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The Market Online
5 days ago
- Business
- The Market Online
Progressing Canada's Great Atlantic Salt Project towards production
Atlas Salt Inc. isn't waiting on a discovery. The resource is already in the bag. With a strong feasibility study, permits in place, and a real plan to fund construction through both debt and equity. This story is all about execution. The Great Atlantic Salt Project is gearing up to become one of Canada's cleanest, most strategic mine builds, and they're not wasting time getting there The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity Lyndsay: I think right out of the gate, you know, the question that is on a lot of people's minds is really what makes the Great Atlantic Salt Project such a standout opportunity, both in terms of its economics and the potential to expand that resource over time. Nolan: For new investors, I think one of the most attractive things is that it's a novel project, right? It's something that they're not familiar with. Salt is a new concept for them, but it's something that's integral to their lives if they're in North America or northeast United States in eastern Canada. And we are planning to build a major world class operation on the west coast of Newfoundland that will satisfy that market need. So this is a tremendous asset. It's very shallow. It's easy to develop. It's near all sorts of critical infrastructure that you require to build a mine, and it has fantastic economics. We have a feasibility study, as you mentioned, and we have a completed environmental assessment that has allowed us to start acquiring some permits, which we have already received. Lyndsay: Nolan, you touched on it a little bit, but let's push forward just a little further with that jurisdiction, as we know, is key to mine development. Now, can you walk us through what it's like building a project of this scale in Newfoundland and how that's shaped your permitting experience so far? Nolan: So, Newfoundland, as many of your watchers, and as you and I know, is a great mining jurisdiction. Of course, Canada is a great mining nation, and we are strategically located on the west coast of Newfoundland. We're three kilometers away from a deep water port, which is very important when you're moving large quantities of bulk material like we are with salt. We have a very green and clean project that has acquired very strong support in the local communities, from the local regulators. We have an approved environmental assessment, as I mentioned, which is a testament to that. This is a project that people want built. It's a project that we want to build. And I just want to mention the greenhouse gas portion is key on mining development and key question that a lot of investors have for mine development and regulators. We're a 100% battery electric vehicle operated site tied into hydroelectric power. So that allows us to have the greenhouse gas emissions of four Newfoundland households a year. And our primary strategy is to displace imported salt from foreign jurisdictions. And so that has its own greenhouse gas offsets as well. Lyndsay: What a great kickoff to all of it. I want to flip over just a little bit here and just talk about your recent approval for early works. It is a major step, not necessarily to signal a start of construction tomorrow, but the question here is, how does that permit help advance the project and strengthen your position with potential financiers? Nolan: Absolutely. It's a great question. You look at many projects in the mining industry, and they are stuck in the environmental assessment process, or they have challenges with community relations, or challenges getting permits, or they're waiting for government changes or anything of that nature. So anytime you can bring a project to market like we have that shows that it can get permits, get them on an established timeline, in a great jurisdiction like Newfoundland, that is a vote of confidence into the market and to potential financers on the debt and equity side and investors themselves, right? They know that they're investing in something that not can be built but will be built when the time is appropriate. So, the early works permit allows us to put in place critical infrastructure that will allow us to do the main portion of construction once the timelines line up on the financing and the construction side. Lyndsay: As you continue to de-risk the project, Nolan, what are the major value driving milestones on the horizon that investors really should be paying attention to over the next 12, even 24 months from now? Nolan: Actually, a lot sooner than that. We expect to, as we get things going, so further permits, we are looking to sign strategic deals with potential partners on the off-take side which will be the purchasers of our product. Also we're in the process of an updated feasibility study at the moment, which we expect to have the potential to increase and accelerate throughput through the facility. So the original feasibility study was designed for 2.5 million tons per year, but inside the capital cost was equipment specifications that could allow it to push towards four. And this is all public, so we're working as aggressively as we can to see how close we can get to those kinds of targets and push past the original production target. So these are all exciting developments. All of these things make a project more attractive, de-risk it and make it a very good project for investors to turn their eyes towards. Lyndsay: What about your financing