CNL · Collective Mining Ltd.

This 6-K filing announces a high-materiality exploration milestone centered on the Trap target — a newly consolidated, large-scale gold-copper porphyry prospect located 3.5 kilometers northeast of Collective’s flagship Apollo system in Caldas, Colombia. The advancement follows two critical enablers explicitly disclosed: (1) the granting of a key exploration title by the Colombian National Mining Agency (ANM), which had previously paused drilling, and (2) the full acquisition of a strategically vital tenement for US$3.5 million, paid in three tranches. The consolidation unlocks the entire target area for systematic testing, specifically focusing on two interrelated geological features: the northwest extension of a 1,400-meter continuous, open-ended sheeted vein corridor, and a co-located, >800 m × 400 m magnetic high interpreted as a proximal porphyry system. Management’s commentary — attributed to Executive Chairman Ari Sussman — underscores the target’s classic porphyry characteristics: outcropping samples showing potassic alteration, biotite-magnetite-albite-chlorite assemblages, bornite-chalcopyrite mineralization, and miarolitic cavities — all interpreted as a pyrite halo to a productive intrusion. The presence of four distal polymetallic vein camps further supports the porphyry model. With 18,000 meters of prior drilling at Trap and 171,000 meters total across Guayabales and San Antonio, this campaign represents a focused, de-risked step toward validating a potential bulk-tonnage discovery. For investors, the significance lies not only in the near-term catalyst of drill results but also in the strategic expansion of Collective’s resource pipeline beyond Apollo, directly supporting its stated growth strategy for the Guayabales Project.