah), but the broader signal boosts prices, investor interest, and offtake appetite for any credible new copper supply.
🇨🇱 Chile (Fitzroy’s main jurisdiction, Buen Retiro and Caballos projects):
New right-wing President José Antonio Kast (elected late 2025, in office from March 2026) is explicitly pushing faster permitting (“permisología” reduction), regulatory simplification, and more foreign investment in mining.
Chile published a National Critical Minerals Strategy in January 2026, prioritizing copper (Group A mineral) with goals to streamline permitting, provide regulatory stability, and position Chile as a reliable global supplier.
Government targets faster copper output growth (aiming toward 6 Mt annually sooner than prior forecasts) through brownfield expansions and new projects.
🇨🇦Canada:
Critical Minerals Strategy includes tax credits (30% for eligible copper exploration via flow through shares), funding programs (e.g., Strategic Innovation Fund, Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund), and support for project development. Copper qualifies.
Fitzroy is a Canadian company, so its domestic assets (e.g., Caribou project in BC) or overall corporate efforts could access some of these.
Policy Acceleration could spawn:
Faster permitting
The biggest bottleneck. Chile’s new directives and US style streamlining directly shorten timelines for projects like Fitzroy’s Buen Retiro oxide which will be operating a simple heap leach process, using the electrowinning plant owned by its partner Pucobre, a mid sized Chilean producer.
Capital and partnerships
Higher copper prices (already responding to the deficit narrative) + policy support make financing and joint ventures easier. Fitzroy already has a partnership structure with Pucobre at Buen Retiro.
Strategic interest
Governments and majors seeking non-Chinese supply chains may offer offtakes, investments, or support. Copper’s critical status amplifies this.
Sector-wide momentum
Juniors advancing real discoveries in “good” jurisdictions (Chile, Canada, US, Australia) see better valuations and access to capital.
This post is strictly my opinion and speculative. See disclosures. Not investment advice. $FTZ.V $FTZFF
2018 was an incredible trading year. Before all the shenanigans from 0DTE things were much easier to navigate. It was also a midterm year during Trump’s first presidency.
He has to cover the preferred dividends. We knew this was coming.
Now the price of bitcoin is controlled by Microstrategy transactions. 🤦🏻♀️ $MSTR $STRC $BTC