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In a market increasingly crowded with companies invoking the language of “rare earths” without necessarily understanding the science—or the economics—behind it, the conversation with Mark Tory offers a rare moment of clarity.Appearing on InvestorNews with Tracy Hughes, Tory, President, CEO, and Director of Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF), did not lean on market enthusiasm or geopolitical urgency alone. Instead, he ...

In a recent interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Larry Braga, President and CEO of AscentX Medical, described gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as one of the most common gastrointestinal conditions globally, affecting a significant portion of the population and largely managed today through pharmaceutical intervention.Braga noted that while proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) dominate the treatment landscape and provide sy...

In a recent interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Dr. Iqbal Sandhu, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board at AscentX Medical, outlined the scale and clinical burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition affecting tens of millions of patients and defined by the backward flow of stomach acid into the esophagus due to a compromised lower esophageal sphincter.Dr. Sandhu described GERD’s hallmark symptom—pe...

In a recent Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) Masterclass, “The Critical Mineral that Literally Defines Time – Cesium,” the discussion began with a simple but underappreciated fact: the modern world keeps time using a metal most investors have never heard of.Hosted by Jack Lifton, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute and one of the foremost authorities on critical minerals, the session positioned cesium not as a niche specia...

In a recent interview with market maker Darren Cudmore, host for InvestorNews.com, he spoke with Brett Marsh, President, CEO, and Director of Spartan Metals Corp., following the company’s announcement that it has acquired what it describes as the largest tungsten resource in the United States.The acquisition of the Victorio project marks a defining shift for Spartan Metals, elevating it from an emerging junior to a company with sca...

In a recent InvestorTalk hosted by Tracy Hughes, she spoke with Sheldon Bennett, CEO and Director of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV: DMGI | OTCQB: DMGGF), about a constraint moving from background assumption to defining investment variable: power.Bennett outlined the company’s latest expansion at its Christina Lake facility, adding 10 megawatts to reach 75 megawatts of capacity, supported by a dual power structure—fixed-rate s...

In a recent interview with market maker Darren Cudmore, host for InvestorNews.com, he spoke with Brian Leeners, CEO and Director of Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR | OTCQB: HMRFF), about a strategy built around one of the most overlooked materials in the global economy: silica.Leeners framed the company’s thesis around two converging forces—electrification and the material constraints required to support it. “There are key materi...

At the outset of the spring exploration season, Oreterra Metals Corp. (TSXV: OTMC) is positioning itself for what management describes as a potential breakthrough year, anchored by a fully funded drill program in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.Speaking with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, CEO Kevin Keough pointed to a combination of technical groundwork and market timing. “We have the money, we have the target, it’s copper and ...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Ali Haji, CEO and Director of American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: TUNGF), as the company closed an oversubscribed financing and accelerated toward what it says will be a defining milestone in the North American critical minerals sector.“We announced $20 million the morning of PDAC,” Haji said. “We had interest for about $55 million… we decided to go with $35...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes sat down with John Slaven, CEO of MineSense Technologies Ltd., to discuss a technology that is quietly reshaping how value is extracted from existing mines—one shovel at a time.In an industry long defined by averages, estimates, and delayed feedback loops, MineSense is introducing something far more immediate: real-time ore intelligence at the point of extraction.“Our sensors ...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, momentum around Canada’s Yukon was difficult to ignore—and few stories captured that shift more clearly than Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF). Sitting down with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, President and CEO Christopher Berlet outlined a company positioning itself at the center of a rapidly reawakening gold district.The catalyst, he explained, is not theoretical. The recent acquisition o...

Panther Metals Plc (LSE: PALM) is advancing a portfolio of mineral projects in Ontario as it prepares to dual list in Canada.Speaking with InvestorNews.com host Peter Clausi at PDAC 2026, Chief Executive Officer Darren Hazelwood said the company is moving toward a listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange to support exploration and development of its Canadian assets.“We’re in the final throes of coming across to Canada,” Mr. Haze...

On the floor of PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Robin Dunbar, CEO of Grid Metals Corp. (TSXV: GRDM), about the company’s cesium discovery in Manitoba and why the metal is attracting growing attention in the critical minerals sector.“Cesium is a metal that not a lot of people have common market knowledge about,” Dunbar said. “But it’s very rare and very critical, so it’s a good metal to be looking for...

On the floor of PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Dr. Mark Cooksey, Managing Director and CEO of ABx Group Limited (ASX: ABX), about the company’s unusual position in the global race to secure heavy rare earth supply.Cooksey arrived at PDAC with a clear objective: meet potential customers for the mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC) product ABx intends to produce from its ionic clay deposits in Tasmania.“...

On the floor of PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Stephen Gray, President, CEO, and Director of Fox Tungsten Ltd. (TSXV: FOXT), about the company’s strategic rebranding and its unusually high-grade tungsten project in British Columbia’s Cariboo region.Fox Tungsten recently changed its name to sharpen its focus on the metal now attracting renewed geopolitical attention. The company previously held a cop...

On day four of PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Brett Marsh, President, CEO, and Director of Spartan Metals Corp. (TSXV: W | OTCQB: SPRMF), about the company’s tightly held capital structure and its ambition to revive a historic tungsten district in Nevada.For Marsh, PDAC served as an opportunity to reconnect with shareholders and introduce the story of Spartan Metals to a broader audience. The compan...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with David Stein, President, CEO, and Director of Kuya Silver Corporation (CSE: KUYA | OTCQB: KUYAF), about the company’s ramp-up toward steady silver production in Peru and its strategy to grow output in a market where silver prices are strengthening.For Stein, the company’s story begins with a distinction that separates it from many junior mining companies: Kuya is alr...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes spoke with Peter Clausi, Director and Vice President of Capital Markets at Silver Bullet Mines Corp., following the company’s announcement of a significant five-year agreement with global commodities trading firm Ocean Partners. The deal, announced during the conference, commits Ocean Partners to purchase all of Silver Bullet’s production from its Arizona operations for the ne...

At PDAC 2026 in Toronto, InvestorNews host Peter Clausi spoke with Terry Lynch, CEO and Director of Power Metallic Mines Inc. (TSXV: PNPN | OTCQB: PNPNF), about the company’s drilling program at the Lion discovery within its Nisk Project Area in Quebec’s James Bay region.“We’re busy. We’re doing a lot of work,” Lynch said. “When you’re drilling 100,000 metres, you’re going to have some results.”The drilling is focused on the Lion z...