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“Exciting times,” said Tom Drivas, CEO and Director of Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (CSE: API | OTCQB: APAAF), his tone both measured and confident. After months of quiet technical work in Brazil, Appia has secured what he calls “a deal done with Ultra [Rare Earth Inc.],” closing a US$6 million investment to advance its ionic-clay and carbonatite discoveries at the company’s PCH Project i...

A quietly confident declaration opened my conversation with Brett Marsh, President, CEO, and Director of Spartan Metals Corp. (TSXV: W): “Tungstonia was in operation during World War I and World War II … We picked it up recently, and we’re really excited about its potential for tungsten exploration.” The historic Nevada mine, once among the highest-grade tungsten producers in the United States, no...

In a sector where legacy assets often languish under layers of inertia, Kevin Keough is intent on rewriting the playbook. “There’s a major corporate revamp underway,” the Romios Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: RG) CEO told me, leaning into the conviction of someone who’s already staked his own capital on the turnaround. “For investors looking for a turnaround play—that’s what Romios is.”Keough, who ste...

“The old-timers thought 5,000 grams per tonne was too low to mine,” says Frank Basa, CEO and Chairman of Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSXV: NTH | OTCQB: CCWOF). “Think about that.” His disbelief carries pride—an echo from the past reborn in the present. Today, Nord is again pulling extraordinary grades from Ontario’s storied Cobalt Camp, a district once hailed as the world’s richest silver pr...

In a recent conversation with Tracy Hughes of InvestorNews, Jack Lifton, co-chair of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), offered a pointed assessment of the recent meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping and its implications for the rare earths market. According to Lifton, “what they agreed upon was that China would roll back its latest series of impediments to the expor...

Few juniors move from acquisition to drill completion in a single quarter. Volta Metals Ltd. (CSE: VLTA | FSE: D0W) has—and President & CEO Kerem Usenmez says the results could redefine Canada’s place in the critical minerals map. “What’s particularly exciting about the Springer Rare Earth and Gallium Project is its location, its high-grade nature, and the fact that it’s open in all directions...

In the heart of Brazil’s mining country, where hills of iron and niobium have long fed global industry, a new frontier is emerging—and Christopher Eager is convinced its titanium and rare earths that will define the next chapter. “Brazil is one of the few places in the world where you can go from early-stage exploration through to start of construction in sometimes less than 24 months,” said Eager...

There are few phrases that carry the weight of accomplishment in the junior mining world quite like “commercial shipment.” For Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI | OTCQB: SBMCF), it’s not just a milestone—it’s validation. As Director and VP of Capital Markets Peter Clausi put it in a recent conversation with InvestorNews.com host Tracy Hughes, “There’s been a lot of work getting to this point,...

Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) sits at the crossroads of two of the hottest commodity stories of 2025 — gold and copper — and, as CEO Christopher Berlet tells it, “right in the middle” of the White Gold District that is suddenly worth hundreds of millions more than it was just weeks ago.“We currently trade at about one-fifteenth the value of the surrounding companies,” Berlet said, acknowledgi...

Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSXV: SCD) is rapidly positioning itself as a linchpin in North America’s critical minerals strategy. “We’re certainly the single largest and only primary source of scandium in North America,” said CEO Guy Bourassa during an interview with InvestorNews.com host Tracy Hughes. “For anyone looking to work with or produce high-performance aluminum-scandium alloys, we’re definitel...

Few companies in the North American critical minerals sector can make the claim that they are both advanced and environmentally forward—but West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WHY) stands out as one that can. “We’re probably the largest, greenest project on the North American continent relative to critical minerals today,” said Barry Baim, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director...

In a world where half the global population depends on nitrogen fertilizers that come with a heavy carbon cost, FuelPositive Corporation (TSXV: NHHH | OTCQB: NHHHF) is rewriting the rules of agricultural production. “Nitrogen is one of the most essential inputs for farmers around the world,” said Ian Clifford, CEO and Chair of FuelPositive, in a recent interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes...

In a sector defined by scarcity, American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: TUNGF) has set its sights on reviving a supply chain that North America lost a decade ago. “Production in North America ceased in 2015,” CEO Ali Haji told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes. “The intent for American Tungsten is to be the first producer since that cessation.”From his first five months as CEO, Haji’s impact has...

