Wide Gold Trenches in Private Uruguay Play, But Can They Prove a System?

September 26, 2026

Sun Valley Minerals is a private company that is weeks away from listing on the TSXV under the proposed ticker SUNV. Its flagship is the 100% owned Tarumán gold-silver project, about 8 km west of Pirarajá in Uruguay, with secondary targets at Plumas Doradas and Keana along the same roughly 30 km corridor, plus an early-stage project in the north. In this interview, I asked the CEO about management incentives, the share structure, why B2Gold walked away, the revised geological model, its drill plans and the path to listing.

1.3M Ounces of Gold in Nevada, But Does The Metallurgy Work?

September 26, 2026

Blossom Gold owns 100% of the Rosebud gold-silver project in Pershing County, Nevada. Rosebud is a former underground mine run by a Newmont-Hecla joint venture in the late 1990s, and it sits right next to Hycroft. Blossom also owns the Kamma claims to the west. In this interview, I asked about the history of the asset and why previous operators left, the plan to turn Rosebud into a large open-pit heap leach mine, as well as metallurgy, permitting and water, money, and the early drilling at Kamma.

5 Uranium Projects in Saskatchewan, But Can They Prove Continuity?

September 21, 2026

Xcite Uranium is an early stage uranium explorer with projects near Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan. The flagship is the Don Lake project, which Xcite is earning up to 80% of from Eagle Plains. Its other projects are Lorado, Beaver River, Black Bay and Gulch, five in total. In this interview, I asked the CEO about the first Don Lake drill holes, what the assays need to show, the Eagle Plains option terms, funding and warrant exercises, and his goal of building a large uranium resource.

Copper Sulphides in 8 Drill Holes, But Is There a Real Discovery?

September 21, 2026

Leviathan Metals’ flagship is the Central Project in the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana, on the Hyena Hills dome, which sits directly south of MMG’s Khoemacau mine. Leviathan also holds uranium ground in Botswana, zinc-lead-silver ground in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Foča area), and Australian gold assets it wants to sell. In this interview, I asked CEO Luke Norman about the drill program, the land position, cash, the share price slide, and how he plans to communicate going forward.

1M+ Ounces of Heap Leach Gold in Mexico, But Can They Really Restart It?

September 18, 2026

Axo Metals, until recently named Axo Copper, holds two projects in Mexico. San Antonio, a past-producing, gold and silver focused project in Sonora, is the company’s main asset and the subject of almost this entire conversation. La Huerta, an earlier stage copper project in Jalisco, is the company’s original asset but is currently getting little capital or attention. In this interview, I asked CEO Jonathan Egilo about his background and ownership stake, the long history of San Antonio, current drilling, the company’s cash position, and what’s coming up over the next several months.

District-Scale Copper Targets, But Can Drilling Confirm a System?

September 17, 2026

Tribeca Resources has two projects: La Higuera, an IOCG copper-gold project about 40 km north of La Serena in the Coquimbo region, and Jiguata, a large porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system with an overlying gold-silver epithermal target in the Tarapacá region near the Bolivian border. It also holds Chiricuto, a smaller IOCG project in the Mantoverde district next to Capstone Copper’s Mantoverde and Santo Domingo operations, currently secondary. This was a catch-up interview covering field and drilling progress since May, pending assay results, financing, and an option payment restructuring.

1.3M Ounces of Gold in Nevada, But Does The Metallurgy Work?

September 26, 2026

Blossom Gold owns 100% of the Rosebud gold-silver project in Pershing County, Nevada. Rosebud is a former underground mine run

Cash-Flowing Gold Mine in Ontario, But Can They Get Costs Under Control?

September 15, 2026

Hemlo Mining’s flagship is the Hemlo gold mine near Marathon, northwestern Ontario, bought from Barrick last year. In this interview

BC Gold Drill Program Starting, But Can They Prove Continuity?

September 10, 2026

Omega Pacific Resources’s flagship Williams property is located in British Columbia’s Toodoggone District, roughly 330 km north of Smithers. The

New Gold Zone in Wide Intervals, But is There Enough Size?

