# Centerra Gold

> Centerra Gold is a VC fund backing Mining, Mineral and Precious Metals. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 73%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Centerra Gold is a VC fund focused on Mining and Mineral.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 8 | 53% |
| Mineral | 5 | 33% |
| Precious Metals | 5 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 7% |
| Life Science | 1 | 7% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Wright | Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenorland Minerals | Kenorland Minerals is a private mineral exploration company that generates exploration concepts with significant discovery potential. The company's expertise brings new perspectives to proven and emerging districts, through identifying lithospheric scale controls on mineral systems combined with the quantifiable identification of areas withlow exploration maturity. | $84.9K | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Nevada King | Nevada King focuses exclusively on the Battle Mountain Trend. Since 2015, Nevada King has staked five district size projects, making it the fifth largest active claim holder in the State of Nevada, when excluding claims associated with mining operations. | $11.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Thesis Gold | Thesis Gold is a mineral exploration company that focuses on the prolific Golden Horseshoe of British Columbia. It is led by a dynamic group of resource sector professionals who have a track record of success in mineral exploration. | $32.4M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Dryden Gold | Dryden Gold is an exploration firm that focuses on the finding of high-grade gold mineralization. Dryden Gold's property package contains historic gold mines, although there has been limited recent exploration. | $1.3M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| Metal Energy | Metal Energy is working to advance the Highland Valley Copper Project, which is ideally positioned in one of Canada's most established copper-producing regions and near to Teck's generational Highland Valley Copper Operations. With a commitment to unlocking the rich porphyry copper deposits in this area, the project will rely on MetalEnergy's experienced management team to direct exploration operations and fully realize the region's resource potential. Along with Highland Valley, Metal Energy is expanding its Manibridge project, which will add to its portfolio of vital minerals exploration. | $6.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Midland Exploration | Midland is a dynamic and aggressive mining exploration company that focuses on the discovery of gold mines, EGP, base metals and rare land in the province of Quebec. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since March 2007. The Company is led by a management team and consultants experienced and highly respected skills in the mining sectorand also associated with several important mineral discoveries.Midland is looking for partnership opportunities in mining exploration. Recently the company has entered into significant agreements optionnant Patris Gold Property to Teck Resources Limited and its Casault gold projects in Jouvex and SOQUEM INC. Two other gold projects, Maritime-Cadillac and Laflamme, are currently in joint venture (JV) with Agnico Eagle and Maudore Minerals Ltd. respectively. Midland also the Ytterby project, a rare earth project located near the deposit Strange Lake in northern Quebec in joint venture (JV) with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and with whom an agreement of option for the project EGP Pallas was recently concluded. Recently, Midland acquired a new gold project Willbob high levels located in the Labrador Trough. | $2.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Liberty Gold | Liberty Gold is an exploration-stage company that engages in the exploration, production, and development of gold and precious metals. The Company operates through the exploration for gold, copper, and other precious and base metals segment. They focused on advancing a pipeline of Carlin-Style gold deposits in the Great Basin, U.S.A., amining-friendly jurisdiction that is home to large-scale oxide gold systems ideal for open-pit heap leach mining. | $20.3M | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Dryden Gold | Dryden Gold is an exploration firm that focuses on the finding of high-grade gold mineralization. Dryden Gold's property package contains historic gold mines, although there has been limited recent exploration. | $5.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 08, 2025 |  |
| Midland Exploration | Midland is a dynamic and aggressive mining exploration company that focuses on the discovery of gold mines, EGP, base metals and rare land in the province of Quebec. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since March 2007. The Company is led by a management team and consultants experienced and highly respected skills in the mining sectorand also associated with several important mineral discoveries.Midland is looking for partnership opportunities in mining exploration. Recently the company has entered into significant agreements optionnant Patris Gold Property to Teck Resources Limited and its Casault gold projects in Jouvex and SOQUEM INC. Two other gold projects, Maritime-Cadillac and Laflamme, are currently in joint venture (JV) with Agnico Eagle and Maudore Minerals Ltd. respectively. Midland also the Ytterby project, a rare earth project located near the deposit Strange Lake in northern Quebec in joint venture (JV) with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and with whom an agreement of option for the project EGP Pallas was recently concluded. Recently, Midland acquired a new gold project Willbob high levels located in the Labrador Trough. | $3.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Thesis Gold | Thesis Gold is a mineral exploration company that focuses on the prolific Golden Horseshoe of British Columbia. It is led by a dynamic group of resource sector professionals who have a track record of success in mineral exploration. | $20.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Sumitomo Metal Mining — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Alamos Gold — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- AngloGold Ashanti — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Teck](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teck) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Centerra Gold invest in?

Centerra Gold invests primarily in Mining, Mineral and Precious Metals startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Centerra Gold?

The team at Centerra Gold includes Paul Wright (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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