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Everything from Semiconductors to Space Shuttles Depend on This Overlooked Mineral.

Soon, Computer Chips Will As Well.

Yet it Has Only Been Found in Significant Concentrations Six Places on Earth.

Boron may be the most important tech commodity going forward.
Tiny microcap Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) is set to announce more results imminently from a project that might be the richest boron deposit in North America.

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Most people haven’t thought about boron since they memorized the periodic table in high school chemistry.

That’s about to change.

With a growing number of industrial uses… high-tech applications… and a limited supply, boron is about to become THE story in the commodity space.

Already today, boron is essential to numerous fields, with over 300 applications.

Boron nitride is the second-strongest material known to man, behind only diamond.

That’s why boron alloys are used…
• By electronic devices to extend battery life
• By the military for armor of all sorts
• By the aerospace industry, as protective plating for jets, planes, and drones.
• By space programs for protection against the perils of space travel

But that’s just the beginning of what boron can do.

With its tremendous thermal properties, boron is an essential ingredient in heat-resistant ceramics — like those used in automotive brakes or as heat shields for fast-moving vehicles.

With its unique conductive properties, boron is an essential ingredient in strong magnets and an additive that extends the life of lithium-ion batteries.

And now, a team of researchers at MIT have discovered that boron can be used to create the world’s best semiconductor — with the humble mineral threatening to soon overtake silicon as the element of choice in computer chips.

It’s an essential next step as technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence find current hardware insufficient for their processing needs.

Boron has even served as the backbone for the best superconductor we have — able to pass electricity through it with zero resistance.

And it can do so at a relatively high temperature — unlike all other known superconductors, which require temps near absolute zero.

There’s just one problem with boron.

While it is relatively abundant at detection levels in earth’s crust, it is almost impossible to find in concentrations that are economically feasible to mine.

Today, there are just six active boron mines in the world — not nearly enough to satisfy the growing demand across all tech sectors.

And a large majority of production comes from Turkey, Chile, Russia, and China.
That tenuous supply has the potential to leave North America woefully short of the massive demand that is emerging.

That’s why Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) is fast at work bringing a historic boron site back into development.

Downstream of a formation that’s feeding Ioneer’s boron mineralization, the initial samples have already been promising.

Phase one drilling results continue to be published, and Canter Resources is set to start Phase two drilling shortly.

Should they produce as expected, Canter Resources may own one of the select few critical boron projects in North America.

And it can’t come online quickly enough.

How This Ignored Mineral Shapes the World Today

While few folks realize it, boron is an essential component for many sectors. So much so, that it’s expected to be added to the USGS critical minerals list in 2025 and has already been recently classified as a Strategic Mineral by the US Department of Defense.

Thanks to its strength, durability, and flexibility, boron has long been a mainstay of the military and aerospace industries.

Boron can be found in the skin of jets dating back to the F15.

It’s also critical to the ceramics that make up modern body armor.1
Because boron is non-reactive to oxygen, it doesn’t rust — making it an ideal commodity for naval ships.

And, since boron deals with heat so efficiently, it is a main ingredient in everything from space shuttle heat shields, to containers for rocket fuel.

Thanks to its stability, and remaining inert in high temperatures and when exposed to caustic chemicals, boron is even an essential component of rocket fuel itself.3
Closer to home, the car you drive is stuffed with boron — especially if it’s an EV. In fact, there is actually the same amount or more boron in the average EV battery than there is lithium.

Boron plays a role in strengthening the steel chassis, thermal and audio insulation, ceramic brake systems, and a host of other automotive applications that draw on boron’s strength and resistance to heat.

Boron even helps the efficiency and longevity of lithium-ion batteries, particularly by suppressing the dendrites that grow out of lithium and degrade battery capacity over time.4

But that’s only the tip of the iceberg…

Boron is already used in semiconductors as a doping agent, but new a new study released by MIT shows this unexpected mineral will soon be playing a greater role.
It’s no surprise why boron demand is expected to see a sharp rise, jumping around 50% in the next few years.6

Combine that with declines in supply, and Credit Suisse expects demand to outstrip supply as early as next year.7

But the truth is, demand may grow far beyond current expectations.

