Proactive - Interviews for investors

Grey Matters Health CEO Christopher Moreau joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce several important milestones ahead of the planned opening of the company's flagship NovaScan Neuroimaging Clinics™ location in Davie, Florida, including a strategic imaging partnership, regulatory approval, and a financing initiative designed to support growth. Moreau said the company has signed a professional services agreement with ProScan Reading Services, a division of nationally recognized ProScan Imaging, to provide interpretation services for brain scans performed at the NovaScan clinic. ProScan's network of fellowship-trained, board-certified subspecialty radiologists currently provides remote teleradiology services to approximately 500 hospitals, medical centers and imaging facilities wo...

Custom Health CEO Shane Bishop joined Steve Darling from to discuss the company's fiscal second-quarter 2026 results, highlighting strong revenue growth, strategic acquisitions and continued expansion of its medication management platform. Bishop said the quarter was marked by the company's successful TSX listing, the integration of InnovativeRx, and continued efforts to build a comprehensive at-home healthcare platform. He added that proposed acquisitions of Evergreen Pharmacy and Spencer Health Solutions are expected to further strengthen the company's pharmacy network and in-home technology capabilities. For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, Custom Health reported revenue of US$7.4 million, up 70% from US$4.3 million a year earlier...

MariMed CEO Jon Levine joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's strongest financial quarter to date, highlighting record revenue growth, improving margins and continued expansion of its branded cannabis portfolio. Levine said the company's latest quarter marked a record for revenue, driven by strength across both its retail and wholesale businesses. He noted that investments in operational systems, brand development and market expansion are now beginning to generate meaningful results, contributing to both top-line growth and improved profitability. MariMed operates as a multi-state, seed-to-sale cannabis company, with fully vertical operations in Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland and Illinois, as well...

Rome Resources Plc (AIM:RMR) CEO Paul Barrett spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnionabout the latest exploration at the Kalayi project, including two newly identified zones, MINZ8 and MINZ9, and the potential for further high-grade mineralisation at depth. Barrett said the new zones remain open at depth, with drilling also pointing to further potential to the north. He discussed the significant intercept from hole 33, with an estimated true thickness of around 10 metres, and explained why more drilling is needed to test the extent of mineralisation. MSA's latest block modelling has identified an undrilled continuation of the high-grade trend to the southeast...

Rockfire Resources PLC (LSE:ROCK) chief executive David Price spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about progress at the Molaoi project in Greece, where drilling and technical studies are feeding into a planned feasibility study next year. Price said infill drilling continues to intersect zinc as expected, while the company is also analysing for germanium, previously unassayed, aiming for a maiden inferred germanium resource alongside an upgraded indicated resource for zinc, lead and silver. Drilling is set to restart in late August after the summer shutdown, with Rockfire's own rig arriving in September. The plan is to run two rigs, including...

Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE, OTCQX:EPMLF) managing director Shaun Bunn spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the major resource upgrade at the Pitfield titanium project, calling it an "enormous achievement." Bunn said the updated resource now exceeds 8 billion tonnes, including 350 million tonnes of contained TiO₂, with 374 million tonnes now in the measured category. Moving material into that category boosts geological confidence, including grade continuity, while the ore's near-surface nature supports progress towards mine planning. The interview also covered processing progress, including a demonstrated route to producing titanium dioxide above 99% purity. Bunn highlighted the purity of both product and ore, no...

Pitcher Partners CIO Cameron Curko talked with Proactive about the contrasting trends emerging from the Australian earnings season, with consumer-facing stocks coming under pressure while resources and energy companies continue to show resilience. He pointed to higher interest rates and weaker housing market activity as important pressures on goods-focused retailers. A slowdown in property transactions can reduce spending on furniture, appliances and other household products, while businesses facing weaker demand may respond with discounting, cost reductions and store rationalisation. Curko also discussed the growing importance of efficiency across corporate Australia. He highlighted cost control and investment in artificial intelligence, including...

Pinnacle Silver and Gold CEO Robert Archer joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company’s ongoing underground drilling program at the El Potrero gold-silver project in Durango, Mexico, where drilling is focused on defining the size, shape and grade of mineralized zones within historic mine workings. Archer said 58 of 108 planned underground holes have now been drilled, with assays received for the first 37 holes. Most drilling has focused on the Pinos Cuates mine, located along the Dos de Mayo vein structure. Among the highlights is hole EPUG26035, drilled horizontally from the upper level of the Pinos Cu...