then? What can you share about your current strategy to secure both debt and equity and your confidence on how you're going to bring that right capital partner to the board? Nolan: We're working with Endeavor Financial. This was announced late last year and they've been working diligently over the past few months on putting together our proposal to debt financiers. So they'll be the ones that come in with the largest component of project financing on the debt side. This is open to very large funds that are attracted and very large global funds that are attracted to infrastructure type projects like ours with very long lives, very strong cash flows. So, we're talking after tax free cash flows of over a hundred million dollars per year, life of mine, indicated by our feasibility study. So once that's in place, we expect that to be a compelling story to bring to equity financing partners. So it's a little process of moving things up in parallel. I just joined the company a month ago. We're putting together those plans and redeveloping them and reassessing them, but ultimately when you have a very fantastic asset like we have with so much work that's been done to de-risk it, it makes selling that side of the story much, much easier for me and the team. Atlas Salt trading on the Venture under the symbol SALT. They've got the assets, they've got permits, and a clear path to build. Now it's about execution. Learn their full story at Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about this stock on the Atlas Salt Inc. investor discussion forum, and check out the rest of Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. For full disclaimer information, please click here
The Market Online
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Market Online
The fast track to gold production is underway in Nevada
Lahontan Gold Corp. has been gaining ground fast in 2025 with drill rigs turning at the Santa Fe project in Nevada. Fresh permits just green lit and a full scale metallurgical testing program now underway. It's all part of an aggressive push to unlock near term production potential at one of the state's most promising past producing gold and silver sites. Now, joining me today is the powerhouse behind it all. Kimberly Ann, the Founder, President, CEO and Executive Chair of Lahontan Gold. She's a deal maker, a builder, and one of the most driven voices in the junior mining space right now The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity Lyndsay: Let's just get right to it because I'm sure there's more information that you can actually roll out for us. Right out of the gate, though a lot has really been happening already this year for all of you. New drill campaigns, more permits and now metallurgy. I mean, can you walk us through how it's all coming together and what you're really trying to accomplish this year at Santa Fe? Kimberly Ann: Absolutely. First of all, we're up over 350% since the beginning of the year. And you know, the goal here is, let's not forget, is to make money. So my number one goal is to make money for our shareholders and for the company. And that means fast tracking Santa Fe back into production as fast as possible. So we're deep in the weeds, as I like to say, of our permitting. We're about, oh my gosh, two and a half years into permitting. This is a mine under closure. The Santa Fe mine was in production from 1988 to 1994 open pit heap leach. So inexpensive and, and we're considered a mine under closure. So for us, fast tracking it back into production really is fast tracking because there's so many things we already know about the project that we don't have to spend the dollars and time to do. Kimberly Ann: So, where we sit today is we're about ready to hit the NEPA phase of our permitting, which means a comment period of the public. This is for the plan of operation, which allows us to draw out the project completely project wide. But also once we have that document in hand, then it goes into the mine permitting process. So it's quite complicated. But that being said, we are in Nevada. They just put president Trump just put gold on the critical medals list, which is fantastic. It's about time. And the legislation is really pushing the agenda forward. So it's really just about having people in the office that can help us get to the finish line. Why are we doing all this drilling and met work? Well, this project is 26.4 square kilometers. It's got massive upside of drilling. I mean, right now we have 2 million ounces. It's a great number. Our PEA looks great. We can make a heck of a lot of money right now, but there's so much to explore. So this last round of drilling was only about 1,800 meters and was specifically driven on four different areas to target. You know, where we can really massively expand in the Slab Calvada area. So once we get those drill results back, we'll go back in October, but I don't believe in, as, you know, wasting dollars. So we drill a little bit, let's get the results back and then go back at it. So that's underway. And then the metallurgical work you're talking about. Well, you know, every time we try to check a box on our permitting and try to de-risk this asset, there's more things that come up. For example, when we put out our PEA in December the recoveries weren't what I would like to see them at. For example, over at our Slab Calvada area, the recoveries from historic mining was 63%. And because we use a third party to write these reports, they would only put in 50% because they didn't specifically do the work. Which, you