“Early next year we will open the Sunday Mine, which was operated in 2009. The mine is ready to go. We will open it in early 2019, get it ready for production in the second half of 2019. The mine is virtually ready. We are going to go in and assess the high-grade vanadium that we know is in there and then lay out the mining plan to start mining in the second half.” States George Glasier, President, CEO and Director of Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. (CSE: WUC | OTCQX: WSTRF), in an interview with InvestorIntel Corp. CEO Tracy Weslosky.

Tracy Weslosky: George it is a real pleasure to have this opportunity to speak to you, it is my understanding your planning on becoming North America’s number one source of vanadium. Is that correct?

George Glasier: The Sunday Mine Complex is one of the best, if not the best mine in North America for vanadium. It is a series of 5 mines with very, very high-grade vanadium.

Tracy Weslosky: You just put out some very big news. On November 28^th you put out a news report on how you are planning to provide a Sunday Mine Complex reopening update. Can you talk to us a little bit about this news release? 

George Glasier: That is right. Early next year we will open the Sunday Mine, which was operated in 2009. The mine is ready to go. We will open it in early 2019, get it ready for production in the second half of 2019. The mine is virtually ready. We are going to go in and assess the high-grade vanadium that we know is in there and then lay out the mining plan to start mining in the second half.

Tracy Weslosky: We are getting a lot of Twitter action, a lot of tweets about you. One of the potential investors out there sent me an email asking about how you are planning on sending your ore overseas for processing. Could you address that?

George Glasier: Vanadium ore can be shipped anywhere in the world. You have got to have an export license, which is not difficult to get. The U.S. exports all kinds of commodities including a lot of coal. The vanadium ore will be exported much like we export other commodities. Of course it will be in a container, but we are going to ship this overseas for processing. There is a big demand for the vanadium. Processing plants are already ready to go with no feedstock. That is our plan at least for the first couple of years moving into building a new vanadium plant in the U.S., which will take a few years, a couple of years.

Tracy Weslosky: Of course George with vanadium prices absolutely surging and such an incredible demand globally right now there is a lot of misinformation out there. One person was tweeting about how your ore may potentially be radioactive. Can you talk to us a little bit about that because that obviously is incorrect?

George Glasier: Our vanadium ore or the vanadium standalone in the Sunday Mine is no more radioactive than the coal we ship. The United States coal mines have a little radioactivity. Radioactivity is everywhere in very low quantities. That is a bit of what the vanadium has and it is very low radioactivity. There are no restrictions on shipping that kind of stuff. If not we would not be shipping coal around the world.

Tracy Weslosky: George thank you for addressing that particular misinformation. There is a lot of misinformation about the real demand for vanadium there. Is there a real shortage or not?…to access the complete interview, click here

Disclaimer: Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is an advertorial member of InvestorIntel Corp.

“I think the reason Pancon is performing well is really a function of the quality of the people that we have and the quality of the projects that we have. We are focused on exploring for nickel, cobalt and copper in Ontario. We have four projects. Three of them make a camp size position covering almost 14,000 hectares west of Timmins in northern Ontario.” States Layton Croft, President, CEO and Director of Pancontinental Resources Corporation (TSXV: PUC), in an interview with InvestorIntel Corp. CEO Tracy Weslosky.

Tracy Weslosky: Let’s just hit the ground running here. First of all, your website is incredible and number of venture capitalists that we both share in common are big fans of yours. I want to draw attention of the InvestorIntel audience that the TSX Venture is down 16% year-to-date and you guys did a newsletter on your site where you looked at battery metals and the battery metal explorers were down approximately 24% year-to-date but you guys were up 62% so let’s start there.

Layton Croft: That is correct Tracy. Its good to see you again. We are now producing a monthly newsletter, the Battery Metals Report, that you referred to. I think the reason Pancon is performing well is really a function of the quality of the people that we have and the quality of the projects that we have. We are focused on exploring for nickel, cobalt and copper in Ontario. We have four projects. Three of them make a camp size position covering almost 14,000 hectares west of Timmins in northern Ontario.

