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Large Oxide Gold Deposit in the USA, But Can They Really Build a Mine?

August 3, 2026

Dakota Gold’s flagship asset is the Richmond Hill project, an oxide and transition gold deposit in the Homestake mining district of Lawrence County, South Dakota, with a nearby earlier stage asset a few miles east. This conversation covers management’s ownership and background, the project’s resource and economics, the history of past operators walking away from the ground, permitting timeline, drilling plans, and how the company intends to finance construction.

3 Copper-Gold Targets in BC, But Can They Deliver a Discovery?

July 31, 2026

Prospect Ridge’s main assets are three porphyry targets: Camelot (100% owned, Cariboo mining district), Excalibur (Babine belt, currently being drilled) and Castle (Toodoggone district, still at the geophysics stage), plus two earlier-stage high-grade vein projects, Knauss Creek and Holy Grail, near Terrace. In this conversation, CEO Len Brownlie talked me through the drilling progress, financing, and what to watch for over the coming months.

High-Grade Oxide Gold in Nevada, But Can it Deliver Scale?

July 28, 2026

Nevada King Gold’s Atlanta project is a past-producing low sulfidation epithermal oxide gold-silver system in Lincoln County, Nevada, about 26 km northeast of Las Vegas. The conversation covers the current 40,000 metre phase 4 drill program, the company’s finances, management and insider ownership, the royalty situation, and plans (or lack thereof) for an economic study.

1M Ounces of Gold in Idaho, But Can the Grade Support Good Margins?

July 28, 2026

Freeman Gold is developing the Lemhi gold project in Idaho, a near surface oxide gold deposit that recently moved through a feasibility study. This conversation with CEO Bassam Moubarak covers the company’s build or sell strategy, his personal financial history in the sector, the ownership structure, permitting plans under the federal FAST 41 program, financing needs, and the risks he’s watching heading into construction.

Targeting Potash Production in 2027, But Can this Mining Method Work?

July 28, 2026

Buffalo Potash’s flagship project is the Disley potash property about 50 km northwest of Regina, Saskatchewan. This conversation covered the company’s push toward first production using a horizontal drilling and solution mining method, along with the history of the ground, insider ownership, financing, and the risks tied to turning on production.

North American Gold Producer, But Can They Execute on Growth?

July 25, 2026

Mining Americas’ (formerly Minera Alamos Inc.) main asset is the Pan gold mine in White Pine County, Nevada, currently in production, alongside the adjacent, permitted Gold Rock project (also Nevada), the permitted Copperstone underground project in Arizona, and two smaller Mexican assets, including Cerro de Oro in Zacatecas. The conversation covers the company’s growth plan, financing and cash flow, management ownership, permitting status, and operational risk.

New Potash Project in the USA, But Will Solution Mining Work at Depth?

July 25, 2026

Sage Potash is working on the Sage Plain potash project in the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah, about 30 km northwest of Monticello. In this interview, CEO Patricio Varas talked about the company’s ongoing step-out drill hole, the resource update expected to follow, and the broader strategy of building the deposit up to a size that could attract a major fertilizer company as a partner or buyer.

New Porphyry Copper Target in BC, But Why Was it Abandoned?

July 22, 2026

North Valley Resources is advancing its Comstock project, a copper-gold porphyry target near Merritt in southern British Columbia, close to the Coquihalla Highway in the Nicola mining district. I sat down with new CEO Cameron Dorsey, who took over the role in March, to talk through the project’s history, the current financing, and the plan to drill later this year.

New Gold Layer Discovered in Ontario, But Does it Have Enough Scale?

July 22, 2026

Inventus Mining’s main asset is the Pardo gold project, a shallow, flat-lying gold-bearing conglomerate deposit about 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ontario. The conversation covers bulk sample results, a newly confirmed second mineralized layer called the Matinenda Layer, drilling progress toward a maiden resource, ore sorting and heap leach test work, and financing.

High-Grade Tungsten Project in Yukon, But Can the Cost Be Justified?

July 21, 2026

Rackla Metals flagship project is the Lentung tungsten project (previously known as Lened) in the western Northwest Territories, roughly 60 km north of the past-producing Cantung mine. The conversation covers the historic Union Carbide drilling on the property, the 2026 drill program now underway, financing, permitting, and the risks tied to relocating and confirming a decades-old deposit.

Tantalum & Niobium Project in Canada, But Will the Metallurgy Work?

July 21, 2026

Capacitor Metals, a private company that holds the Blue River tantalum-niobium project in east-central British Columbia, near the town of Valemount. The property was acquired from Commerce Resources in 2024, and the conversation covers the company’s plan to go public on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the state of the project’s historic resource and studies, First Nations engagement, and financing.

High-Grade Copper Discovery in the Yukon, But Can it Be Permitted?

July 17, 2026

Gladiator Metals’ flagship project is the White Horse Copper project, a skarn deposit hosting copper, gold, silver and molybdenum located along a 35 km belt on the western edge of Whitehorse, Yukon. This conversation covered the company’s exploration strategy, recent drill results at the Cowley and Cub East target areas, financing history including a recent BlackRock-backed raise, permitting status, and the path toward a first resource estimate.