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Millennial Potash: On the Rails for Massive Potash in Gabon
9 Nov 2025
I’ve been talking to Farhad Abasov since he was running Allana Potash, which was sold in 2015. Abasov and his team have a solid record discovering, exploring and developing large mineral assets. Abasov’s Millennial Lithium was sold in 2022. His latest company, Millennial Potash (MLP.V), is defining a very large potash deposit, Banio, on the […]
Interview with Graeme O’Neill, Bayhorse CEO
21 Oct 2025
The opportunity to interview Bayhorse (BHS.V) CEO, Graeme O’Neill popped up. Yes, I just wrote about BHS, but chatting with the man himself was irresistible. O’Neill has travelled to the Bayhorse Mine to oversee the mobilization of an IP survey of Bayhorse’s Idaho property (and a section of the BHS property in Oregon). But there […]
It begins…Cartier Resources reports first two holes of 600 hole program
29 Sep 2025
Cartier Resources (ECR.V) released the results of the first two holes of its planned 600-hole, 100,000-meter drilling program at its Cadillac project in Quebec. The results were good, with a headline grade of “16.7 g/t Au over 2.1 m”. Just as CEO Philippe Cloutier very much expected them to be. With gold at $3700 an […]
Eloro: Lining Up the PEA in Bolivia
25 Aug 2025
It is always a pleasure to speak with Tom Larsen, CEO of Eloro Resources (ELO.T). Even if it means reading a long and very technical press release. A release which, boiled down to essentials said that the company drilled five definition holes at its Iska Iska property in Bolivia and hit higher grade tin or […]
When a Plan Comes Together
29 Apr 2025
I spoke to Cartier Resources (ECR.V) CEO Philippe Cloutier in early December of 2024. He had big plans for the Cadillac Project which included the Chimo mine and 15 kilometers of recently acquired and ground running along the Larder Lake/Cadillac fault in East Val D‘Or. How big were the plans? 500 diamond drill holes Big […]
Eloro: Entering the Tin Domain at Iska Iska
5 Mar 2025
Speaking with Tom Larsen, CEO of Eloro Resources, (ELO.T) is always a pleasure. Larsen is delighted with the tin holes ELO reported in press releases on January 23 and February 20, 2025, with more to come. These releases reported high grade tin mineralization in Eloro’s tin domain at its Iska Iska project in Bolivia. The […]
Cartier Resources: Going Big in 2025
12 Dec 2024
Philippe Cloutier, CEO of Cartier Resources (ECR.V) was already sitting on an indicated and inferred gold resource of just under 3 million ounces at and near the Chimo mine in Quebec. But he was pretty certain the geology surrounding the former past producing mine property is part of a gold trend along the prolific Larder […]
A Ramp: Eloro fast forwards Iska Iska
11 Sep 2024
Iska Iska, Eloro’s (ELO.T) massive silver/lead/zinc/tin discovery in Bolivia is heading towards a PEA for its starter pit. 35,000 tons a day of high-grade silver with a significant zinc component. With a little more definition drilling there should be a tin component as well. Speaking with Tom Larsen, Eloro’s CEO, it’s very clear that the […]
Bayhorse Silver: Riding the VTEM Rocket
19 Mar 2024
Not quite a rocket, yet, but a year ago Bayhorse Silver (BHS.V) was very close to the end. While it had a silver mine, a mill and an ore sorter, it did not have a final permit which would allow it to actually operate its mine. In some jurisdictions, this would not have been a […]
Eloro: Bulk Sampling for Bulk Mining…and a New, Huge, Target
5 Feb 2024
The metallurgical drill holes used at Iska Iska are larger diameter than the regular diamond drill exploration holes. For Eloro (ELO.T) and its CEO, Tom Larsen, this makes all the difference. “The more the better,” said Larsen in a telephone interview. “The Iska Iska minerals are mainly disseminated in stockworks and veinlets. A bulk sample […]
Eloro: Infill Drilling, Bulk Samples and Silver/Zinc/Tin at Iska Iska in Bolivia
1 Jan 2024
Eloro (ELO.T) CEO, Tom Larsen, has a huge job: he has to explain the geology and commercial potential of the Iska Iska project in Bolivia. An interview with Larsen needs to cover a lot of ground beginning with the market reaction to the company’s most recent news release. “We need to get back to $3.00 […]
Cartier Silver: High Grade Silver Closing in on Production in Bolivia
10 Dec 2023
Superficially, Cartier Silver (CFE.C) and Eloro Resources (ELO.T) look very similar. Same CEO, same management team, same geos, same tight share structure…silver in Bolivia! In fact, they are very different animals. Eloro’s Iska Iska deposit is a giant (over 670 million tons), silver plus tin plus zinc, polymetallic, project with complex geology and solid grades. […]
Eloro: Too Big to Understand in Bolivia
14 Nov 2023
Eloro’s (ELO.T) CEO, Tom Larsen, is “Blown away.” Eloro’s share price has been in free fall since the company put out its maiden 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate at the end of August. It was a whopper of a silver/polymetallic resource: “670 million tonnes containing 1.15 Billion In-situ Ounces Silver Equivalent”. “It’s totally unique,” said […]
Denarius Metals: Gold, Silver, Polymetallics in Colombia and Spain
18 Jun 2023
Denarius Metals (DSLV.V) is a vehicle for mining entrepreneur Serafino Iacono and his team as they moved on from GCM Mining as that company was absorbed by Aris Mining. A long time member of that team was Denarius CFO Mike Davies who I spoke with June 13. “We changed the name from Denarius Silver to […]
Clean Air Metals: Critical Metals in Thunder Bay
28 May 2023
Platinum, palladium, copper and nickel: critical metals for the transformative technologies which are powering Western economies. Clean Air Metals (AIR.V) is exploring two deposits, Current and Escape, near Thunder Bay which show great potential as sources for all four of these important metals. On May 4, 2023 the company reported a new 43-101 Mineral Resource […]
Graduation Day: Cartier Resources completes its PEA
19 Apr 2023
A Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) is a significant milestone for junior exploration companies, essentially it promotes them into a select group of “valued asset” owners in the mining industry. It is a third-party assessment of the economic viability of the project’s resource estimates which a company has completed to date and it is an outline […]
Millennial Potash: Jump Start on Gabon Potash
14 Feb 2023
Millennial Potash: Fast Tracking Potash in Gabon With a track record like Farhad Abasov’s and his team from Millennial Lithium, it was an easy call for many people to invest in the group’s Black Mountain Gold project. But it was not a complete surprise when the group announced it was changing the company into […]
Clean Air Metals: Royalty, Not Equity
15 Jan 2023
One of the challenges in the junior resource exploration/development sector is attaching a credible net asset value to potential assets in the ground. A 43-101 resource estimate is helpful, so is a preliminary economic assessment; but neither really attaches a hard cash value to a company’s project. Which is why Abraham Drost, CEO of Clean […]

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