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Your Crystal Ball for 2023

No one, has a crystal ball when it comes to the future. But, we wanted to share how you may want to position ourself for the future.

#1 PURCHASE PHYISCAL PRECIOUS METALS

  • Why: As a Savings/Financial Insurance/Protection from Government Stupidity.
  • Where to Buy: Maurice Jackson: https://www.milesfranklin.com/faq-maurice/
  • Frequency: Every 2 Weeks.
  • Percentage of Portfolio: Minimum 10%, but we hold approximately 35% in our portfolio.
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GREAT FOUNDATIONAL READINGS:

  • Methodology: Using the Ratio’s.
  • Dow:Gold Ratio is indicating that Gold is on sale relative to the Dow. When the ratio is between 4-5, it is more favorable to be in general equities and real estate. At present the ratio is 1 share of the Dow = 18 oz of Gold.
  • Looking further, Silver and Platinum are on sale relative to Gold.
  • Gold:Silver Ratio At present 1 oz of Gold = 76.5 oz of Silver. When the ratio is between 45-54 trade your Silver in for Gold. Note: Silver Eagles have demanded a significant premium the past 8 months. Which actually reduced the Gold:Silver Ratio inside the 45-54 range.
  • Platinum:Gold Ratio: At present .59 oz of Platinum is = 1 oz of Gold. When the ratio is equal to and or greater than 1, trade your Platinum in for Gold.
  • A great resource on the power of Ratio’s and when to buy and sell is: Bob Moriarty’s: Nobody Knows Anything (Must Read)!
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#2 ROYALTY AND PROJECT GENERATORS

  • Royalty and Project Generators use a unique business model relative to their mining industry peers.
  • Why: They tend to outperform mining exploration companies accretively (Highlighted Below):

ROYALTY COMPANIES: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/how-precious-metals-royalty-and-streaming-companies-create-value

PROJECT GENERATORS: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/project-generators-exploration-risk-lower-cost/

#3 JUNIOR MINING/EXPLORATION COMPANIES

  • These companies are most speculative and offer tremendous upside and conversely a lot of downside. We are biased and are active buyers of our partner/advertisers found (Here). For a deeper dive into the mining/exploration industry: (Must Reads):
  • What Became of the Crow by Bob Moriarty
  • Mineral Exploration and Mining Essentials by Robert Stevens
Mineral Exploration and Mining, Proven and Probable

EXPLORATION COMPANIES: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mineral-exploration-roadmap/

#4 HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE

  • Commit your future to paper. Not having a plan, is a plan. A foolish one, but is a plan. If you don’t have a plan for your savings and investments someone else does. SCHEDULE YOUR PATH.
  • Be willing to study each of the aforementioned. Don’t believe the hype! Don’t get mislead by fancy thumbnails, price predictions, and narratives on manipulation. Is there manipulation? Yes, in every market! Don’t complain about manipulation, learn to leverage manipulation in your favor by realizing you are being offered a discounted price!
  • Be pragmatic, and be patient. Your competition is never patient. They want to price to rise on their schedule, which was yesterday. They will be your best friends, because they have have fast hands and love to sell at the wrong time. If the price goes down, and nothing fundamental has changed with management, the project/s, and or results, there is your buying opportunity!!!
  • Very few investors/speculators are in this space, you don’t have much competition. The best way to beat your competition in this space, is not to follow the herd. Remember, no one get’s it right all the time, you just need to be better than your competition.
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Copper Is Heading For New Highs- A Bullish Trend In Nevada Copper (NEVDF)

  • Copper corrected from the May record high and made higher lows
  • Four reasons the copper bull will take the price to new highs
  • Impressive price action in the face of Chinese selling
  • Nevada Copper- Three reasons why NEVDF is could outperform percentage gains in the nonferrous metal
  • Bull markets rarely move in straight lines- The next leg for the copper bull has begun

When Goldman Sachs called copper “the new oil” in April 2021, the price was on its way to a new record high at nearly $4.90 on the nearby COMEX futures contract. The world’s most active and liquid copper market on the London Metals Exchange reached a peak at over $10,700 per ton in May. Copper blew through the 2011 $4.6495 previous all-time peak as a hot knife goes through butter.

Even the most aggressive bull markets rarely move in straight lines. Corrections can be brutal when prices accelerate on the upside, reaching unsustainable short-term peaks.

Copper ran out of upside steam before touching the $4.90 per pound level on futures and $10,750 per ton level on LME forwards. The price fell just below the $4 level in August, three months after reaching the high. Copper was still “the new oil” when the price dropped, and the world’s leading copper consumer was hoping it would continue to fall. China has done everything to push copper’s price lower, but the red metal has exhibited remarkable resilience.

Meanwhile, Nevada Copper Corporation (NEVDF) has been working day and night to ramp up production and transform its balance sheet. The market has rewarded the company as the share price has been steadily increasing since the beginning of October.

Mining companies provide investors with leveraged exposure to a commodity as they tend to outperform the price action on the upside and underperform during corrections. Junior mining companies can magnify the leverage. Copper’s recent explosive move suggests that new highs are on the horizon. NEVDF has the potential to do even better on a percentage basis as the company ramps up its production of the red industrial metal.  

Copper corrected from the May record high and made higher lows Copper futures ran out of steam at just below the $4.90 level, with the LME forwards moving the $10,747.50 per ton level for the first time. The May highs led to a substantial correction that briefly took COMEX futures below $4 per pound in August.

Source: CQG The chart shows the decline from $4.8985 in May to a low of $3.9615 in mid-August, a 19.1% correction. COMEX futures made higher lows of $4.0220, $4.0545, and $4.1140 in late September and early October before blasting off on the upside to over the $4.70 level as of October 15.

Source: Barchart

The chart illustrates the decline from $10,747.50 on May 10 to a low of $ 8,740 per ton on August 19 as copper forwards corrected by 18.7%. Copper then made higher lows at $8,810 on September 21 and $8,876.50 on October 1 before exploding higher to the $10,281 level on October 15.

Four reasons the copper bull will take the price to new highs

The four leading factors supporting a continuation of new and higher highs in the copper market are:

  • Rising inflation– CPI rose by 5.4% in September, once again exceeding expectations. While the Fed will likely begin tapering quantitative easing, tapering is not tightening. Moreover, fiscal stimulus continues as the multi-trillion budget will pump more inflationary stimulus into the economy.
  • Building demand– The infrastructure rebuilding package in the US will increase copper requirements for construction projects to rebuild the crumbling roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, and government buildings over the coming years. Moreover, China’s copper requirements will continue to increase as the world’s most populous country builds infrastructure.
  • Decarbonization– Addressing climate change boosts copper demand. As Goldman Sachs said in April, decarbonization does not occur without copper, making the metal “the new oil.” Copper requirements for EVs, wind turbines, and other clean energy projects is a multi-decade affair for the red metal.
  • Supply shortages– Copper mining companies are scrambling to find new supply sources. Production can’t keep pace with demand- It takes eight to ten years to bring new copper mining projects on stream. BHP, a leading global mining company, is in talks with Ivanhoe Mines for participation in the Western Foreland exploration area in the politically dicey Democratic Republic of the Congo.  

Bull markets tend to experience severe selloffs. China has attempted to cool off the bullish copper and other nonferrous metals markets. The world’s leading copper consumer has the most to lose from runaway prices on the upside.

Impressive price action in the face of Chinese selling

On September 1, China auctioned 150,000 tons of copper, aluminum, and zinc from strategic stockpiles, which was the third auction sale since early July, attempting to temper the market’s bullish price action. The market had expected the sales. Copper rallied to the highest level since early August on September 13, with many other base metals following the red metal higher. The price then retreated, but copper made a higher low on September 21. The Chinese auction to cool off the rally put 80,000 tons of copper, 210,00 tons of aluminum, and 130,000 tons of zinc into the market since early July. Since the day of the first auction, copper, aluminum, and zinc prices all posted gains. Imagine where prices might be if China did not sell from its strategic stocks.

In early October, China auctioned the fourth round of base metals, lifting the total sales to 570,000 metric tons. Copper and all the base metals posted explosive gains after the latest auction. China is selling copper, aluminum, and zinc from its strategic stockpiles. The attempt to stem price appreciation makes the Chinese a buyer of the metals on price weakness to replace its stocks. However, the auctions have not had the desired impact on price. The price action has been more than impressive in the face of the sales.

While BHP looks towards the DRC and other regions for new copper supplies, Nevada Copper is making significant headway on its production project in a highly stable political and economic environment in the United States. Moreover, Nevada is a state that continues to encourage mining activity and is rich in red metal reserves.

Nevada Copper- Three reasons why NEVDF has the potential to outperform percentage gains in the nonferrous metal

Nevada Copper (NEVDF) has made great strides over the past weeks and months. A successful junior mining company is positioned best to profit during a bull market in the commodity it extracts from the earth’s crust. Three factors support the price of NEVDF shares as copper has taken off on the upside again:

Factor one: Turing the corner on operations in Q3- On October 6, NEVDF provided an update on operational performance at the company’s underground mine at its Pumpkin Hollow project, noting:

  • Copper in concentrate produced during September increased by 265% compared to August, driven by higher stope production. Approximately 30,386 tons of ore processing yielded 682 tons of copper concentrate at an average grade of 22%, reflecting 150 tons of copper output.
  • Stoping is the process of extracting the desired ore or mineral from an underground mine, leaving open space called a stope. Stoping at Pumpkin Hollow significantly accelerated since mid-August, with the second and third stope panels fully mined and a fourth stope panel currently being mined. Further stopes are planned for October and November, and the high-grade Sugar Cube zone to be mined during the final months of 2021.
  • NEVDF experienced the highest monthly development footage achieved since April 2021 in September, with a 12% increase over August. Approximately 750 lateral equivalent feet were advanced in September.

Outgoing Interim CEO Mike Brown said, “I am very pleased to see the improved trajectory in our production ramp-up and a recovery in productivities. The increased ore production was a key objective for September, and together with the improving productivities on-site, along with the ongoing management strengthening, provide further confidence in the mine ramp-up.”

Randy Buffington, a veteran mining executive with previous management experience at Barrick, Placer Dome, and Cominco, is taking over as President and CEO at Nevada Copper.

Factor two: On October 12, NEVDF announced it had agreed with its senior project lender and concluded a non-binding term sheet with its largest shareholder to provide additional financing and a significant deferral and extension of its debt facilities. The move offers Nevada Copper greater balance sheet flexibility and support for the ramp-up of its underground mining operations and advancement of its open-pit project and broader property exploration targets. The highlights of the more flexible financing arrangement include:

  • Two-year deferral of first loan repayments scheduled to begin in July 2025.
  • Extension of loan amortization with the final maturity pushed to July 2029.
  • Deferral of the formal long stop date for the project as the completion test was deferred to June 2023.
  • All outstanding shareholder loans were consolidated under an amended existing shareholder credit facility.
  • A two-year extension to maturity data until 2026 with no scheduled payments before final maturity.
  • An increase of $41 million in additional liquidity under the amended credit facility.

Randy Buffington, NEVDF’s new CEO, said, “These combined balance sheet improvements provide significant additional runway for the Company as we move forward to complete the ramp-up of our underground operations. The ongoing support of two of our major stakeholders provides further validation of the significant inherent value of our copper operations in Nevada and allows us to continue to pursue the growth potential embedded within our asset base.”

Factor three: NEVDF’s value proposition is compelling when compared to peers. The chart shows NEVDF’s market cap versus its enterprise value compared to other diversified metals and mining companies with similar market caps:

Source: Seeking Alpha

As the chart highlights, the enterprise value is over 2.2 times the current $173.53 million market cap, leading to plenty of upside room for NEVDF shares. There is plenty of room for growth as the enterprise value will rise with output from the underground and open-pit mining operations over the coming months and years. According to data from Seeking Alpha, at 97 cents per share on October 15, NEVDF had a $173.53 million market cap. The average daily volume in the past 15 trading days from all exchanges stood at just over 2,500,000 shares.

Source: Barchart

The chart shows the rise from 38.78 cents on October 1 to a high of 99.2 cents per share on October 14. NEVDF shares closed not far from the high at 96.56 cents on Friday, October 15.

The trend in copper and NEVDF is bullish, and the trend is always your best friend in markets.

Bull markets rarely move in straight lines- The next leg for the copper bull has begun

Bull markets can be bucking broncos as corrections are often downdrafts in prices. Copper’s decline from nearly $4.90 to below $4 and recovery to over $4.70 on October 15 is a bullish sign for the red metal.

Copper’s strength, along with the other base metals in the face of Chinese stockpiling selling, has been more than impressive and is a testament to the bullish factors that are likely to push the price higher. Goldman Sachs expects LME copper forwards to reach the $15,000 per ton level by 2025, putting COMEX futures over $6.80 per pound. Other analysts see the price rising to as high as $20,000 per ton as decarbonization will keep demand outpacing supplies.

Bull markets often take prices far higher than analysts believe possible before they peak. As the world searches for more copper to meet the rising demand, Nevada Copper’s mines are in the most economically and politically stable region of the world. NEVDF shares may have just begun to rally as the price threatens to move over the $1 per share level.

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HOT CHILI | Releases Maiden Cortadera Resource Adds 451Mt grading 0.46%CuEq*


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Hot Chili is one of the top ASX listed copper developers with a Leading Global Copper Project with 2.9Mt copper, 2.7Moz gold, 9.9Moz Silver and 64kt molybdenum – Costa Fuego

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Find Out Why Rio Tinto just entered into a $45,000,000 Earn-in Agreement with this Explorer

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In this exclusive interview, Ryan King the VP for Corporate Development and Investor Relations for Calibre Mining shares the value proposition the company presents to the Market. Calibre Mining is a multi-asset gold producer focused on execution and building sustainable value for our shareholders, communities we operate in, and all stakeholders. The company has completed a series of successive accretive transactions for their shareholders which we will address throughout the interview.
First, we will discuss the $45 Million Dollar Earn-In Agreement with Rio Tinto on Calibre’s Borosi Projects which host both gold-silver and copper-gold resources in two areas as well as multiple lesser explored copper-gold skarns, low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver vein systems and bulk tonnage copper-gold porphyry targets. Second, we will discuss B2Gold And Calibre Mining joininig forces in Nicaragua on the El Limon and La Libertad Gold Mines in addition to completed a CDN$100 Million Equity Financing. Finally, we discuss the expansive, ambitious 40,000 Metre diamond core drilling exploration program that Calibre will be embarking upon on the aforementioned El Limon and La Libertad gold mines. Discover why the value proposition of Calibre Mining is extremely compelling!


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Ethos Gold Corp. Announces Amended Terms & Increases Size of Flow-Through Financing to Raise $1.5 Million

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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 28, 2019) – Ethos Gold Corp. (TSXV:ECC) (“Ethos” or the “Company“) announces that it has revised the terms and size of the non-brokered private placement announced September 20, 2019. Ethos is now proceeding with a flow-through offering to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,512,000 by the issuance of up to 5,600,000 units (each a “FT Unit”) at a price of $0.27 per FT Unit (the “FT Offering”). Each FT Unit will comprise one flow-through common share (a “FT Share”) and one half of one non flow-through common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will be exercisable at a price of $0.30 into one common share for a period of two years from the date of issuance. The FT Shares will qualify as “flow-through shares” within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

For more details click below. If you are qualified and want to participate please reference Proven & Probable and contact the following:

Sherman Dahl

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Corporate Communications
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Email: tmartin@ethosgold.com


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NEVADA COPPER Company on Target to U.S. Copper Production by Q4 2019

Matt Gili the CEO, President, and Director of Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU | OTC: NEVDF) sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss the value proposition of Nevada Copper, which is on target for U.S. production in Q4 2019. Mr. Gili, provides updates on the flagship Pumpkin Hollow Project, which hosts both an underground and open-pit deposits. We provide an overview on the supply an demand fundamentals on Copper, where a prudent speculator may position themselves to take advantage of the copper supply deficit.

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Source: Maurice Jackson for Streetwise Reports  (3/18/19)

Maurice JacksonMatt Gili, CEO of Nevada Copper, talks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company’s progress in beginning copper production by the end of the year.

Pumpkin Hollow

Pumpkin Hollow
Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Matt Gili, president, CEO and director of Nevada Copper Corp. (NCU:TSX), which is on target to U.S. copper production by Q4 2019.
Nevada Copper has a number of successes to share with reader. But, before you share the unique value preposition of Nevada Copper, Mr. Gili, for readers who may not be familiar with the supply and demand fundamentals regarding copper, please provide us with a 10,000-foot overview.

