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title: "Founders Metals Assembles 102,000-Hectare District-Scale Gold Position in Suriname"
description: "Founders Metals Inc. has consolidated a 102,360-hectare gold district in southeastern Suriname, becoming the largest publicly traded gold exploration company in the Guiana Shield by land area. The exp"
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published_at: "2026-01-27T13:24:01.000Z"
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# Founders Metals Assembles 102,000-Hectare District-Scale Gold Position in Suriname

> Founders Metals Inc. has consolidated a 102,360-hectare gold district in southeastern Suriname, becoming the largest publicly traded gold exploration company in the Guiana Shield by land area. The expansion includes a new 36,360-hectare exploration concession and the 10,000-hectare Okasi exploitation concession, providing control over a significant greenstone belt. The company is ramping up exploration activities and has a Hold rating with a C$5.50 price target. Founders Metals focuses on advancing the Antino Gold District, emphasizing responsible exploration and community engagement.

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An announcement from Founders Metals ( (TSE:FDR) ) is now available.

Founders Metals Inc. has consolidated a 102,360-hectare contiguous gold district in southeastern Suriname, becoming the largest publicly traded gold exploration company in the Guiana Shield by land area. The expansion combines a new 36,360-hectare exploration concession adjacent to its Antino Gold Project with the 10,000-hectare Okasi exploitation concession, giving the company control over a district-scale greenstone belt comparable in scale to major global gold camps and underlain by structures known to host multi-million-ounce deposits. The enlarged land package hosts multiple high-priority, largely untested targets aligned with the Central Guiana Shear Zone and secondary structures, supported by compelling historical anomalies and artisanal mining evidence. Founders has ramped up airborne geophysics, regional auger sampling, and upcoming LiDAR and imaging surveys across the entire district, while the 100%-owned Okasi exploitation concession provides near-term small-scale mining revenue potential, strengthening the company’s strategic position and optionality as it advances from exploration toward resource definition in Suriname.

The most recent analyst rating on (TSE:FDR) stock is a Hold with a C$5.50 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Founders Metals stock, see the TSE:FDR Stock Forecast page.

**Spark’s Take on TSE:FDR Stock**

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, TSE:FDR is a Neutral.

The score is held back primarily by the lack of revenue, widening losses, and increasing cash burn (funding/dilution risk), partly offset by a strong, debt-free balance sheet. Technical indicators are broadly neutral and valuation support is limited by negative earnings and no dividend yield provided.

To see Spark’s full report on TSE:FDR stock, click here.

**More about Founders Metals**

Founders Metals Inc. is a Canadian-based gold exploration company focused on advancing the Antino Gold District in Suriname, in the Guiana Shield. The company now controls a contiguous 102,360-hectare land package that has historically produced over 500,000 ounces of gold from surface and alluvial mining, and is positioning Antino as one of Suriname’s most promising district-scale gold exploration and development projects, while emphasizing responsible exploration and community engagement.

**Average Trading Volume:** 196,551

**Technical Sentiment Signal:** Strong Buy

**Current Market Cap:** C$578.1M

Learn more about FDR stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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