Best Mining Companies in Arizona, United States
The 40 best Mining companies in Arizona, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Freeport-McMoRan.
Our analysis of 100 Mining companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Mining companies in Arizona
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeport-McMoRan Provider of copper, gold, and molybdenum mining services | $9.5B | 84 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1912 | DrupalPHPCanvasJS+17 | 398 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | Ivanhoe Electric Limited information available | $213M | 38 mo ago | Public | Taylor Melvin CEO & President | 2020 | LeafletTailwind CSSAmazon Web Services+9 | — | — |
| 3 | Arizona Sonoran Provider of copper exploration and development services | $132M | 9 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2018 | MediaElement.jsVimeoNginx+11 | — | — |
| 4 | Excelsior Mining Mining and exploration company focused on copper deposits | $65M | 32 mo ago | Public | — | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Tristar Gold Mining and exploration company focused on gold and base metal deposits | $44M | 3 mo ago | Public | — | 2010 | ProcessWirePHPYouTube+12 | — | — |
| 6 | Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Mining & exploration company focused on gold and copper deposits | $33M | 23 mo ago | Public | Brett Gross CEO & President | 2001 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
| 7 | El Capitan Precious Metals Mining and exploration company focused on precious metals and mineral deposits | $9M | 113 mo ago | Public | John Balding CEO | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Zoro Mining Corporation Provider of gold exploration services | $1M | 184 mo ago | Deadpooled | Harold Gardner CEO | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 9 | DarkPulse Technologies Developer of engineering, installation, and security management solutions for industries | $850K | 64 mo ago | Seed | — | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 10 | PetroSun Provider of exploration & production services for helium & natural gas | $572K | 41 mo ago | Seed | Gordon LeBlanc Founder | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Tombstone Exploration Corporation Mining and exploration company focused on gold, silver and copper deposits | $117K | 158 mo ago | Public | Alan Brown President & CEO | 1997 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Mining companies in Arizona
#1
Public · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2010 · 28 employees$44Mraised▾
Mining and exploration company focused on gold and base metal deposits
- May 2026Post IPO$5.1M
- May 2025Post IPO$10M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$118.7K
- Jan 2025Post IPO$749.8K
#2
Acquired · Tempe, Arizona · founded 2018 · 17 employees$131.9Mraised▾
Provider of copper exploration and development services
- Dec 2025Post IPO$7.4M
- Nov 2025Post IPO$61.5M
- Jul 2025Post IPO$4.2M
- Jan 2025Post IPO$15M
#3
Public · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2001 · 3 employees$32.7Mraised▾
Mining & exploration company focused on gold and copper deposits
- Oct 2024Post IPO$10M
- Nov 2018Post IPO$4.3M
- May 2016Post IPO$257.2K
- Aug 2015Post IPO$25K
#4
Acquired · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 1912 · 30000 employees$9.5Braised▾
FCX is an international mining company that operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. The company operations are spread across North America, South America, and Indonesia.In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $22.78B and a net profit of $3.46B.
#5
Public · Tempe, Arizona · founded 2020 · 244 employees$213.3Mraised▾
Limited information available
- Jul 2023Post IPO$127.1M
- Apr 2022Series C$86.2M
#6
Public · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2005 · 39 employees$64.9Mraised▾
Mining and exploration company focused on copper deposits
- Dec 2023Post IPO$1.1M
- Jan 2023Post IPO$3M
- Dec 2018Post IPO$9.4M
- Jan 2018Post IPO$13.1M
#7
Public · Prescott, Arizona · founded 2000 · 2 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Mining and exploration company focused on precious metals and mineral deposits
- Mar 2017Post IPO$5.1M
- Oct 2014Post IPO$500K
- Jul 2011Post IPO$64K
- Jul 2010Post IPO$1.3M
#8
Seed · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2001$572Kraised▾
Provider of exploration & production services for helium & natural gas
- Mar 2023Seed$572K
#9
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2009 · 213 employees$850Kraised▾
Developer of engineering, installation, and security management solutions for industries. The company provides infrastructure monitoring with enhanced visibility to detect corrosion and system weaknesses. It delivers security and monitoring systems for border security, pipelines, oil and gas, and mine safety. The company offers solutions to address critical resource and infrastructure challenges.
- Apr 2021Seed$850K
#10
Deadpooled · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2004$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of gold exploration services
- May 2011Post IPO$1.2M
#11
Public · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 1997 · 1 employees$117Kraised▾
Mining and exploration company focused on gold, silver and copper deposits
- Jul 2013Post IPO$117K
#12
Public · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2008—raised▾
Western Alaska Minerals Corp is engaged in the mineral exploration and development business. The company is focused on exploring the Illinois Creek Mining District in Western Alaska. The group's projects include IC Oxide Gold, Round Top Project, Honker Project, Waterpump Creek and TG North. Its portfolio consists of mineral deposits namely gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. It also includes a silver-rich Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) and a NI 43-101 oxide gold resource at the Illinois Creek deposit.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mining coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Mining Technology is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Mining Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 278 United States-affiliated papers.
- Northeastern University42
- Colorado School of Mines18
- United States Geological Survey10
- Missouri University of Science and Technology8
- Weatherford College7
- Mineral processing2→10
- Beneficiation4→14
- Mineral processing24→31
- Grinding3→8
- Mineral7→12
- Tailings4→8
- Leaching (pedology)1→5
- Mineral3→5
Where mining tech is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing mining tech patents in the United States
United States mining tech patent filing is accelerating — 53 filings from 63 assignees (2016–2025), led by Millennium Inorganic CHEM, Cidra Corporate Services, Superior Mineral Resources; annual filings 7→8.
- Millennium Inorganic CHEM15
- Cidra Corporate Services15
- Superior Mineral Resources14
- DU PONT10
- Ecolab USA10
- ASH Grove Cement9
- Qualcomm8
- Cadence Environmental Energy8
Common questions
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