Updated
Updated · TheNewswire · Jun 9
Spartan Metals Hires Howard Group in $12,000-a-Month IR Deal, Granting 400,000 Options
Updated
Updated · TheNewswire · Jun 9

Spartan Metals Hires Howard Group in $12,000-a-Month IR Deal, Granting 400,000 Options

3 articles · Updated · TheNewswire · Jun 9

Summary

  • Spartan Metals said The Howard Group will begin a one-year investor-relations and capital-markets communications mandate on June 15, with a six-month review built into the contract.
  • The agreement pays $12,000 a month and includes 400,000 stock options exercisable at $0.61 for three years, vesting quarterly over 12 months; the appointment still requires TSX Venture Exchange approval.
  • Howard Group will run traditional and digital outreach aimed at institutional and retail investors as Spartan advances its Victorio project in New Mexico and Eagle project in Nevada.
  • The adviser already has financial exposure to Spartan, having participated in the company’s April 2026 financing at $0.55 per unit and holding 100,000 units.
  • Spartan is positioning itself around U.S. critical-minerals assets, including the Victorio tungsten-molybdenum project and the Eagle tungsten-silver-rubidium project.

Insights

As tungsten prices soar, is Spartan Metals riding a sustainable geopolitical shift or a temporary speculative bubble?
Can a PR deal truly fast-track America's mineral independence from China amid a global tungsten crisis?