Matt Gili: When you look at the copper fundamentals, we see a very steady and predictable increase in demand of copper, modest amount, 1.5% per year. We see the move towards electrification of vehicles consuming more copper. We see other things that are offsetting that, but overall, a steady predictable 1.5% increase in the global demand for copper. Where the story really gets exciting, from the Nevada Copper standpoint, is with regards to the supply for copper. What we’re seeing is a lot of restrictions in future supply. We’re seeing a lot of difficulties on bringing on a future supply and backed up by work done by Wood Mackenzie and others, we’re projecting that by 2025, the world will be in a supply deficit of upwards of 6 million tonnes of copper per year. This just really supports what we’re doing in Nevada Copper in setting up the next copper mine.
Maurice Jackson: Now that we have an overview of the supply and demand fundamentals for copper, Matt, let’s discuss how someone listening may position himself prudently as a beneficiary. For someone new to the story, can you give us a very quick overview of Nevada Copper?

Matt Gili: Certainly. Nevada Copper, who’s Nevada Copper? We have an asset in Nevada called Pumpkin Hollow. This is our chief asset. It consists of two deposits: an underground deposit and an open-pit deposit for copper. We’re currently in the construction phase for the underground project with production from that underground project coming online later this year. I think we’ll talk more about that later. Regarding the open pit, we’re currently in the process of wrapping up the prefeasibility study for the open pit. You’ll see that being published in April of this year. Then, we have a regional land package of well over 15,000 acres that we are looking at really understanding, really unlocking the full value from that land package. That’s really Nevada Copper, building a copper mine coming into production later this year, with a lot of expansion into an open-pit mine, as well as regional exploration.

Maurice Jackson: Let’s provide readers the latest updates on Nevada Copper, as the company has been very proactive on a number of fronts. Please provide us with an update on the construction progress. I would like to begin with the multi-million dollar question, are we on track to enter production in Q4 of this year?
Matt Gili: Yes, Maurice, we are on track to enter production in Q4 of this year. We are very proud of that. The team’s doing a fantastic job. We have construction activities both on surface with Sedgman building the process plants, as well as underground cementation, both sinking shaft and doing lateral development on our main shaft. All that’s coming together very nicely. We are absolutely on track for commissioning of the plant in the fourth quarter of this year.
Maurice Jackson: As Nevada Copper is preparing for production this year, have you increased your staffing to meet the growing demands?
Matt Gili: That’s a really good question and yes, we have. We’ve increased our staffing. It’s an operational readiness question that you’re asking. This is where I want to stress to you and readers that this concept of operational readiness is foremost in our thoughts and how we’re planning for really becoming, not just building a great mine, but operating a great mine. When you look at the staffing, so far, our staffing, by design, is quite modest. We’re looking at a total workforce of Nevada Copper employees of around 30. That is because this is our model, a very lean, efficient operation. We utilize high-quality, expert service providers as necessary, to make sure that we are operating very efficiently.
Maurice Jackson: Is Nevada Copper still actively recruiting and if so, what positions?
Matt Gili: Yes, we are actively recruiting. Most of our positions open are technical and specialist positions, and would be part of the management team. I absolutely encourage anyone interested in what we’re recruiting for to contact the Nevada Copper website. You’ll see the complete listing of opening jobs there, as well as information on how to apply for any of these positions if you’re interested.
Maurice Jackson: Pumpkin Hollow is unique in that you have both an underground and an open-pit mine. Let’s discuss exploration and expansion potential. What initiatives is Nevada Copper taking to optimize the full potential of the Pumpkin Hollow project?

Matt Gili: We are in the process of constructing the underground, which has a large amount of upside potential. We’ll really only explore that upside potential when we’re underground, after we’re in production. We really look forward to updates on that front in 2020, and the reason for that is very simple. It’s just much more efficient to drill out the prospective areas of the underground from the underground; the holes are shorter. It’s just much easier. That’s really where the underground sits right now, in a holding pattern as far as expansion potential. When you look at the open pit, that’s where a lot of great energy is going into expanding the open pit, understanding the open pit better, really getting that ore body knowledge to allow you to build a world-class operation. That is part of the PFS, which is coming out in April of this year.

That PFS will include the drilling campaign that we completed in 2018, the 26 hole drilling campaign. It will include those results in the resource model. That’s going to give you an even better idea of the full potential of the open pit. The real excitement that we have is with regards to the region itself, a large region, relatively unexplored, but with large amounts of historical copper production, as well as great physical outcroppings of copper mineralization. This is really where we’re going to focus our efforts during 2019, to really get a chance, now that we’ve tied up this land package, to understand what we have.
Maurice Jackson: Speaking of the region, there was a regional survey conducted that led you to staking more land. Can you share the results with us?

Matt Gili: We staked a section a land that we refer to as the Teddy Boy Claims. This is about 5,700 acres of land to our northeast. We are very glad to have this in our portfolio. The criteria for that selection was we brought together experts on this region and experts in copper mineralization. They identified that as a really prospective area and where we should be really focused on. We’ve staked that land, secured it for our ability to explore over the next several years.
Maurice Jackson: Does Nevada Copper plan to drill the new area at some point this year?
Matt Gili: We plan on drilling this year. I really haven’t put out the entire drill program for 2019. We’re still pulling that together and analyzing where to best spend the monies we have available for exploration. We would like to drill that this year. Some more prospective holes, really not an in-depth blanket campaign, but probe a few really interesting areas over there and get a better idea for the drill campaign.
Maurice Jackson: It’s one thing to have tonnage and grade, but you must equally have astute business acumen to make the numbers work. Now, Nevada Copper is in discussions regarding an ECA-backed project finance facility to further optimize the balance sheet, as well as lining up a working capital facility and further offtake agreements to improve the economics of Pumpkin Hollow. Please provide us with the details.
Matt Gili: You kind of said it all. I can’t really provide you with any more details, but I can surely stress what you’ve just said, Maurice. We are in discussions with this export, credit agency style backed project financing. This is going to provide us the opportunity to substantially reduce the cost of our debt service, as well as attract strong and robust financial partners for potential future open-pit developments. Something we’re very excited about and it’s part of really creating Nevada Copper as a world-class company.
Maurice Jackson: Let’s get into some numbers. Please share your capital structure.

Matt Gili: The capital structure is well defined. We have $8 million in long-term debt. We have $153 million of cash or cash equivalents. When you look at the financing package specifically for the underground, we’re fully financed, including the working capital facility to take us through operation ramp up. The inputs into that are an equity raise that we did in the middle of last year, as well as a streaming deposit with regards to a stream arrangement on the precious metals strictly from the underground deposit. We also have a $25-million subordinated debt package. Really a standby loan facility that we can use if necessary.
Maurice Jackson: In closing, I have a multilayered question. What is the next unanswered question for Nevada Copper? When can we expect a response? What determines success?
Matt Gili: I would not classify our successful completion of underground construction and bringing them in operation as an unanswered question. That is going to happen, and I’m very proud of the activities that have happened so far. The real unanswered question for the investors out there, is what is the true potential of the open pit? There’s been a lot of great work done, a lot of exploration done, last year. That’s all been incorporated. I’m really going to be excited when the PFS is released and we can share the details of the open pit potential with the public. They are going to be very impressed and they’re going to see the picture. They’re going to see what we see when we get so excited about Nevada Copper.
Maurice Jackson: Speaking of the prefeasibility study, give us a timeline on that, sir.
Matt Gili: We’ll release that in April. I’m being careful. I don’t want to be too specific. It will be in April of this year. Next month.
Maurice Jackson: Mr. Gili, last question. What did I forget to ask?
Matt Gili: Maurice, forget to ask? You’re always very thorough, so I wouldn’t say you forgot to ask anything. What I would say is I want to reiterate something that we at Nevada Copper have been thinking about over the last month. Unfortunately, for the world, the last month has been a month marred with tragedies, with risk and with unexpected events. What we’re really stressing, with Nevada Copper, is the risk management of Nevada Copper. We are an operation that is on private land. We’re not waiting for any permits. We’re not waiting for records of decision. We’re utilizing EPC contractors, who have that fixed price nature, reduced risks. We’re building a dry stack tailing facility. We’ll never have a wet tailing storage facility at Pumpkin Hollow.  We’re doing this all with a proven, experienced team of mine builders and operators. Really wrapping that up, that concept of low risk, risk mitigation. We are going to build and operate the next mine and there’s very little risk to that execution.
Maurice Jackson: Matt, if investors want to get more information about Nevada Copper, please share the website address.
Matt Gili: Absolutely, www.nevadacopper.com. We love to get your input. You’ll see our investor presentationsthere in our latest news. Let us know what you think.
Maurice Jackson: For our audience, we wish to remind you that Nevada Copper trades on the TSX symbol, NCU, and on the OTC symbol NEVDF. For additional inquiries, please contact Richard Matthews at (877) 648-8266 or you may email RMatthews@nevadacopper.com. Nevada Copper is a sponsor and we are proud shareholders for the virtues conveyed in today’s message.
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Matt Gili of Nevada Copper, thank you for joining us today on Proven and Probable.
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(VIDEO) FISSION 3.0 Prospect Generator in Position for Uranium Turnaround

Ross McElroy the COO and Chief Geologist for Fission 3.0 (TSX.V: FUU | OTCQB: FISOF) sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss the value proposition of Fission 3.0 and their Property Bank. In this interview Mr. McElroy provides the macro economics for uranium and how one may allocate their uranium holdings in a Uranium Project Generator with a Property Bank with projects located in high-grade uranium districts, with proven management and technical team that has a 20 year history of delivering success to shareholders.

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Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Ross McElroy, the COO and chief geologist for Fission 3.0 Corp. (FUU:TSX.V; FISOF:OTC.MKTS): A Uranium Project Generator and Property Bank. Ross McElroy, glad to have you back on the program to share the value proposition of Fission 3.0. Before we begin, Ross, I’d like to begin with some basic fundamentals regarding uranium. For someone new to the uranium sector, what is uranium, and where is it used?
Ross McElroy: Uranium is really all about energy. The way we use uranium is for nuclear fuel. That’s basically the fuel that runs reactors.
Globally nuclear power constitutes between 15% and 20% of the electrical requirements. That’s really where the majority of the uranium is used. There is some uranium that’s used for strategic purposes on a country by country basis, more for the Department of Defense reasons. But really, the vast, vast majority of uranium is used to fuel nuclear reactors.
Maurice Jackson: Provide us with some metrics on how abundant uranium is in the Earth’s crust, and correlate that to the average grade that is found versus the grade that is needed to define an ore deposit in a future mine?
Ross McElroy: Well, uranium is actually one of the most abundant elements in the Earth. It’s kind of ubiquitous. You’ll see it throughout the Earth’s crust; there is trace amounts of uranium present primarily in volcanic and igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks.
On a deposit level, there’s actually a number of uranium deposits around the world, in every continent on the planet and in many countries. On a global basis, the average grade of a uranium deposit worldwide is around 0.1 to 0.15% U308.
Now, if you compare that to say, the deposits in Canada, they’re orders of magnitude higher grade in Canada. We’re talking orders of magnitude that are 10 to 20 times that of the global grade.
Although I’ve given you the average grade, most of those deposits at those lower grades, the average grades are really uneconomic deposits. We need grades that are generally much higher than the 0.1%–0.15% if it’s going to be an economic deposit. And that’s what Canada has. Canada has very high-grade deposits, so the economic metrics are just that much more attractive in Canada.
Maurice Jackson: Now that we’ve identified uranium’s utility, what can you share with us from a supply and demand perspective?

Ross McElroy: Well, it’s fairly simple to understand what the demand for nuclear energy is, in other words, uranium. We can just multiply the number of reactors around the world that are currently operating, and the known fuel consumption rate for a 1000 megawatt reactor is just under 500,000 pounds of uranium a year. If we look at the global reactors, there are around 450 reactors around the world. You can see that the need for uranium on an annual basis is around the realm of almost 200 million pounds of uranium.
Maurice Jackson: How does the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan, fit into this narrative?
Ross McElroy: Japan historically, up until the Fukushima event in 2011, was one of the main users on a country basis worldwide. Japan I think consumed almost 20% of the world’s nuclear power, in other words, 20% of the world’s annual production of uranium was used to run the Japanese reactors.
In 2011, of course, we had the magnitude 9 earthquake followed by a tsunami, and that’s what damaged the Fukushima facility. Interestingly enough, even with that magnitude of an earthquake and the soon-to-follow tsunami, the reactor still did not breach. The housing that surrounded the reactor was damaged, and this is where some of the radiation leaks came from, but the reactor itself actually held, and so the damage was actually very, very limited and manageable.
What happened is overnight, Japan shut down all of its nuclear reactors, in other words, all 52 reactors I think they had working at that time, went offline. That caused disruption to the supply/demand situation globally.
What’s happened since then is Japan is slowly coming back on. Japan’s alternatives for power are pretty limited as the country doesn’t have very much of its own resources, if any at all. It imports whatever energy that it needs, be it in natural gas now, in nuclear.
It’s important for Japan to be able to operate these factories that they’re running. I mean, it’s an exporting country around the world, so it does have high energy requirements. It also has the requirements for inexpensive power.
Japan is coming back on to the scene as far as nuclear power. There are eight reactors that are currently back up and operating, and 17 reactors that are in the near-term licensing for approval to get them restarted again.
I think the bottom line is, prior to Fukushima, Japan depended on nuclear energy for at least 25% of its electricity demands. I think by the time 2030 approaches, Japan is supposed to be right back up to those same levels. The country is coming back on, it has always been an important major consumer of nuclear power. I think we’ll see it right back to the equation again in the very near future.
Maurice Jackson: Uranium, next to gold, is known as the other yellow metal, and here’s why. Ross, let’s step back to the bull market in uranium. If one was selective with the uranium holdings, they would’ve had generational changes in their portfolio. What was the spot price during the last bull market?

Ross McElroy: Well, in 2002, uranium was around, I don’t know, about $15 a pound. This is on the spot market. That’s what uranium was trading for.
In 2003–2004, we really saw the lift off of the price of uranium. In fact, it peaked at 2007 to around $140 a pound. It went almost a 10-fold increase in the price of the commodity between 2003 and 2007. The peak at 140 didn’t last particularly long, but it had a slower decline until about 2008—2009, it stabilized, and then it peaked back up again.
Really, it was holding steady. I guess this is the point I would want to make, is that we were starting to see a steady state price of between $50 to $70 a pound, and then the Fukushima event hit that we talked about in 2011, and that really threw the whole pricing structure right out the window. We’ve been working on our recovery ever since.
Maurice Jackson: What is the spot price for uranium today?
Ross McElroy: Currently we’re about $28 a pound for uranium. It has recovered; we’re off the bottoms of $17, $18 a pound just a couple of years ago. Uranium is making its way back.
Maybe the important point here to note is we’re still at prices that the majority of mines around the world are not profitable. Even the lowest cost producers are really not operating in an environment where they can make money with uranium prices what they’re at right now.
What we’ve seen is that the supply is starting to be restricted as the producers are taking a lot of that uranium off market; they’re not supplying it to the utilities at this cheap price, because it’s not a working business model to lose money in the long run on the mining of the commodity.
We are seeing an improvement in the price of uranium, and it’s been about a year and a half in the making. It’s gone up from the $18 that I mentioned to about $28 a pound, but it certainly has a lot more room to move upwards even before we can start to get production back online to meaningful levels.
Maurice Jackson: What is that spot price that companies right now, uranium companies I should say, for them to earn their cost of capital? Is the number around $60 for a spot price of uranium?

