{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Company Interviews","title":"Group Eleven Resources (TSXV:ZNG) - Copper Takes Center Stage at Ballywire","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":819,"description":"Interview with Bart Jaworski, CEO and Co-founder of Group Eleven Resources Corp.\nOur previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/group-eleven-resources-tsxvzng-ballywire-strike-extends-17-12307\nRecording date: 18th October 2026\nGroup Eleven Resources Corp. (TSXV:ZNG) is exploring the Ballywire discovery in Ireland, next to Glencore’s ground and its Pallas Green zinc deposit. Ahead of Michael Gentile’s European investor roadshow, co-founder and CEO Bart Jaworski explained how the project’s investment case has shifted since the discovery hole in September 2022.\nA hole cut 10.8 m grading 10.0% Zn+Pb and 109 g/t Ag and drilling since then has outlined 2 linked systems. The first is a zinc-lead-silver system that typically grades about 10% Zn+Pb with 50 to 150 g/t Ag, higher silver than is usual in Ireland. The second is a set of near-vertical copper-silver structures, each 2 to 3 m thick. Jaworski said the copper-silver system has now been intersected over 1,700 m and appears to run for most of the length of the zinc discovery.\nThe shift in emphasis is clear. Jaworski said the company is steering its technical team toward copper, which he regards as the bigger prize. The 2 systems appear to share the same plumbing, so drilling for one should help find the other. Germanium sits inside sphalerite, the zinc mineral, and should be recovered with it, although metallurgical testwork has not yet been done.\nScale remains largely untested. About 30,000 m across roughly 91 holes has gone into Ballywire, mostly into 1 of 4 gravity anomalies on a 6 km trend. Jaworski said the company is only a quarter of the way through that trend.\nGroup Eleven held C$16.2 million in cash at June 2026, including a C$12.0 million bought deal, and had a market capitalization of C$224.1 million at September 2026. Drilling has stepped up to 4 rigs, with a fifth possible later this year. The company is targeting about 70,000 m of drilling, most of it in 2027. Jaworski said that includes...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1wv-MFlQAgnm-ca64e5kK4984dZB0os8-HJdRVsI74M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNTcyLzE2MjM5/NTQyMDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}