know, this 43-101 process, you know, upsets me as a CEO because I can't actually tell the public the truth in a lot of ways. And 13% is a huge amount when you're talking about recovery. So when we put out our PEA, we have a checklist of everything that has to happen to get us to the finish line and get the numbers we actually need to see. And that's what we're doing. So we're checking every box that they want see to you know, bring up the recoveries and all the different deposits because we have four different deposits that we know of on the property and we're just going through that list, just checking 'em all off. In Q1 of next year we can be talking about, okay, here's the new resource estimate and the PEA to come with all the new numbers. because we're so close to getting this permit that we have to have run a separate model internally to make sure that we really are moving X amount of rock versus what is publicly out in space, right? Because we all do these models at certain gold prices, et cetera, et cetera. Ours was done at 1950 gold, which feels like it was a hundred years ago right now. So all these things matter and you know, day by day that's what we're doing. Just de-risk, de-risk, de-risk. And moving it to the point where we're hoping by early 2027 we'll be breaking ground, which is a blink of an eye in mining as we both know. Lyndsay: I want to talk a little bit about some approvals, though. That new BLM approval sounds like a big deal. So what does it actually mean for your team on the ground and when do you think we'll start seeing drill results from this next round? Kimberly Ann: Good question. Well, I mean the permitting that we have gotten approved allows us to continue to drill under a notice of intent. It's acre by acre in a lot of ways. And so, we can do that incrementally as we go along. So it never stops us drilling when we're going for a plan of operation on the exploration side. But what it does do is once we have that document, we never have to go back to the Bureau of Land Management to get anything approved, which is amazing- Yes. But it's millions of dollars and a lot of time. So we've gotten through all of the studies, we call them the 'bugs and bunny' studies and we've had those approved, which is really important because now they can't come back and say, oh, I need you to go look for the raptors again, or, you know, they can't go back on their word. So we are at the point where those have been cleared and moving forward and that's taken us almost three years. So that's a really important part of the equation. But all those studies go into the mine permit. So it's a really big deal for the company to be where we are right now. Because now it's time of getting it out in the public space, letting them look at the document. We have no first nations, we have no communities around us at all. So it's not like we have a lot of people that are going to go, oh no, you can't go back into production. They're there to basically to be our workforce, which is three kilometers away. On the drill results, we should have our first round of drill results out next two to three weeks. So it's, it's we'll be in the next month. You'll see all of them. So very short timeline. Lyndsay: I want to actually also flip over and unpack the metallurgy aspect of that. So met testing, we all know is one of those things that sounds very technical, but it really actually does matter. So what are you hoping to learn from this phase and how much could that move the needle on the Santa Fe's overall economics? Kimberly Ann: Well, what we do know is we will be able to report what happened in the past, if not better. And that's specifically on the oxides. When we look at our transition and sulfide materials, we have shipped a thousand pound of this off to a third party that I can't really talk about who it is, but it's a new technology that they're doing that essentially turned sulfides into oxides which could be heap leachable and it's literally rock dependent. If it works, then it opens up so much for the company. Because We have high grade sulfides underneath all of our pits. I mean, amazing material that we're not even focused on right now because we have so much oxides ready to be mined. So, I mean, there is a lot to learn through this process and I think January will have information back. So it's going to be, if this, if this works, it's revolutionary to the industry because it changes our recoveries from, you know, 50% to 90%. So, you know, every percent counts. That's how much more money we'll make, right? Yeah. We're already going to print money at 1,200 cash costs all in for the company, and that's the first pass in our PEA and golds at what, you know, I mean it's really important and it's not sexy to the public, but it's sure as hell as sexy when you're looking at how much more money you're going to make in the process. Lyndsay: You've actually been quite vocal about the Santa Fe having near term protection potential. What still needs to fall into place, whether it's from a permitting, technical or operational perspective to make that happen? Kimberly Ann: It's simply the permitting process because every step along the way is, you know, them asking us to do more studies on air quality or you name it, they come up with it and we're there to facilitate that so we can move the project forward. But the drilling we are doing is simply to just add more ounces. And you know, right now the studies that we have on the PEA is 15,000 tons per day. I think that's probably going to get changed to 18,500 tons per