Ross McElroy: I believe you are correct. We’re seeing prices that globally, they have to be in the $60 to $70 a pound really to bring on any meaningful production.
One of the clues that I look at when we look at the best uranium mines out there, the lowest cost producers, those would be McArthur River deposit in Canada’s Athabasca Basin in Northern Saskatchewan. That is one of the best uranium mines in the world, certainly the largest highest-grade operating mine. Cameco took that offline because of the prices of uranium where they were at, they weren’t making any money on the mining of this deposit.
There are some indications that Cameco won’t turn that mine back on into being a producer until the price of uranium is somewhat north of $40, maybe $45. Something in that realm.
I don’t have an exact number there, but it does tell you that if you’re going to even bring back the best of those deposits, you really need prices that are something of $40 to $45. As we mentioned earlier, the price for many of the other deposits around the world are probably closer to $60 or $70. You can see, there’s still lots of room for improvement.
Maurice Jackson: The current price of uranium does not support the fundamentals. What correlations do you see today that may exceed the returns from the last bull market?
Ross McElroy: Well, it’s sort of an elastic situation. I think that the longer that we keep depressed prices, yet the demand is still there and growing, reactors are being built, the need to fuel these reactors, that’s not stopping.
In fact, it’s growing. You have the primary suppliers of uranium, i.e., the mines that are not supplying it, the longer that the prices are low, the more rapid that climb will be in the price of uranium when it does correct.
I think there’s a possibility, as I’ve heard some analysts call it, a violent reaction upwards to the price of uranium. I think we’re going to see some substantial price increases within some short vision of time, maybe a year or two or three. Something in that realm that I think will be quite meaningful.
We’ll see what happens, but the longer it stays depressed, the more likely and quicker the rise will be when it does come.
Maurice Jackson: Ross, you’ve provided a compelling case on the fundamentals for uranium. I know readers may be asking, how will all of this demand for uranium be met? Mr. McElroy, please introduce us to Fission 3.0.
Ross McElroy: Fission 3.0 is a uranium explorer. This is a company that we spun out of Fission Uranium Corp. (FCU:TSX; FCUUF:OTCQX; 2FU:FSE), our larger company, back in 2014 when we bought out our partner on the Patterson Lake project, and in so doing with that process from that arrangement, we spun out our non-core assets, the more grassroots exploration projects.
We’ve been able to build up an exploration portfolio, primarily focused in the Athabasca Basin. Remember, the Athabasca Basin is Canada’s only producing uranium field. That’s where the McArthur River deposit is, this is where Fission Uranium has the Triple R deposit. There’s some fantastic deposits out there.
That’s what we’re exploring for in Fission 3.0. We’re looking for the next high-grade uranium deposit in the Athabasca Basin.
Maurice Jackson: You referenced that you’re a project generator. There’s a lot of ambiguity regarding project generators. Please share the virtues and why Fission 3.0 took on the project generator business model?
Ross McElroy: Project generators are really all about sharing the risk. In our case, what we do very well is pick ground. We’ve been able to strategically stake ground in the Athabasca Basin, we’ve made discoveries on two of our properties, the first one in the company called Fission Energy that we made the discovery at our Waterbury Lake property, and later on in Fission Uranium Corp on our PLS property.
That have been situations where we’ve had joint-venture partners sharing the risks, sharing the costs with others. To use the model, what we do is we use our brands and other peoples’ money. That’s really what we’re good at, that’s basically the model that we have.
We have a very highly trained technical team that’s exceptional at picking out high-quality projects. We attract other people who are looking to get into the uranium business, looking to partner up with a team such as ours and join us for the ride to make a discovery.
It’s really all about sharing risk. That’s really what the project generator model does. It’s our land, and we partner with good quality people that can fund a project, and that’s how they earn into it as well.
Maurice Jackson: Do you currently have a joint-venture partner? If yes, who and what are the terms of the relationship?
Ross McElroy: We have had joint-venture partners in the past, and very successful ones. As I mentioned earlier on our Waterbury project, we had a partner with the Korean utility called KEPCO. It earned in by spending a certain amount of money on the property each year over the course of a three-year period.
What we did with that, we were able to make a discovery, using the money in that project, we made a discovery, built up the resource estimate on there, and eventually sold that asset. That was how our shareholders were able to take advantage of our monetizing on the property.
I guess we could say the same at the PLS project, which we now own 100% of it, but that was also a partnership. We shared in the risk early on and in the money early on with our partner. We eventually bought them out in 2014. That was another example of a successful joint venture partnership.
Each one of the deals would be a little bit different from each other. It is a model that we think works very well. I will note that in our property down in Peru as well, we have a partnership that we’re still looking to finalize the deal. This is one where another group has approached us, said it’s interested in the potential of a property down in Peru. It will spend a significant amount of money having us as the operator. Hopefully we’ll make a discovery down in Peru as well.
Maurice Jackson: Well, you’ve just alluded to my next question. Fission 3.0 has 18 projects in its project bank. Now, it is strategically located in premier, high-grade uranium districts in Canada and Peru. Mr. McElroy, introduce us to the Fission 3.0 Project Bank (click here).

Ross McElroy: We have 18 properties in the Athabasca Basin. Our properties, we think that everywhere in the Athabasca Basin has the potential to host high-grade uranium projects.
One of the keys that we seek to identify are deposits that will be shallow. In other words, the closer a deposit is to surface, the easier it is to build a case that this could be a project that could go into production. It’s an easier mine to develop the closer it is to the surface.

Really deep deposits are challenging. They still exist, but they’re challenging. Eventually they cost more money to find and cost more money to get out of the ground. They’re just another level of challenge.
If you look at our 18 properties, they’re all in and around the edge of the Athabasca Basin, where we’ve had a great deal of success finding near-surface mineralization.
Our PLS project that hosts the Triple R deposit in Fission Uranium is a great example of a near-surface deposit. The mineralization starts at 50 meters below the surface, so 150 feet below the present-day surface is where the high-grade mineralization starts. That makes it a potentially open-pit deposit, which is generally low cost and gives you a lot of flexibility.
This is the sort of thing that we’re looking for in Fission 3.0. We’ve got very good properties that are in known mining districts, conversely, we have a good portfolio of ground around the southwest side of the basin where our PLS project in Fission Uranium is hosted, and also NexGen’s Arrow deposit, it’s all in that same area. We have the significant land package that surrounds that area.

We also have a good strategic land package in and around the Key Lake area on the southeast side of the basin. This has been, and still currently is the hot bed of uranium mining in Canada right now. This is the side of the basin where the McArthur River and Cigar Lake deposits are located.

McArthur shut down for economic reasons waiting for higher uranium prices. It was an operating mine up until about a year ago, and Cigar still is in operation. You’ve also got the Key Lake mine.
It’s a strategic area to have a good land package. We think there’s lots of opportunities in and around land in that area to make a new discovery.

And probably third for us is the land package that’s up in the northwest side of the basin, in the old uranium city Beaverlodge district where uranium mining in Saskatchewan first got started back in the 1950s and was the going concern back in the ’50s and the ’60s, I think there were about 52 operating mines up in that area, pretty small scale most of them, but still lots of high-grade uranium. That’s an area where we think that there’s still plenty of exploration potential.
Between all those areas, we’re going to be active and we’re going to be looking for the next high-grade uranium deposit in Saskatchewan.
Maurice Jackson: Speaking of being active, is there active drilling going on right now in these projects?
Ross McElroy: There is active drilling. We did drill in the southwest side of the basin. We were drilling in January on our PLN project. That project is just immediately north of Fission Uranium’s PLS project.
You’re really talking about the same area where the latest discoveries have been found, where you’ve got the Triple R deposit, you’ve got NexGen’s Arrow deposit. These are two of the best new deposits that have been found in the Athabasca Basin in the last 15 years.
We have a package around there called PLN, and we did drill six holes in there earlier this year. It has the potential to host another one of these fantastic deposits, so we are going to continue looking there. We see all the signs present that tell us that this is where we’ll make that discovery.
As we’re speaking right now, we’re drilling over in the Key Lake area that I described earlier. This is over on the southeast side of the basin, about 200 kilometers to the east of the PLS drilling. That is a program where we’ll drill probably eight or nine holes, just south of the Key Lake Mill and the old historical Key Lake deposits. There’s areas of activity there. We’ll continue drilling throughout the rest of 2019 on a number of our projects.
Fission 3.0 is active. We were able to raise some significant money early in the year, in late 2018. We’re going to be active. This is how we’ve been successful in the past, is by being aggressive, looking in places where people probably haven’t looked for a while or never even thought to look, and putting our technical team to work. Yes, you’ll see pretty good news flow out of Fission 3 this year.
Maurice Jackson: Ross, let’s expand the narrative on the project bank portfolio and go south into Peru. What can you share with us there?

Ross McElroy: Peru is a really interesting area. Where our projects are is called the Macusani Plateau, located in southern Peru, near the Bolivian border. The Macusani Plateau has shown at least over 100 million pounds in near-surface uranium deposits.

There’s a company down there that’s quite dominant called Plateau Energy. Plateau has been able to stake a lot and consolidate a land package in the area, and consolidated all these old deposits. It has amassed around 100 million pounds of uranium in these uranium deposits.

However, even more significant, Plateau made a discovery of high-grade lithium in the same area, and in fact, that’s within five kilometers of our southern property boundary on our Macusani plains. Not only do we have the potential now to host near-surface uranium deposits, and we have shown in fact that we do have mineralization on our property for uranium, we’ve mapped it, we’ve drilled, we’ve trenched and found high-grade uranium, but now the potential’s there for hosting high-grade lithium.
This is really a new dimension that we have down in that area, that we wouldn’t have had say, two or three years ago when we were last down drilling. You’ve got uranium, and now we have lithium. It’s a very interesting up-and-coming area as well.
Maurice Jackson: Switching gears, Fission 3.0 has the right projects in the right place at the right time. But that’s only part of the story. Equally important are the people that are responsible for increasing shareholder value. Mr. McElroy, please introduce us to your board of directors.
Ross McElroy: Thank you, and I appreciate that. We do have a very successful team. Our founder of Fission 3.0 is also the same CEO and founder of Fission Uranium, and previously Fission Energy before that, and Strathmore.
Dev Randhawa has been involved in this company right from the get-go in its first iteration back in 1996, and also heading up Fission 3.0. Dev is the longest running CEO in the uranium sector.
Myself, I’ve been involved with Dev 12, 13 years now. We’ve had a great successful relationship. We’re able to raise money, raise attention, put that money to work, make discoveries, and basically build shareholder value right from the bottom up.
This is the group that I think, we’ve been able to deliver in the past, and we’re going to be able to deliver shareholder value as we move forward in this much improving uranium sector.
A lot of the same players that we’ve had all the way along, still keep also in the Fission 3 group.
Maurice Jackson: Who is on your management team?

Ross McElroy: The management team is composed of our CEO Dev Randhawa and chairman. I am the chief operating officer, and also the chief geologist. We have maintained the same structure that we have in Fission Uranium, is the same that we have in Fission 3.0. It’s a fairly lean team. Phil Morehouse is president of Fission 3.0. We kept a pretty lean mean machine in Fission 3.
Don’t forget, we’ve had up until just recently in the last six months, it’s been a very quiet company, there hasn’t been a lot of exploration activities in the uranium sector. I think as we start to ramp up, with our level of activity increasing, we’ll start to draw more and more people into roles and developing roles within the company as we begin to be active, get out and start marketing the story more, get on the ground and back that up with real results, we’re going to continue to build our team.
Maurice Jackson: Before we move on to your impressive technical team, in the natural resource basis, why is it wise to follow proven winners? Ross, you alluded to it earlier, you and CEO Dev Randhawa have a proven pedigree of success. How were shareholders rewarded as far as returns for their loyalty to sticking with your team?
Ross McElroy: Well, if you owned the original company at the beginning, which would’ve been Strathmore Minerals, and you’d held on it to all the way throughout, over the last 20 years since about 1996, 97, you’d probably own about five different companies right now.
What’s happened is we’ve moved on to a new phase, we’ve made discoveries, advanced projects, sold different projects to different groups. What we’ve been able to do is form new companies, split off new companies in what they call a butterfly transaction.
You have shares in the new company, still maintain your shares in the old company, so you would’ve received essentially what would look like dividends in the way of different shares for five different companies since that time. The shareholders that have been loyal and sticking with us would’ve succeeded quite handsomely all the way along.
Maurice Jackson: Your technical team is exceptional. I had an opportunity to meet them in the summer of 2016 at the site visit there. Please, introduce us to them.
Ross McElroy: We’re very, very proud of this group. This has been the team we’ve had, the same core group of people with us since 2010. With that same group, we were able to make our discovery on the Waterbury Lake project, and then followed up in 2012 with the discovery of PLS. It’s the same group that is very core and important to us in Fission 3.0.
I do head up the team and the technical group, so I would be the team leader or chief geologist for the technical team. My right hand guy is Raymond Ashley, he’s the VP of exploration. Ray is an excellent geoscientist who I’ve had the pleasure to work with for over 30 years in this sector, so we’ve been working pretty close together. Definitely a proven mine finder.
We’ve basically held the same group of people together on the project managers, all the structural scientists, geochemists. We’ve kept the same core group together over the last almost 10 years or so.
To me, that’s really the key. You want a team that works together well, good chemistry with each other, the ability and the environment to think outside of the box. Really, the goal for each and every one of us is to responsibly make world-class discoveries. That’s what we’re all about.
We’ve got an excellent team. All the key people are listed on the website. You’ll be able to go there and see the roles of the various groups there in the technical team, but there’s about seven or eight of us that have been able to be what I consider the core team for the last decade or so.
Maurice Jackson: Let’s get into some numbers. Please share your capital structure.

Ross McElroy: In Fission 3.0, we have 142 million shares outstanding. We were able to raise a significant amount. We have just under $7 million in the treasury right now, that’ll allow us to be active over the next two years or so.
Maurice Jackson: What is your burn rate?
Ross McElroy: The burn rate, because it’s exploration, it’s pretty discretionary spending. We have $7 million that we have in the treasury right now, that’ll certainly carry us over the next two to three years of pretty aggressive exploration spending on our key projects. We can dial that kind of number up, and we can dial it back as conditions warrant. That’s the benefit of being in exploration.
The burn rate is actually pretty minimal. In other words, we run a pretty lean shop as far as the number of management and corporate costs. Really, the majority of the costs are exploration spending, which is really entirely discretionary.
Maurice Jackson: How much debt do you have?
Ross McElroy: We have no debt. We’ve not taken on any debt. Basically, the money that we raise have been through equity share offerings. No debt in Fission 3.0.
Maurice Jackson: Who are your major shareholders? What is their level of commitment?
Ross McElroy: When we spun off Fission 3.0 back in December of 2014, it was the same shareholders that were shareholders of Fission Uranium, were the same shareholders in Fission 3.0. We would’ve had a lot of the same loyal, large shareholders, including JP Morgan, even investment from others that we’ve had along the way. It’s been the same loyal group.
We have significant new shareholders now with the financing that we did back in 2018, which was led by the Sprott Global Resources Group out of California. I think we have some new players back to the game, but we have a lot of shareholders that have been with us over the long haul.
These are people that have a good vision of the uranium sector. They know that the good times are around the corner. It’s a point that we believe really strongly, and we think that the sector is improving a great deal.
This is how our loyal shareholders are going to be rewarded, by being a much better market with an aggressive team like Fission 3.0, and the new shareholders will probably be long term loyal shareholders too if we’re successful and able to build value for them as well.
Maurice Jackson: What is the float?
Ross McElroy: Fully diluted, we have 227 million shares. We’ve got shares outstanding, we’ve got options and warrants that we’re a part of financing as well, so 227 million shares out in total. We trade around 240,000 shares a day, I think that’s our average volume.
Maurice Jackson: Multi-layered question. What is the next unanswered question for Fission 3.0? When can we expect a response? What determines success?
Ross McElroy: Well, we are going to be successful through work. We know that a better market should buoy the price up of everybody involved in the nuclear sector. They’re starting to get some life back in the exploration world.
Really, we’ve always built value by our success. We’ve been successful with making discoveries. We now have the money, we have the team, we’re putting them to work. I would look to us as being one of the most dynamic uranium explorers out there. That’s something that I think people can follow, they can see our news release cycle, they’ll see how we’re marketing our story, and just look at the results. I think they’ll speak for themselves.
We’re looking at our projects, we’ll be active throughout the calendar year. I think the news flow will be very strong and steady. People that are interested in following the company will always see that there’s a continuing narrative out there. We want to take advantage of this and improve the uranium market, the fact that we are well financed, and we have the properties that we want to explore. I think there’s a very good opportunity for readers to look at Fission 3.0 as a sector leader in the uranium exploration business.
Maurice Jackson: Mr. McElroy, last question. What did I forget to ask?
Ross McElroy: I think we’ve covered a lot of ground here, and a lot of important ground. One of the takeaways that I want readers to know is we really do believe in the nuclear sector. We think that we have turned the corner and that conditions are improving.
If people are looking to invest in the uranium sector, I think it’s important for them to look at a group that has done it before. Your track record is very indicative of what your future has the potential to look like. I always find myself, when I’m investing, I like to back teams with a proven track record.
We have that in our group. We’ve got an exceptional management team. We’ve done it before. We’ve been able to capitalize on our discoveries by selling assets. We have a unique technical team that has the ability to make discoveries.
So better sector, very good team. Strong management. Those are the ingredients we need to be successful.
Maurice Jackson: Ross, for someone listening that wants to get more information about Fission 3.0, please share the website address.
Ross McElroy: Our website address is www.fission3corp.com.
Maurice Jackson: For direct queries email ir@fission3corp.com, or you may call (778) 484-8030. Fission 3.0 trades on the TSX:V, symbol FUU, and on the OTC, symbol FISOF.
For audience, we’ve been proud shareholders of Fission 3.0 since 2014. Last but not least, please visit our website, provenandprobable.com, for mining insights and bullion sales. You may reach us at contact@provenandprobable.com.
Ross McElroy of Fission 3.0, thank you for joining us today on Proven and Probable.
Maurice Jackson is the founder of Proven and Probable, a site that aims to enrich its subscribers through education in precious metals and junior mining companies that will enrich the world.
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ROVER METALS | Firm Advancing Gold Exploration in the Northwest Territories

 

Judson Culter the CEO and Director of Rover Metals (TSX.V: ROVR | OTCQB: ROVMF) sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss the value proposition of the Cabin Lake Property. In this interview Mr. Culter will provide important updates on the Uptown Gold Property, Cabin Lake Project, and Slemon Lake. Rover Metals is a natural resource exploration company specialized in Canadian precious metal resources (specifically gold). In this interview we will discuss the recent accomplishments of Rover Metals. Ranging from IPO and the implementation of a methodical process of building an exploration company that is positioning itself for success from land acquisitions, permit approval, OTC listing, option agreements and completed the first phase of the 2018 exploration program.

