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Tungsten is not just another industrial metal—it is, as Ali Haji puts it, “the number one military metal,” and American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: DEMRF) intends to be first to production in North America within 12 to 18 months. Speaking from the company’s headquarters in Canada, Haji describes the Ima Mine Project in Idaho as “a strategic asset” at a time when the U.S. is explicitly fundi...

In a sector hungry for lighter, greener, longer‑lasting materials, Guy Bourassa does not blink: “Scandium is the future.”The veteran mine‑builder now helms Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSXV: SCD), a company whose stated aim is “to bring the world’s leading primary source of scandium into production, enabling the development and commercialization of aluminum‑scandium (Al‑Sc) alloys.” From its Crater Lake...

The global contest for critical minerals has found its latest front in the vast steppes of Central Asia, and few figures embody that shift more vividly than Pini Althaus, the Australian-born dealmaker who once steered USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR) and now, as managing partner of Cove Capital LLC, is staking fresh claims from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan. “We’re experiencing a very hands-on, prac...

In an era defined by critical minerals and geopolitical fractures, Volta Metals Ltd. (CSE: VLTA) has emerged as a stealth contender armed with gallium, rare earths, and a bold vision rooted in Canadian bedrock. “We’re focused on critical minerals,” said Kerem Usenmez, President and CEO of the Toronto-based exploration company. “We’re focused in Ontario.” But Volta’s story is more than just geograp...

When the King Tut gold project first crossed Peter Clausi’s desk, the answer was an emphatic no. “I was firmly against it,” Clausi admitted during a candid InvestorNews interview. “We’re busy enough. We’re putting two mines into production. We’re fine-tuning the mill. We’re negotiating contracts for the sale of the concentrate. We don’t need another project.”But for Clausi—never one to overlook a...

In Quebec’s sub‑arctic taiga, the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach has done more than permit a mine on its ancestral land—it has bought into the metal that could lighten every jet, satellite, and electric vehicle now on drawing boards around the world. Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSXV: SCD), which is advancing the Crater Lake deposit as what it calls “the world’s leading primary source of scandium,” co...

From mining Bitcoin in rural British Columbia to engineering SCIF‑rated data centers for quantum‑ready defense work, DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF) has quietly emerged as Canada’s stealth contender at the crossroads of crypto and national security. “We’ve publicly stated that DMG has secured up to 10 megawatts of SCIF‑rated modular data centers,” CEO Sheldon Bennett told...

For four decades, Kamran M. Khozan—Founder, CEO and Chairman of CVMR® Corporation—has pressed metallurgy, capital markets and public policy toward one audacious idea: emancipating critical minerals from the financing gridlock that keeps them scarce, opaque and under‑valued. CVMR, headquartered in Toronto but active in 22 countries, can refine 36 metals into ultra‑pure powders and net‑shape product...

Beryllium is the metal that keeps missiles on target and fighter‑jet mirrors razor‑sharp, yet for 56 years the world has relied on a single Utah mine to get it. Rockland Resources Ltd. (CSE: RKL | OTCQB: BERLF) believes that choke‑point is untenable—and that its three new claims in Juab County can help pry open the bottleneck before demand from next‑generation weapons systems eclipses supply. Rock...

Not since tungsten’s Cold War heyday has a niche metal assumed such outsized geopolitical weight, yet James “Jim” Atkinson insists that antimony’s moment has arrived—and that his small New Brunswick explorer is poised to answer Washington’s call. “Antimony is incredibly important to the U.S., not only to the military but to industries in general,” the Antimony Resources Corp. (CSE: ATMY | FSE: K8J...

Silicon, the quiet titan of modern technology, commands a market ten to fifteen times larger than rare earths, yet it still glides under mainstream investors’ radar. That paradox is precisely what drew InvestorNews host Jack Lifton to Brian Leeners, CEO and Director of Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR | OTCQB: HMRFF), a Brazilian-based upstart determined to rewrite the global supply story for ult...

Silver, Frank Basa contends, is on the brink of “going ballistic,” and the veteran miner is positioning Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSXV: NTH | OTCQB: CCWOF) to catch the blast. Basa’s company operates the only permitted high-grade silver mill in Ontario’s storied Cobalt Camp, a 63-square-kilometer domain where drill results at the Castle East discovery have already outlined 7.56 million inf...

