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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 2, 2026) – Questcorp Mining Inc. (CSE: QQQ) (OTCQB: QQCMF) (FSE: D910) (the “Company” or “Questcorp”) is pleased to provide an update on ongoing exploration activities at the La Union Gold-Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico, where the Company and its technical partner, Riverside Resources, have completed an expanded induced polarization (“IP”) geophysical survey designed to further refine drill targets ahead of the Company’s fully funded Phase 2 drill program.
Five IP lines were strategically positioned across key high-priority target areas identified through recent geological mapping, geochemical sampling, historical drilling, underground mine investigations, and the Company’s successful 2026 exploration campaign. The program represents the final stage of target refinement before drilling commences.
The successful IP continues a series of encouraging exploration results reported during the spring 2026 field program, including high-grade gold, silver, lead and zinc mineralization from the Union Mine, Union Norte, Javalí and Creston target areas. These results, combined with the recently completed district-wide structural reinterpretation and expanded aeromagnetic survey, continue to strengthen management’s confidence in the scale and discovery potential of the La Union Project.
Questcorp President and CEO Saf Dhillon added:
“The completion of this IP survey marks an important milestone as we move into what we believe will be the most exciting phase in the evolution of the La Union Project. Over the past several months, our team has systematically expanded the project’s opportunity set through new discoveries, high-grade sampling results, structural reinterpretation and now targeted geophysics. What is particularly exciting is that every layer of work continues to point toward a larger mineralized system than originally recognized.
With permits secured, funding in place, contractors engaged and drill targets being refined in real time, we are now on the threshold of our Phase 2 drill program. We believe the upcoming drilling campaign has the potential to be transformational for Questcorp as we begin testing multiple high-priority targets across this rapidly emerging district-scale gold and polymetallic system.”
John-Mark Staude, President and CEO of Riverside Resources, commented:
“We are pleased to continue advancing the La Union Project alongside Saf, Tim and the entire Questcorp team. The combination of high-grade surface results, expanding target areas and the geophysical responses we are seeing from the current IP survey provides a compelling framework for the next phase of drilling. The project continues to demonstrate the characteristics of a large mineralized system with significant exploration upside.”
IP coverage across the Union Mine area successfully highlighted conductive zones coincident with previous drilling and known mineralization while also identifying potential extensions beyond historically tested areas. Equally important, the northern portion of the property has now been surveyed for the first time, generating several new geophysical targets that will be evaluated as part of the upcoming drill campaign.
The IP survey enhanced the Company’s understanding of the structural and geological controls associated with both carbonate replacement (“CRD”) style mineralization and the emerging sediment-hosted gold targets identified across the broader project area. Conductive responses along all five survey lines are providing additional vectors for drill targeting and further supporting the district-scale exploration potential at La Union.
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The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by R. Tim Henneberry, P. Geo (BC), a Director of the Company and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Questcorp Mining Inc.
Questcorp is engaged in the business of the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in North America, with the objective of locating and developing economic precious and base metal properties of merit. The Company holds an option to acquire an undivided 100-per-cent interest in and to mineral claims totalling 1,168.09 hectares comprising the North Island Copper property, on Vancouver Island, B.C., subject to a royalty obligation. The Company also holds an option to acquire an undivided 100-per-cent interest in and to mineral claims totalling 2,520.2 hectares comprising the La Union project located in Sonora, Mexico, subject to a royalty obligation.
This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the intended use of proceeds from the Offering; and closing of subsequent tranches of the Offering. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, uncertain capital markets; and delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
New Mobile Wallet Combines Digital Dollar Management, Streamlined Identity Verification and an Integrated App Marketplace Designed to Expand Access to Global Payments
DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / June 2, 2026 / AIAI Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:AIAI) (“Ai2” or the “Company”), an AI-enabled diversified holding company utilizing Transformational AI to enhance portfolio performance, along with its subsidiary portfolio company Constellation Network, a blockchain and data infrastructure company, today announced the public launch of Arca Wallet, a self-custodial mobile dollar wallet that enables anyone, anywhere, to hold, send, and manage digital dollars directly from their smartphone. Arca Wallet is available for download on the App Store and Google Play.
Arca Wallet is designed to address a large and evolving global payments market by combining self-custody, digital dollar transfers, streamlined identity verification, and an integrated application marketplace in a single mobile experience. The product reflects Ai2‘s broader strategy of supporting portfolio companies that apply advanced technology to clear commercial use cases with the potential to create scalable, transaction-driven revenue opportunities.
“At the heart of Constellation’s design genius is the application of Transformational AI to create products adaptable to a multitude of use cases. Arca Wallet exemplifies the technology we are building at AIAI – products that create real, measurable value for people,” said Todd Furniss, CEO and co-founder of AIAI Holdings Corporation. “Giving users with a smartphone the ability to hold and send currency without a bank account is exactly the kind of product we want in this portfolio. Just as importantly, Arca’s identity verification and marketplace architecture create a foundation that can extend into a much broader range of uses and a much broader range of partner-enabled applications over time, expanding the wallet from a payments tool into a digital Swiss army knife.”
