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As part of the ongoing commodities investment opportunities series, today we focus on copper. Copper is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Due to its soft nature, it is most often used as an alloy. An alloy is a material made up of a metal and a non-metal or two metals which are...

On my path through the commodities, I wanted to cover Silver because I believe there is great value in this undervalued commodity, and that the best is yet to come! Gold will naturally boost the price of silver and base metals as people start to shift back into commodities, but there is a point where anticipation kicks in and when...

Updated August 2020 With Nickel gaining traction on the heels of resent comments by Elon Musk, we thought it would be a good time to update this article as many of the companies have evolved or been sold. The information on the deposits in the original article still hold true and tie into the updated portion, so they are definitely...

What is Lithium? To put it simply, Lithium is an element. This chemical element is known with the symbol “Li” and atomic number 3. Lithium in nature is never found alone, it is always bonded with another element. It can be found in trace amounts in essentially any rock, which is how it got its name. Lithium comes from the...

Recently I was asked to do an article for Inside Exploration. Never done such a thing in all my years and have some reticence upon opening a door to something new. One reason for for accepting the opportunity is strictly to help people keep themselves out of what could be some very trying times ahead. I’ve been doing my own...

A few weeks ago we spent some time in the historic town of Cobalt, Ontario in an attempt to bring the history of the area to light before we made our way up to Gowganda for a site visit. Northern Ontario has always been of interest for junior mining companies, given the immense opportunities it presents for exploration.  The geological...

While we were in Cobalt, Ontario, we had an opportunity to take a tour of the Wabi Iron and Steel. Founded in 1907, Wabi Iron & Steel Corp. has evolved into a leading manufacturer of loading and conveyance systems for the mining industry and one of North America’s premier producers of general and abrasion-resistant castings in iron and steel.  During...

Many months have passed since the initial discovery that rocked the investing community. Investors watched as the share price skyrocketed from .07 cents to as high as 1.18 late last year and while everyone held their breath waiting for more results, RNC instead opted to pull back the reins and focus on exploration in an attempt to define the the...

On August 7th, 1903, Ernest Darragh and James Mckinley, made a discovery that would forever change the history of Ontario. The two lumbermen seeking timbers for railroad ties stumbled upon a silver vein that ultimately kick started the rush of 1905-06. The Klondike rush was over and people were hungry for the next great discovery and Cobalt quickly became a...

Playfair Mining Ltd (PLY-TSX.V) has begun a new era of modern exploration of a historic mining district in Norway.The RostvangenKvikne-Vakkerlien Project (RKV Project) covers 2 past-producing Besshi-type Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) copper mines (Rostvangen and Kvikne), a nickel-copper deposit (Vakkerlien) and over 20 additional known mineral occurrences. Playfair has signed an Option and Exploration Agreement with EMX Royalty Corporation (EMX-TSX.V)...