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Firm Advancing Gold Exploration in the Northwest Territories Contributed Opinion

Source: Maurice Jackson for Streetwise Reports  (3/10/19)

Maurice Jackson

Judson Culter, CEO of Rover Metals, speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about historical exploration on his company’s properties, as well as current exploration plans.

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Maurice Jackson: Welcome to Proven and Probable. I’m your host, Maurice Jackson, and joining us for our conversation is Judson Culter, the CEO and director of Rover Metals Corp. (ROVR:TSX.V; ROVMF:OTCQB). Mr. Culter, welcome to the show.
Judson Culter: Thanks for having me, Maurice.
Maurice Jackson: Glad to have you back on the program. We last spoke in January of 2018, and since then Rover Metals has completed its IPO and implemented a methodical process of building an exploration company that is positioning itself for success from land acquisitions, permit approval, OTC listing, option agreements and completed the first phase of the 2018 exploration program. But before we begin, Mr. Culter, for first time listeners, who is Rover Metals?
Judson Culter: Rover Metals, we are a precious metal exploration company, specifically gold is our focus currently. We’re co-listed in the United States OTCQB: ROVMF, as well as Canada on the TSX.V ROVR. Our project portfolio is concentrated in and around Yellowknife’s Northwest Territories, one of the most mining friendly jurisdictions in Canada and for North America for that matter. I say that just because that’s where our (Canada’s) diamond mines are. That’s historically where several of our gold mines have been. It’s really the primary employer in the Northwest Territories. Outside of government, mining is it.
Maurice Jackson: Why has Rover Metals received so much interest here of lately?
Judson Culter: I think that’s a two pronged answer. First is just credibility. Going back to 2017 on call with you, Maurice, if one listens to that interview, we talked about how we were going to go public, and how we were going to drill our resources, and how we were going to look to add new resources in the similar area code of Yellowknife.
We’ve successfully accomplished all those tasks. I believe we have strong foundational base in our existing shareholders. We’ve got a lot of credibility with them. We get a lot of word of mouth. I think that goes a long way in a market that can be a little bit over saturated in the junior mining space with which projects or which management teams do you back. I think really that we’ve gotten recognition for that now, which is really helping to drive our current success.

The second prong answer speaks to the projects themselves. Rover has the Cabin Lake Project, which is really what the market is asking for, and that’s why we bought it. When we receive the results from our drilling, we believe we will a high-grade gold historical resource that will contain super high grades that the market wants to see as confirmation that this really could be the next gold mine in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Not to mention this project itself has all the merits a speculator wants. We have solid infrastructure, the Blue Fish Hydro Dam, roads, all the accessibility and proven area of past producers. The market is beginning to recognize the credibility of the management team and the assets. Also, the awareness that we are near drilling in the not-too-distant future has investors’ attention as well.
Maurice Jackson: Justin, what is the driving thesis for Rover Metals in regards to the Kevin Lake gold project?
Judson Culter: The driving thesis has not changed. It’s the same thesis as in the late 1980s. There’s a project called the Lupin Gold Mine that produced from 1983 to 2003 in the north, which is an iron formation, super high-grade gold. The thought at the time was to go and find another one, and that’s what they thought they had here. This is when Cominco and Freeport McMoRan and then Aber Resources, that’s what they thought they had here. They drove 7,500 meters of at or near-surface iron hosted high-grade gold. The only reason they stopped is because somebody found kimberlites a few years after, and the diamond boom in the Territories began.
This project just kind of sat on the back burner as a result of that. Aber Resources, the owner of the time, of course, went on to find the kimberlites. That’s some historical context on this project and why it’s just now coming back to life.
Maurice Jackson: Talk to us about the business acumen here. When and how was Rover Metals able to acquire the Cabin Lake gold project in such a highly contested and sought out district?
Judson Culter: It wasn’t easy; when we looked at the business case, we figured that with a little bit of just rolling up our sleeves, and getting up there, and meeting the right stakeholders, and just recognizing that this is an area that needs new mines and new projects.
I didn’t think it would be like other areas in British Columbia, for example where BC, trying to get First Nation endorsement can be very difficult. There’s so many competing industries that people can really make a way of life in a jurisdiction like British Columbia, whereas knowing a little bit about the Northwest Territories, mining is a big deal up there. People want to see projects succeed.
When we went into the Cabin Lake project, we knew we had to get a couple of things there to get permits. We knew we had to get our neighbors, Tlicho First Nations, on board. We also did our homework and knew that the Tlicho First Nations had previously worked with Fortune Minerals, as well as Nighthawk Gold. When we got to it, there was a framework in place. There was a government that had been formed.
The Tlicho government and the land use formal plan to work within, for application permits, and applications. So, once we got to it, it ended up only being four months to get it permitted. I think it seemed to keep getting easier for us, and it ended up being a decision that looks like it was the right one to make.
Maurice Jackson: Regarding mineral rights in your project portfolio, are there any reversionary interests?
Judson Culter: There’s a 1.5% NSR that we’ve got viable down to a half percentage point for CA$250,000 per quarter percentage.
Maurice Jackson: And does Rover Metals own the mineral rights outright 100%?
Judson Culter: That’s correct. Yes, not just at Cabin Lake, but at the Cabin Lake group of projects. The claims themselves are 10 kilometers apart; so there’s three of them. For the entire group of projects, yes, we have 100% mineral right interest.
Maurice Jackson: Let’s fast forward to 2018 and discuss your exploration program. What were the results from that program and how has that improved the confidence in the gold project?
Judson Culter: It helped us to better track the iron information. So what we did was we spent the six months from March, when we acquired the project, into October, really to digitize all the historical records. At the time in the 1980s, that was meticulously kept, and it was handwritten. We digitize seven banker boxes of data, as well as three map boxes. Then, we put that in a GPS, and tag the colors and everything else.
Then what we wanted to do to follow on with that data was to run a current, modern-day geophysical program. There were a lot of options to us to do it, but in a really economical manner, but also to do it in a very detailed type formation using a drone. Because the mineralization occurs at or near surface, as well as the iron information itself being at or near surface, it really showed up well on the magnetic survey that we flew over the property. So by interlaying the drill results, as well as the mag survey, our geologist was able to get a better interpretation of the iron formation throughout the project. Really, that really set the stage for where we are going to put the drill when we get to drilling this year in 2019.
Beyond just the iron information, what we also realized about the project is the outcropping on either side is quartz. Historically, the quartz had never been tested for mineralization. So we also did a geochemistry program in October. What that showed us is that the PPM and PPB reading of gold from the quartz outcrop area suggest that it’s also very likely to be a host for gold on this project. It’s never been tested historically. That’s the excitement of 2018 and what’s led into the 2019 drill program, which was always trying to be between March and the end of April. We’re still trying to hold on to that deadline.
We’ve got the collars is ready to go. Right now, we believe what we need to do to start drilling is conduct a small financing that we’ll probably release in the coming week or two here.
Maurice Jackson: So to review the value proposition we had before. This is potentially an open-pitable, early-stage brownfield exploration gold project with historical high-grade resource next to a new cobalt-gold mine, is that correct?
Judson Culter: Yes, and that’s one thing I didn’t touch on is the actual historical resource itself. That’s 85,000 ounces unconfirmed in terms of what our current standards allow us to document as a historical resource. What we’re allowed to document in press releases and everything else is 50,000 ounces of roughly 10 to 12 grams gold per ton. The rest of that 35,000 ounces was never signed off by a Qualified Person, but it is in the NORMIN database in the Northwest Territories. It’s in the areas of the Andrew zone, which we’ve documented. Rover will do the work we need to do under 43-101 standards to take that other 35,000 ounces and get it compliant.
From our side internally, we see it as an 85,000 ounce of resource of 12 grams per ton gold on average. When we talk about it publicly, we have to say, 50,000 from a historical resource perspective, but you’re absolutely right that we’re 20 kilometers away from what’s looking to be Canada’s first cobalt mine. The reason I say that is this project’s been 20 years in the making; it’s at the feasibility stage. I believe they’re really just looking to raise the capital to get to work. It’s an open-pitable cobalt mine. The good news is it’s actually a cobalt gold bismuth. So there is a gold processor that’s going to be built 20 kilometers from us. What better news can you possibly have when you’re developing an at-surface resource?
Maurice Jackson: The location in of itself makes the opportunity quite interesting, but to have open pit to me is icing on the cake. Is the goal to sell the project or develop into a commercial scale mine?
Judson Culter: Definitely the goal is to sell it within the next three years, and so I want to put $10 million in the ground, and let’s get this wrapped up and sold. End of story.
Maurice Jackson: What can you share with us regarding the infrastructure?
Judson Culter: So what you see in Yellowknife right now is what’s going to be coming in the pipeline in the next two to three years in the Pine Point Zinc mine is going back into production and that’s Osisko. Part of that is twining the costs in Taltson Hydro Dam and bringing that into Yellowknife itself, as well as Hay River. There’s going to be federal funding allocated, as well as territorial, to do an environmental study that should be announced through fairly short order this year.
After there is a federally funded environmental study to evaluate the twinning of the Taltson Hydro Dam, a successful outcome will lead into a hydro power upgrade to Yellowknife. When Yellowknife is upgraded, that will free up excess hydro power at the Snare and Strutt Lake hydro dams, located approximately 5km away from Camp Lake, one of our claims that’s part of the Cabin Lake group. That power becomes excess power. All of a sudden that frees up for the future the viability of really selling the project because now you’ve got excess power sitting right there, five kilometers away. How good is that?
Maurice Jackson: Switching gears. Rover Metals’ board of directors and advisors consists of the following people:

Maurice Jackson: Bios for the management time are below:

Maurice Jackson: Let’s discuss some numbers. Please share your capital structure.
Judson Culter: We’ve got 47 million shares out today. That’s our issued and outstanding common shares. There are warrants out there. We have 10 million warrants at $0.20 cents, and 10 million warrants at $0.25 cents.
Maurice Jackson: How much cash and cash equivalents do you have?
Judson Culter: Treasury is sitting today around CA$450,000. Then, there’s been some prepayments for upcoming work commitments regarding our exploration plans for this year, as well as I mentioned, we’re doing a lot of our growth in terms of our marketing and our shareholder base in the United States. I think our prepaid balance, if you were to look at that today, should be around CA$200,000, just in terms of for events, as well as I mentioned, exploration planning. If you add that back to our cash position, we’re around CA$650,000 in current assets.
Maurice Jackson: What is your burn rate?
Judson Culter: Our burn rate’s about CA$30,000 a month, and that just includes all in. We purposely don’t carry an office in this market. We’re a bootstrap company. We have home offices, and then we’re on the road a lot. We’ve got an exploration office that is free from our exploration partner, Aurora Geosciences. That’s really where a lot of the hard work gets done. Then, there’s just no corporate office. I don’t feel the need for that, so that helps.
Maurice Jackson: How much debt do you have?
Judson Culter: We have some trade payables of, I think it’s roughly CA$40,000 that we’re going to settle in shares. Outside of that, we’ve got CA$25,000 in payables on top of that, that we’re going to pay in cash. That’s just some exploration legacy from last year.
Maurice Jackson: Who is financing the project, and what is their level of commitment?
Judson Culter: Just sophisticated mining investors. It’s been high net worth, accredited investors to this point. That will continue until we become a $10 million market cap company plus, because we’re just still not able to access institutional funds, and that’s fine. If Rover does everything that we hope to accomplish in the next drilling phase, which we hope is in the next 60 to 90 day window here, we should be a $10 million market cap plus company; and well on our way to institutional money.
Maurice Jackson: Who are the major shareholders?
Judson Culter: I’m a major shareholder. I’ve been seeding Rover not just with time, but my own money; since really inception in 2014. Tookie Angus, who is an advisor, is currently our third largest shareholder. Then, it really starts to break down to smaller tranches, but there is a notable name on the list: Ashwath Mehra, the chairman of GT Gold; he’s a relatively large shareholder.
Management, including Ron Woo. Ron’s also seeded this company. I think Ron’s probably fourth largest shareholder. Keith Minty’s a large shareholder; 38% of our outstanding shares are owned by insiders, management, board. That’s a good thing because that means our shares are tied up for three years.
Maurice Jackson: Judson, based on the data available, what type of value proposition do we have in comparing?
Judson Culter: Well, the market price, let’s just say, I think it should be $8.5 million, just on what we set out today. That’s my personal opinion. I think later value that, that’s just the reality of reserve stocks in North America. We’re going to do what we need to do to take that historical resource and bring it up to current standards, as well as to just extend where they stopped drilling, and just show them this really is a multimillion ounce potential asset.
I think we can get there with the drill program that we’re planning. We’re planning roughly a thousand meter program. I think the value proposition is we’re in a $3.5 million market cap today. I think we’re going to take it to $10 to 15 million in the next six months. Hold me to that.
Maurice Jackson: I certainly will, sir. Multi-layered question here: what is the next unanswered question for Rover Metals? When can we expect the response? How much will the response cost? What determines success?
Judson Culter: That’s going to be our Q1 or Q2 exploration drill campaign. I was going to caveat that, that is subject to the future success of our financing effort (click here), which we hope to announce in roughly two weeks’ time.
That will lead into confirmation of the historical high-grade gold results, such as the open-pit economics, expand upon the known mineralization in the iron formation, as well as to prove up a larger area play and this is more Q2/Q3 work, for the Slemon Lake, and Camp Lake claims, which are located 10 kilometers northwest from Cabin Lake, and we’ll fly that with an aerial B10 survey. What that will show is that the drilling we’ve done at Cabin Lake in the iron formation really just, those other two claims, or districts, an extension of the same geology, which everything that we’ve read historically shows us it is.
Maurice Jackson: Mr. Culter, please share the contact details for Rover Metals.

Judson Culter: Please visit our website www.RoverMetals.com. On there, you’ll find our social media links, which are LinkedIn, Twitter, our Facebook page and CEO.ca.
Our social media channels really have daily content. We’re press releasing every couple of weeks, but a lot of our investors like really the daily updates on what’s going on in the Northwest Territory. That’s the best place to stay tuned.
You can also submit to our mailing list. We typically will do an email update every two weeks as well. If you go to the bottom of the homepage on the website, and just submit your email, that subscribes you to our email mailing list.
Maurice Jackson: And last but not least, please visit our website, provenandprobable.com, for mining insights and bullion sales. You may reach us at contact@provenandprobable.com.
Judson Culter of Rover Metals, thank you for joining us today on Proven and Probable.
Maurice Jackson is the founder of Proven and Probable, a site that aims to enrich its subscribers through education in precious metals and junior mining companies that will enrich the world.

