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Six months into his tenure as CEO, Mark Wall is moving American Rare Earths Limited (ASX: ARR | OTCQX: ARRNF | ADR: AMRRY) toward a more distinctly American future. The Company’s assets are in the United States, Wall has relocated there and the process of pursuing a Nasdaq listing has begun. In an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Wall described the transition as a natural extension o...

The central challenge facing most critical minerals developers is no longer proving that their commodity matters. It is financing the long and expensive stretch between discovery and construction. First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS | OTCQX: FRSPF | OTCQX ADR: FPHOY | FSE: KD0) has strengthened its answer to that challenge with an oversubscribed private placement and a growing network of government,...

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU | OTCQX: UURAF) has reached two important milestones in its effort to establish a commercial rare earth separation business in North America: the production of 99.9% pure dysprosium oxide from real-world ionic clay concentrate and a new relationship with Sumitomo Corporation that connects feedstock supply, processing and prospective Japanese customers. In a recent...

As tungsten emerges as one of the most strategically important critical minerals, investors are paying closer attention to the limited number of advanced projects positioned outside China. During a recent InvestorTalk hosted by InvestorNews, Stephen Gray, President, CEO and Director of Fox Tungsten Ltd. (TSXV: FOXT), discussed the company's flagship Fox Project in southern British Columbia, it...

"The conversation is shifting from owning deposits to owning capabilities." That observation from Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) Co-Chair Jack Lifton may have been the defining takeaway from this week's Critical Minerals Report podcast. Joining me for this edition were CMI Co-Chairs Jack Lifton and Melissa "Mel" Sanderson, who examined one of the busiest weeks the critic...

Australia has long been recognised for its world-class hard rock rare earth deposits, but Australian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: AR3) is pursuing something fundamentally different. The company's Koppamurra Project in southeastern South Australia is one of the very few ionic adsorption clay rare earth deposits identified outside Asia—a geological setting that could ultimately prove strategically...

The rare earth sector has no shortage of promising deposits. What separates the leaders is the ability to demonstrate that a project can move beyond geology and into production. That was the central message from Mark Tory, President, CEO and Director of Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF), during a recent InvestorNews interview with Tracy Hughes."We've got a great deposit,&qu...

The conversation surrounding critical minerals has traditionally focused on lithium, rare earth elements, graphite, and copper. Yet one of the most important materials enabling the next generation of artificial intelligence, renewable energy, advanced electronics, and photonics has largely remained outside the spotlight—high-purity silica. That may be beginning to change. In a recent interview wit...

The Critical Minerals Report (CMR) Podcast is a new, twice-monthly series produced by the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), examining the economic, geopolitical, and industrial forces shaping the global critical minerals economy. Hosted by Tracy Hughes, Co-Founder of CMI and CEO of InvestorNews Inc., the podcast features regular commentary from CMI Co-Chairs Jack Lifton and Melissa "Mel&quot...

When Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS | OTCQX: FRSPF | OTCQX ADR: FPHOY | FSE: KD0) during discussions surrounding the newly expanded G7 Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance, it marked far more than another mention of a Canadian mining company. It signaled that the global conversation around critical minerals is evolving from simply identifyin...

For West High Yield Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WHY), a recent British Columbia court decision may prove to be one of the most significant developments in the company's history. In a recent InvestorNews interview, Barry Baim, Director of West High Yield Resources, discussed the dismissal of a judicial review that had challenged the provincial government's decision not to require a separate envir...

In a recent InvestorNews interview with Tracy Hughes, Kevin Keough, CEO and Director of Oreterra Metals Corp. (TSXV: OTMC), discussed the company's upcoming maiden drill program at Trek South, a copper-gold porphyry target located in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The discussion also covered a recently announced royalty transaction involving Enduro Metals Corporation and updates on th...

During a recent InvestorTalk interview hosted by Tracy Hughes, Jim Atkinson, CEO and Director of Antimony Resources Corp. (CSE: ATMY | OTCQB: ATMYF), discussed the Company’s latest assay results, progress toward a maiden resource estimate, and the Bald Hill project potential in New Brunswick. A significant focus of the discussion was the Company’s recently announced trench sampling results from se...

