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Silicon, the quiet titan of modern technology, commands a market ten to fifteen times larger than rare earths, yet it still glides under mainstream investors’ radar. That paradox is precisely what drew InvestorNews host Jack Lifton to Brian Leeners, CEO and Director of Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR | OTCQB: HMRFF), a Brazilian-based upstart determined to rewrite the global supply story for ultra-high-purity silica.Homerun style...

Silver, Frank Basa contends, is on the brink of “going ballistic,” and the veteran miner is positioning Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSXV: NTH | OTCQB: CCWOF) to catch the blast.Basa’s company operates the only permitted high-grade silver mill in Ontario’s storied Cobalt Camp, a 63-square-kilometer domain where drill results at the Castle East discovery have already outlined 7.56 million inferred ounces averaging 8,582 g/t sil...

Pat Ryan is betting that a cross-functional playbook—honed in Detroit’s auto plants and now redeployed on the Gulf Coast—can outrun Beijing’s tightening grip on rare earth know-how. “Capital is not going to get you anything unless you have the people with the expertise,” the Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU | OTCQX: UURAF) CEO told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, ticking off a string of recent hires: an operations veteran, a Ph.D....

Bitcoin’s next evolution may be defined less by raw megawatts than by rigor—rigor in carbon accounting, regulatory compliance, and balance-sheet discipline. “We are a low-cost provider of hashing*,” says Sheldon Bennett, the CEO of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF), “and our HODL** has been growing.” [*Hashing is the high-speed cryptographic computation that secures the Bitcoin network; **HODL—short for “Hol...

Tungsten, the metal that turns warheads razor-sharp and microchips whisper-thin, is suddenly at the center of a global scramble, and American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: DEMRF) is positioning a forgotten Idaho mine as Washington’s quickest lifeline. “Our path to production is about 12 to 18 months, servicing roughly 8% of U.S. tungsten,” chief executive Ali Haji said in an interview, describing the Ima Mine—once the fourth-l...

The West’s semiconductor ambitions rest on a metal measured in grams yet priced in geopolitical leverage: gallium. “The crisis is in electronics,” warned Jack Lifton, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), noting that high-frequency chips rely on gallium arsenide and “we don’t know any other way to do that.” Gallium occurs only in trace amounts—about 50 tons can be coaxed from every million tons of aluminum—and, as Lift...

Tungsten may be the densest word in Washington’s defense briefings, but Jack Lifton insists policymakers are still missing the point. “Tungsten is used in armor-piercing ammunition,” the Critical Minerals Institute co-chair told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes. “When that round hits the target, the very, very hard tungsten core penetrates the armor… then the explosive charge takes care of whoever thinks they’re being protected.” Tha...

Prices for pharmaceutical-grade barium sulfate “are up over 40-50 percent in just a few months,” Brent Willis said, citing a jump from C$7,300 to “over C$10,000” per tonne at Voyageur Pharmaceuticals’ Calgary facility. The surge has only sharpened the company’s resolve to build a mine-to-medicine supply chain that can insulate North America from foreign dependence.Voyageur’s Frances Creek deposit in British Columbia is the fulcrum ...

Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp.‘s (CSE: API | OTCQB: APAAF) PCH ionic-adsorption clay project in Brazil “is very hot” and moving faster than many, CEO Tom Drivas told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, outlining plans to sink “at least 200 or 300 drill holes in the next three to four months” across two high-priority zones.The aggressive timetable is fueled by fresh capital: Appia closed the first tranche of a private placement f...

Kamran M. Khozan does not deal in half-measures. When the Chairman and CEO of CVMR Corporation enters a country, it’s not for a feasibility study or to kick tires—it’s to rewire an entire industry. “We made a deal that encompasses the entire country,” Khozan said, recounting his recent mission to the Central African Republic (CAR). The agreement, finalized with the president and key ministers, grants CVMR 25-year rights to explore ...

Canadian washrooms are on the cusp of a data-driven overhaul, according to John Putters, chief executive of Visionstate Corp. (TSXV: VIS), a company that channels Internet-of-Things and big-data know-how into the unglamorous but essential business of facility hygiene. “Wanda is really designed to keep people accountable when it comes to facility management,” he told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, contrasting his firm’s sensor-enab...

“We’re still in the jungle when it comes to security in healthcare,” says Francis Bellido, President and CEO of Quantum eMotion Corp. (TSXV: QNC | OTCQB: QNCCF), a quantum cybersecurity company now at the forefront of digital health innovation. Speaking with InvestorNews.com host Tracy Hughes, Bellido detailed a transformational six months for the Montréal-based company—one that included technical breakthroughs, strategic expansion...

War has yanked critical minerals out of the realm of strategic theory and thrust them onto center stage, Christopher Ecclestone warned in an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes earlier today, declaring bluntly that “the rainy day is here.” His thesis, previewed in a Toronto presentation titled When the Bullets Start Flying – Critical Minerals in a War Scenario, is that conventional defense metals such as iron and steel re...

Amid a global scramble for the strategic metal gallium, Quantum Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: LEAP | OTCQB: ATOXF | FSE: 86A1) is positioning itself as North America’s emerging front-runner. “We have gallium on not one project but two,” chief executive Marcy Kiesman told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, describing how drill programs meant to hunt lithium and gold instead uncovered “107 meters of consecutive gallium” at the NMX East p...

Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) is carving an uncommon twin track—self-funded exploration and profitable quarrying—into a mining sector more accustomed to dilutive financings. “Our exotic blue quartzite quarry in May made over R$1M in sales,,” President and CEO Christopher Berlet told InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, citing margins that reach “about 80 percent” on block sales and, after on-site cutting and polishing, “another pot...

Cyberattacks have become “a constant barrage… increasing at a frightening rate each year,” warns Charles Regan, the unflappable chief executive of Nerds On Site Inc. (CSE: NERD | OTCQB: NOSUF), a 30-year-old Canadian firm that has quietly built a nationwide army of “nerds” to protect more than 12,000 small and mid size enterprises—and marquee clients such as Canadian Tire, Home Hardware and Tim Horton’s—from the dark web’s relentle...

“Imagine mining rare earth elements at zero cost,” Christopher Eager declared in an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, positioning Resouro Strategic Metals Inc. (ASX: RAU | TSXV: RSM | OTCQB: RSGOF) as a disruptor in the global critical minerals race. Speaking from Quebec City, the company’s executive chairman explained that Resouro’s Tiros Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is designed to profit from titanium dioxide pig...

“The United States is buying metal it hasn’t even mined yet,” warned Michael Hargett, president of CVMR (USA), as he sketched a supply chain stretched thin by import dependence and policy uncertainty. In an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Mr. Hargett explained that CVMR—best known for its proprietary Chemical Vapour Metal Refining technology—has built “modular systems that go down to as small as 2,000 tons per year,”...

With China restricting exports and the U.S. Department of Defense refusing to buy foreign supply, Antimony Resources Corp. (CSE: ATMY | FSE: K8J0) has set its sights on turning New Brunswick into North America’s first standalone antimony hub. CEO James “Jim” Atkinson tells InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes that the company’s Bald Hill and Antimony 2.0 optioned properties already host “a pure antimony play”, adding that “pure antimony ...