AGORACOM Small Cap CEO Interviews

• EV Evaluation: Aptera will assess HPQ ENDURA+ 21700 cells based on Novacium’s silicon-based anode materials and related cell technology, extending HPQ’s evaluation activity into solar electric vehicles. • Potential Range Improvement: Tourillon estimates up to 30% more range based on HPQ’s own numbers. He also identifies using fewer cells to reduce vehicle weight as an alternative. These potentia...

When we think of gold, we think of mining it, storing it or wearing it. nGRND is exploring another possibility: generating value while the gold stays underground. Its model connects two products: a platform for managing preserved gold, including a proposed gold token, and a live digital network that rewards participants for supporting the ecosystem. In this AGORACOM interview, Chairman David Lucat...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:PyroGenesis Inc. (TSX: PYR) (OTCQX: PYRGF) (FRA: 8PY1)PyroGenesis received an approximately $860,000 (EUR540,000) down payment on its previously announced $1.4 million (EUR900,000) two-torch plasma system contract with a European metallurgy and mater...

A conference organizer should be focused on bringing people together, not juggling registration systems, booth layouts, spreadsheets and disconnected data. Nextech3D.ai is developing agentic AI to simplify that work, allowing organizers to use natural language to build layouts, analyze event data and receive pricing recommendations. The opportunity starts with an existing business. Through Septemb...

The AI race has investors watching NVIDIA, Google and the next generation of chipmakers. But every new data centre also needs electricity and the copper to deliver it. That physical requirement is bringing mining into a conversation long dominated by technology stocks.  In this Thanksgiving AGORACOM interview, Power Metallic CEO Terry Lynch explores the copper supercycle thesis and where the compa...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:American Fusion Inc. (OTCQB: AMFN)American Fusion is restructuring up to $2.88 million of stock-based compensation obligations into long-term, lock-up Series C convertible preferred stock covering twelve officers, directors and advisors, with no cash...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:LaFleur Minerals Inc. (CSE: LFLR) (OTCQB: LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0)LaFleur reported new drill assays from its Swanson Gold Project in Quebec, led by a near-surface intersection of 6.05 g/t gold over 8.00 metres, including 14.96 g/t gold over 3.00 metres, at...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:NuRAN Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: NUR) (FSE: 1RN)NuRAN is piloting licensed Starlink low-Earth-orbit satellite backhaul in Nigeria with partner Infratel to boost throughput and revenue at its rural mobile sites. The company finances, builds and operates m...

HPQ Silicon has completed the 50/50 ownership transaction with PyroGenesis that gives its fumed silica program a common commercial platform. Each company now owns half of HPQ Silica Polvere Inc. (HSPI), the rights holder of the proprietary Fumed Silica Reactor (FSR) technology. The transaction comes after independently validated pilot production of commercial grade material and alongside an update...

FOBI AI has introduced the four products behind its Flywheel. Now CEO Rob Anson is focused on the question that follows every product launch: how do you get it into the hands of customers? Speaking from Washington, D.C., Anson said he had spent several days in meetings exploring opportunities. FORTRESS, FOBI’s sovereign enterprise AI infrastructure, was the product he emphasized as he discussed se...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:Troilus Mining Corp. (TSX: TLG) (OTCQX: CHXMF) (FSE: CM5)Troilus received a credit-approved commitment letter from KfW IPEX-Bank and Societe Generale to underwrite US$850 million in debt financing for its Troilus Gold-Copper Project in Quebec. The co...

Silver Vista in British Columbia has been drilled four times before. Those drill holes hit long stretches of rock containing silver and copper, including one 46-metre section averaging 48 grams of silver per tonne and 0.62% copper. But nobody ever went back to drill around the best holes. Now Maverick Gold and Silver (CSE: MAV / OTC: VRCFF / FWB: VR6) is doing exactly that. The Company has started...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:BacTech Environmental Corp. (CSE: BAC) (OTCQB: BCCEF)BacTech, a leader in commercial bioleaching for the circular economy, announced it will attend the Centurion One Capital 4th Annual Bahamas Summit. The event places the company in front of institut...

