Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF

COPJ

Market cap $154M

Earlier this year, when gold and silver started seeing shakier price performances, some turned to copper as a metal with strong fundamentals backing its rising prices.  Now, ongoing geopolitical tensions are causing the red metal to feel a bit of the pain, too.

A portfolio with an underinvestment in copper may not translate to a clean bill of health from “Dr. Copper.” The structural shifts transforming the global copper market is creating explosive growth opportunities in the metal.

Despite falling below $5,000 recently, it could be an opportune time to strike and purchase the dip in gold prices. Fundamental demand drivers could continue to push the precious metal higher through the rest of the year.

Advisors and investors looking to keep a close eye on the metal markets would be remiss not to be interested in how copper has been doing as of late.  The price of the red metal has continued to approach new record highs, buoyed by a variety of applicable factors.

Copper ended 2025 with a strong rally that's persisting into the first month of the new year. Jacob White, Sprott Asset Management Director of ETF Product Management, highlighted the fundamental drivers that could help push copper to greater heights this year in the latest Sprott Copper Report.

When it comes to dominating the 24-hour financial news cycle, gold and silver may get most of the attention. Known as the “red metal,” copper may not be on investors' proverbial radars.

Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF offers pure-play exposure to junior copper miners, providing high-beta leverage to copper price movements and sector catalysts. COPJ boasts a compelling 10% dividend yield, strong momentum, and clear technical outperformance, while maintaining a reasonable 0.76% expense ratio for its niche focus. Structural drivers—AI data centers, energy transition, and Chinese demand—support bullish long-term copper fundamentals, with juniors positioned for asymmetric upside and takeover potential.

Gold and silver were not the only metals to see breakout performances in the later half of 2025.  Much like these other metals, copper also closed out last year in a highly favorable position.

Given gold's stratospheric rally last year, it might seem that ETF provider Sprott would see the most inflows in their funds related to the precious metal. However, after 2025 was said and done, it was the Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF (SLVR) at the top spot with about $450 million inflows.

The Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF (NASDAQ:COPJ) posted a 109% gain in 2025, turning a $37 million fund into one of the year's top performers.