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Multiple Gold Projects in Canada, But Is There Really a Clear Path to Value?

Harfang’s main asset is Sky Lake, an orogenic gold project about 35 km southwest of Pickle Lake in northwestern Ontario, alongside Blakelock on the Casa Berardi trend, plus optioned or partnered ground at Menarik West (with SOQUEM), Serpent (Eramet LOI), Pontax (Li-FT Power) and a fourth property, called Egan. In this interview, I asked about the paused drill program at Sky Lake, the First Nations situation behind that pause, the financing needed to restart, and the company’s identity as an explorer versus a project generator.

Shallow Copper-Gold System in Chile, But Are the Grades High Enough?

ATERRA Metals, formerly known as Cascada Silver, is working on the Totora copper-gold project in Chile’s Region III, about 60 km south of Vallenar in the Dos Amigos mining district, right on the Pan-American Highway at roughly 1,000 m elevation. It is four optioned properties covering several near-surface porphyry centres, the most advanced being the Frontera deposit, which carries a historic 2014 JORC estimate of about 50 Mt. In this interview, I asked about the pending maiden NI 43-101 resource, the option and ownership structure, the upcoming financing, and what size this needs to reach to matter to a buyer.

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

Beyond Minerals holds three 100% owned projects: Owl Creek, a copper porphyry target near Pemberton, British Columbia; Ear Falls, an LCT pegmatite lithium project about 15 minutes north of the town of Ear Falls in northwestern Ontario, roughly 70 km south of Red Lake; and the Rare One rare earth and base metal property near Fairmont, BC. This interview covered the pivot away from lithium, the shift of flagship status to Owl Creek, insider ownership, permitting, and how they intend to fund a first drill program.

High-Grade Gold in Nevada, But Can They Define a Large Continuous System?

49 Metals is an Australian-listed explorer whose flagship is the Gold Mountain project, a low sulphidation epithermal gold and silver system about 5 km southwest of Tonopah, Nevada, in the Walker Lane. The company is earning up to a 75% leasehold interest and has two earlier stage projects nearby, Sinter and Buffalo Canyon, both currently on the back burner. In this interview, I asked the CEO about the results of the maiden 7,500 m RC program, what the newly found high grade zone means for targeting, the treasury and earn in obligations, and the risks around continuity and dilution.

3M Ounces of Gold in DR Congo, But is it Really Economic?

Avanti Gold’s flagship asset is the Misisi project in the Fizi territory of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, roughly 250 km south of Bukavu and 180 km north of Kalemie along the Kibara belt. The main deposit, Akyanga, is an orogenic, structurally controlled quartz vein system with an inferred resource of 3.1 Moz at 2.37 g/t gold. The company also holds the Kraaipan ground in South Africa, which is dormant. I spoke with CEO Mohamed Cisse, and we covered the 42,000 m 2026 drill program, the treasury and financing plans, the ownership structure and MMG dilution, permitting, security and community arrangements, and the path to a PEA.

High Grade Brownfield Copper Project in Ireland, But Will Continuity Hold?

NorthMin’s Tynagh project is near Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland, is a past-producing carbonate-hosted zinc, lead, silver and barite deposit with copper that was mined between 1965 and 1982. The company is running two things in parallel: a tailings and waste stockpile recycling project on surface, and brownfield hard rock exploration underneath and along strike of the old workings for remaining reef mineralization plus a footwall copper zone. In this interview, I asked the CEO about ownership and incentives, metallurgy, permitting, drilling plans and how much money it all takes.

Record Revenue From Gold, But Can They Get Costs Under Control?

Starcore International Mines’ main asset is the San Martin mine, an underground epithermal gold-silver operation about 50 km east of Querétaro City in Querétaro State, sitting on a land package of roughly 12,992 hectares. The second asset is La Tortilla, a historical high-grade silver mine held under a 10-year lease about 40 km from the San Martin plant. The conversation covers the fiscal year-end results, why costs went up and production went down, the carbonaceous ore circuit, permitting at La Tortilla, the recent geophysical survey, and two spin-out or divestment situations.

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

Lithium Africa’s flagship is the Springbok project in South Africa’s Northern Cape, roughly 80 km north of the town of Springbok near the Orange River and the Namibian border, where they are drilling LCT pegmatites for spodumene. Beyond that they hold early stage lithium ground across several countries, most of it in a 50/50 joint venture with Ganfeng Lithium. The talk covered the drill program at Springbok, a historic stockpile they are trying to sell, the Ganfeng partnership, treasury, and jurisdiction risk.

Copper-Gold Target in BC, But Will the New Targeting Deliver This Time? 

Torr Metals is focused a new alkalic copper-gold porphyry target at its 332 km² Kolos project in southern BC’s Quesnel terrane, about 35 km southwest of Kamloops and near the New Afton and Highland Valley mines. The company also holds the Filion gold project in northern Ontario and the permitting-stalled Latham project in the Golden Triangle. The talk covered the ongoing Phase II drill program at the Bertha North target, cash position, assay timing, and what happens if the porphyry thesis doesn’t pan out.

Gold Project Next to a Major Mine, But Is the Geology Really the Same?

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.

High-Grade Gold Project in Ontario, But Can They Actually Build It?

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.

3 Gold Discoveries in Suriname, But Are They Big Enough to Matter?

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.

