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Understanding structure: X marks the spot
10 Nov 2020
When geologists are planning a drilling program they want to have as much information as possible before the drill starts turning. Tocvan put out a press release October 27 which, in technical language, indicated that the company’s geologists has reached some conclusions as to the geological structures at its Pilar Gold-Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico. […]
Northstar Gold: Gold near Kirkland Lake
4 Nov 2020
The junior mining market is in a bit of a consolidation at the moment which gives investors the opportunity to look for undervalued overlooked junior resource stories. Northstar Gold Mining (C.NSG) is a company which deserves a close look. It is always interesting when a company which has operated privately for over a decade goes […]
Eloro: Exploring a region in Bolivia from Space
21 Oct 2020
Tom Larsen, CEO of Eloro Resources (V.ELO), is waiting, somewhat patiently, for the results of drilling at the company’s Iska Iska project in Southern Bolivia. Eloro signed the Iska Iska deal in January and the drills are turning. The Iska Iska project has the potential to be big. Very big. Which means that the drilling […]
CBLT Inc: You can make more money with a pen than a drill
5 Oct 2020
There is no single right way to organize and operate a junior resource company. Instead, each company needs to figure out its own path to maximizing shareholder value. Whether it is a greenfields exploration story or a brownfields mining restart, every project is different. Peter Clausi, CEO of CBLT Inc. (V.CBLT), spent the early part […]
Etruscus Resources: Under the Radar in BC’s Golden Triangle
4 Oct 2020
BC’s Golden Triangle has been a hugely productive mining area since the 1980’s. There is no question of its mineral endowment as mines like Premier back in the 1920s, the SNIP and Eskay Creek in the early 1990s, and, more recently KSM, Red Chris and Valley of the Kings have all come online with […]
Newlox Gold: Unlocking the Value in Artisanal Tailings
30 Aug 2020
Artisanal mining occurs all over the world. In some jurisdictions it is seen as a dangerous blight, however, in Costa Rica the government regulates and encourages the artisanal miners in its central gold belt. The Costa Rican artisanal miners use low tech, low environmental impact, techniques to mine the rich ores of the region. Unfortunately, […]
Tocvan: Structure is Plumbing
26 Aug 2020
Having a piece of highly prospective property is a good start for a junior resource company. Tocvan Resources (TOC.CC), after Mark Smethurst, the company’s COO, looked at over 150 possible properties, found a property with high gold and silver potential at the Pilar Gold Property in the Sonora Gold District in the north-west of Mexico. Better still, […]
GR Silver: Great Drill Holes at the Plomosas Silver Project, Mexico
26 Jul 2020
The junior resource world runs on “news”. The most valuable news a company can bring to the market is drill results. Ideally, drill results which disclose good grades over broad intervals. The problem most juniors face is that drilling is expensive: hundreds of dollars a meter. And it is time-consuming as the core has to […]
Aben Resources: Looking for Size in BC’s Golden Triangle
21 Jul 2020
British Columbia’s Golden triangle, in the north west of the province, is a hugely prospective area. But, as Jim Petit of Aben Resources (V.ABN) knows all too well, it presents challenges. “This year the snow pack crushed our core shack,” said Petit. “We’re right in the coastal mountains at around 6000 feet. We see twenty […]
Tocvan Ventures: Doing it Right in Mexico
15 Jul 2020
When you have been in the junior resource company business – as a broker or an investor relations professional – you see a lot of companies which are flawed. Too many shares out, management lining its own pockets, projects which have no real chance. Derek Wood, having worked in various aspects within the Canadian Capital […]
Millennial Lithium: Advancing in Argentina
7 Jul 2020
The world’s appetite for lithium has been hit with COVID-19 and uncertainty as to the volume of electric vehicles being sold. Which means the spot price of lithium – which is difficult to estimate in any event – has been dropping. Bad news for a lithium development company? Not at all says Farhad Abasov, Millennial […]
Cartier at Chimo: A Mine Within a Mine
21 Jun 2020
For the longest time, Cartier Resources (V.ECR) has been reporting high-grade gold from its Chimo Mine project. A couple of meters of +10 grams per ton (gpt) here and 16 gpt there. But it has never been the headline number for the Cartier press releases. “The high grade has always been there,” said Philippe Cloutier, […]
Renforth Resources: Deposits in the Right Place
25 May 2020
I just bought 100,000 shares in Renforth Resources (C.RFR). Full disclosure and all. Let me tell you why. Nicole Brewster is the most “matter of fact” junior resource CEO I have had the pleasure of encountering. In a business where over promotion is the norm, Brewster is a welcome change of pace. Speaking on the […]
Cartier: Bringing in the Million
12 May 2020
Cartier Resources’ (V.ECR) announcement of a revised 43-101 Resource Estimate with over one million ounces indicated and inferred at its Chimo mine in Quebec was not actually a surprise. CEO Philippe Cloutier told motherlodetv.net what the company was going to do back in February, “First off, we have just awarded to an independent firm the […]
Renforth Resources: Drilling to Production
27 Feb 2020
Junior exploration companies often struggle to tell their story to investors. Press Releases, even when they contain excellent news such as Renforth Resources (RNR.C) release on February 25th, are required to be technical and precise. That is not enough for Renforth’s CEO Nicole Brewster. In addition to the press release, Brewster puts out a set […]
Millennial Lithium: Ready to Meet the Market
23 Feb 2020
I always look forward to interviews with Millennial Lithium’s (V.ML) CEO Farhad Abasov. He’s concise, to the point and willing to talk about both the achievements and the challenges facing Millennial’s brine lithium project in Salta Province, Argentina. “Last year was a down year for the lithium market,” said Abasov. “Lithium prices were off a […]
Cartier Resources: Doing the work to make a mine
10 Feb 2020
Philippe Cloutier, CEO of Cartier Resources (V.ECR), understands that investors want a company to do what it says it is going to do. At the Chimo Mine project in Quebec, Cartier developed a plan which Cloutier was confident would position the past-producing mine for a new life as a gold producer. The Chimo Mine had […]
Golden Predator: Re-imagining Yukon’s Brewery Creek Mine
10 Feb 2020
There is gold all over the Yukon. Economic gold is a whole other story. Golden Predator’s (V.GPY) Brewery Creek mine has plenty of gold, some of it quite high grade. After all, Brewery Creek was a mine run by Viceroy Resources until the price of gold plunged to less than $300 an ounce in 2002. […]

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