“We built Arca around one principle: Your wallet and everything in it belongs to you,” said Ben Jorgensen, CEO of Constellation Network. “That means you hold your own keys, no institution can touch your funds, and you pay a fraction of what conventional services charge to send money internationally. Arca provides banking features without having a bank. The marketplace takes that further and extends that utility by allowing users to complete identity verification once and then access a growing network of uses and approved partner applications from the same wallet. We built it for the world as it actually exists today.”
Arca Wallet is built on a self-custodial model, meaning users retain direct and exclusive control over their digital assets at all times. No institution, including Arca itself, holds, manages or has the technical ability to restrict access to user funds. Users authenticate through email or social login and complete setup in approximately 30 seconds, without a bank account, minimum balance or prior knowledge of digital asset infrastructure. The wallet supports USDC (USD Coin) and USDT (Tether), U.S. dollar-denominated digital currencies issued and redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars by regulated third parties. Arca’s underlying technology covers network transaction costs on behalf of users, so senders pay only Arca’s disclosed flat fee.
Beyond core dollar management, Arca Wallet includes an integrated in-app marketplace through which users gain access to a curated network of approved third-party partners and applications. Identity verification is completed once; users then interact with the full ecosystem of Arca-supported services without repeated onboarding. Over time, as partner integrations are developed, Arca’s verification architecture is designed to support broader use cases where trusted user information may be required, such as secure identity verification for travel or access programs, healthcare registration, insurance enrollment and policy updates, government benefits registration, employee onboarding, mortgage and loan applications, tax-related filing processes, and other digital forms or app-based registration workflows.
The marketplace is designed to expand the utility of the wallet over time and creates a diversified, transaction-driven revenue stream for the Company through fees assessed on partner-enabled commerce.
Cross-border payments represented approximately $179 trillion in global transaction flows in 2024, according to the McKinsey Global Payments Map. A significant portion of lower-value cross-border activity continues to rely on legacy financial infrastructure, creating demand for faster, more accessible, and more cost-efficient alternatives. Arca addresses this opportunity by enabling international transfers that settle in seconds, compared to the one-to-five business days typical of conventional wire transfers, at a flat 0.5% fee versus a global average remittance cost of approximately 6.36%, according to the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide data. Account creation requires no bank account, no minimum balance, and no paperwork, making the product accessible to populations historically excluded from digital financial services.
Arca users may also opt into SimpleFi, a dollar savings product that allows users to put their dollars to work with no lock-up period and no minimum balance. Returns through SimpleFi are variable and not guaranteed. SimpleFi is not a savings account and is not FDIC insured. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Arca does not provide investment, financial or tax advice.
Arca is not a bank. Digital dollars held in Arca are not bank deposits, are not FDIC insured, and are not guaranteed by any government entity. Availability of Arca Wallet, SimpleFi, and marketplace services may be subject to jurisdictional restrictions, eligibility requirements, and applicable law.
Apple and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. Google Play is a trademark of Google LLC. Neither Apple Inc. nor Google LLC sponsors or endorses Arca Wallet.
About Constellation Network
Constellation Network is a technology company developing products at the intersection of AI and blockchain. Its technology, including a native Layer 1 blockchain protocol, supports trusted data, verifiable provenance, and auditable flows for customers across retail intelligence, U.S. defense applications, AI security, and consumer applications. Constellation became part of the AIAI Holdings portfolio in May 2026 and continues to operate the Constellation Network protocol and ecosystem alongside the development of new commercial products including Constellation Gate AI. More information is available at https://constellationnetwork.io.
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. 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 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.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention to, and, except as may be required by law, undertake no obligation to, update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the Company hereafter become aware. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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Technical report identifies Gate AI as one of the top performing AI security gateways across 16 public prompt injection evaluations, ranking first on half of the evaluated datasets.
DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 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 one of its portfolio companies, Constellation Network, its blockchain and data infrastructure company, will launch its AI security gateway product, Constellation Gate AI, in June 2026. Ahead of the launch, Constellation has published a technical report in which it concludes Gate AI is one of the top performing solutions on evaluated public benchmark datasets, ranking first on 8 benchmarks and placing in the top three on 4 more.
“Constellation’s infrastructure is built around trusted data, and Gate AI is a strong example of that capability in action,” said Todd Furniss, CEO and Co-founder of AIAI Holdings Corporation. “The benchmark results described in the technical report position Gate AI among the strongest performing. We believe this validates the strength of Constellation’s technology and provides AIAI with a differentiated blockchain security platform that can support the next generation of AI driven systems, while also creating opportunities to integrate trusted data validation capabilities across AIAI’s portfolio companies.”