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ROVER METALS Announces Private Placement Financing

VANCOUVER , March 4, 2019 /CNW/ – Rover Metals Corp. (ROVR.V) (ROVMF) (“Rover Metals” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce its intention to complete a non-brokered private placement of units (the “Units“) at a purchase price of $0.08 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CAD$1,250,000 (the “Offering“). Each Unit shall consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (a “Common Share“) and one Common Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant“).  Each Warrant shall entitle the holder to acquire an additional Common Share at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of 24 months following the date of issuance.

Rover Metals anticipates using 80% of the proceeds of the Offering to finance exploration activities at the Cabin Lake Gold Project and remaining use of proceeds for general and administrative expenses.

The Company may pay finder’s fees in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange in connection with the Offering.

Rover Metals anticipates relying, in part, on the exemption from the prospectus requirements provided in BC Instrument 45-534 – Exemption From Prospectus Requirement For Certain Trades to Existing Security Holders (the “Existing Shareholder Exemption“).  The Company may also rely on other available prospectus exemptions.

Rover Metals has set March 1, 2019 as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate in the Offering in reliance on the Existing Shareholder Exemption. If the Offering is over-subscribed, Units will be allotted on a first come first served basis. Qualifying investors who wish to participate in the Offering should contact the Company using the contact information set forth below. It is anticipated that the Offering will close in one or more tranches commencing on or about March 15, 2019 .

All securities issued under the Offering will be subject to a hold period of four months and a day from the distribution date, in accordance with applicable securities laws.  Completion of the Offering is subject to the receipt of all applicable approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Rover Metals
Rover Metals is a natural resource exploration company specialized in gold that is currently focused on the Northwest Territories of Canada , one of the most mining friendly jurisdictions in North America . The Cabin Lake Group of High Grade Gold Projects are located within 20km of Fortune Minerals’ (FT.TO) planned NICO Project gold processor.

You can follow Rover Metals on its social media channels Twitter: https://twitter.com/rovermetals, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rover-metals/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoverMetals/, and CEO.ca: https://ceo.ca/rovr for daily company updates and industry news.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROVER METALS
“Judson Culter”
Chief Executive Officer and Director

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Davion Healthcare PLC Agrees $13.5 Million Acquisition of Profitable US Home Healthcare Business

First in a planned programme of acquisitions to expand Davion’s revenues, earnings and healthcare operations

DUBLIN, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Davion Healthcare Plc (NASDAQ: DAVI) (“Davion” or the “Group”), a developer of non-invasive health monitoring technologies, announces that it has entered into an agreement dated 27 October 2026 to acquire Healthcare Stat Homecare Inc. (“HSH”), a Pennsylvania-incorporated provider of home healthcare services based in Philadelphia.

The total consideration is $13.5 million, comprising $8 million in cash and $5.5 million in Davion shares issued at an agreed value of $13 per share. Completion is expected on or before 31 December 2026, subject to the terms of the acquisition agreement.

HSH is an established, revenue-generating and profitable healthcare services business. For the year ended 31 December 2025, HSH reported gross receipts of approximately $11.6 million and ordinary business income of approximately $1.9 million (unaudited). The acquisition is expected to provide Davion with an established operating business and an additional source of revenue and earnings following completion.

The proposed acquisition represents the first in a planned programme of acquisitions of established, revenue-generating and profitable healthcare businesses over the coming year. This strategy is intended to complement Davion’s existing portfolio of proprietary healthcare technologies, broaden its commercial operations and build a more diversified healthcare group.

HSH provides skilled nursing, home health aide and rehabilitation services to patients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Its clinical programmes include wound care, lymphedema management, dementia and diabetes care, telehealth and rehabilitation. Its workforce includes registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, home health aides, physical and occupational therapists and social workers.

HSH provides care to patients of all ages, from children to the elderly, helping individuals remain in their own homes rather than requiring residential or institutional care. According to its website, HSH holds JCAHO accreditation and Medicare and Medicaid certifications, is fully insured and bonded, and accepts major insurance plans.

The acquisition would also extend Davion’s activities beyond the development and commercialisation of healthcare products into the delivery of care in patients’ homes. It could provide opportunities to evaluate the use of Davion’s non-invasive monitoring technologies in home healthcare, including wound monitoring and preventative care. Any integration or deployment plans will be developed following completion.

Glenn Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Davion, commented:

“HSH is an established and profitable business that will bring meaningful revenues and earnings to Davion, while giving us a direct presence in home healthcare and opportunities to introduce our monitoring and diagnostic technologies closer to patients. Importantly, this is the first in a planned programme of acquisitions of revenue-generating, profitable healthcare businesses over the coming year, as we look to build a broader and more diversified Group combining our proprietary technologies with established operating businesses. We look forward to working with HSH’s management to support its existing operations and explore opportunities to integrate our technologies into the delivery of care at home.”

Manilal Mathai, Co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of HSH, added:

“We share Davion’s commitment to improving care for patients outside hospital settings. Joining forces would give us an opportunity to combine HSH’s home healthcare experience with Davion’s technology-led approach, while continuing to focus on the quality and continuity of care we provide to patients and families.”

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About Davion Healthcare Plc

Davion Healthcare Plc is a next-generation digital healthcare company developing proprietary, non-invasive health monitoring technologies designed to support the early identification of medical anomalies outside traditional clinical environments.

The Company’s flagship product, BreastCheck, is an FDA-registered at-home breast health screening test designed to identify potential abnormalities through changes in breast temperature. Davion’s broader portfolio includes technologies addressing circulation and foot health, testicular health, skin anomalies, wound monitoring, blood pressure and other areas of preventive healthcare.

Davion’s growth strategy combines the development and commercialisation of its proprietary technologies with complementary acquisitions intended to expand the Group’s product portfolio and commercial, manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Further information is available at www.davionhealthcare.com.

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David Cole Spent 40 Years Learning How to Own a Mine Someone Else Pays to Build

A mineral royalty is a very small sentence with a very long future. It may promise one percent of a mine’s revenue, perhaps two, in exchange for a claim once sold or capital once supplied. The percentage looks modest. The calendar does not. Years of drilling, engineering, permits and construction can pass before the first payment arrives. David Cole has built his working life around that gap – the suspense between what a geologist sees and what the rest of the world is prepared to finance.

Cole is an economic geologist by training, a founder by temperament and a capital allocator by repetition. He spent 17 years at Newmont Mining, then co-founded the company that became EMX Royalty in 2003. More than two decades later, EMX had grown from a single-asset explorer with a C$3.3 million market capitalization into a portfolio of more than 250 mineral assets across six continents. In November 2025, EMX merged with Elemental Altus. Cole became chief executive of the combined Elemental Royalty Corporation.

The corporate summary is tidy. The method behind it is boots, maps, contracts and long waits. Cole’s memorable description of his early exploration work is “the pointy end of the stick” – the place where uncertainty is still fresh, the field data is incomplete, and a persuasive geological idea can change the value of a patch of ground.

17years at Newmont in technical and management roles

250+mineral assets held by EMX before the merger

6continents across the EMX portfolio

The education of a geological optimist

Cole has traced his interest in geology back to childhood gold panning with his grandfather. The adult version of that curiosity acquired degrees from Fort Lewis College and Colorado State University, where he earned a master’s in geology and studied under economic geologist Tommy Thompson. Then Newmont supplied the roaming postgraduate course.

His assignments crossed Nevada, Southeast Asia, South America, Europe and Central Asia. His work included contributions associated with the Carlin Trend, Yanacocha and Minahasa mines. He later established and managed Newmont’s exploration programs in Turkey while looking for early-stage acquisition targets in Eastern Europe. The point was not travel for its own sake. Each jurisdiction offered another lesson in what makes a discovery valuable – and in how easily that value can be consumed by the cost of proving, permitting and building it.

Cole has said his passion was always “value creation through the discovery process.” Yet he was also fascinated by which parts of mining made money and which merely consumed it. He watched Franco-Nevada’s royalty model grow from mineral interests on Nevada’s Carlin Trend. The arrangement had an appealing asymmetry: exposure to what a mine produced, without employing everybody or paying every bill required to produce it.

“My passion has always been value creation through the discovery process.”David M. Cole

Sell the prospect. Keep the tail.

When Cole helped form Eurasian Minerals in 2003, the company began as an explorer. Its eventual name, EMX Royalty Corporation, made the evolving strategy plain. EMX would acquire promising mineral rights, assemble and improve the geological evidence, and invite a partner to take the project forward. The partner would supply the increasingly serious capital. EMX would receive payments, sometimes shares, and retain a royalty on future production.

The royalty-generation loop

01 / FindAcquire prospective mineral rights

02 / ProveBuild the geological case

03 / PartnerSell or option the project

04 / KeepRetain a production royalty

Cole calls this royalty generation an organic growth strategy. It asks a geological team to be good at more than geology. A prospect has to be credible, but it also has to be marketable. “First and foremost is geological prospectiveness,” he has said. Next comes the probability of selling the asset. Staking ground is easy enough. Turning it into a royalty that another company will spend money to advance is the trick.

The attraction becomes clear when costs rise. Once a project is sold, exploration spending, development studies and construction bills sit on the counterparty’s side of the table. The royalty holder keeps exposure to higher commodity prices and to fresh discoveries on the property. In Cole’s preferred word, it keeps optionality. A mine can deepen, a district can widen, a metal price can climb. The royalty is still there, waiting in the paperwork.

David Cole, right, in conversation with interviewer Devan Murugan at the 2025 PDAC conference in Toronto
At PDAC 2025, Cole sits at the right of the frame and talks royalties with Devan Murugan. The little globe between them is almost too neat: his portfolio argument has always been geographic.

A cheque with comic timing

Patience is delightful after it pays. Before it pays, patience is an excellent way to discover how shareholders sound when they are annoyed. The Malmyzh copper-gold project supplied Cole with both phases.

EMX identified IG Copper and its project in Russia’s Far East as a strategic investment and put roughly US$13 million into the company over time. In 2018, Russian Copper Company bought Malmyzh for US$200 million. EMX received an initial US$65 million distribution. Then, with the relief of a geologist who had finally become a cashier, Cole observed that the cheque “did not bounce.”

He joked that the deal had done wonders for his personality. For years, impatient investors had challenged the wait. Once the money was in the bank, people approached him to shake hands and announce how good it was to see him. The geology had not suddenly changed. Neither had the strategy. Cash had simply made the old conviction sociable.

“You can imagine facing impatient shareholders for years and then when you finally crystallize a big investment and the money is in the bank, they come up and shake your hand.”David M. Cole, after the Malmyzh sale

Malmyzh was not a royalty-generation template in every detail. It was a strategic investment and a lesson in company building. It still revealed Cole’s taste for situations where technical judgment and patient capital could meet. He also co-founded Standard Uranium. Energy Metals Corporation acquired it, and Uranium One later acquired Energy Metals for US$1.8 billion. The outcomes were different; the recurring instrument was an informed claim on mineral potential.

Four turns of the map

1980s-2003

Newmont – exploration and management work across several continents.

2003

Co-founds Eurasian Minerals, the company later renamed EMX Royalty.

2018

The Malmyzh sale brings EMX an initial US$65 million distribution.

2025

EMX merges with Elemental Altus; Cole becomes CEO of Elemental Royalty.

The portfolio becomes the product

A single mine is vulnerable to nearly everything specific: one ore body, one government, one engineering plan, one operator. Cole’s answer was accumulation across metals, countries and stages of development. EMX mixed generated royalties with acquired royalties and strategic investments. Some assets produced cash. Some were being drilled. Others remained geological possibilities with contracts attached.

That variety turns the portfolio itself into the product. The early-stage interests offer discovery potential. Producing royalties offer current revenue. Copper, gold and other metals do not move in perfect unison. Projects advance on their own calendars. No spreadsheet abolishes mining risk, but many unrelated chances can alter its shape.

Cole also emphasizes people. Technical judgment decides which ground deserves attention. Commercial judgment decides how to transact it. Rick Rule, a long-time natural-resource investor, has publicly credited Cole with hiring, motivating and retaining strong geologists. That skill matters because royalty generation is not passive at the start. Before the percentage can sit quietly, a team has to find the opportunity, organize the data and persuade a counterparty to care.

Preserve the upside

A handoff does not have to be an exit. A retained royalty keeps a contractual connection to future success.

Move the heavy bill

The operator funds the expensive steps while the royalty holder remains exposed to production and discovery.

Make expertise transact

Good technical work becomes more valuable when it improves the structure and terms of a deal.

Fund the waiting

Long-cycle conviction needs a portfolio and balance sheet capable of surviving an indifferent calendar.

A larger vessel for the same idea

The November 2025 merger joined EMX with Elemental Altus and installed Cole as CEO of the combined Elemental Royalty Corporation. The transaction expanded the portfolio, paired EMX’s royalty-generation pipeline with Elemental Altus’s producing and acquired royalties, and brought a US$100 million investment from Tether. In February 2026, Cole joined the leadership team to ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell. The scene was several worlds away from a field geologist studying rock, though the enterprise on display still rested on observations that began there.

The new job changes the scale more than the philosophy. Cole has framed the combined company as a broader platform spanning current and future revenue-generating assets. Greater scale can lower dependence on any single mine and provide more capital for acquisitions. It can also create a management test familiar to every collector of assets: a bigger cabinet is useful only if the contents remain intelligible.

Cole’s career suggests he likes intelligible systems. Look first at the geology. Decide whether somebody will want the project. Arrange the deal so success still matters after control changes hands. Repeat without pretending the calendar is yours to command.

Mining works at heavy scale – trucks, pits, mills, balance sheets – yet Cole’s chosen unit is a percentage point. That is the playful paradox of the royalty business. The physical work grows while the owner of a small contractual slice can remain comparatively light. The rocks do not become less stubborn. The capital burden simply moves.

For founders outside mining, the useful part is not the commodity forecast. It is the structure. What can be handed to a better-funded partner? What piece of future value can be kept? Which expertise earns a durable claim rather than a one-time fee? And can the business survive long enough for one percent to become interesting?

Cole has spent four decades asking versions of those questions, first in the field, then in the boardroom. His answer is written across a map of mineral rights: find carefully, transact deliberately, and allow time to reveal how valuable the tiny sentence on the page may become.

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West Point Gold Adds C$4.1 Million Through Warrant Exercises, Strengthening Treasury Ahead of 30,000-Metre Drill Program

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 29, 2026) – West Point Gold Corp. (TSXV: WPG) (OTCQX: WPGCF) (FSE: LRA0) (“West Point Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received approximately C$4.1 million from the exercise of outstanding warrants, further strengthening its treasury ahead of its planned 30,000-metre drill program at the flagship Gold Chain Project in Arizona. The additional capital positions the Company to execute its planned exploration activities through May 2027 while maintaining financial flexibility.

“The significant exercise of outstanding warrants reflects continued investor confidence in West Point Gold and the direction we’re taking at Gold Chain. This support has further strengthened our balance sheet, providing the financial flexibility to execute our planned 30,000-metre drill program through May 2027 while maintaining a strong treasury. We plan to build on that confidence through disciplined execution, expanding the known mineralized footprint, testing new targets, and demonstrating the broader potential of Gold Chain. We believe the work ahead represents an important opportunity to create meaningful long-term value for our shareholders,” stated Derek Macpherson, President & CEO.

Gold Chain Exploration Program and Warrant Exercise Update
The planned 30,000-metre drill program at Gold Chain should expand the known mineralized footprint and test additional exploration targets. The Company expects to provide updates as drilling progresses and results become available.

Since June 30, 2026, the Company has received approximately C$4.1 million from warrant exercises. The remaining outstanding warrants and their expiry dates are summarized in Table 1.

Table 1: Outstanding Warrants

EXPIRATIONEXERCISE PRICEWARRANTSVALUE
15-NOV-2026$0.401,720,179$688,072
10-JUN-2027$0.4553,334$24,000
10-JUN-2027$0.556,599,400$3,629,670
19-FEB-2028$1.101,045,4551,150,000
TOTAL9,418,368$5,491,742

About West Point Gold Corp.
West Point Gold is an exploration and development company focused on unlocking value across four strategically located projects along the prolific Walker Lane Trend in Nevada and Arizona, USA, providing shareholders with exposure to multiple discovery opportunities across one of North America’s most productive gold regions. The Company’s near-term priority is advancing its flagship Gold Chain Project in Arizona.

