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Cartier Resources: Ready for its 43-101 Close-up
16 Sep 2019
Junior mineral explorers tend to rush out news of their discoveries and their resource estimates. A 43-101 Resource Estimate encourages a company’s investors and, in theory, makes it easier to raise money to continue development. But the market has to be able to hear the news. For years, CEO Philippe Cloutier and Cartier Resources (V.ECR) […]
A Gold Mine, A Plant and a Mint: Golden Predator
7 Aug 2019
We’ve been trying to get an interview with Golden Predator Mining Corp (GPY:TSXV) CEO Janet Sheriff since the beginning of July. Because Sheriff has been incredibly busy. “I’ve been on the road a lot,” said Sheriff when we finally managed to connect. “A big reason is finalizing the approvals for the Quartz Mining License and […]
Bonanza Gold Grade all part of Goldplay’s San Marcial Story
31 Jul 2019
Any exploration company CEO would be pleased to report a headline number of 204.6 grams per ton gold. For Goldplay (V.GPLY) CEO Marcio Fonseca, that is just the beginning. The drill result reported in the July 30 press release is part of a much larger story. Fonseca is quoted in the press release as saying, […]
Goldplay: Going for Gold
14 Jul 2019
Most exploration companies would be very happy to have delineated a high grade – low strip ratio pitable 43-101 silver resource pretty much as soon as they began to explore their property. For Marcio Fonseca, CEO of Goldplay Exploration (V.GPLY), that was just the beginning. Goldplay holds a concession called San Marcial in Sinaloa, Mexico, […]
Victoria Gold: Edging Up to First Gold Pour
7 Jul 2019
Almost exactly two years ago I was on the Yukon Mining Alliance Media Tour and went to the Victoria Gold (V.VIT) Dublin Gulch Eagle Mine project, 80 bumpy kilometres from Mayo, Yukon. There, VP Exploration, Paul Gray took us on a tour of the proposed mine site. There were some roads bulldozed out of the […]
White Gold: Data Driven Discovery in the Yukon
20 Jun 2019
White Gold Corp’s (V.WGO) exploration and geological team led by legendary Yukon prospector, Shawn Ryan, and quarterbacked by VP Exploration, Jodie Gibson, is already in the field and as CEO David D’Onofrio said in a recent interview with MotherlodeTV: “This season is our most exciting yet and we are well underway.” On June 10, 2019 […]
Cartier Resources: Building Economic Gold Ounces at Chimo, Quebec
19 Jun 2019
There are huge advantages to a brownfield project. Past producing mines come with a valuable legacy of geological and engineering data that is backed by production numbers and, sometimes, leftover mineralization. On the Chimo Mine project this is the case since the mine was closed due to weak gold prices and not lack of mineralization. […]
Aben Resources: Gold in the Yukon and BC’s Golden Triangle
13 May 2019
Part of running a successful resource exploration company is working on complementary projects. Projects which mesh with one another so that the exploration resources, the drillers, the geos and the logistical support can be deployed efficiently. A big part of that is combining projects which have different drilling seasons. When you look at a map, […]
Canada’s Nuclear Summer
2 May 2019
There is a lull in the precious metals junior markets and it makes sense for investors to look at a few of the alternatives out there. One of which is nuclear energy. The world’s demand for electricity is steadily growing. In particular, countries such as India and China are building electrical generation capacity to meet […]
Goldplay: Developing the District
23 Apr 2019
Goldplay’s (V.GPLY) San Marcial project consists of 1,250 hectares, located south of the La Rastra and Plomosas historical mines in one of most important multi-million ounces (Au-Ag) mine district in Sinaloa – Mexico. It is a large concession and Marcio Fonseca, the company’s President and CEO, together with Goldplay’s team based in the regions are […]
World-Class Extractions: Adding Real Value to Cannabis
22 Apr 2019
Anthony Durkacz has a unique perspective on Canada’s emerging cannabis industry. Through his First Republic Capital, he has financed FSD Pharma (C.HUGE), Canntab Therapeutics (C.PILL), Cannara Biotech (C.LOVE) and, now, World-Class Extractions (C.PUMP). In each case Durkacz has been looking for business models which go well beyond the simple cultivation of cannabis. “A lot of […]
Millennial Lithium: Towards a Pilot Plant and Feasibility Study
9 Apr 2019
The future demand for lithium is expected to accelerate as more and more car companies announce full or partial conversions to electric vehicles. Each of those vehicles will run on lithium ion batteries and so will everything from leaf blowers to laptops. While the demand for lithium is rising the supply, and thus the price, […]
Marathon Gold: Drilling to Prefeasibility
7 Apr 2019
When a whole sector of the market falls out of favour with investors even the best news can fail to move a company’s share price. Precious metals explorers and developers, no matter how good their stories, have had an incredibly hard time gaining market traction over the last couple of years. Which creates a real […]
Triumph Gold: Hunting the Porphyry Elephant
3 Apr 2019
One of the challenges the Yukon poses is to think “big enough”. As you fly over you see hundreds of placer operations, some recreational, some huge, all pulling gold in flakes and nuggets from the creeks which run between the hills and mountains. The essential geological insight is that the placer gold in the creeks […]
Cartier Resources: 2019 is Chimo’s year
18 Mar 2019
We’ve reported the progress of Cartier Resources (V.ECR) at its Chimo Mine project in Val-d’Or Quebec. It is a story which actually began long before Cartier acquired the rights to the mine. The mine was a past producer having yielded 379,012 ounces of gold before it was shut down in 1997. During its productive life, […]
Canadian Orebodies: On Ice
3 Mar 2019
Part of the challenge in exploration is matching data to theory at the tip of a drill. When Canadian Orebodies (V.CORE) purchased the Black Raven property in April 2017, the initial data that was inherited included a set of historical drill cores which had been drilled by a prior operator, Entourage Metals. This core suggested […]
Goldplay: Maiden Resource Estimate
20 Feb 2019
When you are speaking with Marcio Fonseca you actually hear two different voices: the first is the measured voice of a professional geologist on the trail of a discovery, the second is the seasoned voice of an investment banker fully aware of the economics of mining. As expected, on February 7, Goldplay Exploration (V.GPLY) released […]
White Gold: Rolling up the Discoveries
24 Jan 2019
In one sense, White Gold (TSX-V: WGO, OTC – Nasdaq Intl: WHGOF, FRA: 29W) could be considered famed Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan’s project development company. Years ago, Ryan explored and staked swaths of the Yukon’s Dawson Range to the south of Dawson City. The claims were optioned to many junior exploration companies. The companies went […]

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