Banning John 4
4 · LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. · Filed Mar 30, 2026
Research Summary
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Lion Copper & Gold CEO John Banning Receives 500,000-Share Award
What Happened John Banning, CEO of Lion Copper & Gold Corp. (LCGMF), was awarded 500,000 derivative shares on September 8, 2025. The Form 4 lists the grant as a derivative acquisition (code A) with an acquisition price of $0.00, so the reported dollar cost to the insider is $0. The filing discloses the transaction but does not show any immediate sale of the shares.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2025-09-08; Filing date (Form 4): 2026-03-30 (late filing).
- Security type: Derivative award (A) of 500,000 shares at $0.00; total reported cash value = $0.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing.
- Footnotes: F1 — 3,750,000 options vest at US$100M market cap and 3,750,000 options vest at US$200M market cap. F2 — Vesting conditions for these options have been satisfied and all options are now fully vested.
- Timeliness: The report was filed late (transaction date Sep 8, 2025; Form 4 filed Mar 30, 2026). Late filings can delay public visibility of insider activity.
Context This is an award/derivative grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale. Footnotes indicate larger option-based awards tied to market-cap milestones and state that vesting conditions have been satisfied, meaning related options are fully vested per the filing. The report does not indicate any cashless exercise or immediate sale; as with most grants, this does not by itself reveal the insider’s market view.
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
Options
2025-09-08+500,000→ 500,000 totalExercise: $0.10From: 2025-09-08Exp: 2030-09-08→ Common Shares (500,000 underlying)
- 2,500,000
Options
[F2]Exercise: $0.06Exp: 2029-07-26→ Common Shares (2,500,000 underlying) - 578,785
Common Shares
- 7,500,000
Options
[F1]Exercise: $0.08Exp: 2030-04-04→ Common Shares (7,500,000 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]3,750,000 options will vest upon the issuer achieving a market capitalization of US$100,000,000, and 3,750,000 options will vest upon the issuer achieving a market capitalization of $200,000,000
- [F2]The vesting conditions for these options have all been satisfied, and all options are now fully vested