Proactive - Interviews for investors

Solis Minerals Ltd CEO Mitch Thomas talked with Proactive about the start of diamond drilling at the 100%-owned Cinto Copper Project and the company’s objectives for the 2,500-metre exploration program. Surface exploration has produced encouraging results, including rock chip grades above 5% copper and previous sampling of up to 8.7% copper. Thomas also highlighted channel sampling over 20 metres that returned grades including 0.7% and 0.5% copper. The drilling program is targeting breccias identified at surface alongside targets informed by the induced polarisation survey carried out last year. Thomas said the key objective is to establish indications of a copper porphyry system within the co...

Lightning Minerals managing director Troy Brice talked with Proactive about the latest exploration results from the company’s Mt Turner Gold Project in northern Queensland, where recent surface sampling has identified two additional gold target zones. Brice explained that Lightning Minerals completed a soils program across the Western Zone in July, returning to an area that had previously been regarded as a conceptual gold corridor. The field team collected 551 soil samples and 27 rock chip samples, which were assessed alongside historical soil sampling to improve the company’s understanding of the area. Brice said the growing number of targets was strengthening Ligh...

American Resources Corp CEO Mark Jensen joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's appointment as the inaugural Platinum member of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), a move that strengthens its position within the rapidly evolving critical minerals sector and underscores its commitment to building secure domestic supply chains. Jensen said the partnership aligns closely with American Resources' mission of advancing critical minerals production, processing and recycling capabilities in North America. As the Institute's first Platinum member, the company will play a prominent role in helping shape industry discussions and initiatives focused on securing reliable supplies of strategic minerals...

Millennial Potash Chairman Farhad Abasov joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the successful completion of drillhole BA-006 at the North Target of the company’s Banio Potash Project in Gabon, a result that significantly expands the known extent of potash mineralization and strengthens the project's long-term development potential. As part of the company’s ongoing Phase 2 drilling campaign, hole BA-006 was drilled to a depth of 674 metres and intersected the project’s evaporite-bearing Salt Sequence beginning at approximately 332 metres. The hole remained in mineralized salt units to the end of drilling, indicating the system remains open at depth and sugges...

Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC (AIM:LST, FRA:9FD) CEO Simon Deacon spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about growing opportunities for the company's passive fire protection (PFP) division, including a major new public-sector fire safety and building remediation framework from Efficiency East Midlands (EEM). Deacon said EEM has launched an £800 million fire safety and building remediation framework for public buildings in the Midlands, replacing the existing one and set to start in February 2027. LSTH is focused on two lots covering external walls, facades, cladding and cavity barriers, worth a combined £584 million over four years. The company is seeking to get sp...

St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) executive chairman John Prineas spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about progress at the Araxá Project in Brazil, including the start of environmental permitting, an expanded mineral resource and plans for a rare earths processing centre in Minas Gerais. Speaking from Brazil, where he is attending EXPOSIBRAM 2026, Prineas said St George has submitted an environmental impact assessment to authorities in Minas Gerais, formally launching the project's licensing process, with a construction licence targeted within 12 months. He also discussed the growing Araxá resource, now at 75.2 million tonnes in the measured and in...

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (AIM:CMCL, NYSE-A:CMCL, VFEX:CMCL) CEO Mark Learmonth spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest resource updates at Blanket Mine and Motapa, and how exploration could support further production growth alongside the development of Bilboes. Learmonth said the updates highlight organic growth opportunities across both the producing Blanket Mine and exploration-stage Motapa project. Caledonia has been investing in exploration at Blanket since completing the Central Shaft in 2021, with subsequent work identifying additional material at depth with improved grades and widths. Caledonia Mining: Blanket resources grow, maiden Motapa resource declared as pipeline builds Blanket's underground...

Rome Resources Plc (AIM:RMR) CEO Paul Barrett spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest exploration results from the New Brunswick project and the potential scale of its tin, tungsten, indium and bismuth mineralisation. Barrett said Rome's optioned ground covers just under 200 square kilometres, much of it underlain by the Mount Douglas granite, with the exploration team gathering sampl Victoria Lake is emerging as a key target. Historical workings on the lake's eastern side focused on tungsten, while limited previous drilling showed tin mineralisation continuing at depth. Barrett said the team has identified a zone roughly 300 metres wide containing...

hVIVO PLC (AIM:HVO) chief executive Yamin 'Mo' Khan spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the acquisition of CRS Berlin and how the clinical trial unit will expand hVIVO's early drug development platform, therapeutic expertise and presence in Germany. CRS Berlin is a Phase I and Phase II clinical trial unit with experience across more than 300 trials, with particular strength in dermatology and women's health and a track record working with biotech and mid-sized pharma companies. The business brings an order book of just under €10 million and is expected to be earnings accretive for full year 2026. Khan said the deal co...