SECUR3D Holdings CEO Otis Perrick joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss how the company is using artificial intelligence and automated monitoring technology to combat the growing threat of counterfeit, infringing and unlicensed content online. Perrick said SECUR3D developed its platform in response to the rapid rise of generative AI, which has made it easier for bad actors to create convincing copies of brand logos, products, digital merchandise and other intellectual property. The company's technology is designed to identify potentially infringing material across online marketplaces and platforms and proactively initiate takedown actions. SECUR3D currently monitors up to 14...

Gunnison Copper Corp CEO Craig Hallworth and Melissa Mackie, Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company’s district-wide 2026 drill program at the Gunnison Copper Project in Arizona, with work focused on metallurgical optimization, resource expansion, resource conversion and defining the broader mineralized system. The company currently has two drill rigs operating on site, with the initial phase of metallurgical drilling at the Gunnison deposit now complete. Core samples have been collected and submitted to independent laboratories for analysis, with the results expected to support the company's ongoing metallurgical op...

American Rare Earths CEO Mark Wall joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s Memorandum of Understanding with Novex, LLC, a U.S. rare earth metallurgy and metallization company, aimed at advancing the conversion of separated rare earth oxides from the Halleck Creek Project in Wyoming into rare earth metals used to produce permanent magnets. Wall said the agreement creates a framework for a potential long-term commercial relationship covering process optimization, metallization of demonstration plant output, and the joint development of a domestic rare earth metal production facility. The oxide-to-metal conversion step is considered a key bottleneck in th...

U.S. Global Investors CEO Frank Holmes joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the continued strength of the global travel industry and what the resilient demand environment could mean for airline, hotel and travel-related stocks. Holmes said the global travel sector continues to show strong momentum, with Air Canada indicating that the fall travel season could rank among its strongest ever. He pointed to a resurgence in corporate travel and a reduction in traditional seasonality as important drivers, suggesting that demand is becoming more consistent throughout the year. Holmes highlighted Delta Air Lines as a classic "growth at a...

Royal Road Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:RYR, OTC:RRDMF, FRA:RLU) CEO Dr Tim Coughlin tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion the company is 18 drill holes into Hanash North in Saudi Arabia, defining what he calls a zinc-silver project of significant potential, helped by zinc being 2026's best-performing metal so far. Coughlin explained the project showed little at surface, with only a thin, average-grade copper hit from a 1980s Rio Tinto hole. By untangling complex structural geometry, Royal Road identified a target at depth: mineralisation now extends over 350 metres of strike, remains open in multiple directions, with down-hole thicknesses of up to 20 metres...

St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) executive chairman John Prineas spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest resource upgrade at the Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, now standing at 111.2 million tonnes. Prineas said the upgrade confirms Araxá's scale as a hard-rock, carbonatite-hosted deposit, comparing it to major producers Mt Weld and Mountain Pass: "We've stamped our credentials as being right up there in terms of grade and volume." He highlighted the 75.2 million tonnes now in the measured and indicated categories as key for future development and economic studies, saying the hi...

HANetf product specialist for the Gold Miners Screened UCITS ETF (LSE:ESGO) Harry Halewood, spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about gold's recent rebound, the macro forces behind it, and what a sustained recovery could mean for miners. Gold fell sharply after hitting all-time highs in January, then jumped 8-9% over the past week or so. Halewood pointed to events in the Middle East, shifting investor positioning and changing expectations around US monetary policy as key drivers. US data has also played a role. A softer-than-expected jobs report and a neutral CPI reading eased fears of an imminent Fed rate hike — su...

Accelerate Resources CEO Luke Meter talked with Proactive about the latest exploration results from the Woodie Woodie North Manganese Project, where the company has mapped more than 200 manganese outcrops and occurrences across approximately 9.7 hectares. Meter said recent work combining field mapping, LiDAR data, rock-chip sampling and gravity surveying was helping Accelerate build a clearer picture of the scale and structural controls of the manganese system. Rock-chip sampling returned grades of up to 58.4% manganese, while the gravity data has helped identify structural corridors that may have acted as pathways for hydrothermal mineralisation. He explained that the company is particularly interested in...

HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (TSX:HIVE, NASDAQ:HIVE, FRA:YO0, BVC:HIVECO) executive chairman Frank Holmes told Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that a new five-year agreement has taken Buzz HPC's contracted active ARR to around $180 million, and represents a key milestone in the company's strategy to build $300 million in revenue from tier-one data centres and Bitcoin mining, alongside a separate $300 million AI Gigafactory target. Holmes said the collective long-term goal is to reach one billion dollars in revenue, with a particular focus on the AI business. The new contract relates to a facility in Merritt, British Columbia, three hours from Vancouver...