day. So we're trying to like really put a narrow scope on it, right. Because the CapEx for it right now is a 130 million with 20% contingency. So a hundred million and that's not that much money to find, but we really want to get these numbers to per to as much perfection as we can before we are raising the money. Because, right now, next year I will be raising the money to build this thing. And people always say, well, how are you going to do that? At what market cap and blah, blah, blah. It doesn't matter what market cap we are sitting at the time. These are non-dilutive dollars. This is a rapid payback. So when you talk to debt funds, like I used to work for one, I know what they're looking for. 70% of that CapEx will be probably in debt. We also barely have any royalties on the project. So we have royalty flexibility and maybe we'll take equity, but right now let's just keep going and moving the share price forward and doing all the work on the ground that's necessary. Lyndsay: Looking ahead to the rest of the year, Kimberly, what's the one thing you think investors should really be watching for from Lahontan? What's the next big moment? Kimberly Ann: They should be watching every result that comes out because all of this is the breadcrumbs to production. And look, we've been trading at 10, 11 cents and in December we were at 2 cents and I think you probably remember we did have that block from Victoria. We finally got that out purgatory in December. And those were things that we didn't expect to happen, but they're done. And the reality is that block of shares has moved into fantastic hands that don't run a mine like our friends and aren't at risk for that situation again. So since then we're having massive trading volume and the stock keeps going up because people are starting to see this. So people should be getting in now because this the reason why I'm talking to you and everybody else I can because the stock is so inexpensive still right now. It's not going backwards, it's just going to continue to skyrocket. And the path to production of what we're going to build along the way from Santa Fe to West Santa Fe to mojo is massive. It's not going to, there's not going to be a sit around and wait for something to happen. It's going to be okay. We can now focus on west Santa Fe and start drilling that out, which is 10 kilometers away or satellite operation to be. There's so much going on right now and I just, I don't want to have a shareholder come to me in a year when we're trading it. God knows what that great number is and say, gee, I wish I would've heard your story a year ago. So at minimum get on our newsletter list so you get our information, my phone number, my email specifically is on there. Give me a call anytime. I love talking to our shareholders and buy some stock. You can find Lahontan Gold trading under the ticker symbol LG on the Venture and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol Y2F. If you're looking for a junior with big upside potential and real near term moves in play, check them out at This is one story that's not waiting around. Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about this stock on the Lahontan Gold Corp. investor discussion forum, and check out the rest of Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. For full disclaimer information, please click here
The Market Online
14-07-2025
- Business
- The Market Online
An exploration company focused on uncovering high grade silver in Canada's North
Silver North Resources Ltd., a junior exploration company focused on uncovering high grade silver in Canada's North. With two key assets, the Haldane Silver Project in the historic Keno Hill district and the Tim Project near the Yukon, British Columbia border, the company is pushing forward with a clear exploration strategy. Joining me to uncover all of it is Jason Weber, President and CEO at Silver North. The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity Lyndsay: Now, let's actually start with the big picture here. For those new to Silver North, what's the company's core focus and really how do your flagship projects, Haldane and Tim, align with that strategy? Jason: As you might guess from the name Silver North, we're focused on silver largely in the northern part of North America. But really, I think what one of the key tenets to what we do is the fact that we want to be looking in districts that are the established high grade mineralization, long lived mines and the Keno District in the Yukon, where our Haldane project is, exemplifies this really well. That's over a hundred year old district. Some of the highest grade silver mines in North America have been located in the Keno District. So, that fits our strategy extremely well. But the other part of that is identifying new districts that have the potential to be long high grade mines, long lived high grade mines. And our Tim Project, I think is a great example of that. We're about 19 kilometers north of what was the previously operating Silvertip mine and Coeur, our partner on that project has on our Tim Project, has stepped back from mining at Silvertip to take a more district scale approach. And the work that they've done has started to outline a high grade, potentially high grade silver district that stretches into the Yukon and could be a long, large high grade scenario for mines in this part of the world. So, we've got the established district at Keno with Haldane and then this newly emerging district in the Silvertip area of Southern Yukon, Northern BC. Lyndsay: Let's dive into