Hercules Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Matthieu Bos as an independent director of the Company and Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Bos succeeds Peter Simeon, who will continue to serve as a director of the Company. Matthieu Bos is a mining executive and capital markets professional with more than 15 years of experience spanning investment banking, project development, and corporate leadership in the global mining sector. He brings deep expertise in large-scale copper development, financing, and governance, with a career that bridges institutional capital markets and tier-one mine building. Mr. Bos previously spent eight years with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., where he served as Executive Vice President, Africa. In this role, Matthieu was a...

Lancaster Resources Inc. is pleased to announce details of its 2026 Phase 1 Exploration and Project Development Program at its 100% owned Lake Cargelligo Project in New South Wales, Australia. The Phase 1 Program is tailored to advance the district-scale gold and silver potential of Lake Cargelligo during strong bullish market sentiment for gold, silver, and critical minerals, including tin and tungsten. Historical Assays: A comprehensive data set of historical drilling and sampling includes rock samples returning values of up to 204 g/t Au and 273 g/t Ag, and channel intercepts up to 16 m @ 5.83 g/t Au and 20 g/t Ag, derived from 4,176 geochemical samples.1 The Phase 1 Program is poised to advance prospective exploration, support stakeholders and progress the project toward ...

NexMetals Mining Corp. announces that that it has received approval of the TSX Venture Exchange for the supplemental listing of 14,035,100 common share purchase warrants of the Company issued on November 17, 2025 pursuant to the Company's recently completed $80 million public offering of units. The Company anticipates that the Warrants will commence trading on the TSXV on December 22, 2025, under the symbol NEXM.WT. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company at an exercise price of $8.00 per share on or prior to November 17, 2027. The ISIN and CUSIP numbers of the Warrants are CA65346E1135 and 65346E113, respectively. The Warrants are governed pursuant to the terms of a warrant indenture dated November 17, 2025, between the Company and...

XAU Resources Inc. is pleased to announce it has closed the final tranche of its previously announced private placement . Pursuant to the final tranche XAU issued 480,000 units of the Company at the price of C$0.25 per Unit for gross proceeds of C$120,000. In aggregate under the Financing, the Company sold 4,000,000 Units at the Offering Price for gross proceeds of C$1,000,000. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant . Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional Share at a price of $0.40 until June 18, 2027, subject to an accelerated expiry if XAU's common shares trade above $0.80 for twenty consecutive trading days. The Financing was completed in reliance on applicable prospectus exemptions. The Financing remai...

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report presenting the Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Boumadine Polymetallic Project , located in the Kingdom of Morocco, with an effective date of November 4, 2025 . The PEA was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects by independent Qualified Persons, notably Lycopodium Minerals Canada Ltd and WSP Canada Inc. All financial figures in this press release are expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted. The results of the PEA were reported in Aya's news release dated November 4, 2025, and there are no material differences between the Report and the results discussed in this news release. PEA Highlights Boumadine is Aya'...

Apollo Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Stronghold Silver USA Corp., the Company has completed all payments required under the Option to Purchase Agreement dated December 21, 2020, as amended January 21, 2023 , with Athena Minerals Inc. . As a result, the Company now owns 100% interest in thirty-six unpatented lode mining claims comprising part of the Langtry Property, which forms part of the Calico Silver Project, in San Bernardino County, California . Under the terms of the Athena Agreement, the Company had the right to acquire the Athena Claims for an aggregate purchase price of US$1,000,000, payable on or before December 21, 2025. An initial payment of US$15,000 was paid upon execution of the Athena Agreement in December 2020,...

Silver Storm Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce the Company has placed orders for all critical equipment to support underground activities at the 100%-owned La Parrilla Silver Mine Complex located in Durango State, Mexico. This equipment includes underground mining equipment, development and production drills as well as ventilation system fans. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251216052607/en/ Figure 1 - Siton XTUW-4 Underground Scooptram Highlights: New underground mining equipment: A total of ten units consisting of scooptrams, trucks, long-hole production drills, and development drills have been ordered and are scheduled for delivery during Q1 2026. Rehabilitation of existing mining fleet underway:...