“We are excited to launch Gate AI for several reasons. The performance results we’ve highlighted demonstrate the platform’s capabilities, and we believe that this starts a major trend of converging AI with blockchain technologies. We also see significant unmet demand across the market, from enterprises to smaller organizations, for solutions like this. With that in mind we built it to be something teams can deploy in minutes and rely on every day, while providing an accessible gateway that can support users at any scale.”
“Every team building with AI today is faster and more efficient than they were a year ago. However, developers are just one prompt injection away erasing their gains through a security incident.” said Ben Jorgensen, CEO of Constellation Network. “Gate AI plugs into any existing AI workflow without code changes, blocks those attacks before they reach the model, and produces a tamper-evident audit trail of every request and response. We built it to be something teams can set up in minutes and rely on every day.”
Constellation Gate AI is a security and audit gateway for AI applications. It plugs into any existing AI workflow without code changes and provides prompt-injection defense, a tamper-evident audit trail of every model call, and unified cost and usage visibility across major commercial model APIs and open-weight models.
Prompt injection is the class of attack in which malicious instructions hidden inside emails, documents, websites, or other content retrieved by an AI agent cause that agent to take actions its operator did not intend. As AI agents increasingly execute real work on behalf of users and organizations, the security layer for those agents has to sit in line with every model call.
A technical report authored by Ryle Goehausen, Head of Protocol at Constellation Network, published alongside today’s announcement evaluates Gate AI’s prompt-injection detection cascade against 16 public benchmark datasets. The report describes the testing and evaluation methodology in full. Two design choices apply across every dataset: a single global operating point and no per-dataset threshold tuning.
Results Highlights:
F1 of 97.4% at a 1% false-positive rate gating constraint across the full 16-dataset corpus.
Ranked first on half of the 16 evaluated datasets, placing second on 3 and third on 1 when compared against published competitor scores.
Median end-to-end response time of 53 milliseconds, 95th-percentile 571 milliseconds, mean 104 milliseconds.
The cleanest head-to-head comparison with the largest commercial competitor sits on two stringent benchmarks of legitimate, non-attack user prompts, where the meaningful metric is how often a detector mistakenly blocks legitimate traffic. On the Wildguard-benign dataset, Gate AI’s false-positive rate was 1.03%, against the enterprise competitor’s published 17.4%. On Notinject, Gate AI’s rate was 2.06%, against the enterprise competitor’s published 12.4%.
Constellation Gate AI will be available in two configurations at launch:
Bring Your Own Keys. Customers connect their existing model provider accounts and route traffic through Gate AI for audit and cost visibility. A free tier is planned, with a paid tier that adds prompt-injection defense and audit anchoring.
Pay As You Go. Customers prepay a balance and consume major commercial and open-weight models through Gate AI without managing upstream provider relationships directly. Security and audit features are included.
Early access registration is intended to provide qualified developers and teams with access to the gateway ahead of general availability, along with documentation, integration guides for popular AI development tools, and onboarding for the planned audit-anchoring feature, which is designed to write tamper-evident receipts of model interactions to the Constellation Network protocol.
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.
About Constellation Network
Constellation Network is a technology company developing products at the intersection of AI and blockchain. Its technology, including a native Layer 1 blockchain protocol, supports trusted data, verifiable provenance, and auditable flows for customers across retail intelligence, U.S. defense applications, AI security, and consumer applications. Constellation became part of the AIAI Holdings portfolio in May 2026 and continues to operate the Constellation Network protocol and ecosystem alongside the development of new commercial products including Constellation Gate AI. More information is available at https://constellationnetwork.io.
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. 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 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.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention to, and, except as may be required by law, undertake no obligation to, update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the Company hereafter become aware. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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Amplifying Intelligence and Redefining Success by Launching a New Era of Real-World AI Implementation
DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / May 14, 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 its Class A common shares have begun trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “AIAI.”
“It’s an exciting day for us to debut on NASDAQ,” said CEO and co-founder Todd Furniss. “Through this listing, we are introducing a new paradigm for acquisition, implementation, and optimization. We have assembled a world-class Board of Directors and management team with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, mergers and acquisitions, and operational excellence. We are leaving pilots and theory behind and are launching a new era of implemented AI.
“Our initial portfolio spans healthcare, infrastructure, natural resources, financial services, and technology, and we are actively seeking organizations that share our vision to amplify intelligence and redefine success.
“We believe in building up, not rolling up. By integrating AI directly into the enterprises we own and operate, Ai2 captures value at the operational and enterprise levels. AI-driven improvements increase revenue, enhance cash flow, strengthen margins, and increase enterprise value, creating long-term benefits for all shareholders. Further, our focus on innovation will allow us to make profound impacts on the industries we serve.
