Lithium Chile Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with China Union Holdings Ltd. , an arm's length party, for the sale of its Argentine subsidiary, Argentum Lithium S.A. . Transaction Highlights: Sale Structure: The Purchaser will acquire 100% of the Company's shares in Argentum, a corporation existing under the laws of Argentina, which indirectly holds interests in the Arizaro salar lithium project in Salta Province, Argentina . Transaction Value: The purchase price is USD $175,000,000, subject to customary closing adjustments and payable in cash at closing, with 92.5% to be released at the closing and 7.5% held in escrow for eighteen months to secure post-closing indemnity obligations, all in accordance with the Def...

Drill preparation in Colombia, drilling and new license awards in Saudi Arabia Royal Road Minerals Ltd. is pleased to provide an exploration update for its activities in Colombia and the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Colombia In Colombia, work is advancing on finalizing drill locations and preparing for the upcoming drilling program at the Company's Guintar-Aleman-Margaritas project. A drone-borne magnetic survey is nearing completion and is being used to refine geological interpretation and focus drill-targeting across the project area. Initial drill pads have been positioned on surface-exposed porphyry-style vein stockworks located approximately 100 meters from previous drilling . These areas have returned continuous channel sample results including 24.2 meters at 0...

Nine Mile Metals Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 3rd drill hole in its Wedge Western Extension Drill Program has been completed. DDH WD-25-02B was collared approximately 60 meters northwest of WD-25-01 and drilled at an azimuth of 325 degrees and a dip of -50 degrees to a final depth of 122 meters further increasing the mineralized footprint of the target to the west . DDH WD-25-02B was successful, with massive copper bearing sulphides found associated with the contact breccia at 56.4m depth with mineralization continuing to 122 meters. The sulphide mineralization in the drill hole occurred in both sediments and volcanics, terminating in massive copper bearing sulphides with visible Chalcopyrite as seen in Figure 1. Downhole ground conditions in the fault zone led to the...

LithiumBank Resources is pleased to announce it has entered into a Development Agreement dated Dec 21st, 2025, with a Leading Energy Services and Technology Supplier to provide technical services required to bring the Boardwalk lithium brine project, to production with project execution targeted for 2027. The DA envisions the Parties collaborating in developing the Boardwalk asset using licensed modular Direct Lithium Extraction technology, and includes commissioning a Feasibility Study, front-end engineering design, and engineering procurement and construction activities. The feasibility study envisions two initial DLE modules together capable of up to 10,000 tonne per annum Lithium Carbonate . "We are pleased to have reached...

Copper Quest Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of November 14, 2025 and December 10, 2025, it has completed its acquisition of the past producing Alpine Gold Property , located in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia . "We are excited to offer our shareholders the opportunity to leverage a pure gold play in what has been a primarily copper-focused company. Having now successfully acquired this exceptional property with an existing historical gold resource, excellent expansion potential, and a seasoned technical team, including Alan Matovich, Ted Murano, and John Mirko, we look forward to updating our shareholders on our endeavor towards growing this current historical resource, and the possibility of seeing near-term cash flow ...

Ascot Resources announces, further to its news release of Dec 1, 2025, that the previously announced brokered private placement of up to C$150 million of common shares of the Company has been amended to a unit financing, at the same offering prices. Each unit will consist of one Share and one half of one warrant of the Company. Each whole Warrant will be exercisable to purchase one Share at an exercise price of C$0.85 per Share for a period of 12 months from the closing date of the first tranche of the Offering. The Offering may close in one or more tranches with the first closing expected to occur on December 30, 2025. The terms of the Offering are otherwise unchanged. Closing of the Offering is conditional on receipt of the necessary stock exchange approvals and ...

