North America Niobium and Critical Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has acquired additional mineral properties in Québec. The Company has extended the Seigneurie Property through the acquisition of additional claims and added a new, exploration project in the Escoumins municipality. These acquisitions strengthen the Company's strategic footprint in geologically prospective terrain and position North American Niobium to advance a pipeline of rare-earth element and critical mineral exploration targets. Strategic Rationale for Land Expansion The expanded land package reflects a disciplined, geology-driven approach to property consolidation in underexplored but highly prospective areas. The Escoumins project and in particular the Seigneurie Project exhibit geological characteristi...

VAL-D'OR, Quebec, Dec. 18, 2025 -- Cartier Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the results of the Updated Mineral Resource Estimate on its 100% owned flagship Cadillac Project, located in Val-d'Or . The updated estimates include approximately 110,000 metres of drilling completed by Cartier from 2016 to 2024 as well as 420,000 metres drilling completed by previous mining companies. The MRE was independently prepared by PLR Resources Inc. and Evomine, specialists in mineral resource estimates and project evaluations, in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and is dated December 17, 2025. Strategic & Investment Significance Highlights of the Updated Mineral Resource Estimate Growing gold resource: Compared to the 2023 Prelim...

Mercado Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Concordia Silver Company S.A. de C.V. , has entered into two community access and exploration agreements with local Ejidos in Copalito and the surrounding area in Sinaloa, Mexico. Following productive meetings with Ejido Llano Grande and Ejido La Lapara, both communities and the Company reached mutually beneficial outcomes. With the Agreements now finalized, Mercado is positioned to advance and complete the drilling permit process. Under the terms of the Agreements: Mercado will pay an annual fee of 100,000 MXN pesos, effective January 1, 2026, with a one-year renewal option. The Company has committed to repairing segments of local roads utilized in its operations, supporting infrastructure improve...

Noble Plains Uranium Corp. a U.S. focused uranium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce it has entered into a data acquisition agreement with Pathfinder Mines Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of Ur-Energy Inc. , to acquire the historical database for 1,211 drill holes located on Noble Plains' Shirley Central Project in Wyoming's past-producing Shirley Basin. This high-quality dataset includes lithologic logs, geophysical results and historical interpretations from multiple operators who drilled the basin while it was in active production. Noble Plains estimates this dataset would cost in excess of US$6 million to replicate today as well as years of drilling, and analysis, demonstrating both the economic and time-saving value of this strategic tran...

Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp. is pleased to announce it has completed surface geophysical and geochemical exploration surveys at its Griffon Gold Mine Project in White Pine County, Nevada, USA. Griffon hosts a past-producing gold mine and is located within the Battle Mountain-Eureka Gold Belt, a prolific trend that contains numerous gold mines and deposits. Highlights of the Fall 2025 Exploration Program Nevada Sunrise based its Fall 2025 surface exploration program on the results of AI-generated analysis by VRIFY Technology Inc. of the extensive historical Griffon geological and geophysical database for the Project , including: Over 700 soil samples collected by APEX Geoscience USA will be analyzed by partial leach geochemical analysis by both Ionic Leach and Soil Gas Hydrocar...

Total compensation up to $1,480,000 $180,000 cash and $1,000,000 in Monazite Metals shares $300,000 payment subject to achievement of certain milestones 1% Net Smelter Royalty Searchlight Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement, dated December 16, 2025 , with Monazite Metals Corp. to sell the Company's Kulyk Lake and Daly Lake projects in Northern Saskatchewan. These critical metals projects are wholly owned by Searchlight and comprise contiguous claim blocks geologically located in the Wollaston Domain, 55 kilometers south of the Key Lake Uranium Mine and Mill in Northern Saskatchewan. The MMC Agreement is an arms-length agreement with Monazite Metals Corp., a private British Columbia corporation. Searchlight is selling the property for th...

Seabridge Gold Inc. provided today a year end update to shareholders on 2025 activities. KSM Partnership In 2025, management focused on completing due diligence exercises with a number of high-quality potential partners. In Q3, final site visits were completed by three selected joint venture finalists. Although we will miss our self-imposed year-end target for an announcement, we are advancing towards a partnership with our preferred candidate and look forward to sharing more information as soon as possible. KSM Field Activities: Ready for Final Feasibility The KSM Project recorded strong progress in 2025, achieving key steps in its development pathway. An extensive field data collection program was completed including the largest geotechnical drilling effort in our history, t...

