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Standard Lithium: Going where the right brine project is

JayCurrie
V.SLL, Standard Lithium

Towards the end of our interview, Robert Mintak CEO of Standard Lithium (V.SLL), laid out Standard’s criteria for evaluating lithium opportunities, “You have to get the right project,” he said, “There needs to be infrastructure. You need a workforce. You need to access to water and reagents. You have to consider the jurisdiction and the permitting rules. Utilizing modern selective extraction, you need to not only pump large volumes of brine, you need to know if you will be allowed to re-inject the processed brine.” read more

Millennial Lithium: Moving to Lithium Off Take in Argentina

JayCurrie
V.ML, Millennial Lithium, lithium, Argentina, Farhad Abasov

One of the extraordinary aspects of Canada’s junior mining sector is just how international it actually is. Millennial Lithium (V.ML) is headquartered in Vancouver, is advancing two lithium projects in Salta province in Argentina but its CEO, Farhad Abasov is based much closer to the lithium markets in China. Abasov’s last project, Allana Potash Corp, was a deposit in Ethiopia which was eventually sold to Israel Chemicals (ICL) for $170M in 2015. read more

Turning Money into Gold | Victoria Gold

JayCurrie
Victoria Gold, V.VIT, gold, Yukon, John McConnell

Mining Victoria Gold’s (V.VIT) Eagle Gold Project at Dublin Gulch in Yukon literally means taking off the side of a small mountain. That mountain hosts a National Instrument 43-101 compliant Reserve of 2.7 million ounces of gold at .67 gpt. Operating costs are estimated at US$550 per ounce and the mine is designed to produce approximately 200,000 ounces of gold per year in full operation. read more

Grizzly Discoveries: Gold in British Columbia

JayCurrie
Grizzly Discoveries, V.GZD, gold, British Columbia, Brian Testo

“I am not your typical CEO,” said Brian “Griz” Testo. “I was a prospector/developer during the Alberta diamond rush. One year I was flying down to PDAC and I met Pam Strand. She introduced me to Mike Dufresne. They told me if I wanted to develop properties the way I thought they should be developed I needed to have my own company. So with their help I started Grizzly Diamonds. Other opportunities came along and we switched the name to Grizzly Discoveries (V.GZD).” read more