Actinogen Medical CEO Dr Steven Gourlay talked with Proactive about the company’s approach to targeting elevated brain cortisol with its investigational drug Xanamem, and the upcoming clinical trial readout assessing its potential to slow functional and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. The company's current study involves 247 patients and is designed to assess whether Xanamem can significantly slow functional and cognitive decline compared with placebo. Results are expected in November. He also outlined the potential next steps if results are positive, including discussions with regulators about expedited development pathways, preparation for a larger pivotal study and potential partnerships with larg...

archTIS CEO Daniel Lai talked with Proactive about the company’s FY26 performance, progress with a major US Department of Defense (DoD) opportunity and the outlook for Kojensi across defence markets in Australia and overseas. Lai said archTIS had completed the technical evaluations required for the DoD opportunity, including achieving 60 out of 60 use cases in operational areas. The company has continued to provide pricing for a range of licence volumes, with potential user numbers extending up to 300,000. While the timing remains dependent on the US DoD procurement process, Lai said: “We’re very confident about that deal moving forward.” In Australi...

Arizona Gold and Silver new Director Yale Simpson joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss his decision to move from advisor to board member and why he believes the company's Philadelphia Gold Project in Arizona has the potential to become a significant discovery. Simpson, who has worked closely with the company on communications and strategic messaging for several years, said his long-standing relationship with CEO Mike Stark and growing confidence in the project made joining the board a natural next step. Drawing on decades of mining industry experience, Simpson compared the Philadelphia project to a high-grade gold discovery he helped...

Nextech3D.ai CEO Evan Gappelberg joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s strong financial performance for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, highlighted by triple-digit revenue growth, expanding service offerings, and significant gains in gross profit. The company reported first-quarter revenue of approximately $660,000, representing a 101% increase year-over-year compared to revenue of $328,092 in the same period last year. Growth was driven by continued momentum in Nextech3D.ai’s event technology business as well as the successful expansion of its event experience and services division. Event technology revenue climbed 47% year-over-year to $400,252, reflecting strong demand for the company’s digita...

Replenish Nutrients CEO Neil Wiens and Chairman of the board Tim Close, the Chief Executive Officer of SRC, joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss its strategic investment by Spanish River Carbonatite or SRC that strengthens the partnership between the two companies and positions Replenish for its next phase of growth. Close, who serves as SRC’s CEO has joined Replenish’s board as Chairman following the investment. The transaction aligns SRC’s mineral resource assets with Replenish’s established fertilizer production, distribution, and customer network, creating what both executives believe is a powerful platform for growth in the regenerative agricult...

Actinogen Medical CFO Will Souter talked with Proactive about the company’s FY2026 milestones, its upcoming XanaMIA Alzheimer’s disease trial results in November, and the priorities that could shape its progress through FY2027. Souter said the past year had been significant for Actinogen Medical, with the current Alzheimer’s disease study nearing completion after several years of work. “It’s been a big journey and the guys have done an amazing job to bring it all the way to the conclusion that’s just around the corner with results in November. Alongside progress with XanaMIA, Souter highlighted regulatory alignment with both th...

Prescient Therapeutics chief executive James McDonnell talked with Proactive about the company’s share purchase plan, which is targeting up to $7 million to support the ongoing Phase 2a clinical program for its lead cancer therapy, PTX-100. The funds will help Prescient Therapeutics continue progressing PTX-100 through the study, with an important near-term milestone expected later in 2026. The company is currently running Phase 2a trial sites in Australia, the United States and Italy, with France expected to join the program in the early part of next year. The study has enrolled 28 patients. A dose optimisation committee will begin reviewing progress once th...

Horizon Gold Limited managing director Scott Williamson talked with Proactive about the latest reverse circulation drilling results from the company’s 100%-owned Gum Creek Gold Project in Western Australia, where drilling has extended several known gold ore bodies along strike. Williamson said a key result was an approximately 800-metre extension to the Howards ore body, which is expected to form part of the early years of the company’s proposed open-pit mining strategy. He explained that Howards is one of Gum Creek’s flagship assets and could contribute from the first year of mining and through the initial three to four y...