September 10, 2026

Kirkland Lake Discoveries’ flagship is the Mirado Gold Project at KL South, a past-producing, structurally controlled gold system about 20

Historic High-Grade Gold Mine in Canada, But Can it be Permitted?

September 9, 2026

Sixty North Gold’s flagship is the Mon Gold Project, a past-producing high-grade gold mine roughly 45 km north of Yellowknife

Historic Gold Mine in Nevada, But Can They Really Restart It?

September 8, 2026

CopAur Minerals’ flagship is the past-producing Kinsley Mountain project in Elko and White Pine counties, about 80 km south of

High-Grade Silver Veins in Mexico, But Are the Widths Mineable?

September 14, 2026

Mercado Minerals’ flagship is Copalito, an optioned low sulphidation epithermal vein system roughly 120 km northeast of Culiacán and about

Big Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in the NWT, But Can They Really Build It?

September 8, 2026

Honey Badger Silver’s flagship is PC Silver, a silver-zinc-lead project in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories sitting in

Silver Mine in China Generating Cash Flow, But Can They Execute on Growth?

August 29, 2026

Silvercorp Metals is a producing silver-led miner whose current cash-flow base is the Ying Mining District in Henan, China, with

Building a Silver Mine in Mexico, But Can Costs Stay Under Control?

August 28, 2026

GoGold Resources runs the Parral tailings operation in Chihuahua, which is generating cash flow, while developing the Los Ricos district

High-Grade Silver Discovery in Bolivia, But Is There Enough Scale?

August 24, 2026

BP Silver”s flagship project is Cosuño, a lithocap-hosted silver polymetallic system in the same belt as Cerro Rico, with a

High-Grade Silver in Mexico, But Can it Become a Meaningful Resource?

July 13, 2026

Advance Metals is an Australian-listed silver and gold explorer with four projects, three in Mexico (Yoquivo, Gavilanes, and Guadalupe y

Copper Sulphides in 8 Drill Holes, But Is There a Real Discovery?

September 21, 2026

Leviathan Metals’ flagship is the Central Project in the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana, on the Hyena Hills dome, which

1M+ Ounces of Heap Leach Gold in Mexico, But Can They Really Restart It?

September 18, 2026

Axo Metals, until recently named Axo Copper, holds two projects in Mexico. San Antonio, a past-producing, gold and silver focused

District-Scale Copper Targets, But Can Drilling Confirm a System?

September 17, 2026

Tribeca Resources has two projects: La Higuera, an IOCG copper-gold project about 40 km north of La Serena in the

High-Grade Copper in Brazil, But is There a Real System?

September 9, 2026

Prospectiva Resources’ flagship is the São Francisco copper-gold project in Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil, part of a 335 km² package

Growing Copper System in Botswana, But Is the Grade Enough?

September 5, 2026

Eastport Critical Metals’ flagship is the Matsitama copper project in northeast Botswana, held across six contiguous prospecting licences and hosting

Copper Target in Montana, But Can They Find a Porphyry Centre?

September 4, 2026

Domestic Metals is earning 60% of the Smart Creek copper-gold-silver project in Montana from Rio Tinto, who keeps 40% and

5 Uranium Projects in Saskatchewan, But Can They Prove Continuity?

September 21, 2026

Xcite Uranium is an early stage uranium explorer with projects near Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan. The flagship is the

Inside a VIP Mining Event With a Fund Manager & 9 CEOs

March 27, 2026

I was asked to host a so-called VIP event at PDAC earlier this month. Although, to be fair, they asked

New Uranium Explorer in Latin America

February 21, 2026

This was a first-pass interview with Jaguar Uranium Corp., led by Steven Gold. They’re chasing uranium across one main asset

$610M Gold Asset in a $50M Company

November 9, 2025

This interview features Fortune Bay’s CEO, Dale Verran & VP Technical Services, Gareth Garlick, and focuses on how the company

Gold, Uranium, and Copper Potential in 1 Junior Mining Company

September 14, 2025

Fortune Bay (TSX-V: FOR ; OTC: FTBYF) is a gold-focused explorer/developer with two core gold assets. One (Goldfields) in northern

2 Uranium Juniors Are Merging, But Is It the Right Call?

July 8, 2025

Baselode Energy and Forum Energy Metals described their planned merger, outlining how Baselode’s cash position would fund exploration of Forum’s

Giant Nickel Project in Ontario, But is the Grade Enough for a Mine?