Nine Mile Metals Ltd. (CSE:NINE, OTCQB:VMSXF, FRA:KQ9) CEO Patrick Cruickshank speaks to Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's first drill result from its 2026 program at the Wedge Mine deposit in Canada. The headline intercept is 24.55 true-width metres, which Cruickshank described as a very strong polymetallic VMS result, with copper, silver and gold grades strengthening at depth. Cruickshank explained that the Wedge Mine was originally in production in the late 1960s until a head pillar collapse ended operations, meaning only the top third of the deposit was ever mined. The current drill program is targeting beneath those old...

Pilbara Gold managing director Dr Peter Turner talked with Proactive about the company securing unconditional mineral rights over 367km² of prospective ground surrounding the Mt York Gold Project, which currently has a 2.1 million ounce gold resource. Turner said the agreement gives Pilbara Gold gold and base metal mineral rights across the additional ground and includes around 1,500 metres of further strike length connected to the Main Hill deposit. He explained that this means the transaction provides access not only to broader exploration ground, but also to known mineralisation extending beyond the existing deposit. The company is continuing a major drilling campaign a...

Sharesight CEO Doug Morris talked with Proactive about the risks Australian investors face when relying on artificial intelligence to calculate investment tax obligations, particularly where capital gains, dividends, distributions and changing tax rules are involved. Morris said AI can be useful for broad research and for understanding investment concepts, but warned that it can struggle when investors need precise and repeatable tax calculations. He explained that AI tools may pick up recent information, such as changes to a company’s dividend, and incorrectly apply it across an investor’s entire ownership period. This can distort reported income and potentially result in a...

Ideal Power CEO David Somo joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, highlighting continued progress in commercializing its B-TRAN® solid-state power technology across AI data centers, energy infrastructure, and electric vehicle applications. Somo said Ideal Power advanced its low-current solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) project with a lead customer in Asia and continued a co-development program with an industry partner on a B-TRAN®-enabled SSCB prototype intended for evaluation by a U.S. hyperscaler supporting NVIDIA’s next-generation Rubin Ultra 800V DC AI data center power distribution architecture. The company also report...

Sprott Asset Management Director, ETF Product Management Jacob White joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the outlook for the copper market after copper prices reached new record highs above US$14,300 per tonne in August 2026. White said the rally is being driven by a deepening global supply deficit and by traders moving physical copper into the United States ahead of a potential 15% import tariff proposed for January 1, 2027. He noted that earlier expectations of a much higher tariff had already created a significant premium for U.S. copper prices relative to European markets, encouraging additional imports and tightening global supply. On...

Arizona Gold and Silver SVP of Exploration Dr. Lex Lambeck joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss new drill results from the Philadelphia Project in Arizona, where four diamond drill holes have extended both high-grade and broad gold mineralization approximately 150 metres vertically above previously reported high-grade intersections in the Perry Zone. Key results included PC26-169, which returned 21.79 metres grading 4.10 g/t gold and 5.8 g/t silver within a broader interval of 73.46 metres grading 1.69 g/t gold, and PC26-167, which returned 15.24 metres grading 2.66 g/t gold and 5.6 g/t silver within 66.81 metres grading 1.12 g/t gold. Lambeck said the...

Arizona Gold and Silver CEO Mike Stark joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide a live update from the Philadelphia Gold Project in Arizona, where the company has completed its deepest drill hole to date and continues to expand its exploration program. Stark said hole 172 has been completed, extending the known mineralized vein well beyond the previous drilling depth of approximately 1,100 to 1,200 feet. The drill rig is now being repositioned for hole 173, which is planned to test the system at even greater depths. Management believes the mineralized vein could ultimately extend to approximately 2,800 feet, although Stark emphasized that further drilling...

Deep Isolation Nuclear CEO Rod Baltzer joined Steve Darling from Proactive to explain how the company is adapting directional drilling technology from the oil and gas industry to dispose of spent nuclear fuel in boreholes drilled roughly one mile underground. Baltzer said radioactive waste is sealed in steel canisters and placed within steel-lined, cement-backed boreholes, leaving the material isolated beneath approximately one billion tons of rock. According to the company’s safety modelling, the peak radiation dose would occur 1.6 million years in the future and would be extremely small, comparable to the radiation exposure from eating about one banana per ye...