Novo Resources executive chairman Mike Spreadborough talked with Proactive about the company’s discovery-led gold and copper exploration strategy, its portfolio of projects across Australia and the drilling catalysts expected over the coming months. Novo Resources is focused on greenfields discovery, targeting the earlier stages of the exploration curve where successful discoveries can potentially create significant value. He also highlighted the company’s balance sheet and its ability to assess development opportunities alongside organic exploration. Belltopper in Victoria remains Novo’s most advanced gold project. Spreadborough pointed to its large exploration target and high-grade reef systems, with an initial resource having...

Critical Resources managing director Tim Wither talked with Proactive about the company’s collaboration with CSIRO to optimise and scale its dry supersonic deposition (DSD) battery manufacturing technology. Wither said the CSIRO collaboration provides further validation of work already undertaken with the South Dakota School of Mines in the US and will support the next phase of Critical Resources’ DSD and battery development programs. He explained that conventional lithium battery manufacturing uses a wet slurry containing polymer binders and solvents, which is coated onto foil and dried in high-temperature ovens. By contrast, the DSD process deposits battery material in a sing...

Resolution Minerals Ltd CEO of US Operations Craig Lindsay talked with Proactive about the latest drilling results from the company’s 100%-owned Horse Heaven Project in Idaho, where the first three holes reported from the current drill program all intersected gold mineralisation at Golden Gate South. Lindsay highlighted a standout intercept of around 305 metres at 0.64 grams per tonne gold starting from surface. He said the result was particularly significant because Golden Gate South lies around two kilometres south of Golden Gate North and had not previously been drilled. The company has completed 33 holes from a planned program of around 40 to 45 ho...

NewPeak Metals Ltd managing director Mark Purcell talked with Proactive about the latest drilling results from the company’s 100%-owned Las Opeñas Project in Argentina, where a second hole has returned more than 650 metres of continuous mineralisation from surface. Purcell said the latest drilling had strengthened the company’s view that Las Opeñas hosts a potentially large-scale mineralised system. “It means we have hit what is effectively a very large-scale system,” he said. He also highlighted the potential to extend mineralisation, noting that the gold grade appears to increase towards the west and remains open in that direction. NewPeak pl...

Alkane Resources Ltd (ASX:ALK, OTC:ALKEF) managing director Nic Earner talked with Proactive about the latest high-grade gold-antimony results from the Costerfield operation in Victoria, as well as the company’s record FY26 revenue, capital management strategy and upcoming operational priorities. At Costerfield, Alkane has identified a new high-grade gold-antimony domain at the Cuffley Lode in an unmined area between the historical Cuffley north and south high-grade panels. Drilling included an exceptional intercept of 580.9 g/t gold and 24% antimony over 0.61 metres in hole AD270, including 1,360 g/t gold and 19.7% antimony over 0.25 metres. Other results included 168.9 g/t gold and 33.5% an...

EnWave Corporation CEO Brent Charleton joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a new operational efficiency plan designed to improve profitability, strengthen cash flow generation, and sharpen the company’s focus on its highest-margin growth opportunities. The plan centers on the strategic wind-down of EnWave’s REVworx™ co-manufacturing operations, reflecting the increasing commercial maturity and adoption of the company’s proprietary Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV™) dehydration technology. Management believes the move will streamline operations while reinforcing EnWave’s transition toward a higher-margin business model built around equipment sales and recurring royalty revenue. Charleton explained that REVworx™ was originally created to help customers...

Nova Minerals Limited CEO Christopher Gerteisen joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a major milestone in the company’s strategy to establish a secure, vertically integrated antimony supply chain in the United States. The company has begun shipping key processing and refining equipment to its Port MacKenzie facility in Alaska, advancing plans to become a domestic producer of the critical mineral. Gerteisen said the shipment marks the culmination of a six-month procurement and logistics campaign that secured and mobilized a complete antimony processing and refining plant. Nearly 500 tons of equipment—including crushing, ore sorting, milling, flotation and refining systems—have b...

