Blake Hylands is a professional geoscientist with over a decade of experience in advanced and early-stage exploration. He is the CEO of Lithium Ionic Corp. and co-founder of Troilus Gold Corp. where he led the technical team to the discovery of over eight million gold equivalent ounces at their development stage asset in northern Quebec. He has successfully trained and managed large teams with a focus in gold, base metals, and iron ore in Canada and internationally including South America and Europe. We discuss:

0:00 - Lithium Ionic Corp (TSX: LTH | OTCQB: LTHCF | FRA: H3N)7:47 - Raising money as a geologist 8:57 - Advice to a young geogloist 14:05 - Retail vs institutional investors 15:26 - How to get retail investors16:47 - Power of social media for retail investors18:57 - Is lithium's hype done? 21:36- Different types of lithium

25:00 - Alberta lithium 26:55 - Shorting lithium stock

33:32 - Who is going to buy Sigma Lithium? (Tesla?)

35:25 - PMET strategic investment

39:54 - Area to avoid in lithium investing44:01 - Boring investing

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