Company Interviews

Canada Nickel Company Inc. is a Canada-based exploration company. The Company is engaged in the exploration and discovery of nickel sulphide assets to deliver supply for the electric vehicle, green energy and stainless-steel markets. The Company owns the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project (Crawford), which is located adjacent to the Timmins-Cochrane mining camp of northern Ontario, Canada. The Company holds an option interest in approximately six additional nickel targets located near the Crawford. The Company also focuses to develop zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt and iron at the Crawford Project through NetZero Metals Inc. (NetZero).

O3 Mining VP for Sustainable Development, Myrzah Bello, explains why ESG is good for investors and companies. Plus why she welcomes activism in the mining industry. Junior mining mineral explorers can sign up to ECOLOGO as a mechanism to validate their ESG credentials, something Bello thinks will eventually become obligatory. O3 Mining’s vision is to become a best-in-class gold producer. So how do you do that and what does it mean? Bello talks about their 5 pillars: Governance & Ethics, Health & Safety, The Environment, Talent & Culture and Community. 

Prospector Metals Corp. is a Discovery Group Company with a business model focused on district scale, early-stage exploration of gold and base metal prospects and create shareholder value through new discoveries. The Company's focus is to identify underexplored or overlooked mineral districts which display important structural and mineralogical similarities with well-endowed mining camps. The majority of the projects acquired by Prospector occur in Ontario, Canada, which is a tier-1 mining jurisdiction with abundant overlooked geological regions with high mineral potential. Prospector engages proactively with local and Indigenous rights holders and seeks to develop relationships and agreements that are mutually beneficial to all stakeholders.

ValOre Metals Corp. is a Canada-based exploration company, which is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of resource properties. The Company's assets include Pedra, Branca, Angilak, Baffin Gold, Genesis, and Hatchet Lake. The Pedra Branca Project covers a platinum group elements (PGE) district located in northeastern Brazil, which covers a total area of 39,987 hectares (98,810 acres) that comprise 39 exploration licenses. The Angilak Property is located approximately 225 kilometers (km) southwest of the community of Baker Lake in the Kivalliq region of southern Nunavut Territory. The Baffin Gold Property totals approximately 352,760.89 hectares and covers over 130 km of the Foxe Fold Belt on central Baffin Island. The Genesis Property is located northeast of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. The Hatchet Lake Property consists of six mineral dispositions totaling 13,711 hectares, located adjacent to the north-easter margin of the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan.

Westhaven Gold Corp. is a Canada-based exploration stage company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada. Its mineral properties include Prospect Valley Gold, Shovelnose Gold, Skoonka Creek Gold and Skoonka North Gold. The Prospect Valley Gold Property is located approximately 30 kilometers (km) to the west of Merritt, British Columbia (BC) and is situated in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB). Shovelnose Gold Property is located near the southern end of SBGB, approximately 30 km south of Merritt, BC. Skoonka Creek Gold Property is situated near the northern end of SBGB, approximately 15 km from the Trans Canada Highway and the CPR Railway Line and about 12 km northeast of Lytton, BC. Westhaven. Skoonka North Gold Property is situated one km northwest of the community of Spences Bridge in south-central BC, within the Kamloops Mining Division. The property consists of three contiguous mineral claims encompassing about 6,167 hectares.

Bonterra Resources Inc. is a Canada-based junior mineral exploration company. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring and evaluating natural resource properties in the province of Quebec. The Company’s properties include the Gladiator, Moroy and Barry deposits, and the 100% owned Bachelor Mill. The Company holds a 100% interest in 379 mineral claims covering 17,373.65 hectares (ha) in the Urban-Barry township, approximately 110 kilometers (km) east of the town of Lebel-sur-Quevillon in Quebec. Its Gladiator property is also located in the Urban-Barry property. The Company through an option agreement, acquired an 85% interest in Lac Barry property, which consists of 35 mineral claims covering approximately 1,431.65 ha. It also holds a 100% interest in 436 mineral claims covering approximately 22,779.32 ha surrounding the town of Desmaraisville. Its Bachelor Mine and Mill are located in Desmaraisville property.

American Lithium Corporation (TSX.V: LI) (US OTC: LIACF) (Frankfurt: 5LA1) is well-positioned to play a key role in society’s shift to a secure, sustainable new energy paradigm in the Americas.

In the US, the company owns the TLC claystones lithium deposit, which is in close proximity to the Tesla giga-factory in Nevada.

Following the acquisition of Plateau Energy Metals, American Lithium is advancing the large-scale Falchani hard rock lithium deposit, as well as one of Latin America’s most prolific uranium deposits, known as Macusani – both of which are located in southeastern Peru.

With a near-term focus on these mining-friendly jurisdictions, the company has the advantage of both geographic and geological diversity in developing these world-class, scalable projects.

Of particular significance is the fact that the safe, secure supply of strategic battery/energy metals is of growing importance. Especially after the US government’s introduction of its “critical minerals” initiatives to secure domestic supplies, as well as additional supplies from other “friendly” nations, such as Peru.

Tesoro Resources (ASX: TSO) is an Australian public company with exploration stage gold assets in Chile. The company is focused on acquiring developing high grade gold assets that have potential to be district scale mining projects.

​Tesoro is managed by experienced mining professionals with strong geological and finance backgrounds as well as significant in-country expertise.

Tesoro was established with a strategy of acquiring, exploring and developing mining projects in the Coastal Cordillera region of Chile. The Coastal Cordillera region is host to multiple world class gold mines, has well established infrastructure, service providers and an experienced mining workforce. Large areas of the Coastal Cordillera remain unexplored due to the unconsolidated nature of mining  concession ownership,  but Tesoro, via its in-country network and experience has been able secure rights to the emerging El Zorro Gold Project inline with the company’s strategy.

Tesoro owns 85% of the El Zorro Gold Project.

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited is a Canada-based company, which is engaged in the acquisition, discovery, development and production of metals focusing on gold, copper, nickel and platinum group metals. The Company is focused on exploring and developing its Fenelon Gold Property (Fenelon Gold) in Northern Quebec. The Fenelon Gold is located in the Nord-du-Quebec administrative region, approximately 75 kilometers (km) west-northwest of the town of Matagami, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its Martiniere Project is located approximately 110 km west of the town of Matagami. The Company owns interest in Grasset property, Detour East property and Hwy 810 property. Its other Quebec properties include N2 property, six properties in the Lac Rocher Nickel District in Quebec (the RUM properties), Casault Gold property, Harri, Nantel, and Jeremie properties. It also owns the Beschefer Project, which is a gold exploration property located approximately 30 km southwest of Fenelon Gold.

They share their thoughts on how the current geopolitical environment helps uranium companies and why utility companies need diversity of supply. Energy prices are rising across the world and politicians are trying to find a solution. Nuclear energy is the solution. It is now being seen as a green energy. How do Russian sanctions affect the supply-demand dynamics? And most importantly where do the next generation of producers come from? Great conversation which helps investors new to uranium understand some of the fundamentals for the uranium thesis and also what to look for and ask before you pick the company or companies which will give you the best chance of success.