Nine Mile Metals CEO Patrick Cruickshank joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss encouraging assay results from the company’s latest drill holes at the Wedge Mine in New Brunswick’s renowned Bathurst Mining Camp. The results confirm the presence of two distinct volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralized zones containing copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold, further supporting the growth potential of the project. One drill hole, positioned in the southwest portion of the company’s current drill pattern, was collared to a depth of 224 metres and intersected significant mineralization across two separate zones. The upper zone returned a mineralized interv...

Sintana Energy CEO Robert Bose joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s agreement to acquire a 44% interest in Maravilla Oil and Gas, a privately held Namibian exploration company focused on high-impact energy opportunities across West Africa. The transaction provides Sintana with indirect exposure to Petroleum Exploration License 37 (PEL 37) offshore Namibia, one of the largest and most prospective exploration licenses in the Walvis Basin. Maravilla owns an 80% controlling interest in Paragon Oil and Gas, which holds a 100% operated interest in PEL 37. Through its investment in Maravilla, Sintana will gain an indirect 35% interest in the offshore license. PEL 37 covers ap...

Aftermath Silver CEO Ralph Rushton joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company’s ongoing development and exploration activities at the Berenguela Project in southern Peru and the Challacollo silver-gold project in northern Chile. At Berenguela, the company continues to make steady progress on its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS), which remains on schedule and on budget for completion in early 2027. Since launching the study in February 2026, Aftermath has completed a comprehensive gap analysis to identify the geological, engineering, metallurgical, geotechnical and environmental data required to advance the project to a PFS level of definition. Significant work completed to...

Mila Resources COO Alastair Goodship joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a significant upgrade to the JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for the Coffey Gold Deposit, part of the company’s Kathleen Valley Gold Project in Western Australia. The updated resource estimate now contains 599,000 tonnes grading 2.1 grams per tonne gold for approximately 41,300 ounces of contained gold. The revised estimate represents a substantial increase from the previous 2020 resource, with both tonnage and contained ounces roughly doubling as a result of additional drilling and improved geological understanding of the deposit. Goodship explained that the resource growth validates the exploration work completed to da...

Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM:CAML, OTC:CAMLF) CEO Gavin Ferrar spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's strong first-half 2026 performance, the proposed acquisition of Cygnus Metals, and exploration programmes that could drive further news flow this year. Ferrar described a "really positive first six months of the year, both operationally and financially," helped by record copper prices, strong zinc prices and solid operational performance. Group revenue rose 46% to $145.5 million year-on-year, EBITDA climbed almost 90% to $75.5 million, and profit before tax reached $59.3 million. The company generated almost $47 million of cash in H1 and declared an 8p dividend - 40% of free...

Gelion PLC (AIM:GELN, OTC:GELNF, FRA:X0S) CEO Matthew Wood spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the successful completion of drone mission testing with QinetiQ, highlighting the performance of Gelion's nano-encapsulated sulfur (NES) cathode material in lithium-sulfur cells. QinetiQ independently built and tested pouch cells using Gelion's NES cathode paired with lithium metal anodes, as part of the Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator 4 (ARMD4) programme funded by the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre. The cells completed representative drone mission simulations, including repeated vertical take-off and landing events requiring extremely high-power discharge, plus cruising conditions demanding continuous stable performance. Wood...

EnWave Corporation CEO Brent Charleton joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the launch of a new consumer snack brand by Mexican food technology company Loovies LLC, a commercial license partner of EnWave that is preparing to bring its first products to market using the company’s proprietary REV™ dehydration technology. Loovies, which signed a royalty-bearing commercial license agreement with EnWave in November 2025, is introducing its flagship healthy snack product, Loovies Styx®, as it advances construction of a dedicated production facility in Mexico. To support the launch, Loovies previously purchased a 10kW Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV™) machine from EnWave and is prep...

1911 Gold Corporation CEO Shaun Heinrichs joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss new high-grade drill results from the San Antonio West (SAM W) target at the company’s wholly owned True North Gold Project in southeastern Manitoba, further strengthening the case for a maiden resource estimate at the emerging discovery. The latest results come from eight surface diamond drill holes totaling 2,980 metres and continue to demonstrate the continuity and scale of gold mineralization at SAM W. Among the standout intercepts, hole TN-26-073 returned 11.31 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 1.70 metres, including 16.20 g/t gold over 0.80 metres. Hole TN-26-0...