September 8, 2026

Canada Nickel’s flagship asset is the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project which sits about 40 km north of Timmins, Ontario, in

New Lithium Project Next to a Major Deposit, But Is There Continuity?

August 25, 2026

Libra Energy Materials is a lithium-focused explorer with a new flagship in Quebec’s Eeyou Istchee James Bay region, the Cisco

5 Lithium Projects in Africa, But Will Any of Them Reach Scale?

August 11, 2026

Lithium Africa’s flagship is the Springbok project in South Africa’s Northern Cape, roughly 80 km north of the town of

High-Grade Ni-Cu-Co in Scotland, But Why Hasn’t it Been Worked for 50 Years?

June 11, 2026

Winshear Metals has optioned two projects: the Portsoy nickel-copper-cobalt project roughly 60 km northwest of Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, and

What Makes a Lithium Discovery Actually Valuable?

April 11, 2026

Killian told me that they are not treating Mirage as a finished asset at 52.2 Mt at 1.08% Li2O, they

Inside a VIP Mining Event With a Fund Manager & 9 CEOs

March 27, 2026

I was asked to host a so-called VIP event at PDAC earlier this month. Although, to be fair, they asked

New Type of Royalty Company, But Can They Really Scale the Model?

September 16, 2026

Nations Royalty buys and pools mining royalty and impact benefit agreement (IBA) payments owned by First Nations. Its founding portfolio,

Titanium-Vanadium Discovery in Labrador, But Will The Metallurgy Work?

September 11, 2026

SAGA Metals’ flagship is the Radar titanium-vanadium-iron project about 10 km south of Cartwright in southeastern Labrador, covering the Dykes

Top-10 North American Rare Earth Resource, But Will the Economics Work?

September 1, 2026

Volta Metals’ flagship is the Springer rare earth and gallium project near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, about 70 km east of

Very High-Grade Rare Earths, But Can They Get the Funding?

August 25, 2026

Brazilian Rare Earths’ flagship is the Monte Alto deposit, a chevkinite hosted hard rock system with an overlying monazite sand

80 Projects and 17 Royalties, But Can They Really Monetize Them?

August 18, 2026

Strategic Metals is a Yukon-focused prospect generator that holds interests in roughly 100 properties plus large share positions in other

New Copper Target in BC, But Will They Drill Soon Enough?

August 15, 2026

Beyond Minerals holds three 100% owned projects: Owl Creek, a copper porphyry target near Pemberton, British Columbia; Ear Falls, an

What Actually Makes a Good Mining Jurisdiction? (Episode 1)

May 9, 2026

We kicked off a new format last week. We’re lining up four exploration executives in the same virtual room and

What is Michael Gentile Buying and Why?

April 28, 2026

In this wide-ranging interview, veteran junior mining investor Michael Gentile explains why he continues aggressively deploying capital into early-stage resource

The Overlooked Risk That Kills Mining Projects (And How to Fix It)

April 28, 2026

In this interview, Antonio speaks with Anna Triponel, founder of Human Level and a human rights expert who advises mining

Which Microcap Stocks Are Worth Holding?

April 25, 2026

Ian Cassel showed me some data that proves that micro-cap investing is brutally difficult, buy-and-hold almost never works in this

Exploring Value in Mineral Exploration: A Critical Conversation with John-Mark Staude, CEO of Riverside Resources

November 7, 2024

In a candid discussion, John-Mark Staude, CEO of Riverside Resources, delves into his origins in the geology field. With a PhD from the University of

Lessons from Building One of Canada’s Largest Gold Mines

November 1, 2024

Panneton readily acknowledges that while his success hinges on technical insight, it is equally reliant on surrounding himself with a carefully selected team. From his