Pat Ryan is betting that a cross-functional playbook—honed in Detroit’s auto plants and now redeployed on the Gulf Coast—can outrun Beijing’s tightening grip on rare earth know-how. “Capital is not going to get you anything unless you have the people with the expertise,” the Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU | OTCQX: UURAF) CEO told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, ticking off a string of recent hi...

Bitcoin’s next evolution may be defined less by raw megawatts than by rigor—rigor in carbon accounting, regulatory compliance, and balance-sheet discipline. “We are a low-cost provider of hashing*,” says Sheldon Bennett, the CEO of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF), “and our HODL** has been growing.” [*Hashing is the high-speed cryptographic computation that secures the Bit...

Tungsten, the metal that turns warheads razor-sharp and microchips whisper-thin, is suddenly at the center of a global scramble, and American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: DEMRF) is positioning a forgotten Idaho mine as Washington’s quickest lifeline. “Our path to production is about 12 to 18 months, servicing roughly 8% of U.S. tungsten,” chief executive Ali Haji said in an interview, descri...

The West’s semiconductor ambitions rest on a metal measured in grams yet priced in geopolitical leverage: gallium. “The crisis is in electronics,” warned Jack Lifton, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), noting that high-frequency chips rely on gallium arsenide and “we don’t know any other way to do that.” Gallium occurs only in trace amounts—about 50 tons can be coaxed from every mi...

Tungsten may be the densest word in Washington’s defense briefings, but Jack Lifton insists policymakers are still missing the point. “Tungsten is used in armor-piercing ammunition,” the Critical Minerals Institute co-chair told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes. “When that round hits the target, the very, very hard tungsten core penetrates the armor… then the explosive charge takes care of whoever t...

Prices for pharmaceutical-grade barium sulfate “are up over 40-50 percent in just a few months,” Brent Willis said, citing a jump from C$7,300 to “over C$10,000” per tonne at Voyageur Pharmaceuticals’ Calgary facility. The surge has only sharpened the company’s resolve to build a mine-to-medicine supply chain that can insulate North America from foreign dependence. Voyageur’s Frances Creek deposit...

Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp.‘s (CSE: API | OTCQB: APAAF) PCH ionic-adsorption clay project in Brazil “is very hot” and moving faster than many, CEO Tom Drivas told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, outlining plans to sink “at least 200 or 300 drill holes in the next three to four months” across two high-priority zones. The aggressive timetable is fueled by fresh capital: Appia closed the fi...

Kamran M. Khozan does not deal in half-measures. When the Chairman and CEO of CVMR Corporation enters a country, it’s not for a feasibility study or to kick tires—it’s to rewire an entire industry. “We made a deal that encompasses the entire country,” Khozan said, recounting his recent mission to the Central African Republic (CAR). The agreement, finalized with the president and key ministers, gra...

Canadian washrooms are on the cusp of a data-driven overhaul, according to John Putters, chief executive of Visionstate Corp. (TSXV: VIS), a company that channels Internet-of-Things and big-data know-how into the unglamorous but essential business of facility hygiene. “Wanda is really designed to keep people accountable when it comes to facility management,” he told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes,...

“We’re still in the jungle when it comes to security in healthcare,” says Francis Bellido, President and CEO of Quantum eMotion Corp. (TSXV: QNC | OTCQB: QNCCF), a quantum cybersecurity company now at the forefront of digital health innovation. Speaking with InvestorNews.com host Tracy Hughes, Bellido detailed a transformational six months for the Montréal-based company—one that included technical...

War has yanked critical minerals out of the realm of strategic theory and thrust them onto center stage, Christopher Ecclestone warned in an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes earlier today, declaring bluntly that “the rainy day is here.” His thesis, previewed in a Toronto presentation titled When the Bullets Start Flying – Critical Minerals in a War Scenario, is that conventional defen...

Amid a global scramble for the strategic metal gallium, Quantum Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: LEAP | OTCQB: ATOXF | FSE: 86A1) is positioning itself as North America’s emerging front-runner. “We have gallium on not one project but two,” chief executive Marcy Kiesman told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, describing how drill programs meant to hunt lithium and gold instead uncovered “107 meters of con...

Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) is carving an uncommon twin track—self-funded exploration and profitable quarrying—into a mining sector more accustomed to dilutive financings. “Our exotic blue quartzite quarry in May made over R$1M in sales,,” President and CEO Christopher Berlet told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, citing margins that reach “about 80 percent” on block sales and, after on-site...