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Multiple Gold Projects in Canada, But Is There Really a Clear Path to Value?

Harfang’s main asset is Sky Lake, an orogenic gold project about 35 km southwest of Pickle Lake in northwestern Ontario, alongside Blakelock on the Casa Berardi trend, plus optioned or partnered ground at Menarik West (with SOQUEM), Serpent (Eramet LOI), Pontax (Li-FT Power) and a fourth property, called Egan. In this interview, I asked about the paused drill program at Sky Lake, the First Nations situation behind that pause, the financing needed to restart, and the company’s identity as an explorer versus a project generator.

Shallow Copper-Gold System in Chile, But Are the Grades High Enough?

ATERRA Metals, formerly known as Cascada Silver, is working on the Totora copper-gold project in Chile’s Region III, about 60 km south of Vallenar in the Dos Amigos mining district, right on the Pan-American Highway at roughly 1,000 m elevation. It is four optioned properties covering several near-surface porphyry centres, the most advanced being the Frontera deposit, which carries a historic 2014 JORC estimate of about 50 Mt. In this interview, I asked about the pending maiden NI 43-101 resource, the option and ownership structure, the upcoming financing, and what size this needs to reach to matter to a buyer.

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

Beyond Minerals holds three 100% owned projects: Owl Creek, a copper porphyry target near Pemberton, British Columbia; Ear Falls, an LCT pegmatite lithium project about 15 minutes north of the town of Ear Falls in northwestern Ontario, roughly 70 km south of Red Lake; and the Rare One rare earth and base metal property near Fairmont, BC. This interview covered the pivot away from lithium, the shift of flagship status to Owl Creek, insider ownership, permitting, and how they intend to fund a first drill program.

High-Grade Gold in Nevada, But Can They Define a Large Continuous System?

49 Metals is an Australian-listed explorer whose flagship is the Gold Mountain project, a low sulphidation epithermal gold and silver system about 5 km southwest of Tonopah, Nevada, in the Walker Lane. The company is earning up to a 75% leasehold interest and has two earlier stage projects nearby, Sinter and Buffalo Canyon, both currently on the back burner. In this interview, I asked the CEO about the results of the maiden 7,500 m RC program, what the newly found high grade zone means for targeting, the treasury and earn in obligations, and the risks around continuity and dilution.

3M Ounces of Gold in DR Congo, But is it Really Economic?

Avanti Gold’s flagship asset is the Misisi project in the Fizi territory of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, roughly 250 km south of Bukavu and 180 km north of Kalemie along the Kibara belt. The main deposit, Akyanga, is an orogenic, structurally controlled quartz vein system with an inferred resource of 3.1 Moz at 2.37 g/t gold. The company also holds the Kraaipan ground in South Africa, which is dormant. I spoke with CEO Mohamed Cisse, and we covered the 42,000 m 2026 drill program, the treasury and financing plans, the ownership structure and MMG dilution, permitting, security and community arrangements, and the path to a PEA.

High Grade Brownfield Copper Project in Ireland, But Will Continuity Hold?

NorthMin’s Tynagh project is near Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland, is a past-producing carbonate-hosted zinc, lead, silver and barite deposit with copper that was mined between 1965 and 1982. The company is running two things in parallel: a tailings and waste stockpile recycling project on surface, and brownfield hard rock exploration underneath and along strike of the old workings for remaining reef mineralization plus a footwall copper zone. In this interview, I asked the CEO about ownership and incentives, metallurgy, permitting, drilling plans and how much money it all takes.

Record Revenue From Gold, But Can They Get Costs Under Control?

Starcore International Mines’ main asset is the San Martin mine, an underground epithermal gold-silver operation about 50 km east of Querétaro City in Querétaro State, sitting on a land package of roughly 12,992 hectares. The second asset is La Tortilla, a historical high-grade silver mine held under a 10-year lease about 40 km from the San Martin plant. The conversation covers the fiscal year-end results, why costs went up and production went down, the carbonaceous ore circuit, permitting at La Tortilla, the recent geophysical survey, and two spin-out or divestment situations.

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

Lithium Africa’s flagship is the Springbok project in South Africa’s Northern Cape, roughly 80 km north of the town of Springbok near the Orange River and the Namibian border, where they are drilling LCT pegmatites for spodumene. Beyond that they hold early stage lithium ground across several countries, most of it in a 50/50 joint venture with Ganfeng Lithium. The talk covered the drill program at Springbok, a historic stockpile they are trying to sell, the Ganfeng partnership, treasury, and jurisdiction risk.

Copper-Gold Target in BC, But Will the New Targeting Deliver This Time? 

Torr Metals is focused a new alkalic copper-gold porphyry target at its 332 km² Kolos project in southern BC’s Quesnel terrane, about 35 km southwest of Kamloops and near the New Afton and Highland Valley mines. The company also holds the Filion gold project in northern Ontario and the permitting-stalled Latham project in the Golden Triangle. The talk covered the ongoing Phase II drill program at the Bertha North target, cash position, assay timing, and what happens if the porphyry thesis doesn’t pan out.

Gold Project Next to a Major Mine, But Is the Geology Really the Same?

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.

High-Grade Gold Project in Ontario, But Can They Actually Build It?

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.

3 Gold Discoveries in Suriname, But Are They Big Enough to Matter?

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.

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