that Tim Project just a little bit further. Your May update reviewed the 2024 drill results. What did you learn from that campaign and how is that shaping your approach the upcoming season? Jason: I think really key to this is the fact that when you look at these emerging districts, you've got an idea and an exploration thesis that you're operating under. And this program at Tim that Coeur conducted last year really kind of solidified that thesis, showed that there was a CRD carbonate replacement deposit style system active at Tim. The results, we didn't get high grade silver intercepts in in the drilling. We did hit some silver, but we saw lots of other geological indications indicative of these systems. And that's really important because we always use the needle in the haystack analogy, but at least we know we're in the haystack now, and we can start to look for the needle. And that's an important piece of the puzzle. And I think Coeur has the luxury of looking at the whole district and can say, okay we don't need to see high grade mineralization right off the bat. What we need to see is evidence that the system's active, and then we can start narrowing down. So, a real systems based approach that really sets the stage for now trying to vector, in our subsequent programs, vector where the high grade silver mineralization might be. Lyndsay: All of that sounds like just so much already going on for you. ldane Project. Now that sits on a prolific silver belt. So what's the latest from that project even further that we mentioned before? And are you likely to see new drill targets or a shift in exploration strategy heading into the rest of 2025? Jason: I think we had a real game changer intersection last year at what we call our main fault target, which was a target that hadn't been successfully drilled in the past. Other groups had tried to test at depth a structure that you can see on surface, had some silver mineralization on surface, a few meters of over 200 grams silver, which is for where we are, that's on surface. Those are quite good numbers. They were never able to actually test the structure at depth. And we were the first ones able to do that in our program last year, and highlighted what looks to be now just under a 30 meter wide zone with three high grade veins in it. And it showed stronger mineralization both in the veins, but also in between the veins in the altered areas, we saw more evidence of mineralization than we did in the first hole. So, for us, really what this shows is that we have a nice wide structural zone here. It's got three veins with some really nice high grade mineralization. We've got an intersection of 1.83 meters true width of over a thousand grams silver. And really interestingly for us, this intersection also came with some gold, I think it was about 3.9 grams per ton gold, which is quite high for what we see. We're generally half a gram gold or less. So, a nice precious metal rich intersection that we think we can build on. So, the strategy for us going forward is to step out along strike and also down dip on those two discovery holes and see how big we can extend this zone. Lyndsay: You recently actually also secured funding through a charity flow through private placement. So give us a story behind that raise and how those funds are being deployed across your portfolio. Jason: The charity flow-thru are a really good one for junior exploration companies operating in Canada because we can raise money at a significant premium to our current share price. So, right now, this financing's in the $0.21 offering. We're trading at $0.15 right now. So, it really allows us to minimize dilution. So that's obviously a fantastic thing for our shareholders. And of the $2.1 million we're raising, $2 million will go to Haldane and basically, that program I just outlined for you. With about a $100 thousand going to a very early stage prospect that we call Veronica, that is adjacent to our Tim property in the Silvertip area. And so this is a first pass program just to see if the same CRD characteristics are present at Veronica. We've got some really nice soil geochemical anomalies, high silver soil anomalies that have never been followed up. So that's the plan this year. Use that a $100 thousand dollars to follow up at that property and see if we can identify the characteristics of a CRD system there to advance future work and hopefully drilling. Lyndsay: Now, Jason, let's just pause here for a second because I'm reading that you also were awarded a Yukon Mineral Exploration Program grant. That's huge news. So how meaningful is that support to your broader exploration plans, especially in a market where capital is tight for juniors? Jason: On approximately a $100 thousand dollar program the grant assuming that all our expenditures qualify, which they should without a problem that we'd get about $30 thousand back from the Yukon government. It's a great program because it really allows, you know, some of the toughest capital to raise is that early stage grassroots exploration. It's not very exciting. You're talking about soil geochemical anomalies and prospecting. It's not drill intersections that can really drive the market. So, those are some of the hardest funds to raise. So, the significance for us is the support from the Yukon government. It's a bit of a stamp of approval on what you're doing. You've got a concept they have reviewed it, said, yes, I think this concept makes sense and you go out, spend the money and once you hit a certain set of criteria and mostly on the reporting side then you're eligible to get $30 thousand back. So for us it's a great way to get targets, early stage targets tested or at least advanced so that we can move them towards drilling. Lyndsay: Well, Jason, Silver North has so much positive action flowing through you right now. Thank you for coming on and just sharing that with us and sitting down with us. Be sure to come back and give us some updates soon. You can find Silver North Resources on the Venture Exchange under the tick symbol and on their website at Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about this stock on the Silver North Resources investor discussion forum, and check out the rest of Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. For full disclaimer information, please click here
