Are you a broker, EMD, or placement agent?

No. Auric Axis is a research-for-hire practice. We do not solicit investors, distribute securities, receive commissions, or act in any registered capacity under Canadian securities law (NI 31-103). Our engagement letter states this in plain language on the first page.

How is the fee structured?

Fixed fee per engagement, disclosed on qualification. Not contingent on whether, how, or when your financing closes. No retainer tails, no success fees, no carry, no warrants, no commissions. Full refund if the deliverable cannot be produced as scoped.

Where does the investor data come from?

Primary Canadian filings: SEDAR+, SEDI, TSX Venture and CSE disclosure, placement circulars, and issuer news releases. No LinkedIn scraping, no purchased lists, no anecdotal press. Every named investor traces to a specific filing with a specific date.

What is the typical delivery time?

Five business days from engagement to delivery. Research begins the same day the engagement letter is signed and payment is received.

Who is Auric Axis built for?

TSX Venture and CSE mining issuers raising non-brokered private placements between CAD $1M and CAD $10M. Principally copper, gold, silver, lithium, uranium, nickel-cobalt and rare earths. Also suitable for placement agents and corporate development teams who need a named-investor view before an outreach cycle.

Submit the qualifying form on the engagement page with your ticker, raise size, and close date. Replied to within two business hours with the engagement letter and fixed fee. Research begins the same day the engagement is confirmed. Deal Execution Room delivered in five business days.

How do TSX-V private placements actually get filled?

TSX-V private placements are typically filled through a combination of three channels: existing relationships maintained by the issuer (CEO, CFO, IRO), relationships maintained by a retained placement agent or syndicate desk, and targeted outreach to investors with documented filing history in comparable transactions. Auric Axis builds the third channel: identifying investors with public filing history in comparable raises and delivering verified direct contacts plus a three-touch outreach sequence.

What does an investor map for a junior mining placement cost?

Auric Axis charges a fixed fee per engagement, disclosed on qualification. The price point sits between low-quality purchased lists (sub-$1,000, no verification) and full retainer arrangements with placement agents ($15,000+, often with success-fee components). Real research, verified contacts, fixed fee, no transaction-contingent payment.

How are mining investor contacts verified?

Every named investor is paired with a live direct contact confirmed by phone and corporate email before delivery. Verification involves confirming the investor's named participation in the underlying primary filing, confirming current employment and role at the named fund or family office, confirming the direct phone number through the fund's main office, and confirming the corporate email format. A verification log is included in every deliverable.

Can Auric Axis work alongside a placement agent?

Yes. Most engagements are direct with the issuer either before or after a placement agent is in place. The Deal Execution Room is the issuer's property under the engagement letter and is shareable with the agent, dealer, and counsel. Auric Axis sits upstream of the book and does not run the placement, sign engagement letters as agent, or take a commission on the raise.

What commodities does Auric Axis cover?

Copper, copper-gold, gold, silver, lithium, uranium, nickel-cobalt, rare earths, and critical minerals (tungsten, vanadium, titanium, scandium). Coverage depth varies by commodity. Engagements are declined when the comparable set on SEDAR+ is too thin to support a credible call sheet.

What is the difference between a non-brokered and brokered private placement?

In a non-brokered private placement, the issuer raises capital directly from investors without engaging a placement agent or underwriter. The issuer handles solicitation, pricing, and the order book. Fees are lower (no agent commission) but the issuer must source investors itself. In a brokered placement, the issuer engages a registered placement agent (typically an EMD or investment dealer) who handles solicitation, pricing, and book-building in exchange for a commission of 6-8% plus warrant compensation. Most TSX-V and CSE placements between CAD $1M and CAD $10M are non-brokered.

How do you find named investors in SEDAR+ filings?

SEDAR+ is the primary public filing system for Canadian securities issuers. Named investors in private placements appear in the issuer's news release announcing closing, the issuer's filed Report of Exempt Distribution (Form 45-106F1), early warning reports filed when an investor's holdings cross 10% thresholds, and the issuer's continuous disclosure including AGM materials. Auric Axis pulls these filings directly from SEDAR+ and extracts the named subscribers, then cross-references against SEDI and other public records to build a cheque-history profile per investor.

Investor Targeting TSX-V & CSE Mining · Toronto

We find the cheque-writers you don't know exist.

Fifteen verified investors for your next private placement. Sourced from primary Canadian filings. Not LinkedIn, not bought lists, not the same circuit you've already worked. Direct contacts, outreach sequences in your voice, delivered in five business days.

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Fixed fee · disclosed on qualification 5 business days Full refund if we can't deliver

Auric Axis Call Sheet

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RaiseCAD $4.5M · Non-brokered PP

Delivered5 business days from engagement

█████████ Independent private wealth · Vancouver

Last cheque CAD $███k · copper-gold · Q4 2025

██████████ Family office · Toronto

Last cheque CAD $███k · porphyry · Q1 2026

███████████ Resource long-only PM · Montréal

Last cheque CAD $███k · BC copper · Q4 2025

████████ Resource-focused fund · Perth AU

Last cheque AUD $███k · nickel-copper · Q1 2026

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Format demonstration. Real Call Sheets are delivered only to the retained issuer, under the engagement letter.