Because boron is only now starting to reveal some of its most transformative applications.

Why Boron Will Be the Most Important Mineral For Future Tech

"(Boron) is… the best semiconductor material ever found, and maybe the best possible one"

 -The MIT Boron Research Team

Silicon has a heat problem.

If you’ve ever held a smartphone or typed on a laptop in your lap, you’ve felt the truth of this. When electricity runs through silicon, the materials heats up.

Thanks to a team of researchers at MIT, we now know — boron alloys are just as good at conducting electricity as silicon… but with better thermal conductivity.

This is a critical discovery, as advances in quantum computing and artificial intelligence are going to require massive increases in energy and processing power.

Imagine computers that don’t need heat sinks or fans.

Imagine computer chips that aren’t down-throttled to avoid damaging heat.

Imagine even more powerful semiconductors, as heat concerns no longer limit transistor sizes.

That is the tomorrow that boron will bring, as it replaces silicon for most semiconductor uses.

The Potential To More Than Double Computing Power

But it gets even better.

In the computing world, the positively-charged twin of electrons — positrons, called “holes” in the semiconducting industry — are useless to silicon chips.

Silicon is not conductive for “holes.”
But boron is.

Some computer chips already make use of “holes,” effectively doubling the amount of information a chip can handle.

With clever engineering, the gains can be even greater.

The simple fact is, boron is on the verge of taking over the semiconducting world.
But that’s not the end of it.

Room-temperature superconductors — materials that transmit electricity with zero resistance — have been the holy grail of material science for decades.

We have created superconductors — but only those that work near temps of absolute zero.
Now, new research done with boron alloys show that it can act as a superconductor at high temperatures.

Not quite room temperature yet — but we’re getting close.

Room-temp superconductors will cause one of the largest technological revolutions we’ve ever seen when they hit the market.

And when they do, boron will likely have a starring role.

In fact, boron has even been manipulated into a crystalline structure a single atom thick, called borophene.

It is very similar to graphene, and can do most of the same tricks.

When we have atom-thin displays and clothing with fully-integrated electronics, it is likely that borophene, not graphene, will be responsible.

Despite being more or less ignored by the investing and wider public, boron is poised to be THE revolutionary mineral that dominates the next century of tech.

The only problem?

Finding enough boron to satisfy the growing demand.

Plentiful and Rare at the Same Time

Boron is relatively common in the earth’s crust.

There’s about as much boron (B) as nitrogen (N) or lithium (Li), and there’s more boron than there are most rare earth elements.
Yet boron is one of the hardest commodities to produce — because it rarely is found in economically-feasible concentrations
Fact is, it takes an unlikely confluence of factors.

You need ancient volcanic activity, evaporated water, and a fault line, all occurring near each other (and in the correct chronological order).

Today, there are only six known spots on earth with that combination, and only two companies responsible for maintaining global supply.

Turkey is the largest producer of boron, with Chile, Argentina, China, and Russia trailing not far behind.

Thanks to one of Rio Tinto’s mines in the aptly named Boron, California, the United States makes up between 20-30% of global production, and is one of the highest consumers.

The remaining 70% of the world’s boron reserves are held by Turkey’s Eti Maden.13

But another mining region in Nevada — known as Rhyolite Ridge — has one of the highest concentrations of boron found in the world.

There are a number of successful mines in the area — mostly lithium mines, as Rhyolite Ridge is rich in volcanic minerals that were originally surfaced tens of millions of years ago.

You can easily find lithium without boron, but it’s rare to find boron without lithium.
That’s why we have hundreds of active lithium sites around the globe, but only six projects producing boron.

Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) may have found the seventh.

The Most Promising Boron — and Lithium — Claim in the World?

Around 30 million years ago, the area of Rhyolite Ridge was volcanically active.

Located right on a fault line, the area saw a plethora of volcanic minerals surface.

Over the next millions of years, the minerals that volcanic material were washed downstream, eventually concentrating in clays and brines fed by these volcanic source rocks.

Ioneer is one of only two development-stage companies with significant boron mineralization and Ioneer is currently valued at approximately $300 M USD….

Yet, Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) with only a $7M USD market capitalization has perhaps the most promising stake in this region.

