The Prospector News Podcast

Michael Fox interviews Kimberly Ann of Lahontan Gold (TSX-V: LG) (OTCQB: LGCXF) (FSE: Y2F) at the New Orleans Investment Conference about the company’s Walker Lane project in Nevada, which hosts a resource of 2.4 million ounces of gold and silver. The discussion covers the company’s recently announced PEA results — an 11-year mine life with a 41% IRR and $170 million CapEx — along with plans to se...

Is Dryden Gold building the next high-grade gold district in Ontario? In this episode, recorded at the New Orleans Investment Conference, Michael Fox sits down with Maura Kolb of Dryden Gold Corp. (TSX-V: DRY) (OTCQX: DRYGF) (FSE: X7W) for a deep dive into the company’s third exploration season in northwestern Ontario. Dryden Gold controls a 100%-owned, 90,000-hectare land package in the Dryden Go...

Is the Federal Reserve falling behind the curve on inflation ? Michael Fox and Chris Temple of the National Investor break down the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates steady, challenging Kevin Warsh’s cautious approach and discussing Jeff Gundlach’s “ready, aim, aim” critique. Their conversation explores rising inflation and energy prices, the risk that bond vigilantes could force borrowing cos...

Michael Fox interviews Peter Cashin, President and CEO of Auriginal Mining (TSX-V: AUME), about the company’s 100%-owned Roger copper-gold project near Chibougamau, Quebec. Peter explains how Auriginal was established through an RTO and rebranded after acquiring control of the Roger Project, which he originally explored in the 1980s, and discusses how recent drilling has extended the porphyry syst...

Michael Fox speaks with Joseph Cavatoni, Senior Market Strategist and Policy Head for the Americas at the World Gold Council, about gold’s role as a wealth-preservation asset amid inflation, rising global interest rates, bond-market uncertainty, and ongoing geopolitical tensions. They explore why gold remains above $4,000, how central banks and investors are driving demand, the impact of oil price...

Michael Fox hosts Lex Lambeck, Senior VP Exploration, and Mike Stark, CEO of Arizona Gold & Silver (TSX-V:AZS) (OTCQB:AZASF) , for an in-depth Prospector Podcast discussion on the company’s Philadelphia Gold-Silver Project in Arizona’s historic Oatman Mining District. The guests explain how recent financings have funded at least two years of drilling, supported newly permitted drill pads, and...

Stillwater Critical Metals (TSX-V: PGE) (OTCQX: PGEZF) (FSE: J0G) is advancing its Montana critical minerals project toward mine planning following a mineral resource update that more than doubled its previous estimate and introduced its first indicated resources. Join Michael Fox on the Prospector Podcast, recorded live at the Mining and Energy Expo in Minneapolis, for a conversation with the com...

Michael Fox of the Prospector Podcast sits down with Barry O’Shea of Highland Copper (TSX-V: HI) (OTCQB: HDRSF) at the Mining and Energy Expo in Minneapolis for an update on the fully permitted Copperwood Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Highland Copper is advancing an updated feasibility study targeted for the first half of 2027, incorporating higher copper-price assumptions, ultrafine flot...

In this Prospector Podcast interview from the Mining & Energy Expo in Minneapolis, Gunnison Copper (TSX:GCU) (OTCQB : GCUMF) CEO Craig Hallworth discusses the ramp-up of commercial production at the Johnson Camp Mine in Arizona, where the Company is deploying Rio Tinto’s Nuton™ sulfide-leach technology to produce finished copper cathode on site without conventional smelting. Hallworth also out...

Cartier Resources (TSX-V: ECR) (FSE: 6CA) (OTCQB: ECRFF) President and CEO Philippe Cloutier joins Michael Fox at the Precious Metals Mining Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado, to discuss the Company’s updated Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Cadillac Gold Project in Quebec’s Abitibi Greenstone Belt. They explore the project’s approximately US$1 billion NPV, $275 million initial CAPEX, potent...

Michael Fox interviews Mike Allen, President and CEO of StrikePoint Gold (TSX-V: SKP) (OTCQB: STKXF), about the company’s transformational acquisition of the Northumberland Gold Project from Newmont for US$70 million, funded in part by a C$190 million financing. Allen discusses the team and market conditions behind the financing, Northumberland’s resource estimate of 2.86 million ounces indicated...

Michael Fox interviews Wilfredo Reyes, Principal of ARM Global Strategies Advisory, on the future of mining and critical minerals in the United States and Latin America. Wil explains how his firm supports foreign direct investment and mining project development, while discussing the rapid shift in U.S. policy from strategy documents to real capital deployment. The conversation covers bipartisan su...

