Independence Gold Corp. is pleased to announce assay results from the Ian and Johnny Vein Systems as well as the commencement of its 2025 summer exploration program at the 3Ts Project, located in the Nechako Plateau of central British Columbia. The summer program is designed to advance and refine several underexplored vein systems and high-priority geophysical anomalies for potential future drilling. Located approximately 185 kilometres southwest of Prince George, British Columbia, the 3Ts Project comprises thirty-one mineral claims covering approximately 35,486 hectares in the Nechako Plateau region. The project lies 16 km southwest of Artemis Gold Inc.'s Blackwater Mine and hosts a low-sulphidation epithermal quartz-carbonate vein district within which at leas...

American Critical Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has appointed Kenneth Taylor as Strategic Advisor with immediate effect. Kenneth Taylor is an expert in Salt Minerals and Evaporite Deposits and has worked for over 20 years in the States of Utah and New Mexico. Ken was with Intrepid Potash Inc. for 12 years in a number of roles including as part of Senior Management, latterly as Vice President of Business Development. He has also consulted to a number of entities in Utah and for the last 8 years has been in senior positions with Redmond Minerals focused primarily on its Mineral Salt Products and is its Chief Financial Officer. Ken has process, regulatory, finance, sales, and research experience across a broad range of evaporite minerals including s...

E3 Lithium is pleased to announce that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects independent technical report for its Garrington District project. The Garrington Report titled "NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Garrington District Lithium Resource Estimate" is dated July 18, 2025, has an effective date of June 25, 2025, and the mineral resource estimate was previously disclosed by E3 Lithium in its June 25, 2025, press release titled "E3 Lithium Outlines an Inaugural Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 5.0 Mt LCE for the Garrington District". There are no material changes in the Garrington Report from the results disclosed in t...

Vanguard Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that the Company is preparing for upcoming site visits by the Company's technical team for core review and analysis in preparation for a maiden NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Company's Yuty Prometeo Uranium Project in the uranium-rich Parana Basin in southeastern Paraguay. Figure 1: Core Boxes to be reviewed during site visit Click Image To View Full Size Figure 2: Core Boxes to be reviewed during site visit The four concessions - including the three San Jose and one Yuty Uno concession - collectively span approximately 90,000 hectares within the Paraná Basin, which is host to a number of known uranium deposits, including the adjacent Uranium Energy Corp.'s Yuty Deposit, which contains an Indicated resource o...

Cruz Battery Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that its board of directors has approved a strategic initiative to diversify a portion of the company's free cash into select crypto assets. This decision is part of Cruz's ongoing commitment to enhancing shareholder value by exploring innovative, forward-looking investment avenues aligned with emerging global trends. While Cruz remains committed to its core focus on battery metals exploration in the United States-particularly lithium and cobalt-this diversification strategy is intended to strengthen the company's balance sheet by gaining exposure to digital assets with long-term growth potential. "We believe this strategic step reflects our proactive approach to capital management," said James Nelson, President of Cruz Battery...

- Summer 2025 campaign will test high-priority niobium and rare earth element targets across 1.8 km anomaly Apex Critical Metals Corp. , a Canadian exploration company focused on strategic critical metals, is pleased to announce the arrival of a Hydracore 2000 heli-portable drill rig with crews now mobilizing to the Cap Project in preparation for the Company's fully funded 2025 summer drill campaign. The Cap Project, located 85 km northeast of Prince George, British Columbia, is host to a rare carbonatite complex with strong niobium and rare earth element mineralization. The upcoming program will include up to 1,500 metres of helicopter-supported NQ core drilling, targeting a 1.8-kilometre mineralized trend identified during the Company's 2024 exploration campaign. Drill prog...

Star Copper Corp. , a critical minerals exploration and development company announced today that concurrent to its summer drill program it has successfully completed an important field program at the Copper Creek target area located within the Company's wholly owned Star Project in northwestern British Columbia's golden triangle. In addition to the Star Main discovery, historical exploration now confirmed by the Company, has identified at least four additional "fingers" surrounding the Star Main discovery that may each hold significant and complementary discoveries of their own. If successful, the current campaign could prove the entire Star Project as an expansive, mineralized system and deposit. Located approximately two kilometers to the southeast of the current drilling c...