“With our NASDAQ listing now in place, we are focused on advancing a disciplined acquisition strategy and evaluating a robust pipeline of potential opportunities to expand and strengthen our portfolio over time,” added Furniss. “Our objective is to identify businesses where Transformational AI can be applied in a practical and measurable way to enhance operations, improve financial performance and support long-term shareholder value creation. In this model, AI is more than software; it becomes a core value-creation engine embedded into the foundation of the enterprise.”
RBW Capital Partners was an advisor to the Company on the listing.
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.
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. 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 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.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention to, and, except as may be required by law, undertake no obligation to, update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the Company hereafter become aware. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
Shares Expected to Begin Trading on Thursday, May 14, 2026, Under Ticker Symbol “AIAI”
DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / May 8, 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 its common stock has been approved for a direct listing on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “AIAI.” Shares of the Company’s common stock are expected to begin trading on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
The anticipated listing will advance the Company’s strategy to acquire and grow businesses across multiple industries while applying its exclusively licensed Transformational AI platform to enhance operational efficiency, improve financial performance, and support long-term value creation across its portfolio.
“This marks an important milestone for Ai2 and reflects the progress we have made in building a differentiated platform for long-term growth,” said Ai2 Chief Executive Officer Todd Furniss. “We believe trading on Nasdaq will increase awareness of our strategy within the investment community and support our efforts to continue executing on a disciplined, accretive acquisition and operating model enhanced by our unique transformational artificial intelligence.”
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.
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. 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 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.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention to, and, except as may be required by law, undertake no obligation to, update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the Company hereafter become aware. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
February 17, 2026 – Denver, Colorado: Elemental Royalty Corporation (“Elemental” or “the Company”) (TSX-V: ELE, NASDAQ: ELE) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has approved an inaugural dividend policy (the “Dividend Policy”). In accordance with the Policy, Elemental expects to declare an annual cash dividend to its shareholders of US$0.12 per Elemental common share, to be paid in quarterly instalments of US$0.03 per share, with the record date for the inaugural dividend to be paid at the end of the first calendar quarter of 2026, and at the end of each calendar quarter following for subsequent dividends.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it anticipates that qualifying registered shareholders will be able to elect to receive their dividend in the form of Tether Gold XAU₮ tokens, of par value to the dividend price, thereby providing Elemental shareholders with direct ownership of physical gold through their investment in gold royalties.
Highlights
Maiden Dividend Policy approved by the Board of Directors
Expected annual cash dividend of US$0.12 per Elemental share, paid quarterly
Anticipated that qualifying registered shareholders will be able to elect that their cash dividends be invested in Tether Gold’s XAU₮ token
The Dividend to shareholders is supported by Elemental’s strong projected revenue and cash flow growth profile in 2026 and beyond
Further information on how shareholders may elect to receive the dividend or dividend in kind, will be provided in due course
David M. Cole, Chief Executive Officer of Elemental Royalty, commented: “The approval of this dividend policy marks an important milestone in Elemental’s strategic trajectory and reflects our confidence in the strength and momentum of the business; we believe this is the right time to introduce a sustainable, long-term, dividend. The decision to offer investors a dividend in kind, in the form of Tether Gold, further differentiates Elemental as a forward-thinking, growth-oriented investment.”
Stefan Wenger, Chief Financial Officer of Elemental Royalty Corporation, commented: “Our inaugural dividend is underpinned by Elemental’s strong balance sheet and future revenue outlook in the near and longer-term: as of December 31, 2025, we had approximately US$53 million of cash and no debt, providing substantial financial flexibility as we continue to invest in growth. We will continue to maintain a disciplined approach to capital allocation, balancing returning capital to shareholders through a progressive dividend which we intend to maintain, or even increase, without compromising on our strategy of accretive growth through the acquisition and generation of precious metals streams and royalties.”
Juan Sartori, Executive Chairman of Elemental Royalty Corporation, commented: “We believe the initiation of this dividend policy is a world first for a royalty company: we anticipate enabling qualifying shareholders to elect to have their cash dividend invested in the purchase of the Tether XAU₮ token, thereby facilitating for shareholders greater exposure to physical gold through Tether Gold’s stablecoin and retaining real long-term value storage via a practical mechanism for gold-denominated investment returns.”
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – January 16, 2026) – Elemental Royalty Corporation (TSXV: ELE) (NASDAQ: ELE) (“Elemental” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the execution of a definitive option and earn-in agreement (the “Agreement”) covering three exploration licenses in the Bor Mining District of Serbia to a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Group Limited (“BHP”). The three exploration-stage projects are currently held by Elemental’s wholly owned Serbian subsidiary Magma Resources doo (“Magma”) and BHP will have the option to acquire Magma in exchange for cash payments and by satisfying work commitments. Elemental will retain 2% NSR royalties on the projects as well as other considerations (see discussion of Commercial Terms below).