Based Toronto · Mon–Fri

Roster Accepting new engagements

Start Same day on engagement

What we will and will not do

A short list. Read it before you engage.

Will

Quote a fixed fee on engagement, never a success kicker.
Name every investor and the filing that places them.
Verify every direct contact before the Deal Room is sent.
Decline an engagement if the comparable set is too thin.
Refund in full if we cannot deliver the Deal Room as scoped.

Will not

Act as a broker, EMD, dealer, placement agent or finder.
Take a success fee, commission, carry or warrant kicker.
Introduce or solicit investors on your behalf.
Publish, resell or re-use any element of your Deal Room.
Engage a competing issuer in the same commodity for 30 days.

Auric Axis is an independent research product issued by S. McCord Investments Ltd. (Toronto). Not a registered broker, EMD, dealer, placement agent or finder. Fees are fixed and not contingent on any transaction outcome. Engagements governed by an Ontario-law services agreement executed at intake.

Sourced from

SEDAR+ SEDI TSX Venture Exchange Canadian Securities Exchange Issuer news releases Placement circulars

Coverage

The market, measured.

Every figure traces to a primary Canadian filing. No modeled data, no industry estimates. Refreshed continuously from SEDAR+, SEDI, and exchange disclosure.

Placements tracked 1,800+

TSX-V & CSE private placements catalogued since Q1 2024.

Named subscribers 4,200+

Funds, family offices and strategics with verified direct contacts.

Capital mapped $2.1B+

Aggregate Canadian junior placement market across the 24-month window.

Historical depth 24 mo

Database refreshed continuously. Patterns surface across cycles.

Coverage doesn't close raises. Fit does. The work is narrowing those numbers to the fifteen whose filing patterns, cheque cadence and behavioral signals match your commodity, your stage, your structure, your timing.

What you receive

A complete deliverable. One fixed price.

One product. One price. No retainer, no success fee, no carry. Every claim on this page is something the deliverable contains or a process we follow on every file.

Verified contacts 15

Named cheque-writers matched to your raise.
Direct lines, not scraped lists.

Delivery 5 days

Five business days from engagement.
Research begins the same day.

Sources 100%

Primary Canadian filings only.
SEDAR+ · SEDI · CSE · TSXV.

Refund 100%

Full refund if we can't deliver.
Risk sits with us, not you.

Fixed fee research deliverable · disclosed on qualification · not contingent on transaction outcome · methodology ↗

On file

Recent engagements. Under NDA.

Copper-GoldDelivered

$2–5M Non-brokered PP

Recent quarter

GoldIn market

$2–5M Non-brokered PP

Recent quarter

SilverDelivered

$2–5M Non-brokered PP

Recent quarter

GoldIn market

$1–3M Non-brokered FT

Earlier period

Critical MineralsDelivered

$1–3M Non-brokered FT

Recent quarter

Issuer identities redacted under client confidentiality. Commodity, raise structure and engagement type disclosed. Auric Axis does not disclose specific transaction outcomes.

Method

Primary sources. Full stop.

The entire practice runs on primary filings. No LinkedIn scraping. No purchased lists. No quoting what someone told a podcast.

01

Request engagement

Submit the qualifying form: ticker, raise size, target close, what's already in your book. We reply within two business hours with the engagement letter and fixed fee.

Replied to before the next market open
02

Comparables

We pull every comparable TSX-V and CSE placement in your commodity directly from primary filings and extract the named subscribers and their cheque history.

SEDAR+ · SEDI · 45-106F1 · placement circulars · news releases
03

Verification

Every named investor is paired with a live direct contact confirmed by phone and corporate email before the Deal Room is sent. We do not deliver a contact we have not personally verified.

Verification log included in every deliverable
04

Delivery

Deal Execution Room delivered as a PDF plus a CSV export of contacts. A three-touch outreach sequence per investor, specific to your deal shape and written in your voice. Not a template.

Within 5 business days of engagement

Sample format

The Deal Room, as delivered.

Format demonstration. Issuer identity and investor names withheld under client confidentiality. Structure, density and sourcing match what you receive on engagement.

Auric AxisCapital Markets Intelligence Sample format · Confidential · Page 1 of 14

Deal Execution Room

TSXV: [TICKER] · Copper-Gold Porphyry · British Columbia

Non-brokered private placement, drill-stage exploration. Round capitalizes a drill program at two advanced-target zones. Previous operator filings on record.

