Ascendant Resources Inc., a mining company, explores for and develops mineral properties. The company explores for zinc, copper, lead, tin, silver, gold, and other metals. It holds 50% interest in the Lagoa Salgada volcanogenic massive sulphide project, which covers an area of 10,700 hectares located on the Iberian Pyrite Belt in Portugal. The company was formerly known as Morumbi Resources Inc. and changed its name to Ascendant Resources Inc. in December 2016. Ascendant Resources Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.