Vol. 01Issue 01InsightsWednesday, June 4, 2026
Insights

Research, beginner guides, and market notes.

Plain-language coverage of small cap mining and resource companies on the TSXV and CSE.

beginner

Beginner Series

Four Types of Junior Mining Companies, Explained

Explorers, developers, near-term producers, and producers. The four basic models that almost every junior mining company…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

TSX vs TSXV vs CSE: A Plain-Language Guide to Canada’s Three Junior Exchanges

The TSX, TSX Venture Exchange, and Canadian Securities Exchange each list small cap resource companies under different r…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

Understanding Dilution in Junior Mining

Junior miners raise capital by issuing new shares. Here is what dilution actually does to your position, why warrants ma…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

How to Read a Junior Mining News Release

Junior mining news releases follow predictable patterns. Here is how to find the actual signal in a typical release, fro…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

NI 43-101 Resource Estimates Explained

Inferred, indicated, measured, probable, proven. A plain-language guide to the resource and reserve categories used in e…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

gold

Market Notes

Why Gold Tends to Move With Real Interest Rates

Gold has historically traded inversely to real (inflation-adjusted) US interest rates. Here is the mechanism, the eviden…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

silver

Market Notes

Silver: The Industrial-Monetary Hybrid

Silver sits between an industrial metal and a precious metal. Here is how the supply and demand picture actually splits,…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

copper

Market Notes

How Copper Demand Tracks the Energy Transition

Electrification, renewable generation, grid build-out, and electric vehicles all use significantly more copper than lega…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

lithium

Market Notes

Lithium Supply Chains: Brine, Hard Rock, and Recycling

Lithium comes from three main sources: South American brines, hard rock spodumene mines, and (eventually) battery recycl…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

uranium

Market Notes

Uranium and the Return of Nuclear Power

After a decade of underinvestment, the uranium market is tightening as nuclear power gains political support. Here is th…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

nickel

Market Notes

Nickel for Batteries vs Stainless Steel: A Two-Market Story

Most nickel still goes into stainless steel. A smaller but fast-growing share goes into batteries. The two markets need …

3 min readJune 4, 2026

zinc

Market Notes

Zinc Inventories and Why They Matter

Zinc is mostly used in galvanizing steel. The price often moves with London Metal Exchange warehouse inventories. Here i…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Market Notes

Critical Minerals: How Governments Define the List

Critical mineral lists from Canada, the United States, and the European Union differ. Here is how each is built, why the…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Market Notes

The Rare Earths Squeeze: China’s Position Explained

China processes the vast majority of the world’s rare earth elements. Here is why that is, what is being done about it, …

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Market Notes

Tin and the Solder Demand Curve

Tin is small but strategic. About half of demand goes to solder, almost all of it for electronics. Here is what drives t…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Market Notes

Cobalt Sourcing and the DRC Question

The Democratic Republic of the Congo supplies most of the world’s cobalt. Battery chemistry shifts and ESG concerns have…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Market Notes

Graphite: Natural vs Synthetic and Battery Anode Demand

Lithium-ion batteries need graphite anodes. The market is split between natural and synthetic graphite, each with differ…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

How We Build a Company Spotlight: The Four-Part Framework

Every Bellmare Capital company spotlight follows the same four-part framework: setup, what caught our eye, the risk, and…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

beginner

Beginner Series

Reading a Junior’s Capital Structure: Shares, Warrants, Options

A junior mining company’s capital structure includes much more than just outstanding shares. Warrants, options, and conv…

3 min readJune 4, 2026

critical

Beginner Series

Bull Case, Bear Case: Writing Balanced Research

Balanced junior mining research includes both the bull case and the bear case for every name covered. Here is why, and h…

3 min readJune 4, 2026