INVESTMENT TRENDS

K2 Gold finds mineralization in all 12 holes drilled at Yukon's Wels project: CEO Anthony Margarit
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 30, 2023 10:55AMK2 Gold (TSXV:KTO) is a successor to Kaminak Gold, which discovered and developed the Coffee project in the Yukon before selling it to Goldcorp (now Newmont) for about CAD$520 million back in 2016.

ValOre Metals says it can deliver a PEA by year-end 2024 at its Pedra Branca PGE project in Brazil
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 30, 2023 10:50AMJim Paterson, Chair and CEO of ValOre Metals (TSXV:VO), says its Pedra Branca project in Brazil is analogous to similar platinum-group-element (PGE) deposits in South Africa, but unlike those bigger, deeper mines, mineralization at Pedra Branca "starts right at the surface."

'The most catalyst-rich 12 months in the company's history': Fireweed Metals' CEO Brandon Macdonald
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 29, 2023 12:48PM(Kitco News) - Brandon Macdonald, CEO of Fireweed Metals (TSXV:FWZ), says the main driver of the zinc market right now is the lack of quality development projects.

Vancouver-based oil and gas firm engaged in Egypt's largest fracking venture
Market One - Nov 28, 2023 07:34AMWith production of approximately 700,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), Egypt is an underappreciated player in the global oil and gas market.

Silver prices hitting $100 ounce 'wouldn't be a surprise' - Vizsla Silver's Craig Parry
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 27, 2023 01:43PM(Kitco News) - The silver market is 15-20% under-supplied, and there is a strong possibility of interest rate cuts and a lower dollar pushing precious metals prices higher within a year, said Craig Parry, founder and chair of Vizsla Silver (TSXV:VZLA).

Defense Metals looks to follow in the footsteps of Mountain Pass with Wicheeda rare earths deposit
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 21, 2023 03:08PMDale Wallster, director of Defense Metals (TSXV:DEFN), said the company wants to develop the onshoring of rare earth elements in North America, becoming only the second producing REE mine in North America behind Mountain Pass in California.

ARIS Mining: The $350 million gold producer poised for a $300 million annual windfall
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 20, 2023 04:44PMNeil is CEO of ARIS Mining (TSX: ARIS, NYSE: ARMN), Colombia's leading gold producer and my biggest mining investment.

Gold Basin Resources eyeing maiden resource at its namesake Arizona gold project: CEO Colin Smith
Kitco News - Nov 20, 2023 12:26PM(Kitco News) - Colin Smith, CEO of Gold Basin Resources (TSXV:GXX), said the company is looking to advance its Gold Basin project in Arizona to a maiden resource estimate and put it into development shortly thereafter.

Grid Battery Metals targets EV-driven demand surge by focusing on the source - supplying essential lithium and nickel
Market One - Nov 14, 2023 07:39AMElectric vehicle sales are booming: 10 million in 2022, a projected 14 million in 2023. At the same time, demand for sustainable power sources for an array of applications is rapidly rising, with even the United Nations calling for investment in "alternative sources of energy that are clean, accessible, affordable, sustainable and reliable."

'It is a really exciting place to be' - Aurora Energy Metals focuses on uranium
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 10, 2023 08:44PM(Kitco News) - We're doing metallurgical test work to feed into the scoping study and those results would come out over the next three to four months. Then the scoping study itself, trade-off evaluations like transport studies, water supply and power supply as a component to the scoping study.

Dateline Resources is located beside North America's only operating rare earth mine
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 10, 2023 11:59AM(Kitco News) - Stephen Baghdadi, managing director of Dateline Resources (ASX:DTR), said Dateline has pivoted from Colorado to California due to the Colosseum gold-rare earth-elements project, which he called a real company maker with a proven resource.

NickelSearch is located within Western Australia's Battery Belt
Investment Trends Editorial - Nov 10, 2023 11:21AM(Kitco News) - NickelSearch's Carlingup project in Western Australia is located near some of the giants in the battery materials sector.
