They have been fighting being stopped in the permitting cycle. The short sellers say this thing is not economic, but others point to Trump’s changes to the EPA and how it will speed up permitting. He thinks it will still take years. He thinks the rally is over.

The Congo is a very interesting place. There is civil unrest. The place is turning into a potential timber box. Cobalt prices are going up because it is a key ingredient in Lithium Ion batteries. A civil war would disrupt operations in this country.

They made a chromium discovery, but first nations’ opposition to development forced them to give up. The nickel price is still kind of weak and they are still trying to overcome the opposition. The warm winter this year has made exploration difficult in this area. Longer term, a chromium mine here would serve all of North America.

Fiji is an interesting place. They have raised $85 Million last year when it was tough. If they get this thing going it will build up confidence. They are putting a relatively small scale gold mine into production while doing exploration. They should eventually get bought out.

This is in the Dominican Republic. They just published a pre-feasibility study. They have a big producer as a partner in this. They are exploring for even bigger and better discoveries. It deserves to be put into production at current commodity prices.

(Top Pick Mar 7/16, Up 135.48%) He thinks it is going to go a lot further in the next couple of months when we hear they have the mine lease. They are putting only a fraction of the deposit into production because demand has to develop. Any user needs reliable supply. These discoveries in Australia are a game changer. This market could explode.

(Top Pick Mar 7/16, Up 411.83%) The manganese content was 1.3%, which is not a show stopper. A short selling syndicate attacked the company. The story was withdrawn the next day.