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"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 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...

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...

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...

In a market increasingly crowded with companies invoking the language of “rare earths” without necessarily understanding the science—or the economics—behind it, the conversation with Mark Tory offers a rare moment of clarity. Appearing on InvestorNews with Tracy Hughes, Tory, President, CEO, and Director of Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF), did not lean on market enthusiasm or geop...

In a recent interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Larry Braga, President and CEO of AscentX Medical, described gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as one of the most common gastrointestinal conditions globally, affecting a significant portion of the population and largely managed today through pharmaceutical intervention. Braga noted that while proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) dominate th...

In a recent interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Dr. Iqbal Sandhu, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board at AscentX Medical, outlined the scale and clinical burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition affecting tens of millions of patients and defined by the backward flow of stomach acid into the esophagus due to a compromised lower esophageal sphincter. Dr. Sandhu...

In a recent Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) Masterclass, “The Critical Mineral that Literally Defines Time – Cesium,” the discussion began with a simple but underappreciated fact: the modern world keeps time using a metal most investors have never heard of. Hosted by Jack Lifton, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute and one of the foremost authorities on critical minerals, the session pos...

In a recent interview with market maker Darren Cudmore, host for InvestorNews.com, he spoke with Brett Marsh, President, CEO, and Director of Spartan Metals Corp., following the company’s announcement that it has acquired what it describes as the largest tungsten resource in the United States. The acquisition of the Victorio project marks a defining shift for Spartan Metals, elevating it from an e...

In a recent InvestorTalk hosted by Tracy Hughes, she spoke with Sheldon Bennett, CEO and Director of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF), about a constraint moving from background assumption to defining investment variable: power. Bennett outlined the company’s latest expansion at its Christina Lake facility, adding 10 megawatts to reach 75 megawatts of capacity, supported by...

In a recent interview with market maker Darren Cudmore, host for InvestorNews.com, he spoke with Brian Leeners, CEO and Director of Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR | OTCQB: HMRFF), about a strategy built around one of the most overlooked materials in the global economy: silica. Leeners framed the company’s thesis around two converging forces—electrification and the material constraints required...

At the outset of the spring exploration season, Oreterra Metals Corp. (TSXV: OTMC) is positioning itself for what management describes as a potential breakthrough year, anchored by a fully funded drill program in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. Speaking with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, CEO Kevin Keough pointed to a combination of technical groundwork and market timing. “We have the money,...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Ali Haji, CEO and Director of American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: TUNGF), as the company closed an oversubscribed financing and accelerated toward what it says will be a defining milestone in the North American critical minerals sector.“We announced $20 million the morning of PDAC,” Haji said. “We had interest for about $55...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes sat down with John Slaven, CEO of MineSense Technologies Ltd., to discuss a technology that is quietly reshaping how value is extracted from existing mines—one shovel at a time. In an industry long defined by averages, estimates, and delayed feedback loops, MineSense is introducing something far more immediate: real-time ore intelligence at t...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, momentum around Canada’s Yukon was difficult to ignore—and few stories captured that shift more clearly than Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF). Sitting down with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, President and CEO Christopher Berlet outlined a company positioning itself at the center of a rapidly reawakening gold district. The catalyst, he explained, is not t...