Daily Mirror
10-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mirror
'Insane' anti-frizz spray keeps hair straight 'even in worst humidity'
The 'Supernatural' spray has been massively popular on social media for its 'silky smooth' and 'waterproof' results Amazon has slashed the price of a haircare sensation that's taken social media by storm for its 'silky smooth' and 'waterproof' effects, offering more than 40% off. During Amazon 's massive sale event, Prime members can snag their beloved beauty brands at a steal until Friday, July 11. A standout bargain with heaps of positive feedback is the Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, which boasts "an invisible cloak with magical, moisture-resistant powers that lasts three days straight." It's touted as an "advanced anti-frizz formula leaves hair super glossy, glassy, ultra smooth." Originally priced at £27, the Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 200ml is now available to Prime members for 41% less, at just £16 during Amazon's latest Prime Day Sale Event. For those wanting to give it a test first, there's also a smaller 50ml bottle priced at £12.50. What does the Color Wow spray do? The haircare spray is sulphate-free, gluten-free, and paraben-free, making it a perfect pick for vegans and anyone keen on avoiding harsh chemicals, reports Glasgow Live. Shoppers have three different versions to choose from, tailored to their hair type. According to Amazon, the Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray is ideal for straight, wavy, or curly hair prone to frizz. The spray is crafted to deliver "glassy-sleek, straight, frizz-free styles that last 3-4 shampoos." What other Color Wow options are there? The Extra Strength Dream Coat is ideal for those with "extremely dry, dehydrated hair or extremely curly/coily hair", while Dream Coat for Curly Hair caters to those with wavy or curly locks. For those seeking an alternative, the Pantene 7-in-1 Weightless Hair Oil Mist with Biotin is available at Boots for £10. You can also find VO5's Heat Protect Spray with Heat-Activated Complex at Superdrug for just £4.99. Amazon is currently offering a 41% discount on the spray, one of the best deals out there. The same product is up for grabs at Sephora, JustMyLook, and LookFantastic for £20.25, a bit pricier at Very for £22, and full price at SpaceNK at £27. What do shoppers say about the Color Wow spray? The Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray has been lauded by many Amazon shoppers for tackling frizz effectively and imparting 'silky smooth with a noticeable healthy shine' that lasts up to three days. However, reviews are mixed regarding its effectiveness and worth, with some celebrating its performance and others questioning its value due to unsatisfactory results on their hair. Aine couldn't praise the product enough, commenting: "Could not love this product more. If you're hair is any way frizzy or even a curly haired person who wears it straight like me.. EPIC." Equally impressed, Lyndsay said: "I've repurchased this 3 times now, because the results are amazing." Louise raved: "Incredible product! Does exactly hat it says! Makes your hair waterproof so that you don't get flyaway bits when the weather is humid or wet! If you want a salon look at home, invest in this product! The fact that you only need to use it about once a week, means it will last a while too!" Jen said: "I searched for something that would block humidity in Florida. Wow did this work!!!!" Westbury was thrilled, saying: "I used this and blow dried using my brush on hot and it's FANTASTIC! my hair is silky smooth not frizzy the style lasts a couple of days." Yet, one customer complained: "Made my hair look like straw." Sally noted her dissatisfaction: "Made my hair frizzier! It had the opposite effect on my hair than I wanted." Annabelle encountered a problem with the packaging, saying: "Just got a brand new bottle of this and I can't use it because the pump doesn't work." Another put: "Hair does not stay frizz free or straight after use." Nevertheless, Lella commented: "Woke up this morning and my hair is soft, smooth, shiny and incredibly frizz free. No heaviness, greasiness or crunchiness. I brushed my hair once this morning and it hasn't needed anything else all day." Desi said: "Let me start with the cliche 'I never review products' because I NEVER do. But as soon as I was done using this, I ran to my phone to review it lol. This stuff is INSANE... So far this is the best product I have ever used. Get it, you won't regret it!!" And added: "Amazing! I have very thick, frizzy hair, usually once I style it, it goes frizzy within a couple of hours. With this, the style holds and my hair looks and feels sleek and smooth for 2-3 days which has never happened before!"