Eco Buildings Group PLC (AIM:ECOB, FRA:9ZL0) executive vice chairman Dr Etrur Albani spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest board appointments, with Graham Stevens and Chris Gilbert joining to strengthen governance, financial oversight, strategy and execution. Albani said the appointments come as the company sees increasing demand and momentum. He highlighted Stevens' experience in public companies, fundraising and governance — Stevens will also chair the Audit Committee, calling that expertise particularly valuable for overseeing the financial side of the business. "The most important bits, specifically with the territories that we operate, is auditing, overseeing the financial side, making su...

Chesnara PLC (LSE:CSN) CEO Steve Murray spoke with Proactive about first-half performance, including a 79% rise in operating capital generation to £96 million, progress integrating Chesnara Life and the outlook for further acquisitions. Murray said the strong capital generation reflected positive underlying performance, management actions like balance-sheet optimisation and reinsurance, and a significant contribution from Chesnara Life, formerly HSBC Life UK, which joined the group at the end of January. On integration, Murray said Chesnara has announced a combined UK leadership team and begun transferring relevant staff to strategic outsourcing partner SS&C, remaining on track to migrate HSBC data onto t...

Solvonis Therapeutics PLC (LSE:SVNS, OTC:SLVNF) CEO Anthony Tennyson spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's £1.3 million fundraising and how proceeds will support its CNS pipeline, spanning SVN-001, SVN-002 and SVN-015. Tennyson said the funding will let Solvonis assess adding international sites to the Phase 3 programme for SVN-001, its severe alcohol use disorder treatment being trialled within the UK's NHS. Including EU sites and data could improve prospects for a European launch or make the programme more attractive to partners. On SVN-002, developed for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder in the US, the company is repurposing esketamine a...

Metals One PLC (AIM:MET1, FRA:HT7, OTCQB:MTOPF) managing director Daniel Maling spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about progress at the Barbrook Gold Project, targeting first gold within six months of completing Phase 1. Maling said the team has been refining its mining plans and staging the restart, with opportunities including gold contained in tailings from previous operations alongside near-surface open-cast opportunities for its year-one and year-two plans. Metals One has funded payments to former employees and is progressing the Section 11 process with the minerals department, with Maling describing mine start-up financing as "well advanced." The interview also covered an...

MP Evans Group PLC (AIM:MPE) chief executive Matthew Coulson spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's latest sustainability report, covering sustainable palm oil production, conservation, carbon emissions and smallholder engagement. Coulson said MP Evans has increased sustainable palm oil produced within its mills to 275,000 tonnes, while land set aside specifically for conservation - where no fresh fruit bunches are produced — has grown to almost 9,000 hectares. On community ties, Coulson highlighted that more than 12,000 smallholders are now part of the company's associated smallholder scheme, describing responsibility as "really at the heart of the DNA of MP Evans and everything th...

Iofina PLC (AIM:IOF, OTC:IOFNF) president and CEO Dr Tom Becker spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's iodine production expansion, including additional brine water at IO#11, progress on the new IO#12 plant, and the longer-term ambition to reach 2,000 metric tonnes of production. Becker said Iofina is already processing water from a new partner at IO#11 following construction of a pipeline to bring in additional brine. The plant is ramping up and expected to be fully online within weeks, with the extra water source set to lift production by 45 to 65 metric tonnes. "For us to go from 500 to 1,000...

Tertiary Minerals PLC (AIM:TYM, OTC:TTIRF, FRA:TMU) managing director Richard Belcher spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest drilling at Mushima North and upcoming assay results, metallurgical work and the planned maiden mineral resource estimate. Belcher said portable XRF results have supported the company's understanding of mineralisation extent and grade ranges in the Discovery Zone, with attention now turning to lab assays, particularly silver results, expected shortly. The interview also covered higher-grade copper and silver zones within the broader mineralised area. Belcher highlighted near-surface higher-grade material at Target A1, starting just metres below surface within the oxide...

1911 Gold Corporation CEO Shaun Heinrichs joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss encouraging metallurgical test results from the company’s True North Gold Project in Manitoba, along with progress on the recommissioning of the True North processing mill. The results demonstrate strong gold recoveries from both the True North and Ogama-Rockland deposits, supporting the company’s plans for future test mining and bulk sampling programs. Metallurgical testing on a 130-kilogram sample collected from the L10 Zone at True North delivered average total gold recoveries of 93.7%. Approximately 51% of the gold was recovered through gravity concentration, while an additional 44.5% reported to flotation conc...