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by Will Purcell

The critical and specialty minerals stocks box score for Thursday was a mediocre 86-83-141 as the TSX Venture Exchange rose fractionally to 1,044. Power Metals Corp. (PWM) jumped nine cents to 59 cents on 2.28 million shares in silence. Oh, the company's website is anything but mute -- securing North America's critical minerals, the world's next cesium mine with near-term production -- it shouts in 42-point font. Nevertheless, the company has not said anything new since January, when it resumed its field programs at Case Lake, the cesium project in Ontario that it applauded as set to start commercial production this year.

Robin Dunbar's Grid Metals Corp. (GRDM) had a good day Wednesday, adding 1.5 cents to 13 cents on 1.02 million shares. The move followed word that the company has granted a Boliden Group subsidiary an option to earn an 80-per-cent interest in its Thompson East nickel and copper project. Boliden must pay Grid $500,000 in cash and spend $9.6-million on exploration -- both in stages -- by the end of 2029.

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