The Projects nicely complement Elemental’s other royalty interests in the Bor District, which include the Brestovac, Brestovac West, and Jasikovo East-Durlan Potok properties (see Figure 1). Brestovac is one of Elemental’s flagship royalties, covering Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd’s producing Čukaru Peki copper-gold mine and recently discovered Malka Golaja copper-gold deposit. Zijin has been rapidly expanding its Čukaru Peki operations, increasing capacity at its current mill while continuing to add infrastructure for the development of the “Lower Zone” porphyry copper-gold deposit. Zijin’s published mineral resources and reserves for Čukaru Peki have also continued to grow rapidly, as shown in Zijin’s recent annual reports. The Lenovac projects, included in the BHP Agreement, cover the extension of the geologic trend that hosts the Čukaru Peki and Malka Golaja copper-gold deposits to the south.
Commercial Terms Overview. (all terms in USD) Pursuant to the Agreement, BHP can acquire and retain a 100% interest in Magma and the Projects by satisfying each of the following conditions: (a) making a payment of $200,000 to the Company on the six-month anniversary of the Agreement, (b) annual payments of $200,000 to the Company on every anniversary of the Agreement until the earn-in is complete, and (c) completing $5,000,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures on the Projects within five years.
Upon BHP’s option exercise and earn-in, Elemental will retain a 2% NSR royalty interest on each Project. BHP may buy back up to a total of half a percent (0.5%) of the royalty in quarter percent (0.25%) increments; 0.25% can be purchased for $5,000,000 before the eighth anniversary of the agreement and 0.25% can be purchased for $5,000,000 before the 11th anniversary of the agreement. BHP will also make annual advance royalty payments of $200,000 to the Company until the commencement of commercial production.
Overview of the Projects. The Bor Mining District in eastern Serbia has been one of Europe’s largest copper producers for over a century, where historic and current mining operations have been developed within a cluster of porphyry Cu-Au, high-sulfidation epithermal and skarn systems (including Bor, Veliki Krivelj, Majdanpek and Čukaru Peki; see Figure 1). The Elemental projects (the “Projects”) were originally acquired in 2023 and 2024 and are positioned along trend of Zijin Mining’s Bor and Čukaru Peki operations. Although there are still near-surface deposits being identified in the area, several recent discoveries have been made at relatively deep levels (such as Zijin’s Čukaru Peki and Dundee Precious Metals’ Čoka Rakita deposits) and require deep drilling. BHP’s deep-sensing geophysical capabilities and existing regional interest make them an ideal exploration partner for the Projects.
Elemental has acquired over 150 square kilometres of mineral rights along trend of the major copper and gold deposits within the Bor Mining District (see Figure 1). Previous exploration in the Bor District has typically targeted Upper Cretaceous andesite units, which host the majority of the epithermal and porphyry systems at the Bor Copper Complex and Čukaru Peki mine. However, new discoveries such as Dundee Precious Metals’ Čoka Rakita skarn deposit highlights that the different geologic settings and older Jurassic and Paleozoic host rocks are also prospective for additional discoveries. The Elemental Projects include both the traditionally prospective Upper Cretaceous andesite units of the Timok Magmatic Complex, as well as deeper host rock packages where several recent discoveries have been made.
The Lenovac North and South licenses lie directly south of the Zijin’s Brestovac license, which hosts the Čukaru Peki and the recently discovered Malka Golaja copper-gold deposits. Elemental’s Lenovac licenses cover the southern extension of this trend where a regional fault displaces the trend of mineralization and favorable host rocks to the southwest. The licenses are largely comprised of prospective Cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary units with some areas of Miocene cover.
The Durlan Istok license is located to the southeast of Zijin’s Majdanpek porphyry copper-gold mine and east of Čoka Marin, a high-grade polymetallic volcanogenic/epithermal deposit. The Durlan Istok license contains the stratigraphic sections that hosts Čoka Marin and the Čoka Rakita skarn further to the southwest.
Comments on adjacent or nearby Districts, Mines, and Deposits. The districts, mines, and deposits discussed in this news release provide context for Elemental’s projects, which occur in similar geologic settings, but this is not necessarily indicative that the Company’s projects host similar tonnages or grades of mineralization.
North American Investor Relations Elemental has retained the services of Renmark Financial Communications Inc. to handle its investor relations activities in North America. In consideration of the services to be provided, the monthly fees incurred by Elemental will be a cash consideration of up to C$9,000, starting January 1, 2026, for a period of seven months ending on July 31, 2026, and monthly thereafter. Renmark Financial Communications does not have any interest, directly or indirectly, in Elemental or its securities, or any right or intent to acquire such an interest.