Entrée Resources Ltd. provides an update on matters pertaining to the Shivee Tolgoi and Javkhlant mining licenses held by Entrée LLC on behalf of the Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi joint venture participants in Mongolia. Parliamentary Temporary Oversight Committee As previously disclosed by the Company, on July 2, 2025, the Parliament of Mongolia approved Resolution No. 62 to establish a Temporary Oversight Committee to conduct a special investigation related to the protection of Mongolia's interests and the enhancement of benefits derived from the exploitation of the Oyu Tolgoi strategic group of deposits. The scope of the special investigation includes conducting oversight and inspection in connection with determining the State's ownership interest and percentage, based on the establishe...

Chicken Mountain's Adit Zone Delivers Near-Surface High-Grade Gold with Expansion Potential Assay Results Pending from 103 Additional Drill Holes Across Chicken Mountain, Alpha Bowl, Golden Apex, Black Creek and Jam Intrusion Targets Tectonic Metals Inc. today announced additional assay results from 11 drill holes completed during the 2025 drill campaign at Chicken Mountain and the Adit Zone, located within the Company's flagship ~99,800 acre Flat Gold Project in Southwest Alaska. The 11 drill holes and 2 diamond core) reported herein represent approximately 1,460 m of drilling from the Company's 18,373 m, 125-hole, 2025 drill program across the Flat Gold Project. All drill holes intersected gold mineralization, with 10 of the 11 holes ending in mineralization, maintaining Te...

PPX Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ernest Mast as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday January 12, 2026. In addition, the Company announces the granting of stock options to certain key management members of its Peruvian subsidiaries. Mr. Mast is a senior mining executive with over 35 years of experience throughout the Americas, with extensive expertise in precious, base, and critical metals. He has previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director of Cygnus Metals, Doré Copper Mining, Primero Mining, and Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Inmet Mining. Mr. Mast led the successful public listing of Doré Copper Mining and its subsequent combination with Cygnus Metals, creating a dual-listed precious, base,...

Rio Grande Resources Ltd. , is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its 2025 geological field program at the Winston Gold-Silver Project , located in the Black Range Mountains of Sierra County, New Mexico. The field program was carried out by Dahrouge Geological Consulting USA Ltd. and included a comprehensive site visit conducted from December 2 to December 8, 2025. The program focused on detailed geological mapping, targeted surface sampling, and the compilation of historic mine workings to advance the Company's understanding of the Winston epithermal gold-silver system and to refine priority areas for follow-up exploration and drill targeting. Jason Barnard, President and CEO of Rio Grande Resources, commented: "The completion of the 2025 field program at...

Benton Resources Inc. announces that the Board of Directors has approved the grant of 2.675 million incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees, advisors and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.10 for a period of five years from the date of grant. The options are subject to vesting provisions contained within the Company's stock option plan. About Benton Resources Inc. Benton Resources is a well-financed mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol BEX. Benton has a diversified, highly prospective property portfolio and holds large equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Whenever possible, BEX retains net smelter return royalties with potential long-term cash flow. Be...

Tartisan Nickel Corp. is pleased to announce that the Company has closed a $1,325,000.00 Flow-Through private placement. 6,625,000 flow-through shares of the Company have been issued at the price of $0.20 per share for an aggregate subscription price of $1,325,000. The flow through shares are subject to a four month and one day escrow period from the Closing date. The gross proceeds will be used to advance exploration and development work at the Company's 100% owned Kenbridge Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project, located in the Kenora Mining District, Northwestern, Ontario. A 6% commission was paid in cash plus 6% broker warrants were also paid to eligible agents. Each broker warrant is exercisable at $0.20 and expires twelve months from date of issue. The securities issued under thi...

Belo Sun Mining Corp. is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement financing at a price of C$0.43 per Belo Sun common share for gross proceeds to the Company of up to US$30 million . Closing of the Offering remains subject to certain conditions, including the final approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. La Mancha Investments S. à r. l. , an existing shareholder of the Company, has committed to participate in the Private Placement, subject to receipt of the required shareholder approvals, and, together with other existing shareholders, intends to provide a majority of the funding for the offering. The Company anticipates that, upon completion of the Private Placement, a new Control Person , La Mancha, will be created, subject to obtaining requisite approval from th...