Light Science Technologies CEO Simon Deacon joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 May 2026, describing the period as transformational following a £6.6 million fundraising (£6.1 million net) that funded three strategic acquisitions. Deacon said the acquisitions, particularly the purchase of RLUK Injection Ltd and its patented Injectaclad system, are materially reshaping the group’s operational footprint and positioning it for high-margin growth in the second half of the year. Reported first-half revenue was £3.73 million with a 30.5% gross margin, while the adjusted operating loss was £0.69 million as the business absorbed integration costs and expe...

Independent consulting geologist Dr Peter Megaw, fresh from a site visit to Domestic Metals Corp's Smart Creek project near Philipsburg, Montana, tells Proactive that the project's western Sunrise area is a very high potential target for an undiscovered gold-tungsten skarn. Historic placer mining for gold and tungsten has been active in the area, but the bedrock source of those placers has never been found. Megaw believes a skarn deposit upstream is the most likely explanation. Megaw explains why the Philipsburg region is exceptionally well endowed with copper, gold, silver, lead, and zinc. He points to the nearby Butte district—home to...

Fineqia International Inc (CSE:FNQ) senior associate Matteo Greco spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about trends in the crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) market - investor flows, Bitcoin and Ethereum performance, and what could signal a broader recovery. Greco said the tough crypto conditions of late 2025 have carried into 2026, contrasting with stronger traditional markets: while the S&P 500 hits new highs, Bitcoin remains well below its record, weighing on ETP demand. Even so, outflow pressure has stayed manageable. Greco pointed to strong 2024-2025 inflows and argued the recent drop in assets under management largely reflects falling asset prices, not investors exiting: "...

TMX VettaFi's head of business development for EMEA & Asia, Axel Belorde, spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the structural drivers fuelling demand for drones and autonomous systems across defence, government and commercial markets. Belorde pointed to military modernisation as a key driver, with decision-makers weighing whether to replace ageing equipment or adopt technology offering an asymmetric edge. He also flagged civil applications - policing, border security, disaster response - plus a growing range of commercial uses. Smaller and medium-sized drones, he said, can deliver outsized results relative to their cost, with lighter material and energy demands easing pressure on supply...

Jane Edmondson, head of index product strategy at TMX VettaFi, tells Proactive Investors that Ukraine's GDP - after collapsing 30% in 2022 - is forecast to grow 4.5% this year, and that 90% of companies in the country are now fully operational. She argues that reconstruction is already under way and that investors do not need to wait for a peace deal to begin gaining exposure. Edmondson cites the Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, published jointly by the Ukrainian government, the World Bank, the EU Commission and the United Nations, which put the cost of reconstruction and recovery at approximately $589 billion (around €510 billion...

Shaires Holdings Ltd (AIM:SHR) CEO Vivek ‘Vick' Seth joined Stephen Gunnion in the Proactive studio with more on the company's fundraising, portfolio and strategy to give investors access to leading private frontier AI companies. Seth said Shaires has been set up to acquire stakes in high-quality private AI businesses before they reach public markets, giving retail and institutional investors a route into value creation that's traditionally been hard to access. The company aims to build a concentrated portfolio of established AI businesses with strong long-term growth prospects. Bringing together decades of experience investing in late-stage private tech alongside partners at...

Aruma Resources Ltd managing director Grant Ferguson talked with Proactive about the company’s expansion of its Tillex Copper-Silver Project in the Timmins area of Ontario and the additional exploration opportunities created by the larger landholding. The newly acquired area gives Aruma Resources a broader portfolio of exploration prospects, including potential additional copper targets and gold prospects. Ferguson said the acquisition complements the company’s existing exploration strategy and strengthens its focus on the asset and the wider region. Discussing the gold potential, Ferguson said early targets had been identified through till sampling, a technique that has been successfully used in C...

Gelion PLC (AIM:GELN, OTC:GELNF, FRA:X0S) CEO Matthew Wood spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's newly announced funded development and scale-up agreement with Mitsui Kinzoku, and how it fits into Gelion's wider strategy for its Nano-Encapsulated Sulfur (NES) cathode technology. Mitsui Kinzoku, a leading Japanese supplier of metals and engineered materials with an established position in advanced battery materials, will work with Gelion to validate its sulfur-based NES cathode material in both liquid and solid-state battery cells. The agreement includes £2 million of non-dilutive funding, structured as stage payments tied to milestones. Wood said this doesn't r...