Tracy Weslosky: Layton, I applaud you. You know, core team relationships, we agree, that’s the formula for success. But also, you are putting out news releases and achieving benchmarks regularly and you recently announced exploration activity on your Timmins area project. Can you tell us a little bit more about this, the Montcalm project please?

Layton Croft: That’s right Tracy. The Montcalm project is where we are putting a lot of our focus these days. It covers almost 4,000 hectares and it surrounds the former Montcalm mine which is owned by Glencore. It was discovered in the 1970s by the Tech Corporation. The Montcalm mine produced in the early 2000s almost 4 million tons of nickel, cobalt and copper grading at 1.25% nickel and about a pound per ton of cobalt. Our land surrounds the former Montcalm mine and in the past few months we have been conducting state of the art airborne electromagnetic survey and gravity survey. We also have historic UTEM ground electromagnetic survey data. So as a result, we have put together, we have identified about 27 targets of interest. We are going to refine this over the coming weeks and in January we are going to start our maiden drill program at the Montcalm project…to access the complete interview, click here

Disclaimer: Pancontinental Resources Corporation is an advertorial member of InvestorIntel Corp.

“We have a substantial amount of vanadium in our deposit. In the Ivana deposit that we recently announced 20 million pounds of uranium there is 10 million pounds of vanadium. While in the past, just a few years ago, that was considered a nice byproduct, now it is a significant product because we have seen the price of vanadium move from $4.00 a pound to currently $19.30 a pound. It is adding a substantial amount of economic value to every scoop of ore, every pound of ore that we take out of ground. We are seeing vanadium moving forward as a battery metal. The price is going up. We have a very large property package. Some parts of it have a 1 to 1 with uranium. Some parts of it are primarily vanadium.” States Nikolaos Cacos, President, CEO and Director of Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSXV: BSK | OTCQB: BKUCF), in an interview with InvestorIntel Corp. CEO Tracy Weslosky.

Tracy Weslosky: Niko everybody is all excited about uranium and they are excited about Blue Sky, but I do not know if InvestorIntel audience understands how much vanadium you have. 

Nikolaos Cacos: We have a substantial amount of vanadium in our deposit. In the Ivana deposit that we recently announced 20 million pounds of uranium there is 10 million pounds of vanadium. While in the past, just a few years ago, that was considered a nice byproduct, now it is a significant product because we have seen the price of vanadium move from $4.00 a pound to currently $19.30 a pound. It is adding a substantial amount of economic value to every scoop of ore, every pound of ore that we take out of ground. We are seeing vanadium moving forward as a battery metal. The price is going up. We have a very large property package. Some parts of it have a 1 to 1 with uranium. Some parts of it are primarily vanadium. We are actively looking at exploring those areas right now.

Tracy Weslosky: Our audience has been watching vanadium. Vanadium is one of the critical materials impacted by the U.S. Defense Act and is sadly going to be the winner in the Chinese tariff wars. Can you comment on that at all? I mean, do you want to explain that to the InvestorIntel audience from your perspective? 

Nikolaos Cacos: Well from my perspective vanadium is a mineral that is difficult to find so it is relatively rare. We are fortunate to have it in our deposit. Secondly, besides being used, demand is being driven as a strategic type of battery metal for energy storage, but it is also being used in the production of steel. It was just not that long ago that China mandated an increase in the amount of vanadium in steel as a steel hardener. This is helping to drive the price of vanadium right now. I think we are going to see that price being exacerbated in the future.

Tracy Weslosky: I have one more question with regards to vanadium. I know that companies that have a lot of uranium, like rare earth in their uranium, have a real challenge with extraction processes. Does the same hold true with the extraction challenges from vanadium when you have a large uranium deposit? 

Nikolaos Cacos: Well, it depends how it occurs in a specific geological environment and it becomes very technical. We have done some studies on the uranium. We know we can extract very easily. The vanadium we are getting it is like a Rubik’s Cube puzzle. While we can get over 60% of it at this point, right now we have some samples sitting with the Saskatchewan Research Council, which is a world leader in this, and we are continuing to turn the cubes. We are confident we are going to be able to improve that extraction substantially…to access the complete interview, click here

Disclaimer: Blue Sky Uranium Corp. is an advertorial member of InvestorIntel Corp.