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M2i Global advances critical minerals strategy with first Titanium and Gallium shipments
M2i Global CEO Alberto Rosende joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce a key milestone in the company’s critical minerals strategy, as Titanium X has initiated its first shipment of titanium ore from Western Australia to the United States under the parties’ collaboration agreement. The inaugural shipment consists of titanium ore samples sourced from both mineral sands and hard rock deposits and represents the first step in advancing downstream evaluation and processing pathways. Rosende told Proactive that the titanium material will be distributed to selected academic institutions and a U.S. defense industrial base company, where it will be a...
Aftermath Silver appoints Danny Keating as COO to advance Berenguela project
Aftermath Silver CEO Ralph Rushton joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the appointment of Danny Keating as Chief Operating Officer, a move that significantly strengthens the company’s operational and technical leadership as the Berenguela project enters a critical phase of evaluation and de-risking. Keating is a seasoned mining engineer with more than 30 years of experience spanning mine development, mineral processing, and large-scale project execution across multiple jurisdictions. Rushton told Proactive that Keating brings a rare combination of operational, technical, and financial expertise to Aftermath Silver. His previous senior executive roles include serving as Chief Executive Officer of TSX Ve...
Fineqia International's Matteo Greco on January's trends in crypto ETPs
Fineqia International Inc (CSE:FNQ) senior associate Matteo Greco talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about current conditions in the crypto market and how exchange-traded products (ETPs) are behaving during a period of price volatility. Greco provided a broad crypto market overview, noting that prices have been trending downward in the short term while demand for crypto ETPs has remained relatively stable. Greco explained that this resilience is largely due to the longer-term investment horizon typically adopted by ETP investors compared with participants in native crypto markets, where assets can be traded instantaneously. Greco highlighted that Bitcoin ETPs continue to dominate...
Kalayi drilling delivers strong tin results for Rome Resources
Rome Resources Plc (AIM:RMR, FRA:33R) CEO Paul Barrett talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about encouraging high-grade tin results from ongoing drilling at the company’s Kalayi prospect and what investors should expect next as work progresses across the wider project area. Barrett explained that recent deeper drill holes at Kalayi have continued to return strong grades, with indications that grades are improving with depth, in line with the company’s expectations and structural model. He noted that several metres of drilling had shown grades averaging around 8%, which he described as “very good” and comparable to those seen at Alphamin...
Nextech3D.ai expands Krafty Lab with global in-person delivery, lands tier-1 bank client
Nextech3D.ai CEO Evan Gappelberg joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce a major expansion of the Company’s Krafty Lab platform, marked by the launch of international in-person delivery and the signing of a Tier-1 enterprise starter agreement with a multinational universal bank and financial services company, BNP Paribas. The company says this agreement validates growing enterprise demand for centralized, scalable employee engagement solutions capable of supporting global, distributed workforces. Gappelberg explained that the initial pilot program includes three in-person enterprise events delivered across three different countries, with a broader global rollout planned for the third quarter of 2026. Th...
The FUTR Corporation CEO talks strategic growth & Q1 milestones
The FUTR Corporation (TSX-V:FTRC, OTCQB:FTRCF) CEO Alex McDougall talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s AI-powered platform and how its proprietary agent technology helps consumers take control of their finances and personal data. McDougall highlighted three key differentiators of FUTR Agents: the ability to act on a user's behalf, a dedicated and secure AI architecture, and the unique feature of rewarding users for their data input. “Your data is incredibly valuable. Now we're helping you to realize that,” McDougall said, underscoring FUTR’s mission to empower users through data ownership and monetization. He also detailed how the plat...
Nextech3D.AI CEO on Krafty Lab expansion with F-35 flight simulation experiences
Nextech3D.AI (CSE:NTAR, OTCQX:NEXCF, FRA:1SS) CEO Evan Gappelberg talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s latest expansion of its Krafty Lab platform, highlighting a major upgrade in enterprise engagement through the addition of F-35 flight simulation experiences. The platform, which unifies registration, interactive floor plans, engagement tools and analytics into a single AI-powered operating system, is designed to help enterprises plan, manage and monetize large-scale events. Gappelberg emphasized the value of this integration, referencing a recent example with BNP Paribas in Brazil, saying the company is "coordinating that across regions and venues." A key hi...
Tertiary Minerals MD on highest grade yet at Mushima North; eyes exploration target
Shares in Tertiary Minerals PLC (AIM:TYM, OTC:TTIRF, FRA:TMU) managing director Richard Belcher talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest exploration results from the company’s Mushima North project in Zambia. The update includes Tertiary’s highest-grade silver-copper intersection to date, a key milestone for the company. Belcher explained that although the Phase 3 drilling program was cut short by early seasonal rains, the results are significant. “These holes have been released today, or the assays were released, really support the direction this project’s going in,” he said, pointing to both the confirmed near-surface mineralisation and new evidence o...
Quantum Blockchain Technologies updates investors following positive Nashville Bitcoin conference
Quantum Blockchain Technologies PLC (AIM:QBT) CEO Francesco Gardin talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s participation in the recent Nashville Energy & Mining Summit (NEMS26) at Bitcoin Park in Nashville, a key networking hub for the Bitcoin community. Gardin described the conference as “extremely intensive” and valuable for meeting key industry players, including three ASIC manufacturers with whom the company has signed NDAs. He explained that Quantum Blockchain is progressing well in its relationships with these partners, particularly around its development of Method C, a neural network-based solution requiring ASIC-specific training. “The training is very ASICs oriented, specific ASICs or...
RC Fornax chair David Hitchcock talks board refresh, growth strategy & defence outlook
RC Fornax PLC (AIM:RCFX) non-executive chair David Hitchcock talked with Proactive about his recent appointment and what it signals for the company’s next phase of growth. Hitchcock, who has been on the board since the IPO, brings a combination of capital markets expertise and deep military background to the chair role. He highlighted RC Fornax’s positioning as a defence consultancy during a time of increased global defence spending. “We are very innovative… and I think the board is really very strong now,” he said, adding that the board’s refreshed composition balances operational, defence, and financial expertise. Hitchcock di...
