Founders Metals: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR | OTCQX: FDMIF) is a Canadian exploration company focused on advancing gold projects in the Guiana Shield. Its flagship project is the 23,800 ha Antino Gold Project in South America’s underexplored and mining-friendly country of Suriname. Over 500,000 ounces of gold have been produced on the property through historical alluvial/surface mining. Historical exploration work at Antino includes 32,000 m of historical drilling, >35,000 auger gold-in-soil samples, property-wide aeromagnetic survey data, and a 2022 LiDAR survey, providing numerous opportunities to expand known high-grade greenstone gold mineralization, and delineate new targets.
Founders Metals has raised $59.6M across 6 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $7.3M announced in Apr 2026.
That round is above the $2.2M median round size for Natural Resources companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Founders Metals Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Apr 2026.
Founders Metals Funding Rounds
1 of 6 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
Founders Metals raised $270k in an undisclosed round announced in Jun 2024.
4 months later, an undisclosed round of $14.5M was announced in Oct 2024.
4 months later, an undisclosed round of $1.8M was announced in Feb 2025.
6 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Aug 2025 with no disclosed amount.
3 months later, an undisclosed round of $35.7M was announced in Nov 2025.
5 months later, an undisclosed round of $7.3M was announced in Apr 2026.
Founders Metals Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Founders Metals team: 3 of 3 have an email address on file.
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Founders Metals' latest round of $7.3M is above the median round in Natural Resources. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Founders Metals Funding FAQs
What does Founders Metals do?
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR | OTCQX: FDMIF) is a Canadian exploration company focused on advancing gold projects in the Guiana Shield. Its flagship project is the 23,800 ha Antino Gold Project in South America’s underexplored and mining-friendly country of Suriname. Over 500,000 ounces of gold have been produced on the property through historical alluvial/surface mining. Historical exploration work at Antino includes 32,000 m of historical drilling, >35,000 auger gold-in-soil samples, property-wide aeromagnetic survey data, and a 2022 LiDAR survey, providing numerous opportunities to expand known high-grade greenstone gold mineralization, and delineate new targets.
How much funding has Founders Metals raised?
Founders Metals has raised $59.6M across 6 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $7.3M announced in Apr 2026.
When did Founders Metals last raise funding?
Founders Metals' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $7.3M, announced in Apr 2026.
Who founded Founders Metals?
FundedIQ lists Colin Padget (Founder), Dave Burwell (Founder), John Williamson (Founder) at Founders Metals.
Where is Founders Metals headquartered?
Founders Metals is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
How many employees does Founders Metals have?
Founders Metals is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Founders Metals' funding compare to other Natural Resources startups?
Founders Metals' latest round of $7.3M is above the $2.2M median round size for Natural Resources companies on FundedIQ across 620 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Founders Metals Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Founders Metals is left off this page rather than filled in.
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