Muddy's Search for Battery Metals

Nickel Explorer anyone? Voltage Metals Corp. $VOLT.c

Hello once again, my fellow mining speculators. Over the last few months, the number of gigafactories and other battery initiatives has exploded, while the metals needed to fuel this growth are sorely lacking. These gigafactories will be scrambling over the coming years to find the metals they need: a perfect setup for our loved Canadian juniors who are ready to go out, find and develop the minerals needed to supply the North American battery industry over the coming decades.

One of those metals is Nickel (Ni) which Canada is well known for thanks to the Sudbury Basin and, of course, Voisey's Bay Mine in Newfoundland. That’s why this week, I am checking out Voltage Metals Corp, a Canada-based battery metals explorer seeking out new nickel deposits to advance.

Voltage Metals has two drill-ready projects. In Ontario the flagship, St. Laurent and the Wheeler project in Nfld.

Wheeler Project

Wheeler stole the spotlight(in my opinion) from St. Laurent when the neighbour on trend to the north of it intercepted impressive results in the last week of March. York Harbour Metals Intersects 29m of 5.25% Copper & 436.5 G/T Cobalt in Drill Hole Yh21-24. What speculator doesn’t like the closeology play, especially when on-trend. Alan King, a 30-year former Inco/Vale executive who worked on the Voisey’s Bay project from day one, interpreted the geophysical data for the Wheeler project. Voltage did well when they managed to get Alan King to interpret Wheeler.

Another bonus going for the Wheeler project scored the four highest nickel values in the provincial National Geochemical Reconnaissance Survey.

St. Laurent Project

The past works at St. Laurent property in Ontario started in 1966 and 1970, with ground geophysics and limited drilling. Too bad the majority of assays were not preserved.

Then in 2007-08, various airborne geophysical surveys were flown, and three holes were drilled.

Eastmain’s 2008 exploration report states: “…drilling has indicated that the mineralization is open in all directions, and therefore a more aggressive drill program should be undertaken on the claim block.”

The most recent work on St. Laurent was Pancon, which drilled the property in 2019. Pancon intersected 1.26% nickel, 0.47% copper and 5.6% sulphur. Nothing wrong with those numbers.

I have to admit that, I am not familiar with Maxwell Plate modelling. Interesting graphic all the same and now I will need to learn everything I can about Maxwell plates.(Future article?)

Borehole TDEM geophysical surveys indicate a complex series of conductive features plunging to the northeast. The Maxwell Plate interpretation indicates conductive anomalies along a down-plunge distance of 550 metres, greatly extending the exploration target area.

The Maxwell plates (green, pink and orange) may indicate the presence of massive sulphide mineralization proximal to the 2019 drill holes at St. Laurent.

For April, investors should watch for St. Laurent drilling to commence and an update on plans for Wheel.

The battery manufacturing business is just getting started, and the miners are not ready for the demand increase. So our explorers like Voltage Metals are the companies out here looking for the next Voisey’s Bay or Sudbury Basin to feed future nickel demand.

*Like most of you that will read this, I am not a geologist or financial advisor. My opinions are just the uneducated speculation of a junior metals investor. You should always seek professional financial advice and conduct your due diligence before making investment decisions.