For further information regarding this press release, please contact:
Aaron Paterson, Corporate Communications Manager
Phone: +1 (778) 358-6173
Email: info@westpointgold.com

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Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. The use of any of the words “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “projected”, “estimated” and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Company’s current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events including, among others, assumptions about future prices of gold, silver, and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, ability to define economic mineralization, favourable operating conditions, political stability, obtaining government approvals and financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licenses and permits and obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability, stability in market conditions, availability of equipment, availability of drill rigs, and anticipated costs and expenditures. The Company cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to West Point Gold’s ability to complete any payments or expenditures required under the Company’s various option agreements for its projects; and other risks and uncertainties relating to the actual results of current exploration activities, the uncertainties related to resources estimates; the uncertainty of estimates and projections in relation to production, costs and expenses; risks relating to grade and continuity of mineral deposits; the uncertainties involved in interpreting drill results and other exploration data; the potential for delays in exploration or development activities; uncertainty related to the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits; the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results may vary from those expected; statements about expected results of operations, royalties, cash flows, financial position may not be consistent with the Company’s expectations due to accidents, equipment breakdowns, title and permitting matters, labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties with or interruptions in operations, fluctuating metal prices, unanticipated costs and expenses, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future and regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulatory restrictions. The possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with adjacent properties and the Company’s expectations; operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-ins, flooding and severe weather); metal price fluctuations; environmental and regulatory requirements; availability of permits, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves; the inability to complete a feasibility study which recommends a production decision; the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results; fluctuating gold prices; possibility of equipment breakdowns and delays, exploration cost overruns, availability of capital and financing, general economic, political risks, market or business conditions, regulatory changes, timeliness of government or regulatory approvals and other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the filings on SEDAR+ made by the Company with securities regulators. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this corporate press release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable securities legislation.

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First Breach Advances Ammunition and Drone Manufacturing Expansion as U.S. Reshoring Accelerates

Federal investment and new procurement rules help push critical production back onto American lines

HAGERSTOWN, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2026 / First Breach Inc. (NASDAQ:FBDT) (“First Breach” or the “Company”), an American-made defense technologies company focused on vertically integrated ammunition production and next-generation unmanned aerial systems, is advancing its Hagerstown manufacturing expansion as federal investment and procurement priorities reinforce demand for domestic defense production. The Company believes this shift reflects a lasting national security priority that extends beyond any single policy cycle.

The Pentagon’s roughly $1 billion Drone Dominance Program, announced in December 2025, aims to buy hundreds of thousands of American-made drones and is designed to give industry a steady, long-term demand signal. The program’s second phase, which takes effect this year, restricts motors and battery systems from covered countries.

“For 20 years, manufacturing decisions defaulted to building overseas because it was cheaper,” said Jeffrey Low, CEO of First Breach. “Basing decisions on cost alone is now over. One area where this country has decided it will no longer depend on foreign factories is the production of ammunition and drones for its own military and its own agencies’ needs. That is what reshoring looks like today, with U.S. manufacturers directly benefitting from billions of dollars in new contracts and investments in facilities and workers to meet increased demand.”

Policy is moving the same way on other fronts. New procurement rules bar federal agencies from buying foreign-made drones. The FCC’s restrictions on foreign-made drone hardware, with exemptions for Blue UAS and Buy American drones now running through January 1, 2028, are further steering buyers toward domestic suppliers.

“This is what a serious reshoring effort should look like: policy and manufacturing capacity arriving together rather than years apart,” said Jordan Low, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Breach. “Anyone can say they support American manufacturing, but it’s just talk unless there is investment to back those words up, we are putting money where our mouth is by moving from a single product line to a vertically integrated ammunition and drone operation, built entirely on U.S. soil, on a timeline that gets ahead of the deadlines the federal government has set for itself.

First Breach is targeting scaled drone production at its Hagerstown campus by Q2 2027, ahead of the exemption deadline. The Company currently has approximately 80,000 square feet dedicated to ammunition manufacturing, with more than 200,000 additional contiguous square feet under development to expand ammunition production and establish drone manufacturing operations.

As part of this expansion, First Breach has conducted extensive testing of its American-made unmanned aerial systems, with two proprietary drone platforms now in active flight testing. Among its recent successes, the Company’s Close Quarters Strike platform has completed untethered flight, executed a fully autonomous mission from takeoff through landing along a predetermined satellite navigation route, and reached 100 mph in testing without a payload. Its larger Long Range Strike platform has also completed its initial test flight. The two platforms share components and manufacturing resources designed to support efficient, scalable production as development and testing continue. The company expects to complete initial drone prototypes by Q4 2026 with a target of scaled production in Q2 2027.

About First Breach

First Breach Inc. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified, American-made defense technologies company focused on manufacturing match-grade ammunition components, finished ammunition, and developing next-generation unmanned aerial systems for commercial, law enforcement, and military markets. The Company manufactures its products in-house at its Hagerstown, Maryland facility, where it produces brass cups, casings, projectiles, lead cores, lead wire, and completed ammunition with rigorous quality control standards. First Breach is also advancing its drone strategy through the development of U.S.-made unmanned systems, leveraging advanced engineering, robotics, ISR and sensor technologies, and precision manufacturing capabilities to address evolving defense, homeland security, law enforcement, and commercial requirements across domestic and international markets.

For more information, please visit: First Breach Inc.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and include statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, strategies, future events, future performance, business prospects, growth initiatives, acquisitions, market opportunities, capital resources, operational objectives, and other statements that are predictive in nature. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.

Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, assumptions, and beliefs regarding future developments and their potential effect on the Company. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in economic, business, market, competitive, regulatory, technological, legal, and geopolitical conditions; the Company’s ability to execute its business strategy; access to capital and financing; customer demand; industry developments; and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update, revise, or publicly disclose any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances, or changes in expectations occurring after the date of this press release.

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Coyote Copper Mines Inc. Reports Surface Copper Results Ahead of November Drilling

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – October 28, 2026) – Coyote Copper Mines Inc. (TSXV: CCMM) (“Coyote Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an exploration update from its Copper Springs Project in Arizona’s Copper Triangle (Figure 1). Since the February and March geophysical programs, the Company has expanded its land position and carried out additional geophysical surveys, surface mapping and sampling to refine drill targets. Proceeds from the accelerated warrant exercise provided funding for the expanded exploration and staking program. Drilling is scheduled to begin around November 16, 2026.

Dan Weir, CEO of Coyote Copper Mines Inc., commented;

“Coyote Copper has signed Confidentiality Agreements (“CA’s”) with 6 major copper mining companies some of which have visited the project multiple times. Other company visits are being planned.”

“After successful geophysics programs in February and March of 2026, the company increased the original USD$200,000 geophysics budget to USD$1,500,000, increased our land position, and added expanded soil geochem and rock sampling programs. This effort was endorsed by the six major copper mining companies with which we have signed CA’s. The project continues to return great results and demonstrates the potential for multiple porphyry copper deposits. The expanded exploration program is ongoing, with efforts focused on prioritizing Phase One drill targets from our 37 permitted drill sites. With such a huge project and so many viable targets being revealed, we expect to be making a huge impact in the area, and for our investors.”

Highlights

● 214 additional claims have been staked, bringing Copper Springs to 1,100 claims covering approximately 22,086 acres (89.4 km²) (Figure 2).

● Rock chip results (Figure 3, Table 2):

○ West Gibson: 19.25% Cu over 0.60 m.

○ Around Gibson: 13.79% Cu over 0.30 m.

○ Maher: 0.54% Cu and 4,841.8 ppm molybdenum (Mo) over 0.50 m.

  • Assays are pending for 1,056 soil samples, 117 rock samples and 46 channel samples (Table 1). Regional soil sampling is complete across the expanded land position. A further 679 soil samples are planned for infill over the Santa Ana chargeability anomaly and surrounding targets.

● Drone surveying began on October 19 to extend magnetic coverage beyond the February survey area and collect radiometric data across the Project.

● Strong chargeability response near Santa Ana is evident in preliminary induced polarization (IP) results. TMC Geophysics and Zonge Geophysics continue IP and electromagnetic surveys across the Project (Figure 6, Table 3).

● Major Drilling is scheduled to begin drilling around November 16, 2026. Permits cover road construction and 37 drill locations (Figure 9). Phase 1 will test shallow oxide and deeper sulfide targets.

Regional Setting and Exploration Focus

Copper Springs lies near Globe and Miami in Arizona’s Copper Triangle, within the porphyry copper belt that hosts Pinto Valley, Miami and Resolution (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Location of Copper Springs among copper deposits and operations in Arizona’s Copper Triangle.

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Land Package Expanded to Approximately 89.4 km²

The Company recently staked 214 additional claims based on geophysical and soil sampling results. The expanded land position now includes 1,100 claims, up from 886, and covers approximately 22,086 acres (89.4 km²). Additional mapping and soil sampling are planned or in progress across the expanded project area.

Figure 2. Existing and newly staked claims at Copper Springs.

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Exploration Data Summary

Copper assay results are available for 2,729 of the 3,948 rock, channel and soil samples collected during the program (Table 1). Rock and channel sampling characterize exposed mineralization (Figure 3), while soil surveys outline geochemical patterns across a wider area for comparison with mapped geology and geophysical responses.

Table 1. Surface Sampling

Sample typeCollectedCu assays
Rock454337
Channel399353
Soil3,0952,039

Channel sampling totals 396.39 m across 399 samples. Assays are pending for 1,056 of the collected soil samples.

Grab, dump and selective chip samples may not represent the average grade of the mineralization.

Figure 3. Rock and channel copper assays (%) over spectral IP phase at 800 m elevation.

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Rock And Channel Geochemistry

Rock and channel sampling tests copper-bearing quartz veins, faults and exposed mineralization at West Gibson, area around the Gibson Mine, Santa Ana and MF. Table 2 presents samples returning at least 1% Cu, together with selected molybdenum and channel results.

These results exclude samples reported in the Company’s October 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026 news releases and historical 2016 Teck samples.

Table 2. Significant Surface Sampling Results

SampleTargetTypeWidth
(m)
EastingNorthingCu
(%)
Mo
(ppm)
Ag
(g/t)
Certificate
2027129West GibsonRock chip0.60503463368855319.2518.5017.85SP0158872
2027134West GibsonRock chip0.80503433368861110.6337.4015.30CYTE26-001
1844755West GibsonRock chip0.6050348336886968.0621.0010.07SP0156942
2027150West GibsonSelective grab (dump)50359536889786.1936.502.90CYTE26-001
2027151West GibsonRock chip50356336890064.466.700.90CYTE26-001
2027127West GibsonRock chip0.5050340136885764.3814.405.34SP0158872
2027126West GibsonDump grab50336536884754.324.904.22SP0158872
2027124West GibsonRock chip1.0050328536883763.849.401.62SP0158872
2027145West GibsonSelective grab (dump)50336836885163.791.704.40CYTE26-001
2027152West GibsonRock chip50357236889233.086.903.30CYTE26-001
1844757West GibsonRock chip0.7050351536887372.848.001.85SP0156942
1844756West GibsonRock chip0.4550348336886931.904.309.84SP0156942
2027142West GibsonRock chip50343736885441.630.900.70CYTE26-001
2010815West GibsonRock chip1.0050336536885041.442.502.50CYTE26-006
1844758West GibsonRock chip0.2550351936887411.198.101.25SP0156942
2027133West GibsonRock chip1.0050342236885991.180.707.90CYTE26-001
2027125West GibsonRock chip1.5050328236883741.092.001.00SP0158872
1844753Around GibsonRock chip0.30504161368847713.7917.6028.85SP0156942
1844752Around GibsonRock chip0.2050415336884746.3010.208.87SP0156942
1844750Around GibsonRock chip0.6050415536884725.935.801.80SP0156942
2027171Around GibsonRock chip1.0050412036884594.830.900.40CYTE26-001
2027165Around GibsonSelective chip0.2050371936880974.077.6010.70CYTE26-001
1844748Around GibsonSelective grab50469836874923.75168.402.38SP0156942
1844749Around GibsonRock chip0.6050415536884733.668.605.46SP0156942
2027164Around GibsonRock chip1.0050368336883233.079.202.10CYTE26-001
2027172Around GibsonSelective chip1.0050452736884293.054.201.10CYTE26-001
2027153Around GibsonRock chip1.0050442936885312.342.106.00CYTE26-001
2027154Around GibsonRock chip0.5050445936885442.280.502.00CYTE26-001
2027155Around GibsonRock chip0.8050445936885441.900.801.20CYTE26-001
2027156Around GibsonSelective chip0.5050445936885441.090.200.30CYTE26-001
1844751Around GibsonRock chip1.2050415436884731.062.400.60SP0156942
2010533West LobeDump grab50797536887553.23211.000.60CYTE26-005
2010579Santa AnaRock chip1.0050908336891471.8828.901.80CYTE26-006
2010212Rock chip0.5050943336895211.428.403.66SP0158872
2010225BP 4Rock chip0.5050723236906521.129.406.50SP0158872
2010546Rock chip50881236895891.03734.0011.60CYTE26-006
2010922MF BXChannel1.0050922936895010.913.301.60CYTE26-005
2010202MaherRock chip0.5050910536900510.544,841.801.44SP0158872
2010544Rock chip50882036896520.431,500.001.00CYTE26-006
2010543Rock chip50882536896910.192,000.000.60CYTE26-006
2010594Rock chip50881636892300.173,030.001.60CYTE26-006
2010565Santa AnaRock chip1.5050895036890440.141,850.006.00CYTE26-006
2010536Rock chip50873136898660.0131,480.000.10CYTE26-006
2010556Black RockRock chip1.5050587736822202.784.1019.60CYTE26-006
2026316Poly BXTailings grab50667036843801.6092.0064.20SP0155090
2010224Red Rock QSPRock chip0.5050500836832531.4137.8079.51SP0158872
2026308Red Rock QSPRock chip50498036832261.274.003.20SP0155090
2026306Red Rock QSPDump grab50495136831981.181.000.40SP0155090

Coordinates are WGS84 UTM Zone 12N. Blank widths indicate that no sample width is reported. Widths are sampled lengths and are not true widths.

Soil Geochemistry

Soil copper anomalies help guide follow-up exploration in the area close to Gibson, West Gibson and Santa Ana exploration areas highlighted in Figure 4. Regional soil sampling has been completed across the remaining areas within the new project boundary at 100 m and 200 m spacing, with 1,056 samples awaiting assays.

Figure 4 shows the previously reported soil copper anomalies in relation to the mapped exploration targets. A further 679 soil samples are planned over the Santa Ana chargeability anomaly and surrounding targets.

Figure 4. Soil copper percentile classes (ppm) and exploration target areas.

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Geology, Geophysics And Integrated Drill Targeting

Table 3. Geophysical Programs

PhaseContractorSurveyCoverageStatus
1Zonge GeophysicsUAV magnetics635 line-km, 100 lines
50 m spacing
Completed 2/26
1Zonge Geophysics
Deep Blue Geophysics
MT, SIP and CSEMInitial 3D survey gridCompleted 5/26
2TMC Geophysics2D IP15 lines, 48.30 line-kmIn progress
2Zonge GeophysicsMT, SIP and CSEM123 receivers (17 repeat)
22 transmitters (2 repeat)
In progress
2MWH Geo-Surveys InternationalUAV magnetics and radiometrics50 m spacing
Mag 1,068 line-km (53.2 km²)
Radiometrics 1,682 line-km
In progress

IP And CSEM Survey Coverage

Geophysical surveying continues across the Project, including 2D IP work tying Gibson to the Santa Ana area across the IP “Donut” (Figure 5). Preliminary 2D IP results show a strong chargeability response near Santa Ana (Figures 6 to 8).

Figure 5. Planned IP lines and CSEM stations over spectral IP phase at 600 m elevation.

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Copper Assays And Drill Targeting

Field mapping has focused on ground-truthing the geophysical signatures. The strongest chargeability response lies west of the main surface copper occurrences (Figure 6), and this south-western high reaches surface at two locations that coincide with copper oxides. The sulfide mineralization exposed at MF Creek and Santa Ana correlates with an intermediate chargeability response. Assays are pending for many of the samples collected over the chargeability high. Mapping and assay results will guide drillhole placement to test whether the exposed mineralization connects with the chargeability response at depth.

Figure 6. Surface copper assays in percent over modeled chargeability at 1,300 m above sea level.

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Structural Controls

Structural mapping has recorded 3,614 measurements to date: 3,428 veins, 145 faults and 41 other structures. The mapped veins and faults extend across the chargeability response (Figure 7), and they are being used to define the structural controls on mineralization and to target drilling for both shallow and deep targets.

