Galactic Gold is focused on the Hardrock West property in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt of northwestern Ontario, about 10 km west of Equinox Gold’s producing Greenstone mine near Geraldton. In this CEO interview, I asked about the pre-drill work they’ve been doing, the state of the treasury, the timing of a first drill program, permitting, First Nations relations, and the share structure.

Galleon Gold’s flagship is the West Cache gold project, a shear-hosted mesothermal system 13 km west of Timmins, Ontario, on the Porcupine-Destor corridor, with a secondary high-grade vein asset called Golden Trove in Idaho that’s largely on hold. We talked about the 86,500-tonne bulk sample program now in early execution at Zone 9, the Pan American Silver relationship (lender, 20% shareholder, and planned toll miller at Bell Creek), the Newmont royalty buyback, permitting strategy, and the path to a feasibility study.

Miata Metals is focused on the Sela Creek Gold Project in Suriname, with a smaller Nassau Gold Project nearby. This was a follow-up conversation covering drill results since April, the recently announced La Mancha Resource Fund strategic (19.9%) investment and bought deal financing.

Xali Gold’s flagship project is the Pico Machay high sulphidation epithermal gold project in the Santa Ana district, Castrovirreyna province, Huancavelica, Peru, roughly 60 km north of Minera IRL’s Corihuarmi mine. Xali also holds the El Oro gold-silver package in Mexico, which is on hold for the time being. This interview covers the acquisition from Pan American Silver, the historic resource and why it was never developed, the plan to twin holes and update the resource and PEA, permitting, community and artisanal miner issues, and how they intend to fund it.

ICG Silver & Gold is a newly listed junior that controls the Tuscarora District in Elko County, Nevada, roughly an hour northwest of Elko at the intersection of the Carlin and Independence trends. The project is a low sulphidation epithermal silver-gold system, with western ground that may carry Carlin style characteristics, and the company took it over through a spinout from American Pacific Mining. I spoke with Steven Sirbovan, President, CEO and Director, and Korbon McCall, VP Exploration, and the discussion covered the maiden RC drill program now underway, the cap table and share unlocks, treasury and spending, and the path to a first resource estimate. TL;DR They are drilling 3,000 metres of RC for about C$1.5 million, started in early July, and they told me the goal is a maiden resource estimate in Q1 2027 that they expect to come in at a minimum of 500,000 ounces gold equivalent.

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.

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.

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.