About Elemental Royalty Corporation. Elemental Royalty is a new mid-tier, gold-focused streaming and royalty company with a globally diversified portfolio of 16 producing assets and more than 200 royalties, anchored by cornerstone assets and operated by world-class mining partners. Formed through the merger of Elemental Altus and EMX, the Company combines Elemental Altus’s track record of accretive royalty acquisitions with EMX’s strengths in royalty generation and disciplined growth. This complementary strategy delivers both immediate cash flow and long-term value creation, supported by a best-in-class asset base, diversified production, and sector-leading management expertise.
Elemental Royalty trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol “ELE”, and on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol “ELE”.
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Qualified Person Dr. Eric P. Jensen, CPG, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and employee of the Company, has reviewed, verified and approved the disclosure of the technical information contained in this news release.
Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements This news release contains certain “forward looking statements” and certain “forward-looking information” as defined under applicable 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.
Forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to deliver a materially increased revenue profile with a lower cost of capital, the future growth, development and focus of the Company, and the acquisition of new royalties and streams. 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.
Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of Elemental Royalty to control or predict, that may cause Elemental Royalty’ 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 impact of general business and economic conditions, the absence of control over the mining operations from which Elemental Royalty 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 Royalty’ 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 Royalty for the year ended December 31, 2024. Elemental Royalty undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements and information except as required by applicable law. Such forward-looking statements and information represents 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.
Figure 1. Elemental Royalty interests and projects in the Bor Mining District of Serbia.
This Phase I drill program represents the first drilling at Cuddy Mountain in over 40 years.
Scout commenced drilling at Cuddy Mountain in late fall with permits allowing for continued drilling through fall 2026 – with the private placement closed updates can now be issued.
One internally operated core drill is focused on testing high-priority targets at the Climax zone through winter with two holes completed to target depth and the third ongoing.
Drilling will progress to the IXL and Railroad targets with additional rigs added as results warrant; assays to be released when enough holes comprise a complete test of the target.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – January 15, 2026 – Scout Discoveries Corp. (“Scout” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that drilling commenced at the Cuddy Mountain Project in late fall 2025 using one of the Company’s wholly owned drill rigs. This work is part of Scout’s planned Phase I core drilling program of up to 10,000 meters, detailed in the April 9th, 2025 news release. With the recent closing of Scout’s private placement (see January 5th, 2026 news release), the Company is now positioned to provide material updates on the drill program and other corporate developments.The ongoing Phase I drill program marks the first drilling at Cuddy Mountain in over 40 years. Drilling began at the Climax target (Figures 1 & 2) and will continue through the winter. Two completed holes and a third underway beneath the strong molybdenum soil anomaly at Climax shows it is a separate porphyry center from IXL. Assays are pending on both completed holes. Drill core observations reveal multiple porphyry intrusions, high-temperature alteration, and abundant sulfide-rich veins of varying generations ranging from early biotite halo, banded quartz molybdenite, magnetite, and sericite-chlorite-pyrite-(chalcopyrite) veins that are consistent with porphyry copper-molybdenum systems. Drilling will continue through the winter to vector toward inferred higher-temperature mineralization zones based on zoning observed to date.As snow melts in the spring, the Company plans to transition drilling to the IXL and Railroad targets while continuing work at Climax (Figures 1 & 2). Scout retains the flexibility to deploy additional rigs from its fleet of five surface core drills, should results warrant expanded drilling.
Curtis Johnson, Scout’s President and CEO commented, “The drill targets at Climax and IXL, including historic intercepts of 177 meters @ 0.34% Cu from surface with 40 meters @ 0.78% Cu, represent some of the most compelling near-surface porphyry targets in the broader Cuddy Mountain-Hercules mineral belt. This belt is emerging as the most significant new porphyry copper district discovered in the United States in well over 50 years. We look forward to utilizing our internally owned drills throughout 2026 to efficiently deploy shareholder capital and understand the full potential of the Cuddy Mountain project.”
Climax Target – Geologic Summary of Drilling to Date
The Climax area has emerged as one of the most compelling untested targets on the Cuddy Mountain project, having not been identified as a porphyry copper target prior to Scout’s 2024-2025 work programs. The Company utilized systematic geologic mapping, soil and rock geochemistry, and geophysics to guide drill targeting. Climax delivered impressive coincident IP, magnetic, and copper/molybdenum in soil anomalies in an area with newly discovered stockwork quartz-sulfide veining and multiple phases of porphyry dikes (Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Drilling and Geology
Initial drilling of two variably oriented holes with a third ongoing, totaling 1,100 meters focused on testing the highest-magnitude portions of the molybdenum-in-soil anomaly (Figure 2) in multiple orientations. Drilling encountered poor ground conditions in highly faulted and fractured rock that necessitated short drill runs and persistent hole conditioning to maintain recovery and production.