Issue type Non-brokered units · FT / Hard dollar split · 1 warrant per unit

Jurisdiction BC · AB · ON · QC · accredited investors only (NI 45-106)

Data cutoff Trading day prior to issuance · SEDAR+, SEDI, news releases

Raise sizeCAD $4.5M

Lead orders indicatedCAD $1.8M

Remaining capacityCAD $2.7M

Matched investors15 named

Investor 03 / 15 · Lead indication

Entity: Resource-focused fund · Toronto
Full name disclosed on engagement
Focus: Copper-gold porphyry · TSX-V drill-stage
Cheque size CAD $50K–$250K
Filing history: Multiple placements in copper-gold juniors over a 24-month window. Public 45-106F1 record.
Contact: Partner-level direct line + verified corporate email
Disclosed on engagement
Fit note: Pattern match on drill-stage copper-gold in target jurisdiction. Prior participation at qualifying size.

Investor 07 / 15 · Follow-on

Entity: Single-family office · Vancouver
Full name disclosed on engagement
Focus: Western-hemisphere metals · Flow-Through eligible
Cheque size CAD $25K–$150K
Filing history: Multiple placements over an 18-month window. Two in the same commodity class.
Contact: CIO-level direct line + verified corporate email
Disclosed on engagement
Fit note: Re-up probable. Prior sleeve allocation at qualifying size within the last 10 months.

Sample format · numbers and structure illustrative · real Deal Rooms delivered only to the engaged issuer under the engagement letter · not investment advice

Request engagement Replied to within two business hours · engagement letter and fixed fee disclosed on qualification

How we fit the deal

We map and name. You place.

Auric Axis sits upstream of the book. We do not run placements, sign engagement letters as agent, or take a commission on the raise. The Call Sheet hands off cleanly to whoever does.

Issuer

CEO · CFO · IR

Engages Auric Axis directly. Receives the Call Sheet under the engagement letter and shares it with whichever agent or syndicate runs the deal. Fixed fee, no success component.

Agent · Dealer

Placement agents & syndicate desks

Uses the Call Sheet to warm the book ahead of distribution. Retains the investor relationship, signs the engagement letter as agent, earns the commission. We do the sourcing. You do the closing.

Investor

Funds, family offices, strategics

Never contacted by Auric Axis. The call comes from the issuer or the retained agent, referencing a financing that fits a thesis the investor has already expressed in public filings.

Questions, answered plainly

The short FAQ.

Are you a registered broker or dealer?

No. Auric Axis is an independent research product sold at a fixed fee. We are not a broker, EMD, dealer, placement agent or finder. We do not solicit investors, take commissions, carry or warrants, or participate in the financing. All regulated activity remains with your agent, dealer or counsel.

How is the investor list sourced?

Directly from SEDAR+, SEDI, issuer news releases and placement circulars. Contacts are verified by phone and corporate email before delivery. A verification log is included in every Deal Room.

What does the engagement actually deliver?

Fifteen named investors matched to your raise, each with a verified email and direct line, a thesis-fit note traced to their filing history, and a three-touch outreach sequence in your voice. Plus a comparable-placement matrix and a CSV export. Delivered as a single Deal Room PDF plus the CSV, in five business days.

What does it cost?

Fixed fee per engagement, disclosed on qualification. Not contingent on whether, how, or when your raise closes. No retainer tails, no success fees, no carry, no warrants, no commissions. Submit the qualifying form and the engagement letter with the fee comes back within two business hours.

What if the raise doesn't close?

The fee is for the research deliverable, not the outcome of the financing. Outcome of the financing is the issuer's responsibility. If we cannot deliver the Deal Room as scoped, the fee is refunded in full.

How fast can you start?

Same day the engagement is confirmed. Submit the qualifying form, get the engagement letter back within two business hours, sign and pay, and research begins immediately. Delivery is five business days from engagement.

About the practice

Auric Axis.

Auric Axis is the research desk of S. McCord Investments Ltd., a Toronto-based capital markets intelligence practice. Focused exclusively on investor targeting research for TSX-V and CSE mining issuers raising non-brokered private placements between CAD $1M and CAD $10M.

intel@auricaxis.com · +1 (647) 930-4152 · Toronto ON · Canada

Engage

Request engagement. Replied to in two hours.

Submit the qualifying form. We reply within two business hours with the engagement letter and a fixed fee specific to your raise. If we engage, research begins same day. Deal Execution Room delivered in five business days. Refund in full if we can't deliver as scoped.

Emailintel@auricaxis.com

Direct+1 (647) 930-4152

OfficeToronto ON · Canada

For agents & dealers Coordinating on an active deal? Email intel@auricaxis.com with the issuer's name and ticker. Replied to before the next market open.

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Five fields. Two business hours to a reply with the engagement letter and fixed fee.

We find the cheque-writers you don't know exist.

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Comparables

Verification

Delivery

TSXV: [TICKER] · Copper-Gold Porphyry · British Columbia

CEO · CFO · IR

Placement agents & syndicate desks

Funds, family offices, strategics

Request engagement. Replied to in two hours.

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