The Market Online
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Market Online
A Critical Metal On Every Government's Radar as China Trade Tensions Rise
by Lyndsay Malchuk Today we're talking about a metal that most investors haven't paid attention to, but they should. Antimony isn't just critical, it's on every government's radar, especially as tensions rise and China tightens its grip on supply. Antimony Resources Corp. is aiming to fill that gap with its Bald Hill Project, a high grade Canadian antimony discovery that could change the game. The drills turning visuals are in and results are just weeks away. Joining me now is James Atkinson, the CEO behind this breakout story The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity . Lyndsay: Let's cut to it. Bald Hill isn't just another exploration play now it's sitting on high grade antimony in a market that's become a geopolitical chess board. So what's your take on just how critical this asset could become in the next 12 months? James: Well, as you mentioned sort of briefly at the beginning, antimony is not a well-known metal, although it is a critical metal. It has many uses. It's used in all kinds of different applications. The military's particularly interested because it's used in their processes. It's used for instance, in their artillery, in their bullets and all that. But also, it's important because antimony trioxide is a flame retardant, and so it's used in military let's say tents and equipment and clothing as a flame retardant. So it's used in that aspect. It's also used for instance in the manufacturer of something as simple as car batteries because it's added to lead to give lead strength. So sort of expanding on that antimony is kind of an alloy metal and it's used whenever specific qualities are required, including hardness or heat resistance, that kind of stuff. Very important. There is no primary production in North America. As we know, most of the production in the past has come from China and the Chinese have cut off their exports of antimony, and so there really is no primary source of antimony in all of North America. And I think that's what makes our project kind of kind of exciting and interesting. It is situated in North America. It's actually in New Brunswick in Canada and it's at the point where we're starting to get some good antimony results and it's beginning to give us an idea of what we might have there. Lyndsay: You have actually confirmed a massive antimony bearing intercept and visuals already before assays have even dropped. So how confident are you that bald Hill could punch through as North America's first serious answer to China's stranglehold on supply? James: Well, I'm not sure what a stranglehold it would be, a relatively small operation, but it would be a high grade operation and would produce high grade antimony concentrate, which could be shipped to different refiners for their use. And yes, we've intersected high grade stibnite bearing antimony. The main mineral that we're looking at in the main mineral for antimony is actually called stibnite. And we have sections in our drill holes of massive solid stibnite. And that means that in those sections we expect to get very high assays. I would just mention that we have intersected these high grade stibnite sections in about 70% of our drill holes. And so what we're doing is we're actually trying to, let's call it confirm past work that's been done there. There has been in the past 25 drill holes, we'll be adding 16 or 17 more. And that will also give us confidence in the past assays in the sense that if we can duplicate what they found, we can say okay, we can rely on their results for part of our due diligence and also part of our evaluation of the project. We put out a press release on 21st of May, which showed some of these massive stibnite intersections in drill hole 3, 4, 5. Three of our first five drill holes. We have since completed 15 drill holes, and as I said, we've intersected stibnite mineralization in 70% of those. That's 10 or 11 of the 15. And I would just mention as an aside, the first two drill holes we did were very disappointing. And that's because what happened was because we hadn't accurately modeled where the mineralization was, those two drill holes were too short and didn't actually reach the mineralized zone. We have since drilled two more holes in the same area that are long enough and have intersected the mineral zone. What would normally happen, again, this is going to be an aside, a little bit technical. What would normally happen is when you drill a hole that's too short and you think it needs to be extended, you just go back to the hole and go down the same hole and extend it. Unfortunately, because of the conditions on the site we couldn't do that. The holes actually got broken and collapsed, so we had to go back, and drill two additional holes and we did those, and they also intersected massive stibnite. So, it's pretty exciting stuff. We have found massive stibnite on surface in many places and that's really what helped us refocus our drilling and say, I think the mineralization's actually over here when we thought it was over there. So, as I said, we now have much more confidence that when we do our work we will be able to intersect where we think the massive stibnite is. Lyndsay: Well, James, you've been busy over there for sure. James: We're up to about 2,600 meters. Lyndsay: James, I