Almost 30,000 acres located in the Columbus Basin, it is surrounded by rich deposits. Ioneer, Albemarle, and American Battery Technologies all have large lithium deposits in the area.
In addition to lithium, Ioneer has found very high concentrations of boron as well.

Located just 17 miles to the east, Ioneer shares the same volcanics as Canter’s project – except that Ioneer’s deposits are trapped in clay, whereas the Columbus project also benefits from a multi-tiered aquifer system within the basin.

It is in fact this same sedimentary clay, broken down over million years, that feeds Canter’s boron and lithium-rich brines.

That’s of particular importance when it comes to ease of extraction.

Retrieving boron and lithium from brine means much faster, more economical and environmentally friendly extraction methods – such as Direct Lithium-Boron Extraction.

That’s a distinction that offers Canter Resources a clear edge over the local competition, as clay projects are notoriously difficult from an operational standpoint with no current commercial production demonstrating the true viability.

And here’s the thing — the Columbus Basin, the site of Canter Resources’ claims, is the terminus of the volcanic source rocks that run through Rhyolite Ridge.

It is a hydrologically-contained basin. Water (and whatever is in the water) goes in, but it has no way to go out other than evapotranspiration.

Everything that hasn’t been snagged upstream finds its final resting place in the Columbus Basin.

That includes both boron and lithium.

Now, back in the 1800s this property was the site of a thriving mining town on the back of four companies that produced borax from the boron-rich upper layers of the basin. Historical results at Columbus have returned peak values up to 30,000 ppm at depth from clay sediments.

Fast forward to today...

And initial drilling by Canter shows promising results for both lithium and boron.

Maiden Drill Program Identifies Significant Grades Of Boron and Lithium in Brines

Canter Resources just announced the completion of a phase 1 shallow drill program, consisting of a total of 15 holes.

And assay results revealed the highest grades Canter has seen to date. That included highly mineralized brines with concentrations up to 3,140 milligrams per litre boron and 76.4 milligrams per litre lithium.

Initial drilling also confirmed that boron and lithium grades increase with depth, and are widespread, with high grades encountered 5 kilometers west of the central target.

The phase 2 program is anticipated to begin in the coming weeks and will continue to explore deeper zones for high concentrations locked in deeper aquifers and structural traps.
If the company announces the sort of find it believes it has, microcap Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) could prove one of the biggest discoveries of the year.

The lithium is what initially drew the company to its Columbus Basin project.

But, in a surprise twist, the plentiful lithium that is expected as Canter continues to drill deeper may wind up proving second fiddle to the enormous potential of the rarer boron concentrations closer to surface.

The Opportunity In A Nutshell

Demand for boron is growing at a steady pace.

But that demand is likely to experience a dramatic dislocation and increase, as boron overtakes silicon as the semiconductor of choice.

Yet it is hard for investors to take advantage of this development, since there are only six producing boron projects in the world, most of which are held by private companies.

This summer, Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) will likely demonstrate that the boron enrichment at its Columbus Project has the opportunity to be world class.

Talk to your investment advisor to see if an investment in a growing high-tech commodity like boron makes sense for your portfolio.

If it does, Canter Resources (CSE:CRC, OTC:CNRCF) is one of the few pure plays available on the market.

But you should act fast.

When Canter announces its drilling results, it is likely the stock will move quickly.
You want to be in early to lock in that potential.

Not to mention — you want to do your research before the mainstream wakes up to the importance — and rarity — of boron.

We could be on the cusp of one of the most dramatic supply squeezes of the 21st century.

Make sure you’re on the right side of it.

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2https://borates.today/boron-military-conflict/
3https://www.mining.com/5e-advanced-materials-estes-energetics-to-produce-boron-based-materials-for-rockets/
4https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.202300042
5https://borates.today/boron-secret-new-battery/
6https://www.imarcgroup.com/boron-pricing-report
7https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/560512230/demand-for-boron-to-reach-new-high-in-2022
8https://news.mit.edu/2022/best-semiconductor-them-all-0721
9https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1062286
10https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs087-02/
11https://canterresources.com/columbus-lithium-boron-project/

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