Company Interviews

NorthWest Copper is a newly combined company creating an exciting, diversified copper-gold pipeline in British Columbia, Canada. A merger that transforms two early stage companies into a premier Canadian copper-gold explorer and developer. Contiguous projects now joined as one to realize new opportunity.

The combination is brought together by a leadership team with an enviable track record in unlocking value through discovery, development and production – a proven approach that has rewarded investors, created meaningful employment and supported communities. As an Oxygen Capital company, they embrace this same disciplined business model that adheres to science, creative thinking, deep experience and community focus.

Based in Vancouver, BC, NorthIsle Copper and Gold currently owns one of the most promising copper gold porphyry deposits in Canada. Located on northern Vancouver Island, the North Island Project’s access to pre-existing infrastructure in a mining-friendly community makes it one of the most attractive copper development stories in Canada.

Northisle recently completed an updated PEA for its 100% owned North Island Project and is advancing towards a pre-feasibility study.

Silver Tiger Metals Inc. is a Canadian company whose management has more than 25 years’ experience discovering, financing and building large hydrothermal silver projects in Mexico. Silver Tiger’s 100% owned 28,414 hectare Historic El Tigre Mining District is located in Sonora, Mexico.  Principled environmental, social and governance practices are core priorities at Silver Tiger.

The El Tigre historic mine district is located in Sonora, Mexico and lies at the northern end of the Sierra Madre silver and gold belt which hosts many epithermal silver and gold deposits, including Dolores, Santa Elena and Las Chispas at the northern end.  In 1896, gold was first discovered on the property in the Gold Hill area and mining started with the Brown Shaft in 1903.  The focus soon changed to mining high-grade silver veins in the area with production coming from 3 parallel veins the El Tigre Vein, the Seitz Kelley Vein and the Sooy Vein.  Underground mining on the middle El Tigre vein extended 1,450 meters along strike and was mined on 14 levels to a depth of approximately 450 meters.  The Seitz Kelley Vein was mined along strike for 1 kilometer to a depth of approximately 200 meters.  The Sooy Vein was only mined along strike for 250 meters to a depth of approximately 150 meters.  Mining abruptly stopped on all 3 of these veins when the price of silver collapsed to less than 20¢ per ounce with the onset of the Great Depression.  By the time the mine closed in 1930, it is reported to have produced a total of 353,000 ounces of gold and 67.4 million ounces of silver from 1.87 million tons (Craig, 2012).  The average grade mined during this period was over 2 kilograms silver equivalent per ton.

The El Tigre silver and gold deposit is related to a series of high-grade epithermal veins controlled by a north-south trending structure cutting across the andesitic and rhyolitic tuffs of the Sierra Madre Volcanic Complex within a broad silver and gold mineralized prophylitic alteration zone developed in the El Tigre Formation that can be up to 150 meters wide. The veins dip steeply to the west and are typically 0.5 meter wide but locally can be up to 5 meters in width. The veins, structures and mineralized zones outcrop on surface and have been traced for 5.3 kilometers along strike in our brownfield exploration area.  Historical mining and exploration activities focused on a 1.5 kilometer portion of the southern end of the deposits, principally on the El Tigre, Seitz Kelly and Sooy veins. The under explored Caleigh, Benjamin, Protectora and the Fundadora exposed veins continue north for more than 3 kilometers.  Silver Tiger has delivered its maiden 43-101 compliant resource estimate and is currently drilling to update its resource estimate and publish a PEA.

The Company's key asset is the Cuiú Cuiú project in which it has 100% interest; Indicated resources of 0.2Moz + Inferred resources of 0.8Moz.  It is located approximately 20km NW of Eldorado Gold's Tocantinzinho project which has Measured and Indicated resources of 48.7Mt @ 1.35g/t gold (for 2.1Moz) and Inferred resources of 2.4Mt @ 0.9g/t gold (for 0.07Moz).

A gold-in-soil anomaly upside (+70ppb gold) of over 18km is largely untested, and four deposits with resources remain largely open. Drill intercepts in six other targets outside of the existing resources incl. 39m @ 5.1g/t and 27m @ 6.9g/t gold.  Numerous additional areas of surface fold mineralization have recently been identified and preliminary results are pending.

Located in the Tapajos Region, where Eldorado Gold has constructed a new 70km road to their flagship project from BR-163 highway, (paved in the last 5 years by the federal government), Cuiú Cuiú is easily accessible through a spur road from there.  Cabral's neighbour has recently been granted the construction license and tailings permits.  In addition, new hydroelectric power plants are planned for the region, so more growth is expected in the Tapajos area.

This region was the site of the world's largest ever gold rush between the mid 1970's and mid 1990's, and is estimated to have producted 20-30M oz of placer gold alone.

Wiluna Mining Corporation is a Perth based, ASX listed gold mining company that controls over 1,600 square kilometres of the Yilgarn Craton in the Northern Goldfields of WA. The Yilgarn Craton has a historic and current gold endowment of over 380 million ounces, making it one of most prolific gold regions in the world.

Kutcho Copper Corp. operates as a resource development company. The Company focuses on expanding and developing copper-zinc projects. Kutcho Copper explores, and develops copper, zinc, silver, gold, and other precious and base metal properties.

Electric Royalties Inc. (“Electric Royalties”) is royalty company set to take advantage of the demand for a wide range of commodities (lithium, vanadium, manganese, tin, graphite, cobalt, nickel & copper) that will benefit from the drive to electrification (cars, rechargeable batteries, large scale energy storage, renewable energy generation and other applications). 

Electric vehicle, battery production capacity and renewable energy generation is slated to increase significantly over the next several years and with it the demand for our target commodities. This creates a unique opportunity to invest in and acquire royalties over the mines and projects that will supply the materials needed to feed the electric revolution.

Neometals innovatively develops opportunities in minerals and advanced materials essential for a sustainable future. With a focus on the energy storage megatrend, the strategy revolves around de-risking and developing long life projects with strong partners and integrating down the value chain to increase margins and return value to shareholders.

Irrespective of the project, Neometals adopts a consistent approach to making the complex simple by developing an ecosystem of expertise to deliver cashflow.

Neometals has three core projects at advanced stages of evaluation, plus a mineral exploration portfolio and a range of longer-term opportunities.

GSilver is a mining development company engaged in reactivating past producing silver and gold mines near the city of Guanajuato, Mexico. The Company is focused on the refurbishment and swift re-commencement of production from its El Cubo mine and mill and its nearby El Pinguico project, as well as the delineation of additional silver and gold resources through underground and surface drilling. Both projects are located within 11km of the city of Guanajuato, which has an established 480-year mining history.

John Borshoff knows too much for us to ignore. This session deals with the impact of Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (SPUT) and some of the things that SPUT may not have considered. Say what?