want to flip over just to some government backing now. Now, Perpetua Resources, they got that US government backing for a gold project because they had just a little bit of antimony. Now your project Bald Hill is a pure antimony story. Are you in talks with any government agencies and really what does strategic support actually look like behind the scenes for you? James: Well, we are in contact, of course with US agencies that supported Perpetua, and I would just correct one thing you said. Perpetua actually has a fairly large resource of antimony. It is mixed up in their gold deposit and will be recovered and processed as they mine the gold. In our case, we're a pure antimony play, so when we go into mining, we'll be mining pure antimony. We won't have to have any special kind of treatment. It'll be a standard kind of flotation cell, which everybody knows how to run. As far as government support, working in New Brunswick is fantastic. They are the best province in Canada, I would say almost bar none to work in. The government there is very supportive. They've covered the whole province with all kinds of regional type surveys, which we have access to. They also have granted us $50,000 of what they call a junior exploration grant, which we will be applying towards our property. So very supportive place to work as far as exploration goes. Actually, as far as access, we're about 45 kilometers away from a deep seaport in Saint John, New Brunswick. We're also 45 kilometers away from the capital city. So, we're well situated in southern New Brunswick as far as that goes. So we get very good support. I would say we also get good support from the New Brunswick government because of the way they have set up their permitting and their consultation processes. And those are very reasonable and very helpful. Most of our land that we're exploring on, the surface rights are owned by Irving Woodlands with the Irving company, a big, big company. And they are very used to dealing with mining companies. They in fact have been in the mining business themselves. So, we signed an agreement with them. Very easy agreement. We can now access their lands to do our exploration. And I'll tell you a funny story. Normally when you sign an agreement with a landowner, they want you to pay them for the trees that you cut down. Right. Well, Irving's a little bit different. When you cut down one of their trees, they want you to take it to one of their mills and they will pay you for it, which is a little bit backwards for what I'm used to. But anyway, that's just a funny story, we don't have to do a lot of that. Most of the property's pretty accessible. We don't have to cut down a lot of trees. So as far as government support from, let's call it the US government, which would be what you would be comparing say Perpetua activities to, we have been approached, or we have been talking to those people, and we have got some good contacts there. I would just mention the other thing is that the US Department of Defense recently invested in another project in New Brunswick. It's a tungsten project. It's a little more developed than we are. We're still early stage exploration basically. So, we know that the US Government Department of Defense has their eyes on New Brunswick and I'm pretty sure they know what we have and what our potential is. Lyndsay: Well, you're definitely aligning yourself where you need to be, especially now, I mean with China restricting antimony exports, not just once, but twice in the last year. My question to you, James, is how does that reshape your financing strategy, offtake potential or even your M&A runway? James: Well, it does affect it a little bit, and I'll explain why, because up until now, most of the processing of antimony concentrate has been in China. So, it does affect us a little bit in the sense that we don't know, they may take it in, and they may just not let it come out. We don't know that. I do know some operations in Australia, which produce antimony are shipping their concentrate to China. So I don't think China has restricted the intake of antimony concentrate. They've just restricted the export. The reason that's also significant is that there are some processing facilities elsewhere in the world. There is a processing facility in Montana, which belongs to a company which processes antimony. So, there's a potential partner there. And as far as M&A goes, I guess we have to understand that we are an exploration company. We're not a mining company. So if it came to the point where we have, let's say a feasibility study done and we understand what we have, we may be looking at a processing type partner to come in and help us out. Lyndsay: So visual mineralization is one thing, but the markets want numbers. I mean, your drill results are just about to be released if not released already. So, what are you bracing for and how ready are you to capitalize on a surprise upside? James: Well, we're looking for a good upside. The last few days, we've had some very good trading. The stock has risen from its levels around 10 cents to around 20 cents. And we expect to get some good eyes, if you want to call it that on our assays. Again, I don't know if they're out yet, so I can't say, but I can tell you that they will be exciting assays. You can find Antimony Resources Corp. Trading under the symbol on the Canadian Securities Exchange. 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