Bradda Head Lithium Ltd (AIM:BHL) executive chairman Ian Stalker spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest exploration results from the Whistlejacket lithium project and plans for a new drilling campaign. Recent sampling at Whistlejacket identified lithium-bearing spodumene, with channel samples - more representative than grab samples - grading up to 4.24% lithium oxide. The company has also identified five additional prospective areas as its understanding of the project develops. Bradda Head plans to start drilling at Whistlejacket this month, targeting around 5,000 to 6,000 metres of infill drilling that could help progress the project towards an NI 43-101-compliant resource. "We've...

Seeing Machines Ltd (AIM:SEE, OTC:SEEMF, FRA:M2Z) CEO Paul McGlone and CFO Martin Ive talked with Proactive about the company’s FY2026 performance, the rapid growth of its driver monitoring systems (DMS) business and the outlook for FY2027. McGlone described FY2026 as a pivotal year as Seeing Machines moved from engineering programmes with automotive customers into large-scale production and higher-margin royalty revenues. Automotive production volumes increased by just under 200% to 4.5 million vehicles during the year, taking the number of vehicles on the road using Seeing Machines technology to more than 8.2 million. Revenue increased by around 45% to just ov...

Domestic Metals Corp (TSX-V:DMCU, OTCQB:DMCUF, FRA:03E0) CEO Gordon Neal tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion the company is set to begin its maiden 9,000-metre drill program at its Smart Creek copper project in Montana later this month, with first assay results expected by mid-October. Neal said surface geochemistry completed in 2025 returned peak results of 102 grams per tonne gold, 3,800 grams per tonne silver, and 28% copper, which he describes as highly unusual in 35 years of industry experience. Neal highlighted that Rio Tinto's best historical hole at the project - hole 22, drilled in 2022 - returned 109 metres at 0.75% copper but was distal to...

Arrow Exploration Corp (TSX-V:AXL, AIM:AXL, OTC:CSTPF) CEO Marshall Abbott tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the Icaco 3 well has confirmed up to four hydrocarbon-bearing zones in the Icaco extension of the Tapir Block in Colombia, opening almost 10 additional development locations across the Ubaque, Guadalupe and Carbonera C7 intervals. The IC-HZ4 and IC-HZ5 horizontal wells encountered a record Ubaque thickness of over 100 feet, containing 13.7 API crude, with Abbott saying the Ubaque trend extends across the northern part of the Tapir Block, supporting further development drilling. With five new water disposal cellars complete, Arrow is preparing to skid its rig...

GeoVax Labs (NASDAQ:GOVX) CEO David Dodd tells Proactive that the company is on track to initiate a pivotal phase 3 trial of its GEO-MVA mpox and smallpox vaccine candidate before the end of 2024. The CRO has been hired, trial sites have been identified, and the product has already been manufactured, packaged and released, ready to be administered to humans. Dodd explains that the European Medicines Agency granted GeoVax an expedited regulatory pathway, waiving the requirement for phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials. Instead, the company only needs to conduct an immunobridging study comparing GEO-MVA against Bavarian Nordic's MVA-BN vaccine in healthy...

YieldMax ETFs chief strategist Mike Khouw explains how the firm's options-based ETFs use covered call spreads rather than traditional covered calls, targeting roughly 80% participation in outsized upside moves while still generating monthly income for investors. Speaking to Proactive's Stephen Gunnion, Khouw outlined the difference: by selling an upside call and buying a higher-strike call above it, YieldMax avoids capping gains entirely when a stock makes an unusually large move. Khouw describes the range of ETFs launched with HanETF, including YMAG, a diversified fund-of-funds across YieldMax strategies; NATY, focused on defence; CHPY, targeting semiconductors and IT hardware; and MSTY, a single-stock...

Immunic Inc (NASDAQ:IMUX, FRA:10VA) CEO Erik Lundgren spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's second-quarter results, its leadership transition and the milestones set to shape the next phase of its multiple sclerosis (MS) programme. Lundgren explained why he joined Immunic, pointing to the potential of lead candidate vidofludimus calcium and the chance to lead the business into two pivotal Phase 3 readouts. Both the ENSURE-1 and ENSURE-2 Phase 3 studies in relapsing MS are fully enrolled and on track to report results by year-end, with the company already engaging health authorities ahead of the data and any subsequent regulatory...