Issued on behalf of Lake Victoria Gold Ltd. USA News Group News Commentary - Africa's gold mining sector gained significant traction in Q4 2025 as developers accelerated permitting, secured capital, and advanced toward production milestones across Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Zimbabwe, positioning the continent for a surge in output heading into 2026[1]. South Africa opened its first new underground gold mine in 15 years this December, capitalizing on bullion's record-breaking rally as gold now hovers around $4,300 per ounce[2]. From high-grade discoveries to processing plant commissioning and resource expansions, activity is accelerating across multiple African jurisdictions, with notable momentum building around Lake Victoria Gold , Allied Gold Corporation , [wp=3861]M...

Tudor Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced brokered, best-efforts private placement offering of 14,375,000 units of the Company at a price of $0.80 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $11.5 million, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option. The Offering was led by Research Capital Corporation, as the lead agent and sole bookrunner and Roth Canada, Inc. . Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant . Each whole Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $1.20 per Common Share for a period of 24 months following the closing of the Offering. The Offering was completed by way of the listed issuer financing exemptio...

Stillwater Critical Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that as a result of strong investor demand, the Company has increased the size of its previously announced "bought deal" private placement from gross proceeds of C$10,000,400 to gross proceeds of C$15,000,140. Pursuant to the upsized Underwritten Offering, Red Cloud Securities Inc. , as co-lead underwriter and sole bookrunner, and Research Capital Corporation , as co-lead underwriter, will purchase for resale 32,609,000 units of the Company at a price of C$0.46 per Unit . Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant . Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at a price of C$0.64 at any time on or before that date which is 36...

Mirco Wojnarowicz, the CEO of Rock Tech Lithium Inc. is pleased to announce: Rock Tech Lithium Inc. welcomes the Province of Ontario's approval and launch of the CAD $500 million Critical Minerals Processing Fund , a milestone initiative designed to accelerate the province's critical minerals processing capacity and strengthen Ontario's position in the global battery materials supply chain. Rock Tech's proposed Lithium Conversion Facility in Red Rock, Ontario directly aligns with the CMPF's mandate to support midstream critical minerals processing projects in the province. The Converter is designed to deliver domestic lithium conversion capacity for battery-grade products, reduce reliance on offshore processing, and anchor downstream investment in Ontario's electric vehicle a...

Ecora a critical minerals focused royalty company, notes the press releases issued today by Fortescue Ltd. and Alta Copper Corp. announcing that they have entered into a binding agreement under which Fortescue proposes to acquire the remaining 64 per cent of Alta Copper's issued and outstanding common shares not already owned by Fortescue . Alta Copper is the 100 per cent owner of the Cañariaco Copper Project located in Northern Peru within an emerging porphyry corridor that hosts several large exploration and development opportunities. The Cañariaco Project comprises 91 square kilometres of highly prospective tenure and includes the Cañariaco Norte deposit, the Cañariaco Sur deposit and the Quebrada Verde prospect. Alta Copper published an Optimised Preliminary Ec...

Cornish Metals Inc. a mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing its wholly owned and permitted South Crofty tin project in Cornwall, United Kingdom, provides a further update following the receipt of the final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the previously announced re-domicile of the Company . The Arrangement will result in the transfer all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company to Cornish Metals plc in exchange for the issue to the Company's shareholders of new shares in Cornish UK , on the basis of one Cornish UK Share for ten Cornish Canada Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Cornish UK Shares. In the event that any holder of Cornish Canada Shares holds fewer than ten Cornish Canada Shar...

Peruvian Metals Corp. announces that, following regulatory approval, the closing of the previously-announced transaction with Rio Silver Inc. to sell 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mamaniña Exploraciones S.A.C. , a Peruvian corporation, which holds mining rights in the Maria Norte project located in Peru. The details and the terms of the Transaction are summarized in the Company's previous press releases on March 26 and October 28, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of the Transaction, on closing, Rio Silver has acquired from Peruvian 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Subsidiary. In consideration, Rio Silver issued to Peruvian 3,999,999 common shares of the Company, representing 9.27 of the Company's issued and outstanding sha...

Central Iron Ore is pleased to announce that it will be conducting a rights offering to holders of its ordinary shares at the close of business on the record date of Dec 23, 2025. Details of the Rights Offering Rights will be offered on the basis of one right for each ordinary share of the Company held at the Record Date. Each Right will entitle the holder to subscribe for one unit of the Company, upon payment of the subscription price of $0.072 per Unit. No fractional Units will be issued. The holder's Rights entitlement will be reduced to the next lowest whole number and no additional compensation will be paid. Each Unit will be comprised of one ordinary share in the capital of the Company and one Share purchase warrant . Each Warrant entitles the holder to acqui...

Freeport Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of October 15, 2025 and December 11, 2025, the Company has closed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement through the issuance of 24,099,999 units at a price of $0.03 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $723,000 . Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company, and one-half-of-one share purchase warrant . Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire an additional common share at a price of $0.06 for a period of twelve months following issuance. The Second Tranche forms part of a larger offering by the Company of up to 116,666,666 Units by way of non-brokered private placement at a price of $0.03 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $3,500,000. The Comp...

Angkor Resources is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Letter of Intent with an arm's length party to sell its 40% participating interest in the Evesham Macklin oil and gas lands in Saskatchewan at a sale price of $4,800,000. The sale of the Assets is anticipated to be completed on Jan 31, 2026. The Assets were acquired by the Company through its wholly owned-subsidiary EnerCam Exploration Ltd. on December 12, 2023 and the Purchaser provided a loan to fund the acquisition. The outstanding amount of the Loan is $3,800,000. CEO Delayne Weeks comments on the decision to sell the Assets, "This decision follows a full analysis over the greatest value increases for shareholders in the coming 24 months. In our view, the greatest growth value of Angkor ...

CAT Strategic Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the results of its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held virtually on December 9, 2025 . CAT's shareholders voted in favour of each of the matters as set out in the notice of meeting and information circular dated November 6, 2025 and considered at the AGSM, including the following: 1. Setting the number of directors of the Company at three ; 2. Robert Rosner, Steve Cozine and Luis Martins were elected as the directors of the Company until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the meeting or until their successor is appointed; 3. Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Accountants were re-appointed as the Company's auditor for the ensuing year; and 4. the Company's stock option plan was ratified and approved by ordina...

Rio2 Ltd. is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced and upsized bought deal financing of 86,094,750 subscription receipts of the Company , at a price per Subscription Receipt of C$2.22, for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of C$191,130,345, or approximately US$138 million, which included the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. The net proceeds of the Equity Financing will be used to address the cash consideration of the acquisition of the Condestable Mine , and for general corporate and working capital purposes. The Equity Financing was underwritten by Raymond James Ltd. , Stifel Canada, and BMO Capital Markets , the co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners . The net proceeds from the Equity Financing will be held in escrow pending satisf...

Cupani Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it closed a first tranche of the previously announced non-brokered private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of C$2,051,224.18 comprised of the issuance of 11,721,281 flow-through units of the Company at $0.175 per FT Unit. Each FT Unit consisted of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant of the Company , each Warrant exercisable at $0.30 at any time prior to the day that is 24 months from the Closing Date, subject to the terms and provisions of an acceleration clause. The FT Share and one-half Warrant comprising the FT Units will qualify as a "flow-through share" for purposes of the Income Tax Act . The gross proceeds from the Offering will be used by the Company on its 100% owned Blue ...