As gold prices continue to attract investor attention to Canada's Yukon Territory, Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF) is advancing one of the district's more active exploration programs. During a recent interview with InvestorNews, Christopher Berlet, President, CEO and Director of Stakeholder Gold, provided an update on the Company's ongoing drill campaign at its 20,000...

During a recent InvestorTalk interview hosted by Darren Cudmore, Tom Drivas, CEO and Director of Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (CSE: API | OTCQB: APAAF), provided an update on the Company’s activities in Brazil, Saskatchewan, and Ontario—three jurisdictions that collectively give Appia exposure to ionic clay rare earths, hard rock rare earths, and uranium. A major focus of the discussion w...

For nearly two decades, West High Yield Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WHY) has been advancing a project that, until recently, occupied a relatively obscure corner of the critical minerals conversation. That may be changing. As governments across North America race to secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, magnesium is quietly attracting renewed attention from analysts, manufacturers, and policym...

Artificial intelligence may be the hottest investment theme in global markets today, but according to Sheldon Bennett, CEO and Director of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF), the companies best positioned to participate may not necessarily be the ones investors expect. During a recent conversation with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Bennett discussed DMG’s newly announced L...

Scandium has long been described as one of the most promising critical minerals in the world. The challenge has never been its performance. The challenge has been supply. A small addition of scandium can transform aluminum into a significantly stronger, lighter, and more efficient material, making it attractive for aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, robotics, and electric vehicles. Yet de...

When investors discuss the future of rare earths in North America, the conversation often gravitates toward processing plants, magnet manufacturing, and the geopolitical imperative of reducing Western dependence on China. Yet before any of that can happen, one question must be answered: where will the raw materials come from? According to Mark Wall, President and CEO of American Rare Earths Limite...

Most junior mining companies spend years trying to align themselves with a major investment theme. Resolution Minerals Ltd. (ASX: RML | OTCQB: RLMLF) appears to have stumbled into three at once. Resolution's Horse Heaven project is unusual in today's critical minerals market. Few projects offer exposure to antimony, tungsten and gold within the same district, let alone historic production...

When investors discuss critical minerals, the conversation usually centers on copper, uranium, rare earths, lithium, tungsten, and antimony. Yet some of the most strategically important minerals rarely enter the discussion despite their direct role in modern healthcare. Barite and iodine are two notable examples. Barite is classified as a critical mineral in the United States, while iodine is incr...

Quantum eMotion Corp. (NYSE American: QNC | TSXV: QNC | FSE: 34Q0) is moving from quantum cybersecurity concept to semiconductor execution. In an InvestorTalk interview with Darren Cudmore, President, CEO and Director Dr. Francis Bellido framed the company’s newly signed consortium agreement with Taiwan-based JMEM TEK as more than another technical collaboration. It is, in his view, a step toward...

In the rare earth sector, scale matters — but composition matters more. In an InvestorNews interview, Dr. Alex Moyes, SVP of Mining and Processing at USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR), focused on one point repeatedly: control of heavy rare earth supply is the defining constraint in the market today. At the center of that strategy is Serra Verde in Brazil.“Serra Verde… is really a strategic asset...

“When we acquired this project last June, we were looking for something advanced—and we found something that kept growing,” said Kerem Usenmez, President, CEO & Director of Volta Metals Ltd. (CSE: VLTA | OTCQB: VOLMF).In under 12 months, Volta Metals has moved from acquisition to two drill programs, an updated resource, metallurgical work, and a preliminary economic assessment targeted for thi...

In a recent interview with Tracy Hughes, Robin Dunbar, President, CEO, and Director of Grid Metals Corp. (TSXV: GRDM | OTCQB: MSMGF), outlined the company’s advancing cesium strategy at its Falcon West project in southeastern Manitoba, while also highlighting a newly signed earn-in agreement with Boliden Group and broader developments across its base metals portfolio. The Boliden agreement allows...