Saf Dhillon

iMetal Resources ($IMR | $IMRFF) Secures $3M Financing as Gowganda West Exploration Moves Forward

• Top takeaway The guest, Saf Dhillon, frames the remainder of 2026 into 2027 as a 'transformative' period for iMetal, citing the new balance sheet, strategic partner, and macro tailwinds after roughly 8 years with the company (independent director, then President/CEO).
• He argues a global shift is underway as capital rotates out of geopolitically sensitive mining regions back into tier-1 jurisdictions like the Canadian Abitibi, supported by incentives from the US and Canadian federal and provincial governments.
• He positions the McFarlane partnership as external validation of iMetal's long-held thesis that Gowganda West hosts extensions or parallel structures of McFarlane's Juby deposit, citing expected geological and structural synergies.
• He highlights the Abitibi's infrastructure advantage over remote helicopter-access projects — a provincial highway runs through the Gowganda West property, with the towns of Gowganda, Kirkland Lake, and Timmins all within a 45-minute drive and grid power and water available.
• He flags near-term catalysts: 2,500-5,000m of follow-up drilling at Gowganda West in cooperation with McFarlane's technical team, and possible continued drilling at the Quebec graphite project.

iMetal Resources closed a $3 million financing on August 18, 2026, with McFarlane Lake Mining taking a 19.9% strategic stake at C$0.10 per unit. CEO Saf Dhillon plans a 2,500-5,000-metre drill program at Gowganda West in the Abitibi Belt, building on a discovery hole of roughly 50m at 0.85 g/t gold. iMetal's flagship sits next to McFarlane's Juby deposit, which the CEO says recently surpassed 5 million ounces in an updated mineral resource estimate. Dhillon argues capital is rotating from geopolitically risky jurisdictions back to tier-one districts like Canada, where majors such as Newmont, Agnico Eagle and IAMGOLD remain active. Beyond gold, iMetal holds a Quebec graphite project with intercepts up to 13% and jumbo flake sizing, positioned as critical-mineral upside.

Bayridge Resources ($BYRG | $BYRRF) CEO Discusses the Baker Lake Project and the Uranium Market

• Top takeaway The guest argues uranium is in a structural bull cycle, driven by base-load demand from AI data centers, EVs, electrification, and robotics colliding with underinvestment since the 2008/Fukushima downturn, and that current ~$80-$85 spot prices understate coming demand — especially in North America.
• The guest frames Bayridge's edge as a micro-cap (~$4M Canadian market cap, ~20M shares) sitting on a Baker Lake property whose historical spend (>$7M Canadian) exceeds its market cap, with 30 high-priority drill-ready targets along a ~70 km unconformity.
• The guest defends focusing on the new Delta target rather than re-drilling historical holes, saying the first phase is meant to prove the model with modern drilling rather than rely on the legacy technology used in the original program.
• The guest says the next 12 months will be defined by closing the remaining ~$1.3M of the $2M financing, releasing reinterpreted historical data, and laying groundwork for a drill program in late spring 2027.
• The guest points to investors such as Rick Rule calling for higher uranium demand as confirmation that Bayridge's timing lines up with the sector's tailwinds.

Bayridge CEO Saf Dhillon pitches the Baker Lake uranium project in Nunavut as a ~$4M micro-cap with 70-km unconformity and 30 priority drill targets. Closed the first $700K tranche of a planned $2M financing, with flow-through and hard-dollar components earmarked for groundwork and 2027 drilling. CEO frames uranium demand from AI data centers and electrification as a structural tailwind still underpriced by investors. Lucky 7 zone's historic drill intercept of 17 meters at 0.3% U3O8 anchors the project's prior high-grade uranium story. Strategy targets the new Delta target with preparatory surface work before an initial drill program slated for late spring next year.

Questcorp Mining ($QQQ | $QQCMF) CEO on Drilling a High-Grade Gold Project in Mexico

• Top takeaway Argues Questcorp's ~C$10M market cap (under 100M shares at C$0.09-C$0.11 as of 2026-08-14) undervalues the story because ~60M shares are held by a US boutique investment bank on a 3-5 year discovery/exit window, with management and directors adding ~7%.
• Frames La Union as the flagship and bigger prize: a polymetallic CRD-style target that has never been drilled, with surface samples of 7-30 g/t gold (best 90 g/t) and characteristics he compares to nearby Hermosillo/Zone 32-style deposits.
• Believes a discovery at either project would re-rate the company quickly; says they already have one discovery hole at La Union and are waiting on the first batch of assays from a ~2,000-meter first-phase program.
• Calls the North Island Copper project undervalued but says that will not show until a drill bit turns (targeted for 2027), emphasizing its neighborhood between Northisle Copper & Gold (~C$1B+ market cap) and the former BHP North Island Copper Mine.
• Plans to deliver proof-of-concept discovery and grow the resource over the next 6-12 months, leaning on the locked-up float and the US-boutique bank's patience window.

An undrilled high-grade CRD target in Mexico's Sonora Belt, La Union is Questcorp's flagship — the CEO argues it could grow into a major polymetallic deposit. Questcorp is fully funded for a 2,000-meter drill program at La Union, targeting zones near Peñoles's historic 1950s oxide workings. With ~$10M CAD market cap and ~80% of ~100M shares in friendly hands, a discovery at La Union could re-rate Questcorp quickly. Questcorp's Vancouver Island asset sits beside the former BHP mine, where the CEO notes a peer grew from under $10M to over $1B on drilling. Questcorp must spend ~$5.5M on La Union over four years; the CEO says ~$3M is already spent, putting the project ahead of schedule.

Questcorp Mining ($QQQ | $QQCMF | D910): Mexico Gold Drilling Underway, Canada Copper Asset Up Next

Phase two drilling is underway at La Union with Riverside operating, targeting at least 1,500 more metres and September assays. First-phase drilling hit 42 metres at 0.3 g/t gold, with chip channel samples returning 226 g/t silver. A four-year earn-in lets Questcorp take up to 100% of La Union by meeting raise, spend, and share-issuance milestones. The CEO sees Mexican permitting momentum — peers winning permits — as a tailwind that could drive regional M&A. North Island Copper in Tier-1 British Columbia offers large-scale copper upside, with permitting targeted by year-end or early 2027.

A Small Gold Explorer With a Big Mexico Hit | Saf Dhillon - Questcorp

Questcorp Mining reported exceptional maiden drill results of 42m at 30.3 g/t gold at its La Union project, establishing significant high-grade discovery potential in Mexico. The company is fully funded for its next drilling phase, effectively mitigating near-term financing risk and positioning it for continuous news flow and catalysts. Raising exploration capital for Mexico remains challenging without Canadian flow-through shares, demanding superior project quality to attract increasingly selective junior mining investors.