Standard Uranium Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Engdahl as a Non-Executive Director of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Engdahl is a professional geologist and the current President and CEO of the Axiom Group. He is a recognized leader in the exploration industry and has over two decades of experience in the uranium sector. Mr. Engdahl has extensive Board level and audit committee experience and will be joining our audit committee. The Company would also like to recognize Neil McCallum and Zoya Shashkova for their years of service as Directors of the Company. Doug Engdahl, P.Geo., is President & CEO of Axiom Exploration Group Ltd., a global exploration consulting and services company employing more than 140 professionals worldwide. He has over 20 ye...

Gold And Critical Element Pursuit In The Mineral-Rich Province Of New Brunswick, Canada SLAM Exploration Ltd. is pleased to report completion of channel sampling of the No. 1 vein on its wholly owned Jake Lee project, located in southwestern New Brunswick. Assays are pending on 11 channel samples sawn from the No. 1 vein which has produced gold grades ranging from 7.42 grams per tonne to 94.80 g/t gold since discovery as reported July 9, 2025. The Jake Lee project is located 25 kilometers southeast of the Clarence Stream gold deposit operated by Galway Metals Inc. in New Brunswick, Canada. The No. 1 vein was cleaned prior to channel sampling as shown on Figure 1. Figure 1: No. 1 Vein Prior To Channel Sampling Other quartz veins were uncovered in trenches 7,500 me...

Compass Gold Corp. announced today that it intends to extend the expiry date of an aggregate of 7,298,668 common share purchase warrants to December 31, 2026 . All other terms of the Warrants, including the exercise price, will remain unchanged. The Warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement of units, each unit comprising one common share and one Warrant, which closed on June 3, 2022. Prior to this most recent Warrant Extension, the Warrants were set to expire December 31, 2025, which has now been extended to December 31, 2026. Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.30. An aggregate of 1,233,334 Warrants are held by insiders of the Company. The extension of the Warrants, therefore, may consti...

CopperCorp Resources Inc. is pleased to announce first assay results from its Phase 2 drilling1,2 campaign at the Jukes Cu-Au prospect in western Tasmania, Australia. Example of core showing high-grade chalcopyrite-pyrite-chalcocite mineralization, JDD004, 93.0m from 92.6m). To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/8950/278491_da0f5e7524a54ae4_002full.jpg Highlights Initial Phase 2 drilling results confirm the northern extension of high-grade Cu-Au-Ag mineralization at Jukes, with new drillholes intersecting mineralization approximately 300 m along strike from CopperCorp's previous drilling. Key drill intercepts include: JDD003: 9.0m @ 0.81% Cu, 0.21g/t Au, 6.2g/t Ag from 167.0m, including 2.0m @ 2.0% Cu, 0.56g/t Au, 15....

Toogood Gold Corp. today announced results and interpretations from the high-resolution Deep Ground Penetrating Radar survey at the Company's 100%-owned Toogood Gold Project located in Newfoundland. Key Point Summary High-resolution DGPR survey completed over the high-grade gold Quinlan discovery to map the gold-hosting felsic dyke at depth and under cover; Quinlan is a flagship target within Toogood Gold's 164 km2 Toogood Gold Project, with historic and recent drilling delivering multiple high-grade gold intercepts and visible gold in 25/49 holes to date1,2. Mineralization remains open along strike and at depth; DGPR results clearly imaged the felsic dyke at depth, with interpretations suggesting the mineralized structure extends >300 metres beyond previous drilling ; Ste...

GoldQuest Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that due to significant interest, the Company intends to increase the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement . The Private Placement will now be comprised of an aggregate of up to 34,710,743 units of the Company at a price of $1.21 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to approximately $42 million. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share of the Company and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant . Each Warrant will be exercisable to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $1.80 per Common Share for a period of 24 months from the applicable closing of the Private Placement. Luis Santana, CEO of GoldQuest Mining Corp., commented: "We are encouraged by the continued support and ...