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Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) President and CEO Jorge Ganoza joins Kitco Mining’s Kitco Spotlight with Paul Harris to discuss the company’s Q1 2026 results, released in early May, and how Fortuna is using record free cash flow to fund its next phase of growth without issuing shares. Fortuna reported $120 million in net earnings and $174 million in free cash flow in Q1 2026 on production of...

Equinox Gold and Orla Mining have announced a planned all-stock transaction to create a North American-focused senior gold producer with roughly 1.1 million ounces of annual production and a development pipeline to 1.9 million ounces. Darren Hall, President and CEO of Equinox Gold, and Jason Simpson, President and CEO of Orla Mining, join Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to discuss the May 13, 2026, dea...

Riley Gold (TSXV: RLYG) is advancing exploration at its Pipeline West/Clipper (PWC) project along Nevada’s Cortez trend, where partner Kinross can earn up to 75% by spending $20 million USD. CEO Todd Hilditch said the project is located in “elephant country,” within a district that hosts “50 million ounces of past production, current reserve,” alongside major deposits such as Cortez and Pipeline....

West Point Gold (TSXV: WPG) is advancing its Gold Chain project in Arizona’s Walker Lane Trend toward a maiden resource at the Tyro main zone, targeted for late Q3 to early Q4 2026. President and CEO Derek Macpherson said the company has drilled nearly 25,000 meters to date and is completing a 20,000-meter program focused on resource definition and new discoveries. The exploration target outlines...

Syntholene Energy (TSXV: ESAF; OTC: SYNTF) CEO Dan Sutton joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends as tightening jet fuel supplies expose structural risks across global transportation. Sutton said the aviation sector is “100% exposed” to fossil fuel supply chains, adding that “Aviation fuel is often the canary in the coal mine when it comes to supply chain constraints.” He noted that hard-to-abate s...

A major permitting milestone, a strategic partner in Volkswagen, and a possible valuation re-rating. PMET Resources CEO Ken Brinsden joins Kitco Mining to break down the company’s newly filed ESIA for the Shaakichiuwaanaan project in Quebec, the path toward mine authorization, and why investors are paying closer attention to the story. Jeremy Szafron and Brinsden discuss the 2025 feasibility study...

Arizona Eagle Mining is advancing a high-grade gold exploration strategy in Arizona, anchored by the historic McCabe mine, as it prepares to list on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker AZEM. The company recently completed a reverse takeover with Core Nickel, gaining a public listing and additional critical mineral assets, but its primary focus remains firmly on gold in Arizona. The McCabe pr...

Cabral Gold (TSXV: CBR) CEO Alan Carter says the company has achieved a major milestone with the granting of the Licença Prévia (“LP”) for the Full Mining License at Cuiú Cuiú Gold District, in the state of Pará, Brazil. “The trial mining licenses actually have a limit, so we can only mine about half a million tons a year, or about 1,500 tons a day,” he explained. “With the full mining license, th...

Panther Metals (LSE: PALM) is advancing the Winston tailings project in Ontario, where historic zinc-focused processing left behind potential value in precious and critical metals. The Winston mine operated from 1988 to 1999 and was once considered one of the highest-grade zinc operations in North America, but gold and silver were largely overlooked when prices were far lower. Speaking with Kitco...

Aftermath Silver (TSXV: AAG) is advancing its Berenguela silver-copper-manganese project in Puno, Peru, where Founder and Executive Chairman Mike Williams says the deposit has grown into one of the larger undeveloped silver resources in the sector. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, Williams said the project hosts “122 million ounces of silver measured and indicated” with “a further 20 milli...

Prospector Metals (TSXV: PPP; OTCQB: PMCOF) is ramping up exploration at its ML project near Dawson City, Yukon, following a 2025 discovery and new strategic backing from gold producer B2Gold. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, President & CEO Rob Carpenter said the company plans to increase drilling from about 6,000 meters completed in 2025 to more than 25,000 meters in 2026. The discov...

OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) is targeting higher production and larger shareholder returns after delivering record revenue, EBITDA, net profit and free cash flow in 2025. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, President & CEO Gerard Bond said strong operational discipline allowed the company to capture rising gold prices. “We were able to convert a lot of those higher gold prices to the...