HPQ Silicon’s Radio Battery Breakthrough: A New Milestone for Military Power HPQ Silicon’s partner Novacium has developed prototype batteries with the French Army’s Technical Section (STAT), targeting a significant capacity increase for military tactical radios. According to management, the prototypes deliver approximately 23% more capacity than the reference battery , using Novacium’s silicon-enh...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:Waste Energy Corp. (OTCID: WAST)Waste Energy signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire an established tire-processing operation, including an approximately 10-acre industrial property, for about $1.2 million, taking a 51% stake in the acquisit...

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Six-Month Validation: A July 2026 test campaign with 10 AA NOVA prototypes preceded the order, lighter pack, at least equivalent performance versus Alta Ares’ reference battery. High-Current Power: The AA NOVA pack uses 18 cylindrical 21700 GEN3 “high-current” cells (5,000 mAh each, 25C discharge rate, 125A per cell). Weight Advantage: Silicon-based cells delivered higher ene...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:AISIX Solutions Inc. (TSXV: AISX) (OTCQB: AISXF) (FSE: QT7)AISIX expanded its data licensing agreement with OctoAI's Eli Report platform, adding 16,000 buildings and more than doubling its nationwide coverage to over 30,000 condominium and strata...

Small Cap Breaking News You Can't Miss! Here's a quick rundown of the latest updates from standout small-cap companies making big moves today:PyroGenesis Inc. (TSX: PYR) (OTCQX: PYRGF) (FRA: 8PY1)PyroGenesis confirmed that recently announced U.S. tariffs and federal procurement restrictions are not expected to have a materially adverse impact on its operations or financial results. The pla...

Power Metallic Mines has moved its Lion Zone from a high-grade discovery into a formally defined mineral resource. On September 8, 2026, the company announced an inaugural NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate prepared by SGS Canada. Lion now contains approximately 4.75 million tonnes grading approximately 3.9% copper equivalent, representing approximately 406 million pounds of contained copper equi...

Graphite has powered lithium-ion battery anodes for decades, but its capacity has limits. Silicon can theoretically store more than ten times as much lithium, yet its expansion during charging has made commercial use difficult. HPQ Silicon’s strategic partner Novacium has spent years addressing that challenge. Now, its silicon-based technology is being evaluated with material from an established g...

Mine tailings are usually viewed as the unwanted end of the mining process. They can remain behind for decades, generate acid drainage and create environmental liabilities, yet some still contain gold, silver, copper and other metals that older processing methods may not have recovered. BacTech Environmental is building its strategy around that overlooked opportunity. Its explanation is memorable:...

What if one of the biggest limits on artificial intelligence is not computing power, but the electricity needed to run it? Data centers require enormous amounts of dependable power, often where the grid cannot deliver it quickly enough. American Fusion believes its Texatron™ Fusion Engine™ could eventually provide electricity directly at a customer’s site, reducing reliance on existing grids Execu...

Most junior gold explorers begin with a geological theory, while Falcon Gold Corp. (TSXV: FG | OTC Pink: FGLDF) begins with more than a century of evidence. Its 100% owned Central Canada Gold Project near Atikokan, Ontario, has seen shafts, underground workings, historical milling and modern drilling that returned visible gold and several high grade intersections. Falcon has now received an explor...

For decades, interacting with a business online has meant learning how that business wants you to interact with it. Open the website. Find the right menu. Fill out the form. Navigate multiple screens. FOBI AI believes that model is beginning to change. The Company has launched AgenticBrain, an agentic conversational platform designed to let customers interact with businesses using natural language...

One commercial order can establish credibility. Three parallel final stage evaluations can show whether that credibility is beginning to spread. Just over a week after Novacium received its first commercial order for silicon based battery packs destined for drones for a French Army regiment, HPQ and Novacium are now advancing battery evaluations with three separate European drone manufacturers. Ea...