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Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. is pleased to report that it has appointed Manuele Lazzarotto, Ph.D., as President and Chief Operating Officer . ?Mr. Lazzarotto has over a decade of experience in the mineral exploration industry, taking projects from inception to defined deposits. He has extensive experience in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and gold systems in Canada. Most recently, Mr. Lazzarotto has acted as Chief Geologist, instrumental in the discovery of Goliath Resources' Surebet Discovery from 2019 to 2025. He holds a BSc and an MSc in Earth Sciences from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and a PhD in Metamorphic Petrology from the University of Calgary, Canada. Dan Stuart, CEO of Juggernaut Exploration, states: "Having Manuele Lazzarotto, with his proven track record of s...

McFarlane Lake Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that exploration Drilling has commenced at its 100%-owned Juby Gold Project, located west of Gowganda, Ontario, within the southern part of the "Prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt". "Commencing drilling at Juby is an important milestone for McFarlane as we begin a meaningful exploration program on one of the largest gold systems in the southern Abitibi," said Mark Trevisiol, President and CEO of McFarlane Lake Mining Limited. "With up to 13,000 metres planned across multiple zones, including priority targets at Golden Lake and Juby, this program is designed to expand known mineralization and test the project's depth and strike potential. We believe Juby offers significant upside, and this drilling campaign is a key step toward u...

American Tungsten Corp. announced that it has completed the initial drillhole at the Company's IMA mine project and reports presence of hubnerite and scheelite tungsten mineralization over multiple core intercepts. The Phase 1 drilling program, as described in the Company's press release on December 02, 2025, is focused on five priority exploration targets consisting of the No. 5 and No. 7 Vein systems, the IMA West Vein, the Eastern Vein, and the Main IMA Vein. The program was designed to systematically test multiple sheeted tungsten veins up-dip and along strike of historical resources defined on the "D-Level" of the IMA mine. The objective of the Company's Phase 1 program is to further delineate these historically identified tungsten vein systems and address compelling low...

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. announces the pricing of a public equity offering of 8,333,334 common shares of the Company at a price of US$2.40 per Share for gross proceeds of US$20 million . Maxim Group LLC is acting as sole placement agent for the Offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for procurement of long-lead equipment, to initiate certain construction activities, and to cover detailed engineering and indirect costs for the Matawinie Mine project, to fund engineering activities to deliver an AACE class 3 estimate for the 13ktpy Bécancour Battery Material Plant project, and to fund general working capital and corporate expenditures. The Common Shares to be offered under the Offering will be offered solely in the United States pursuant to a...

Survey results will enhance effective drill targeting in early 2026 Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that Peter E. Walcott and Associates Limited have completed a detailed, 4.3 square kilometer induced polarization survey over key portions of its Maestro property. Quartz is targeting exciting precious metal mineral systems that occur up to several kilometers outboard of the large Lone Pine molybdenum deposit, all within the extensive Maestro Property. The goal of the IP survey is to outline sulphide systems both near surface and to depths of up to 500 meters associated with mineralization discovered in and outboard of the Prodigy gold-silver zone and over additional important scale deposit targets on the Maestro Property. The IP data is currently being pr...

Orogen Royalties Inc. is pleased to announce an exploration update on the Ermitaño gold mine forming part of the Santa Elena mine complex in Sonora Mexico, operated by First Majestic Silver Corp. . 1 Orogen holds a cash-flowing 2% net smelter return royalty on the 167 square-kilometre Ermitaño concession. Exploration Update Highlights Exploration drilling at the Navidad area includes EWUG-25-078 grading 5.8 grams per tonne gold and 126 g/t silver over 8.0 metres and 4.88 g/t gold and 50 g/t silver over 4.6 metres Resource conversion drilling at the Ermitano-Luna area includes hole EWUG-25-074 grading 5.04 g/t gold and 126 g/t silver over 5.4 metres New drilling from at the Navidad vein area has extended gold and silver mineralization to over 1,200 metres on stri...

Domestic Metals Corp. - provides a 2025 Year End Update. Gord Neal, CEO of Domestic Metals Corp.: "2025 was a year of team organization and readying Domestic for a major porphyry discovery program at the Smart Creek Copper Porphyry Project in Montana. I can't tell you how excited I am that we are one step closer to drill success. I see 2026 as a pivotal and transformational year for Domestic Metals and thank our shareholders for their support in closing two placements in 2025 allowing us to further the project by running a targeted geophysics program followed by a diamond drill program in Q1, 2026." Domestic Metals Review and Update The Smart Creek Copper Porphyry Project, acquired in August 2024, is a joint venture with Rio Tinto, where Rio will retain 40% of the asset. Rio ...

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...