Exploration energized Critical mineral junior miners have gotten a jolt from incentives and market interest

Critical mineral junior miners have gotten a jolt from incentives and market interest

By Graham Chandler

April 20, 2023

Searchlight Resources’ exploration projects in Saskatchewan include REEs on its Kulyk Lake property. Courtesy of Searchlight Resources Inc.

The morning of April 22, 2022, dawned under blue skies and minus 3 degrees Celsius temperatures in Hay River, Northwest Territories. It was an exciting day for Cheetah Resources and its Nechalacho mine as its first shipment of rare earth elements (REEs) concentrate left for processing in Saskatoon.

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