Thor Explorations Ltd. is pleased to announce initial drilling results from its maiden drilling campaign at its 100% owned Guitry Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire. During May and June 2025, Thor completed an initial 3,000 metre reverse circulation drilling program at Guitry and has received initial assay results from the program. The objective of the program was to gain a better understanding of both the geometry and geological controls on gold mineralisation based on a new interpretation of the historic drilling results obtained by Endeavour Mining, the historical owner of the asset. The assay results received to date from this drilling program include the following highlights: Drillhole GURC25-208 - 14m at 2.59 grammes per tonne of gold from surface Drillhole GURC25-209 - 4m a...

District Metals Corp. ; is pleased to announce that MWH Geo-Surveys International Inc. has been retained to conduct a detailed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle radiometric and magnetic survey at the Ardnasvarre, Sågtjärn, and Nianfors Properties located in Norrbottens, Jämtland, Västernorrland, and Gävleborgs Counties, Sweden. Garrett Ainsworth, CEO of District, commented: "Much of the Ardnasvarre, Sågtjärn, and Nianfors Properties are covered by a thin veneer of glacial overburden, which has never seen a detailed radiometric or magnetic survey. The UAV will fly relatively low to the ground with a tight line spacing of 25 or 50 m that will give us very detailed data allowing us to see subtle radiometric and magnetic anomalies. "The radiometric data from this survey will help identify u...

Vanadium Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Vanadium Resources Limited , has executed a binding Magnetite Ore Supply Agreement with China Precious Asia Limited , for the offtake of vanadium-rich magnetite DSO from VR8's world-class Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project in Limpopo, South Africa. The Agreement follows the recently announced Memorandum of Understanding between VanRes & CPAL and represents a significant step in VR8's strategy to move towards production and generate early cash flow from its fully permitted asset. HIGHLIGHTS - Vanadium Resources Ltd , a subsidiary of VR8, has signed a binding two-year offtake agreement with China Precious Asia Limited , for the supply of vanadium-rich magnetite Direct Shipping Ore , from the world-class Steelpoor...

American Copper Development Corp. announces a non-brokered private placement of up to 5,350,000 units at a price of CAD$0.225 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CAD$1,203,750. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share of the Company and one transferable Share purchase warrant , with each Warrant exercisable to purchase one additional common share of the Company at a price of CAD$0.30 per Warrant Share for a period of 18 months from the closing date of the Private Placement. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement for general working capital purposes. The Private Placement is subject to the approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange , and all securities issued under the Private Placement will be subject to a statutory hold period of...

Aura Minerals Inc. today announced that S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its outlook on the Company's global and national scale credit ratings outlook to positive from stable, while affirming its B+ global scale long-term issuer credit rating and 'brAA' Brazilian national scale rating. According to S&P, the upgraded outlook reflects several key factors: the U.S. listing should allow accelerated growth for Aura without any increase in leverage; Aura track record of constructing small to medium projects and successfully turning around older assets; and record high gold prices that are propelling free operating cash flow amid the company's significant expansion capital expenditure program. Over the next 12 months, S&P also indicates the possibility of an upgrade if the...

NovaGold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Ali Erfan to serve on the Board effective immediately. Mr. Erfan's ascension will fill the vacancy left by the departure of director Diane Garrett. "I am very pleased to welcome Ali Erfan to NOVAGOLD's Board", said Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan, NOVAGOLD's Chairman. "Mr. Erfan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a long-standing Vice-Chairman of The Electrum Group, investment adviser to Electrum Strategic Resources, which is the Company's largest shareholder and a global leader in precious metals mining, with multi-billion-dollar investments and operations in North America. I also wish to extend my deepest appreciation to Diane Garrett for her valued guidance an...