The world’s next energy race isn’t being fought over oil or gas—it’s being built from the black powder inside a lithium-ion cell. And in that race, Nano One Materials Corp. (TSX: NANO | OTCQB: NNOMF) has quietly positioned itself as one of the few Western companies with the technology, partnerships, and timing to compete.“We’re really excited about our progress with Rio Tinto,” says Alex Holmes, C...

Few projects in Canada’s critical minerals landscape capture the strategic urgency of tungsten the way Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: HPY) does. “Happy Creek has one of the highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world,” said President, CEO, and Director Jason Bahnsen, “which is a great place to start.” The company’s flagship Fox Tungsten Project in British Columbia holds an NI 43-101 resource of...

In an era when artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every industry, Quantum Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: LEAP | OTCQB: ATOXF) is taking a bold step to merge machine learning with mineral exploration. “Everything is getting automated—faster, better, smarter,” said CEO and Director Marcy Kiesman. “We’re trying to use AI in every aspect we can in the mining field.” From mapping mineralized zon...

Brazil’s Caldeira Project may prove to be one of the rare earth industry’s defining assets, and Meteoric Resources NL (ASX: MEI) is moving fast to prove it. “Since we spoke last, we’ve delivered our PFS, and we’re very, very pleased with the results,” said Stuart Gale, Managing Director and CEO of Meteoric Resources. “The PFS gives us more confidence around the mining, the exploration, our underst...

Few deposits in the world can claim to redefine the rare earth landscape, but Professor Ken Collerson believes Victory Metals’ North Stanmore discovery may be one of them. “When you’re making new discoveries in exploration, the whole key is seeing what other people see but thinking what no one has thought before. And that’s exactly what we did with the Victory North Stanmore discovery, which is si...

Brazil may well be the new frontier in the global chess match for critical minerals, and Brian Leeners, CEO and Director of Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR | OTCQB: HMRFF), is determined to ensure his company plays a decisive role. “It’s a pretty good chess match,” he said of the evolving relationship between Brazil and the United States. “On one side, you have a fairly aggressive player. On the...

The rare earths market is sizzling — valuations have doubled or tripled since early summer — and Constantine Karayannopoulos, veteran strategist and former CEO of Neo Performance Materials Inc. (TSX: NEO | OTCQX: NOPMF), says the spark came from Washington. “It all started with the deal that MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP) did with the DoD or DoW, where there was a massive amount of money that the U...

Australian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: AR3) is aiming to transform a clay discovery into one of the most strategically important rare earth projects in the Western world. “Australian Rare Earths is advancing an ionic clay project in South Australia,” said Managing Director Travis Beinke. “The discovery was made back in 2020. The company IPO’d in 2021. Since then, we’ve drilled out a large resource o...

The Wicheeda deposit has long been regarded as a standout rare earth project in North America, but Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF) is now positioning it as one of the world’s best. “When I did my due diligence after I got a tap on the shoulder for this job, I realized it was one of the best projects that’s out there globally and wanted to be part of it,” said Mark Tory, President...

What began as a modest exploration program in Ontario’s storied Cobalt Camp has evolved into something far more expansive. Frank Basa, CEO and Chairman of Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSXV: NTH | OTCQB: CCWOF), revealed that what the company initially believed to be 10 veins of mineralization has now tripled. “It turned out we have 29 of them, which was a very large surprise,” Basa explained....

Brazilian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: BRE | OTCQX: BRELY | OTCQX: BRETF) has turned necessity into velocity—and a frontier province in Bahia into one of the rare earth sector’s most closely watched growth stories. “Brazilian Rare Earths has discovered what appears to be, based on public information, the highest-grade deposit in the world,” Managing Director and CEO Dr. Bernardo da Veiga told me. In...

The scale of ambition behind CVMR® Corporation’s latest move is staggering. What began as a $7 billion fund to finance mid-sized mining and refining projects has now swelled to a proposed $42 billion capital vehicle, backed by physical gold. “We had prescribed about $200 million was already sold before we started,” Kamran M. Khozan, Chairman and CEO of CVMR, explained in a recent interview. “And n...