Figure 7. Vein and fault measurements over modeled chargeability at 1,400 m elevation.

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Chargeability in Three Dimensions

Intersecting chargeability sections L1N and L6E show the modeled response beneath the surface geology (Figure 8). The response is strongest on L1N beneath the Santa Ana area and weaker on the intersecting L6E section. The three-dimensional view also shows that much of the copper-sulfide mineralization is associated with intermediate chargeability outside the large south-western high, and this subsurface information is being used to plan drillhole intercepts with geophysical features.

Figure 8. Three-dimensional view of modeled chargeability sections L1N and L6E with surface geology and copper assays.

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Drilling Scheduled to Begin Around November 16

Permit approvals have been received for 37 Phase 1 drill locations, each capable of accommodating multiple drillholes. Road construction is advancing on schedule to support the November start of drilling. Figure 9 shows the planned access network and construction progress toward the initial drill sites. Major Drilling is scheduled to begin drilling around November 16, 2026.

Figure 9. Phase 1 access routes and permitted drill sites at Copper Springs.

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Mineral Resource Status

The November 23, 2025 technical report contains no current mineral resource or mineral reserve estimate.

Sampling, Analysis And Quality Control

MineOro collected channel, rock chip and selective grab samples. Channels were cut with a diamond saw to approximately 3 inches depth, and continuous rock chips were collected across marked intervals. Selective grabs were collected from outcrop and mine dumps. Sample types, locations, widths and analytical results are provided in Table 2.

Samples were uniquely numbered, bagged and sealed, with photographed sites and handheld GPS locations recorded in WGS84 UTM Zone 12N. Samples were securely stored before delivery or courier shipment to the analytical laboratories.

Soils were collected from B-C horizons at depths of 6 to 12 inches and sieved to 60 mesh in the field.

Verification included comparing assay data with field records and laboratory reports and reviewing standards, blanks and laboratory repeats. Rock laboratory repeats assess analytical precision. No field or coarse-reject duplicates were available in the reviewed rock dataset to assess sampling and preparation variability. For mapping, results below detection were assigned numerical values, primarily half the detection limit. Results above range without a final overlimit assay were capped at the reporting limit.

Skyline Assayers & Laboratories, Tucson, Arizona, prepared and analyzed rock, channel and soil samples. Skyline holds ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for the relevant preparation and analytical methods.

Skyline determined total copper by multi-acid digestion with an AAS finish (CuT) and multielement concentrations by near-total multi-acid digestion with ICP-OES/ICP-MS (TE-5). Overrange copper was determined by long iodide titration and overrange molybdenum by single-element assay.

American Assay Laboratories (AAL), Sparks, Nevada, holds ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Rock preparation comprised crushing to 70% passing 2 mm, splitting 300 g and pulverizing to 85% passing 75 µm. Analysis used a 0.5 g four-acid plus boric acid digestion with ICP-OES or ICP-OES/ICP-MS (IO-4AB51 or IM-4AB52). Copper above 10,000 ppm was determined by ore-grade ICP-OES (IO-4ABOR).

ALS prepared 437 soil samples in Tucson, Arizona, by screening to minus 180 µm and analyzed them in North Vancouver, British Columbia, using a 0.5 g aqua regia digestion with ICP-MS/ICP-AES (ME-MS41L).

Skyline, AAL and ALS are independent commercial laboratories. MineOro conducts the sampling program for the Company.

MineOro’s field quality-control program includes certified reference materials and blanks at approximately 5% of the rock and channel sample stream, and certified reference materials and field duplicates at approximately 2% of the soil sample stream. Skyline and AAL also analyzed laboratory reference materials, blanks and duplicates with each batch. Some certified reference materials in the AAL soil batches returned low copper recoveries. The soil results were accepted for reconnaissance interpretation.

Qualified Persons

Michael N. Feinstein, PhD, CPG, of MineOro, is the Company’s project Qualified Person and is independent of the Company under NI 43-101. He prepared, reviewed and approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this release and has verified the supporting data. Bay Woods, CPG, prepared or supervised implementation of the maps and figures and monitored QA/QC. Both are Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

For More Information

Dan Weir
CEO, Coyote Copper Mines Inc.
DanWeir@CoyoteCopper.com
Tel: +1-416-720-0754

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding ongoing and proposed exploration activities, completion and interpretation of geophysical surveys, construction of access roads and drill pads, commencement and timing of drilling, and the objectives and potential results of exploration programs.

Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by words such as “plans,” “expects,” “is expected,” “scheduled,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “might” or “will.” Forward-looking information is based on management’s current expectations, estimates, assumptions and beliefs and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Such risks include risks applicable to mineral exploration companies, including title, permitting, environmental, exploration, contractor availability, financing and commodity-price risks.

There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this news release and, except as required by applicable law, the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise such information as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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AIAI Holdings and M42 Complete Strategic Transaction to Establish a War Tech Consortium

This transaction will be accretive to earnings per share for the current Ai² shareholders.

Based on projections provided by Messier 42, it is expected that the Services Agreement will generate approximately $125 million in cash for Ai² in 2027 based on the current sales pipeline

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 27, 2026 / AIAI Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:AIAI) (“Ai² ” or the “Company”), an AI-enabled diversified holding company utilizing Transformational AI to enhance portfolio performance, today announced that they are partnering with Messier 42 LLC (“M42”), under common control with Ai², to create a War Tech Consortium (the “Consortium”).

Under the terms of a services agreement (described below), the Consortium will pursue the acquisition of, and strategic partnerships with, defense technology companies to commercialize and distribute products and services in the US and internationally, subject to applicable regulations. Through the combined resources and expertise of Ai² and M42, the Consortium intends to enhance the capabilities, operational efficiency and market potential of its portfolio companies and contractual relationships by integrating Ai²’s proprietary Transformational Artificial Intelligence (“TAI”) across their products, services, and business operations.

The speed at which the portrait of war is changing is at a point that humans have not dealt with in our known history. The Consortium will focus on applying psychometric Ai, a key component of TAI, to the central platform brain which we expect will create an opportunity for the immediate insertion of new weaponry and cyber security bots. Mankind needs an ally from the individual to the sovereign state level. The same is increasingly the case in commercial realm where terrorist threats are more frequent than ever.

This announcement is an expansion of the transaction described in of the press release dated September 18, 2026, describing the capital contribution to be made by M42 to Ai² of a controlling interest in the M42 subsidiary that has a sales representative agreement to enhance and sell anti-drone technology (the “Existing Agreement”). The new collaborative arrangement with M42 will be undertaken pursuant to a services agreement entered into between Ai² and M42 on October 26, 2026 (the “Services Agreement”). Under the Services Agreement, Ai² will provide services to M42 necessary to develop and enhance the Consortium’s business relationships. Ai² and M42 will work together to assemble a portfolio of defense related entities the operations of which are expected be enhanced by the Consortium’s technology to collectively address contemporary and future military threats. In consideration for providing these services, the Company will receive a percentage of the net proceeds generated by the Consortium’s businesses, beginning with the right to receive 50% of the net proceeds generated by the Existing Agreement. The Existing Agreement is the first of what the companies believe will be several similar transactions acquired or developed by the Consortium.

While the transaction does not provide for a controlling interest in the M42 subsidiary as previously announced, it reflects a much broader strategic approach to defense technologies addressing both current and emerging security needs. It also recognizes growing commercial demand for advanced defense and protective technologies to safeguard high value fixed assets, including professional and collegiate sports stadiums, shopping malls and other commercial, municipal and state facilities.

This transaction will be accretive to earnings per share for the existing Ai² shareholders. Based on its projections, M42 anticipates that the Services Agreement will generate approximately $125 million in cash for Ai² in 2027 based on the current sales pipeline.

This transaction represents a deepening of the mutually beneficial relationship between M42 and Ai² and underscores their continuing conviction in Ai²’s long-term strategy, its differentiated position in TAI, and the ability of its Board and management team to execute at scale. The Rochon family which control M42 have been associated with Ai² since its inception, and the Services Agreement between the two entities further align their interests with Ai²’s long-term value creation objectives.

“The management team of Ai² and its Board of Directors have demonstrated already their remarkable capabilities as a team to execute on the company’s vision and strategy. Further, my family and I have a vested interest in their success and in working together to create value that will lead to a safer world,” said Chairman John Rochon.

“We are grateful for the continued confidence that the Rochon Family has in our team. This strategic transaction will fundamentally strengthen the Company by enhancing our cash position allowing us to build on our long-term strategy without dilution to shareholders” said Todd Furniss, Ai²’s Chief Executive Officer.

About AIAI Holdings Corporation

AIAI Holdings Corporation (Ai²) (NASDAQ:AIAI) is an AI-enabled diversified holding company that acquires and grows companies across multiple industries. We expect to drive revenue and earnings growth throughout our portfolio by applying exclusively licensed Transformational AI to enhance operational efficiency and financial performance.

Ai² is building a next-generation model for technology-enabled business operations, which is expected to create sustainable value for shareholders through the strategic integration of artificial intelligence across diverse industries. More information can be found at: www.aiaiholdings.com

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the plans, intentions, beliefs, and current expectations of the Company with respect to future business activities and plans of the Company, including, without limitation, M42’s projections of revenues that it expects to be generated by the business relationships subject to the Services Agreement. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding our expectations, intentions, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “would,” “could,” “should”, “estimate,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “estimate”, or “continue,” or similar expressions, including the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations regarding its strategy, plans, intentions, performance, or future occurrences or results, the information on which such expectations were based may change. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events, including the third-party revenue projections described herein, and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company’s control, that could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to materially differ from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to our lack of operating history, our ability to attract new investments, our failure to manage growth effectively, our acquisition activities may pose risks that could harm our business, and our licensed AI may not perform up to the expected standards, as well as general business and economic conditions, competitive pressures, regulatory changes, technological developments, and other factors identified in the Company’s most recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Registration Statement on Form S-1, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. Furthermore, the Company operates in a competitive environment where new and unanticipated risks may arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

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First Breach Completes First Test Flight of Long Range Strike Drone

Larger of the Company’s two Class 1 attritable platforms takes to the air, joining the Close Quarters Strike platform already in-flight testing.

Long Range Strike platform is designed for greater than 20 km range, ~ 1 kg payload, and fully non-Chinese sourcing of all key electronic and power components, with production scaling targeted for Q2 2027

HAGERSTOWN, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 27, 2026 / First Breach Inc. (NASDAQ:FBDT) (“First Breach” or the “Company”), an American-made defense technologies company focused on vertically integrated ammunition production and next-generation unmanned aerial systems, today announced the successful initial test flight of its Long Range Strike (“LRS”) platform, the second of the two proprietary drone platforms under development with Hellbender, Inc. Both the LRS and the Company’s Close Quarters Strike (“CQS”) platform are now in active flight testing.

Close Quarters Strike and Long Range Strike platforms

“Having both platforms in flight testing is an important step in expanding our drone product portfolio,” said Jeffrey Low, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Breach. “These two aircraft share components, share a supply chain, and share a production line. That was the plan from the first day of the Hellbender agreement, and today both of them are flying. For the long-range mission, this is the platform the Department of War has been describing, built the way they have asked for it to be built.”

The LRS is a compact, man-portable Class 1 unmanned aircraft system weighing under 9 kg (20 lb.), with propellers under 457 mm (18 in) and a wheelbase or folded wingspan under 350 mm. The platform is designed for a range in excess of 20 km, a current speed of approximately 120 km/h, and a payload of ~1 kg. Operators control the aircraft in first-person view, with computer vision search assistance layered over map-based waypoint navigation. Onboard hardware is intended to support identification friend or foe and terminal guidance, while modular radio connectivity and GNSS-denied navigation hardware are intended to support resilience in environments affected by electronic warfare. Designed from inception for high-volume robotic assembly, the LRS sourcing plan calls for 100 percent non-Chinese sourcing of its battery pack, motors, power electronics, flight control system, flight computer, and vision guidance system.

The milestone advances First Breach’s development of two distinct products built around common components, a shared supply chain, and a common production line. This approach is intended to support manufacturing efficiency and scalable assembly as the Company progresses toward commercialization. First Breach continues to target completion of its initial prototypes in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the start of scaled production in the second quarter of 2027.

About First Breach

First Breach Inc. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified, American-made defense technologies company focused on manufacturing match-grade ammunition components, finished ammunition, and developing next-generation unmanned aerial systems for commercial, law enforcement, and military markets. The Company manufactures its products in-house at its Hagerstown, Maryland facility, where it produces brass cups, casings, projectiles, lead cores, lead wire, and completed ammunition with rigorous quality control standards. First Breach is also advancing its drone strategy through the development of U.S.-made unmanned systems, leveraging advanced engineering, robotics, ISR and sensor technologies, and precision manufacturing capabilities to address evolving defense, homeland security, law enforcement, and commercial requirements across domestic and international markets.

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About Hellbender

Hellbender, Inc. is a Pittsburgh-based engineering and advanced manufacturing company specializing in physical AI, computer vision, drones, robotics, electronics design, and automated manufacturing. Operating from approximately 90,000 square feet of facilities, the company provides integrated product development capabilities spanning engineering, prototyping, printed circuit board assembly, advanced sensor integration, robotic manufacturing, and production testing. More than 25% of Hellbender’s workforce consists of military veterans, supporting its commitment to American manufacturing and technical innovation.

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Elemental Royalty Announces First Close of Royalty and Streaming Portfolio Alongside Upsized US$250M Credit Facility

Denver, Colorado–(Newsfile Corp. – October 26, 2026) – Elemental Royalty Corporation (NASDAQ: ELE) (TSX: ELE) (“Elemental” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of four of the five royalty and streams from funds managed by Orion Mine Finance Management LP (collectively, “Orion“), as previously announced on September 21, 2026 (the “Acquisition“).

In conjunction with the Acquisition, Elemental has executed the amendment to the Company’s existing Revolving Credit Facility (the “Facility“), increasing the Facility from US$150 million to US$250 million, with a further US$50 million accordion feature (the “Accordion“).

Elemental Chief Executive Officer, Frederick Bell, commented: “We are pleased to complete the acquisition of key assets from Orion. In the month since the Acquisition was announced, i-80 have reported first results from their ongoing Mineral Point drill program that highlight the potential for the mineralized footprint to expand as well as updating their development plan to prioritize the project. In parallel, Silverco published a new PEA for the producing La Negra mine that doubles production compared to our previous valuation and highlights the significant growth potential embedded within the portfolio.

The expansion of our credit facility to US$250 million demonstrates the continued support of our lending partners and provides us with greater financial flexibility going forwards to pursue further accretive royalty and streaming investments.”

Orion Portfolio

The acquired assets comprise the Ruby Hill Complex and Granite Creek silver stream, the Kouroussa gold stream, the Homestake District royalty and the La Negra royalty. The acquisition of the Snowy River gold stream is expected to close separately as planned in Q1 2027, subject to satisfaction of the applicable regulatory approvals in New Zealand.

Since the acquisition was announced, there have been a number of material updates on the assets:

Ruby Hill Complex and Granite Creek – i-80 Gold Corp.

  • i-80 has updated its development plan to prioritize Mineral Point as its next major development project, a key driver of anticipated production growth for the company. An ongoing infill and step-out drilling campaign has already demonstrated encouraging results, including the potential to expand the mineralized footprint. A Pre-Feasibility Study is targeted for mid-2027

La Negra – Silverco Mining Ltd.

  • Silverco has published a Preliminary Economic Assessment for La Negra, outlining an average annual production of 4.1 Moz AgEq1 over an 8.2-year mine life, with steady-state throughput of 2,500 tonnes per day beginning in H2 2027. A 15,000-metre surface and underground drill program, the first large-scale exploration effort at La Negra in two decades, is underway

Elemental paid upfront consideration for the four assets of US$188 million in cash and issued 3,942,881 common shares to Orion. Following the issuance of the consideration shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares is 76,471,207.

Full details of the transaction can be found in Elemental’s news release titled “Elemental Royalty announces US$290 million Acquisition of Royalty and Streaming Portfolio, Strategic Divestment of Generation Business and Management Succession” dated September 21, 2026.

Credit Facility

The Company has entered into an agreement with National Bank of Canada (“NBC“), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC“), and The Bank of Nova Scotia (“Scotia“) (together “the Lenders“) for a US$250 million Facility, with an option to increase to a total of US$300 million through an Accordion feature of US$50 million, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. This is an amendment to the existing US$150 million facility.