EXIM will loan 70% of the total capital cost to production G1 continues discussions with various Departments of the U.S. Government for coordinated participation to complete project financing G1 management is in discussions with the top 5 investment banks in North America to finance the remaining 30% of capital costs Graphite One Inc. announced today that it has received amended, non-binding Letters of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for potential debt financing. The previously issued EXIM LoI to finance the Company's Graphite Creek Project north of Nome, Alaska , is upsized from $570 million to $670 million, while the EXIM LoI for G1's advanced graphite materials manufacturing plant planned for northeastern Ohio, is upsized from $325 million to $1.4...

OceanaGold Corp. is pleased to announce that the Expert Panel appointed by the New Zealand government to consider permitting of the Waihi North Project has released a final decision approving the project. OceanaGold is now officially permitted to develop and operate WNP, which includes the high-grade Wharekirauponga Underground mine , located ~10 kilometres North of the Company's Waihi operation in New Zealand. This permit approval includes the development of WUG and the associated surface infrastructure, expansion of the current processing plant and water treatment plant and construction of a new tailings storage facility. This marks a significant milestone for OceanaGold which has been many years in the making and sets the stage for transformative growth in New Zealand. The ...

Notice of December 2025 Distribution - American Silver, LLC declared a $0.12 per member share distribution, which totaled $220,810 distributed to the Company, its largest single shareholder owing just over 20 percent . For more information about the American Silver, LLC companies and products, please see the following websites: https://silverbiotics.com/, www.ablmedical.com, and https://ablmfg.com/. Production Update - Desert Hawk Gold Corp. is working with a buyer that made an offer on ownership interest in DHGC. The buyer's representative has been on site for weeks reviewing the current operations. Production of gold has slowed to about 4 oz +/- per day and Management is trying to resolve the issues that are causing this. Clifton trades on the OTC Markets under the symbol: "CFTN". Note: ...

Mayfair Gold Corp. is pleased to confirm that, pursuant to its news release dated December 15, 2025, the Company's common shares have been consolidated at a ratio of two pre-consolidated shares to one post-consolidation share . The common shares will begin trading on a post-consolidation basis on the TSX Venture Exchange at market open today, December 18, 2025. The Company now has 66,797,608 common shares issued and outstanding and all outstanding warrants and incentive stock options have been adjusted to increase their exercise price by a factor of two and to reduce the number of common shares issued upon exercise by dividing by two. About Mayfair Gold Mayfair Gold is focused on the advancement of its 100%-owned Fenn-Gib gold project in Ontario, Canada. Fenn-Gib is located 8...

Today, Core Natural Resources Inc. announced that it has resumed longwall operations at its Leer South metallurgical mine in Barbour County, West Virginia. The longwall system had been idle since January 13, 2025, when combustion-related activity was detected in a previously mined area. In addition, Core announced that its West Elk longwall mine in Colorado is now executing at consistent productivity levels following a period of transition associated with its move to the B-Seam, and Core expects that improved performance to continue in future periods. "On behalf of the entire board and management team, I commend the operations team for making safety their highest priority in the successful recovery, repositioning, and restart of the longwall system," said Jimmy Brock, Core's ...

Highlights: Midlothian delivers highest nickel grade: 595 million tonnes Inferred Resource at 0.28% nickel; Bannockburn resource established: 63 Mt Indicated Resource at 0.28% nickel and 129 Mt Inferred Resource at 0.27% nickel. Timmins Nickel District expanded: Eight deposits now total 3.9 billion tonnes Measured & Indicated Resources at 0.24% containing 9.4 Mt of contained nickel and 4.9 billion tonnes Inferred Resources at 0.23% containing 11.5 Mt of contained nickel Canada Nickel Company Inc. today announced initial mineral resource estimates for its Midlothian Nickel Sulphide Project and Bannockburn Nickel Sulphide Project , located 64 km southeast of Timmins and 20 km west of Matachewan, Ontario. Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel said, "We continue to demonstrate the wor...