Tocvan Ventures (CSE: TOC) is advancing its Gran Pilar gold-silver project in Sonora, Mexico, with a strategy that combines exploration drilling with a permitted pilot mining operation aimed at demonstrating heap leach production potential. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, CEO Brodie Sutherland said the company spent three years consolidating the land package around a discovery first drill...

Trilogy Metals (NYSE American: TMQ; TSX: TMQ) CEO Tony Giardini joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends at PDAC 2026 to discuss renewed momentum around the Arctic copper project in Alaska’s Ambler mining district following recent permitting developments and growing U.S. government support for domestic critical minerals. The Arctic deposit hosts about 50 million tonnes grading roughly 5.6% copper eq...

U.S. GoldMining Inc. (NASDAQ: USGO) has released a preliminary economic assessment for its Whistler project in Alaska, outlining average production of approximately 250,000 gold equivalent ounces per year over a 15-year mine life, including roughly 345,000 gold equivalent ounces annually in the first three years. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, CEO Tim Smith said the study returned a 33%...

Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN) is expanding drilling at its Columba silver project in Chihuahua, Mexico, where the company is running a 60,000-meter program aimed at growing the 54.1 Moz inferred silver resource announced in June 2025. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, President and CEO Jim McDonald said the program is focused on systematic 100-meter step-outs along wide, open-ended...

Radisson Mining (TSXV: RDS; OTCQB: RMRDF) CEO Matt Manson joins Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 to discuss the company’s expanding O’Brien gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region following a March 2, 2026 updated mineral resource estimate. The new estimate outlines about 1.69 million oz. inferred, up 82% from the previous estimate, and 0.63 million oz. indicated, bringing total contained gold to about 2...

Aquitaine Metals CEO Chris Taylor joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends at PDAC 2026 to discuss the Limousin gold project in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, which he says has the potential to support “many millions of ounces.” Taylor, who previously led Great Bear Resources through its almost $2 billion sale to Kinross, said the project “stood head and shoulders above everything else I looked at” aft...

Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV) is advancing its high-grade Kitsault Valley project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle while preparing for a transformative merger with Contango Ore. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, President and CEO Shawn Khunkhun said the transaction brings gold production and development expertise into Dolly Varden’s growing silver district. Over the past six years, th...

Saudi Arabia has doubled exploration spending year over year, reaching SAR 1.05 billion in 2024, as the Kingdom pushes to expand grassroots discovery while global budgets remain under pressure. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, Abdulrahman Al-Belushi, Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Management at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, outlined how mining...

Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is targeting 600,000 oz of production in 2026 after weather and mill challenges weighed on output in late 2025, even as the company generated record free cash flow last year. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, President and CEO John McCluskey said 2025 all-in sustaining costs averaged $1,524 per oz, with margins approaching 60% at prevailing...

Silver47 Exploration (TSXV: AGA) is advancing a portfolio of high-grade silver projects in the United States, led by the Red Mountain deposit in Alaska, which hosts a 168 Moz silver-equivalent resource grading 336 g/t. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto on March 2, VP of Investor Relations Giordy Belfiore said the company is focused on building a high-grade U.S. silver portfolio ac...

Tiernan Gold (TSXV: TNGD) Director Chris Taylor joins Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 to discuss advancing the Volcan gold project in Chile’s Maricunga district, which hosts 9.8 Moz measured and indicated and total resources of about 11 Moz. “It’s an 11 million ounce deposit, basically,” Taylor said. “The thing is huge.” The large-scale oxide heap leach project has not seen exploration in more than a de...

AbraSilver Resource Corp. (TSX: ABRA; OTCQX: ABBRF) CEO John Miniotis was named Kitco Mining’s Exploration CEO of the Year at PDAC 2026, as the company advances its Diablillos silver-gold project in Argentina toward a final investment decision in 2026. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, Miniotis said the project hosts approximately 350 million oz of silver equivalent resources, with measured...

Guanajuato Silver (TSXV: GSVR) is expanding production in Mexico’s historic Guanajuato mining district after completing the $50 million acquisition of the Bolañitos gold-silver mine and 1,600 tpd processing plant from Endeavour Silver, which closed Jan. 15, 2026. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, CEO James Anderson said the purchase creates immediate operational synergies with th...