In this episode of the Prospector Podcast, Michael Fox speaks with Rob McDonald, VP Exploration of Equity Metals Corp. (TSX-V: EQTY), about the company’s flagship Silver Queen silver-gold-zinc project in central British Columbia. Rob discusses the recently released mineral resource estimate, approximately 35,000 metres of exploration drilling, resource expansion at the Number 3 Vein and George Lak...

In this episode of the Prospector Podcast, host Michael Foxspeaks with Rana Vig, President and CEO of Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE:BLLG) (FSE:7BL) (OTCQB:BLAGF) , at the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Rana discusses the company’s Dome Mountain gold mine near Smithers, British Columbia, including its transition toward full production, high-grade gold mineralization averaging approx...

In this episode of The Prospector Podcast , Michael Fox speaks with Terry Lynch, President and CEO of Power Metallic Mines (TSX-V: PNPN) (OTCQB: PNPNF) , about the company’s Nisk project in Quebec and its high-grade copper, nickel and platinum group elements (PGE) potential. The discussion covers the recently released mineral resource estimate, Line Zone expansion, deep drilling results, metallurg...

In this episode of The Prospector Podcast, Michael Fox sits down with Kai Hoffman, President and CEO of Soar Financial, to discuss the strength of junior mining financings, rising investor interest in gold and precious metals, and the opportunities emerging across the mining sector. Kai shares insights into private placements, developer-stage companies, rebranded mining projects, due diligence, ex...

In this Prospector News podcast from the Beaver Creek Precious Metal Summit, Michael Fox speaks with Trey Wasser, Chairman of Dryden Gold (TSX-V:DRY) (OTCQB:DRYGF) , about the company’s 90,000-hectare, district-scale property in Northwest Ontario. Wasser discusses the fully funded 45,000-metre 2026 drill program, the flagship Gold Rock target, the emerging Mud Lake discovery, regional exploration...

In this episode of The Prospector Podcast , Michael Fox speaks with Todd Stone, President of the Association for Mineral Exploration of British Columbia (AMEBC) about Canada’s growing critical minerals opportunity and the need to strengthen the country’s mineral exploration pipeline. They discuss AME’s national advocacy campaign to expand eligibility under the Canadian Exploration Expense and flow...

In this episode of the Prospector Podcast, recorded at the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Michael Fox speaks with Kimberly Ann, President and CEO of Lahontan Gold (TSX-V: LG) (OTCQB: LGCXF) (FSE: Y2F), about the company’s latest developments in Nevada’s Walker Lane. The discussion covers Lahontan’s acquisition of Emergent Metals, the consolidation of the West Santa Fe project, e...

The Prospector News Michael Fox and Chris Temple of the National Investor break down the Fed’s latest quarter-point “dovish” rate hike, why Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is losing credibility with bond market vigilantes, and how surging oil prices and global energy shocks are fueling inflation despite accommodative Fed policy. They compare today’s playbook to the Fed’s 1970s mistakes, assess th...

Wes Adams, President and CEO of Visionary Metals (TSX-V: VIZ) , joins Michael Fox on the Prospector Podcast to break down Visionary’s 2026 drill campaign across its King Solomon and Tin Cup nickel–copper projects in Wyoming—the site of the state’s first nickel sulfide discovery in 2022 (44 m incl. 17 m @ 0.4% Ni). Adams outlines an airborne and ground survey–led program targeting eight conductive...

Michael Fox sits down with Hugh Broadhurst, COO of AclaraResources (TSX:ARA) , to unpack how Aclara is developing two ionic‑clay heavy rare earth mines in South America and pairing them with a vertically integrated separation, metals and alloys hub in Louisiana to supply critical inputs for EV motors, wind turbines and advanced magnets. Hugh explains why heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbi...

In this episode of The Prospector Podcast, Michael Fox speaks with Ross Orr, President and CEO of BacTech Environmental (CSE:BAC) (OTCQB:BCCEF), about the company’s commercial bioleaching technology and its potential to transform mining waste into valuable products. Ross discusses BacTech’s Kazakhstan opportunity, the planned Ecuador facility, potential projects in Peru, and the Zero Tailings proc...

The Prospector News Michael Fox and Chris Temple of the National Investor kick off with travel plans for the Beaver Creek Precious Metals Conference before diving into President Trump’s September 4 threat to suspend trade with countries running surpluses against the U.S. unless the Federal Reserve cuts rates by the September 16 FOMC meeting—a move they warn could undermine the dollar’s reserve-cur...

Michael Fox and Dr. Dave Lawie chief Geoscientist at Imdex unpack the widening gap between today’s critical materials reality and government ambitions, spotlighting the resurgence of industrial policy as the U.S., Canada and Argentina lead new mining capex while red‑green tape and federal–state tensions (e.g., Minnesota nickel) slow progress. They reveal mining’s innovation deficit—only ~1% of rev...