The two completed drill holes (CM-25-001, 002) confirm the occurrence of multiple phases of intermediate to late-mineral quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes (Figure 5) exhibiting diverse degrees of sericite-chlorite alteration. These dikes intrude the adjacent andesitic volcanic, volcaniclastic, and carbonate wall rocks, which display a high abundance of sulfide-rich veins and mineralization with sericite-chlorite, potassic, and skarn alteration (Figure 5A-E). Multiple phases of porphyry intrusions and widespread sulfide-rich veining at Cuddy are consistent with many productive copper deposits. The observation that more high-temperature veins occur in wall rock than in drill-intersected intrusions suggests that early-mineral intrusions linked to copper-molybdenum mineralization are sourced at deeper levels or lateral to areas drilled.
Alteration patterns observed in drilling further reinforce the presence of a productive porphyry system at Climax. Magnetite-chlorite-sericite-pyrite alteration is pervasive throughout the volcanic wall rocks, while widespread epidote-garnet-magnetite-(pyrite-chalcopyrite) alteration affects both the volcanics, interbedded limestone, and segments of the porphyry intrusions, indicating strong and extensive hydrothermal fluid flow. Pyrite content ranges between 1-5% (up to 10%) with subordinate chalcopyrite present throughout the volcanics. Sulfide distribution correlates well with the intensity of the chargeability anomaly (Figure 4). Notably, banded quartz-molybdenite veins – hallmark features of porphyry systems – are present in all holes, reaching up to 1% by volume explaining the strong molybdenum soil anomaly (Figure 5A). This is complemented by biotite-selvage (“early halo type”) veins, garnet skarn, sericite selvages around pyrite-quartz veins, and trace to moderate chalcopyrite and native copper on fracture surfaces – all proximal indicators of porphyry systems.
Take-Aways and Future Drilling
Assays have not yet been received from the drilling completed to date, however, interpretation of geologic logging in the initial 1,100 meters of drilling confirms the presence of stockwork quartz veins, early halo veins, minor chalcopyrite with abundant pyrite, and banded quartz-molybdenite veins – classic indicators of proximal portions of a porphyry copper system (Figure 5B, G, H). The identification of molybdenum-rich veins, often found outboard of the high-copper shell in porphyry systems, suggests that current drilling may have intercepted a high-molybdenum shell adjacent to the center of the Climax porphyry system(s). Abundant sericite-chlorite alteration suggests drilling to date tested flanking or upper levels of the system. Increasing chalcopyrite-to-pyrite ratios in core toward areas with the highest-magnitude copper-in-soil (up to 0.2% copper) and molybdenum-in-soil values provide compelling evidence for potentially stronger mineralization in future holes.
IXL Porphyry Copper System – The Next Target to be DrilledThe IXL target contains a known outcropping of a Triassic porphyry copper-molybdenum system, where historic exploration work at Cuddy Mountain began in the 1950s. Mineralization is dominated by potassic alteration (secondary biotite, K-feldspar) associated with stockwork quartz-chalcopyrite-molybdenite veins and disseminated chalcopyrite, along with local mineralized breccias. A multi-kilometer copper and molybdenum-in-soil anomaly (Figure 2) coupled with strong chargeability highs outline a major porphyry system, which is what the Company believes lies concealed in the Climax target area. Recent detailed geologic mapping by Scout at IXL outlined a much broader area of “shreddy” secondary biotite (potassic) alteration containing copper than was previously recognized due to overprinting low-temperature chlorite alteration of biotite that prior operators interpreted as distal propylitic alteration unrelated to copper mineralization (Figure 1).Approximately 2,500 meters of shallow historical drilling was carried out by multiple operators at IXL in the 1950s to 1970s, with no known drilling completed since. As shown in the sections linked below, the majority of the newly identified soil and chargeability anomalies are poorly tested or untested by previous efforts. Most shallow holes in the IXL region intercepted broad zones of 0.1-0.3% Cu with associated molybdenite and no precious metals assays. The best historic interval is from hole AX-1, which intercepted from surface, 177 meters @ 0.34% Cu including 40 meters @ 0.78% Cu on the margin of a chargeability high. An underground adit was driven to explore this higher-grade sub-interval in the 1960s, which uncovered a mineralized breccia zone coring the potassic alteration with several underground holes identifying strong primary sulfide mineralization including 35 meters @ 1.23% Cu. Scout looks forward to testing these zones to depth and along strike in 2026.Refer to the following links for planned drill sections through the IXL target area showing geology, chargeability, and resistivity: IXL Target Geology, IXL Target Chargeability, IXL Target Resistivity.
Railroad Porphyry-Skarn TargetSimilar to the Climax target, the Railroad area has emerged as a compelling concealed target and potential third preserved porphyry center on the project following systematic exploration work by the Scout team. High-grade copper skarn mineralization was previously known in the area; however, detailed mapping has outlined a series of parallel, stacked skarn zones associated with mineralized porphyry dikes offering the potential for bulk tonnage copper mineralization at depth (Figure 1). Strong magnetic and chargeability anomalies at depth (Figure 2) further suggest potential for concealed porphyry style mineralization, which along with near surface skarn mineralization, will be the focus of exploration drilling in the target area in 2026-2027.Refer to the following links for sections through the Railroad target showing geology, chargeability, and resistivity: Railroad Target Geology, Railroad Target Chargeability, Railroad Target Resistivity.
