Royal Road Minerals CEO Dr. Tim Coughlin joined Steve Darling from Proactive to outline the company’s ongoing exploration strategy in Colombia, highlighting active drilling progress, improving permitting conditions, and the long-term discovery potential across its extensive mineral portfolio.
Coughlin said the company has continued to maintain what he described as an apolitical but cooperative operating approach in Colombia, emphasizing strong community engagement and local partnerships despite heightened political attention ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. He noted that maintaining constructive relationships with communities and regulators remains a key part of Royal Road Minerals’ strategy as it advances exploration programs across multiple regions.
According to Coughlin, the company’s immediate exploration priority is the GAM porphyry cluster, where drilling activities are currently underway. He stressed that Royal Road is targeting large-scale discoveries rather than smaller standalone deposits, stating that management is “not looking for small deposits.” The company believes the district-scale potential of GAM could position it as one of the more significant exploration opportunities within its Colombian portfolio.
Coughlin explained that the GAM project currently consists of three separate porphyry systems, although exploration drilling to date has focused primarily on only one of the targets. As drilling progresses, the company hopes to expand exploration efforts across all three systems during the year, potentially unlocking broader resource potential throughout the district.
Beyond GAM, Royal Road Minerals continues to advance several additional high-priority assets within its Colombian land package, which spans more than 1,840 square kilometres of licences and applications. Among the standout projects highlighted by Coughlin were El Molino in Caldas and La Llanada in Nariño, both of which management believes offer significant exploration upside.
The CEO acknowledged that certain projects in southern Colombia continue to face logistical and social challenges, including infrastructure access and permitting complexities. However, he suggested that future advancement in those regions will likely depend on continued political support, improved accessibility, and stable operating conditions.
In addition to ongoing drilling at GAM, Royal Road Minerals is awaiting further assay and exploration results from the Margaritas project while continuing efforts to advance GAM toward a potential resource-stage milestone by year-end.
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