Ecora Royalties PLC: Why Copper Sits at the Core of Its Critical Minerals Strategy

Recorded on September 18, 2026 at NRS StudiosLSE: ECORTSX: ECOROTCQX: ECRAF Tiffany Georgopoulos interviews Marc Bishop Lafleche, Chief Executive Officer of Ecora Royalties PLC, about mining royalties and why Ecora has built a critical minerals strategy with copper at the core. Marc explains how Ecora evaluates counterparties, low-cost operations and mining jurisdictions, why diversification matters through commodity cycles, and how the royalty model can provide mining exposure without directly operating mines. He also discusses electricity demand, future commodity supply, capital allocation and Ecora’s transition from a legacy steelmaking coal royalty base toward a growing critical minerals platform. Ecora currently reports 23…