The Facility has a term of three years, extendable through mutual agreement between Elemental and the Lenders. Depending on the Company’s leverage ratio, the amounts drawn on the Facility are subject to interest at SOFR plus 2.25%-3.5% per annum. Other material terms of the amended Facility are substantially consistent with the terms of the Company’s existing credit facility.

The Facility has been entered into by Elemental as borrower, NBC as Administrative Agent, National Bank of Canada Capital Markets as Sole Bookrunner and Co-Lead Arranger, and CIBC as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent.

Advisors

McCarthy Tétrault LLP is acting as legal advisor to Elemental on the Acquisition. Troutman Pepper Locke LLP is acting as U.S. legal counsel to Elemental. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is acting as legal advisor to Elemental on the Facility

National Bank of Canada Capital Markets is acting as financial advisor to Orion. Torys LLP is acting as legal advisor to Orion.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael Sheehan, a consultant to the Company and a “Qualified Person” as defined in NI 43-101.

For further information contact:

Frederick Bellinfo@elementalroyalty.com
CEO
Tara Vivian-Nealinvestor@elementalroyalty.com
Investor Relations

www.elementalroyalty.com

(NASDAQ: ELE) (TSX: ELE) (ISIN: CA28620K1066) (CUSIP: 28620K1066)

About Elemental Royalty Corporation

Elemental is a mid-tier, gold-focused streaming and royalty company with a globally diversified portfolio of approximately 20 producing assets and more than 260 royalties, anchored by cornerstone assets and operated by world-class mining partners. The Company’s disciplined capital allocation and investment strategy combines immediate cash flow with significant embedded growth, providing a differentiated pathway to long-term value creation. Elemental benefits from a high-quality and diversified asset base, strong organic growth potential and sector-leading management expertise.

Elemental trades on Nasdaq and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker Symbol “ELE”.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain “forward looking statements” and certain “forward-looking information” as defined under applicable United States and Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “plans” or similar terminology (including negative and grammatical variations thereof).

Forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to, statements regarding completion of the Acquisition and other transactions described in this news release, including any required approvals, and the timing thereof; future royalties and future consideration payments or issuances of shares, or other statements that are not statements of fact. Forward-looking statements and information are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions that, while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.

References to nearby mines, deposits and projects are provided for geological and regional context only. Mineralization on nearby or adjacent properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the properties in which Elemental holds, or has agreement to acquire, a royalty interest.

Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of Elemental to control or predict, that may cause Elemental’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, including but not limited to: the ability of the relevant parties to complete the Acquisition and the other transactions described in this news release; the receipt of approvals necessary for, and the satisfaction of other closing conditions to, the Acquisition; the impact of general business and economic conditions, the absence of control over the mining operations from which Elemental will receive royalties, risks related to international operations, government relations and environmental regulation, the inherent risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties; the uncertainties involved in interpreting exploration data; the potential for delays in exploration or development activities; the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits; the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with Elemental’s expectations; accidents, equipment breakdowns, title matters, labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties or interruptions in operations; fluctuating metal prices; unanticipated costs and expenses; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; the inherent uncertainty of production and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, commodity price fluctuations; currency fluctuations; regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulatory restrictions; liability, competition, loss of key employees and other related risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements, refer to the annual information form of Elemental for the year ended December 31, 2025. Elemental undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements and information except as required by applicable law. Such forward-looking statements and information represent management’s best judgment based on information currently available. No forward-looking statement or information can be guaranteed, and actual future results may vary materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.

Neither The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC nor the Toronto Stock Exchange, nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange), accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.


1 Silver equivalent (“AgEq”) is calculated by dividing the total value of payable metal by the silver price, using the PEA price assumptions of $50.00/oz silver, $4.50/lb copper, $0.88/lb lead and $1.30/lb zinc. AgEq Produced applies the same conversion to metal recovered to concentrate. Payability, treatment and refining charges, transportation and penalties are reflected in the payable figures. Silverco Mining Ltd. news release 09/21/2026.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/321041

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Davion Healthcare Announces US$25 Million Acquisition of Humaskan Medical Technology IP

Acquisition adds battery-free smart wound dressing and two-minute multi-marker screening test to Davion’s growing healthcare portfolio

DUBLIN, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Davion Healthcare Plc (Nasdaq: DAVI) (“Davion” or the “Company”), a next-generation digital healthcare company developing proprietary health monitoring technologies, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the intellectual property relating to two medical technologies: WoundSkan, a smart wound-monitoring dressing, and the Spektra Lateral Flow Test, a rapid multi-marker screening platform.

The intellectual property was acquired from the four shareholders of Humaskan Ltd for a total consideration of US$25 million, comprising US$2.5 million in cash and 1,730,770 new ordinary shares in Davion, to be issued at an agreed fixed contractual value of US$13.00 per share (approximately US$22.5 million). The number of shares is fixed and will not vary with movements in the Davion’s share price.

The acquired technologies

WoundSkan is a smart wound dressing containing a temperature sensor and a passive NFC tag. It has no battery or internal power: scanning the dressing with a smartphone powers the sensor and sends the reading to the WoundSkan app. The app records each timestamped temperature reading alongside a reading history and patient notes, so clinicians can track wound temperature, a potential early sign of infection, without removing the dressing.

The Spektra Lateral Flow Test is a single-use screening platform. A onetime use base unit collects urine and saliva samples and takes one of ten colour-coded cartridges, each carrying antibodies for specific markers. Results are available in around two minutes and are sent to a smartphone by passive NFC.

The current cartridge range covers markers associated with certain cancers, hormonal imbalances, autoimmune conditions and neurodegenerative conditions. Although Spektra is not a diagnostic test, it is designed to identify anomalies that may warrant further clinical investigation.

Both technologies use the battery-free, smartphone-read approach that underpins Davion’s focus on health monitoring outside traditional clinical settings.

The acquisition includes the associated patents and patent applications, technical designs, software and algorithms, research and development data, testing information, regulatory documentation, prototypes and know-how. It also includes the rights to develop, manufacture, commercialise and license products incorporating the acquired intellectual property.

The transaction covers the intellectual property and associated assets only. Davion has not acquired Humaskan Ltd as a corporate entity, nor has it taken on its employees or assumed any of its liabilities.

Transaction terms

The consideration shares will be issued after a 90-day deferral period from listing, which will be on the 20th January 2027. For the following 90 days thereafter, each Seller may sell no more than 10% of Davion’s five-day average daily trading volume on any trading day. The cash consideration is payable by 19 February 2027, within 120 days of the start of trading of Davion’s shares on Nasdaq.

Strategy

The acquisition is Davion’s first since its direct listing on the Nasdaq Global Market on 22 October 2026. It follows the Group’s adoption of a direct commercialisation strategy in June 2026. Davion’s growth strategy combines the commercialisation of its proprietary technologies, including BreastCheck, with acquisitions across medical devices, healthcare services, medical distribution, healthcare technology and diagnostics.

To support its acquisition programme, Davion has established Davion Healthcare Finance Ltd and launched a £30 million five-year senior secured bond. The Group’s acquisition programme is overseen by its Operational Directorate, led by Chief Executive Officer Glenn Williams.

Glenn Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Davion Healthcare, commented:

“This acquisition is an important step in our plans to build a substantial international healthcare business, combining the development of our existing portfolio with the acquisition of complementary technologies.

“WoundSkan and Spektra are both innovative, practical technologies with considerable commercial potential. WoundSkan builds on our existing expertise in temperature-based monitoring, offering a way to assess wounds without removing dressings, while Spektra provides rapid screening for multiple conditions from a single sample. Both have applications across a range of healthcare settings.

“Following our recent Nasdaq listing, we are well positioned to accelerate the development and commercialisation of these technologies, while continuing to pursue further acquisition opportunities.”

Media Enquiries

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davion@rosewoodpr.co.uk

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Mark Komonoski
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About Davion Healthcare Plc

Davion Healthcare Plc is a next-generation digital healthcare company developing proprietary, non-invasive health monitoring technologies designed to support the early identification of medical anomalies outside traditional clinical environments.

The Company’s flagship product, BreastCheck, is an FDA-registered at-home breast health screening test designed to identify potential abnormalities through changes in breast temperature. Davion’s broader portfolio includes technologies addressing circulation and foot health, testicular health, skin anomalies, wound monitoring, blood pressure and other areas of preventive healthcare.

Davion’s growth strategy combines the development and commercialisation of its proprietary technologies with complementary acquisitions intended to expand the Group’s product portfolio and commercial, manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Further information is available at www.davionhealthcare.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those identified by words such as “believes,” “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “projects” and similar expressions.

The statements in this release are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in these forward-looking statements.

Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences, including, but not limited to, the results of product evaluations, studies, regulatory reviews and commercial adoption and/or other studies, clinical trials, the challenges inherent in new product development initiatives, the impact of any competitive products, the Company’s ability to license and protect its intellectual property, its ability to raise additional capital in the future, changes in government policy and/or regulation, potential litigation by or against the Company, any governmental review of its products or practices, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or any information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures, at any time, except as required by applicable law.

The investing public is reminded that only announcements or information about Davion Healthcare Plc disseminated by the Company and bearing its name are considered official.

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Davion Healthcare PLC Confirms Expected NASDAQ Trading Date And Announces New Executive Leadership And Operating Structure

Ordinary shares expected to commence trading on Nasdaq Global Market on Thursday 22 October 2026 under ticker “DAVI”

Glenn Williams appointed Chief Executive Officer and Jeremy North Chief Operating Officer, effective on commencement of trading

New Operational Directorate established to lead commercialisation, operations, acquisitions and execution of the Group’s growth strategy

DUBLIN, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Davion Healthcare Plc (“Davion” or the “Company”), a next-generation digital healthcare company developing proprietary, non-invasive health monitoring technologies, today announces that its ordinary shares are expected to commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Thursday 22 October 2026, under the ticker symbol “DAVI” (Nasdaq: DAVI).

Davion designs, develops and commercialises non-invasive health monitoring technologies intended to make it easier for individuals to monitor their health outside traditional clinical environments. Its core Consumer Health portfolio comprises proprietary, home-based monitoring devices designed to support the early identification of potential medical anomalies.

The Company’s flagship product is BreastCheck, an FDA-registered, non-invasive at-home breast health screening test designed to identify potential abnormalities through changes in breast temperature. The test can be completed at home in less than 15 minutes, with results available through a mobile app or online. BreastCheck is intended to support proactive breast health monitoring and is not a replacement for mammography or clinical diagnosis.

The expected commencement of trading comes during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as Davion advances the commercialisation and distribution of BreastCheck in the United States and internationally.

Alongside BreastCheck, Davion is developing a broader portfolio of proprietary health monitoring technologies. These include FootFlow, for monitoring indicators associated with circulation and diabetes-related blood flow issues; Testic, an at-home testicular health monitoring system; ThermaDerm, for the identification of skin anomalies; together with further technologies addressing wound monitoring, blood pressure and other areas of preventive healthcare.

Growth through commercialisation and acquisition

Davion’s growth strategy combines the commercialisation of its proprietary technologies with the acquisition of complementary healthcare businesses. Following the adoption of a direct commercialisation strategy in June 2026, the Group is developing its international manufacturing and distribution capabilities while pursuing acquisitions across medical devices, healthcare services, medical distribution, healthcare technology and diagnostics.

The Group is particularly focused on businesses capable of adding revenues, earnings, products, customers and established distribution capabilities.

To support this strategy, Davion recently established Davion Healthcare Finance Ltd and launched a £30 million five-year senior secured bond, providing dedicated financing to support its acquisition programme.

Executive Leadership

Glenn Williams will be appointed Chief Executive Officer and Jeremy North Chief Operating Officer, with both appointments taking effect upon commencement of trading on Nasdaq.

Mr Williams is a healthcare, finance and operations executive with more than 35 years’ experience across healthcare systems, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, insurance and private equity-backed businesses. He has led or participated in more than $1 billion of M&A and due-diligence activity and previously held senior roles at Care Finders Total Care, where he helped prepare the business for its subsequent sale in a transaction valued at more than $350 million.

Mr North has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate finance, M&A, fundraising, business transformation and public markets in the United States and United Kingdom. His previous roles include CEO and CFO of CloudMade Group, where he led the turnaround and subsequent sale of the business to Stellantis, together with prior Nasdaq board experience.

The current Chief Executive Officer, Jack Kaye, will become Chairman upon commencement of trading, continuing to provide strategic guidance to the Group and its Board. Sir Eric Peacock will step down as Chairman and will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Director.

Operational Directorate

As part of the transition to Davion’s next stage of development, the Company is establishing an Operational Directorate as its principal executive management body, responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Group and execution of its strategy.

Led by Chief Executive Officer Glenn Williams, the Directorate will include the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, with other senior executives and advisers participating as required. Its responsibilities will include product commercialisation, international distribution, operational performance, acquisition evaluation and execution, and post-acquisition integration.

The Operational Directorate will report to the Board of Davion Healthcare Plc, which will retain responsibility for overall strategy, governance and oversight, including major financing and capital allocation decisions, material acquisitions, executive appointments and remuneration, risk management, audit, financial reporting and regulatory compliance.

The structure establishes a clear distinction between Board oversight and executive management, supporting the Group’s commercial and acquisition-led growth.

Advisors

Maxim Group LLC acted as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Nasdaq listing.

Jack Kaye, current Chief Executive Officer and incoming Chairman of Davion Healthcare Plc, commented:

“The expected commencement of trading on Nasdaq is a major milestone for Davion and comes during Breast Cancer Awareness Month as we advance the commercialisation of our flagship BreastCheck technology.

“Alongside our broader portfolio of proprietary health monitoring technologies, we intend to pursue acquisitions that add revenues, earnings and commercial capabilities to the Group.

“The establishment of the Operational Directorate, led by Glenn and supported by Jeremy and the wider executive team, provides the management structure to deliver our growth plans. I look forward to working with them as we build Davion into a substantial international healthcare company.”

Glenn Williams, incoming Chief Executive Officer, commented:

“Davion has developed a strong portfolio of proprietary healthcare technologies with significant commercial potential and has established a platform from which we can pursue both organic and acquisition-led growth.

“My focus will be on translating that potential into commercial performance: bringing products to market, expanding our distribution capabilities, strengthening the business operationally and identifying complementary acquisitions capable of accelerating the Group’s development.

“I am delighted to be joining Davion at such an important point in its development and look forward to working with Jack, Jeremy, the Board and the wider team.”

Jeremy North, incoming Chief Operating Officer, added:

“Davion has a clear opportunity to grow both organically and through acquisition. As Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Operational Directorate, my focus will be on execution: developing the Group’s operating capabilities, supporting the evaluation and completion of acquisition opportunities and ensuring that acquired businesses and technologies are integrated effectively.”

Media Enquiries

Rosewood Communications
+44 (0) 20 7653 8702
davion@rosewoodpr.co.uk

Investor Relations Inquiries

Mark Komonoski
Partner
Integrous Communications
Toll Free: 877-255-8483
Mobile: 403-470-8384

About Davion Healthcare Plc

Davion Healthcare Plc is a next-generation digital healthcare company developing proprietary, non-invasive health monitoring technologies designed to support the early identification of medical anomalies outside traditional clinical environments.

The Company’s flagship product, BreastCheck, is an FDA-registered at-home breast health screening test designed to identify potential abnormalities through changes in breast temperature. Davion’s broader portfolio includes technologies addressing circulation and foot health, testicular health, skin anomalies, wound monitoring, blood pressure and other areas of preventive healthcare.

Davion’s growth strategy combines the development and commercialisation of its proprietary technologies with complementary acquisitions intended to expand the Group’s product portfolio and commercial, manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Further information is available at www.davionhealthcare.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those identified by words such as “believes,” “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “projects” and similar expressions.

The statements in this release are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in these forward-looking statements.

Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences, including, but not limited to, the results of product evaluations, studies, regulatory reviews and commercial adoption and/or other studies, clinical trials, the challenges inherent in new product development initiatives, the impact of any competitive products, the Company’s ability to license and protect its intellectual property, its ability to raise additional capital in the future, changes in government policy and/or regulation, potential litigation by or against the Company, any governmental review of its products or practices, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or any information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures, at any time, except as required by applicable law.

The investing public is reminded that only announcements or information about Davion Healthcare Plc disseminated by the Company and bearing its name are considered official.

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