About the Cuddy Mountain ProjectThe Cuddy Mountain Project is a porphyry copper-molybdenum (gold) project within the broader western Idaho copper belt. Scout identified the property as having potential in 2020 and acquired it through staking of open ground in 2021, prior to the discovery of the Leviathan porphyry on the adjacent Hercules property in 2023. Since that time, the Company has systematically advanced the large 12 square kilometer outcropping porphyry targets through detailed geologic mapping, surface geochemistry, geophysics and now the phase I drill program described herein.
About Scout Discoveries Corp.Scout Discoveries Corp., headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is a private U.S. mineral exploration company with rights to twelve separate precious and base metal projects in the western U.S.A., comprising one of the largest unpatented claim holdings in the region, totaling over 50,000 acres. Scout’s vision is to bring the full discovery process in-house from idea generation through resource drilling, lowering costs and increasing efficiency. With this model, the Company can rapidly advance its project portfolio through discovery by leveraging its five internal core drill rigs and experienced technical teams.For further information, visit: https://www.scoutdiscoveries.com/
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – January 12, 2026) – Riverside Resources Inc. (TSXV: RRI) (OTCQB: RVSDF) (FSE: 5YY0) (“Riverside” or the “Company“), is pleased to outline its 2026 corporate outlook and work programs while highlighting key milestones achieved during 2025. Building on a year that saw the successful spin-out of Blue Jay Gold Corp., advancement of partner-funded work in Mexico, and a strategic investment of C$3.7 million which included Rick Rule and Sprott Wealth Management. Riverside now enters 2026 positioned to advance its key assets in the project generator and royalty portfolios.
Riverside maintains a solid balance sheet with strong cash, no debt and solid share structure with approximately 93 million shares outstanding following the December 2025 private placement. The recently completed non-brokered financing with strategic shareholders, including Rick Rule, Sprott Wealth Management, and Metallum, provides additional capital to advance key exploration, royalty, and transactional initiatives in 2026 while preserving the Company’s disciplined approach to share structure and capital allocation.
With a portfolio of projects in Canada and Mexico, a growing royalty platform anchored by Tajitos and Sugarloaf Peak (Arizona Metals Corp), and third-party funding from partners such as Questcorp Mining, Riverside will continue to focus on transactions and exploration programs that can create meaningful leverage for shareholders without overextending the treasury. This includes adding more assets this year, derisking key ones, and advancing partner-funded exploration programs as well as self-funded mineral exploration. Riverside also holds a portfolio of equity securities in partner and former partner companies which is separate from and in addition to the Company’s cash position.
“2025 was a pivotal year for Riverside as we delivered on several of the major objectives we laid out at the start of the year,” said John-Mark Staude, President and CEO of Riverside. “We completed the spin-out of Blue Jay Gold to our shareholders, marking the second time we have executed a successful spinout, the first being Capitan Silver, which also delivered a strong 2025 for its shareholders. Riverside secured an option agreement with Questcorp that funds exploration and first-phase drilling at the Union Project, and we strengthened our balance sheet through the completed strategic year-end financing. These actions place us in a strong position for 2026.”
“In 2026, we intend to keep doing what has worked for Riverside: emphasis on focused capital management, advance our best projects with our own capital and with third-party partner funding where prudent, and grow our royalty and equity portfolio exposure to potential discoveries and future value generation transactions. Our goal remains simple and opportunity-driven: to execute disciplined transactions, grow and advance our royalty interests, and pursue an exploration plan that fits Riverside’s model, while focusing on the best opportunities and working to deliver meaningful results over time.”
For an overview of Riverside’s 2025 progress and what we’re focused on heading into 2026, we encourage you to watch a short update video from President and CEO, John-Mark Staude. In the video, John-Mark highlights key milestones from the year, how our partner-funded model is advancing the portfolio, and the main priorities we’re working toward next.
Advance British Columbia Gold and REE Portfolio Continue systematic work at Red Jacket, Revel and Deer Park and related rare earth element and gold targets, with the objective of moving the British Columbia projects to more advanced exploration stages (including potential drill permitting, geophysics or partner exploration). The recent success of new mines in BC and higher commodity prices, combined with government and international strategic initiatives, makes for a good potential opportunity for Riverside.
In addition, China has implemented export controls and licensing requirements affecting certain rare earth materials, related products, and processing technologies, highlighting how concentrated and sensitive global REE supply chains remain. This reinforces why the Company intends to continue seeking REE opportunities that align with efforts to diversify supply and support strategic demand outside of China.
New Canadian Transactions Riverside plans to assess additional BC and other Canadian opportunities using Riverside’s database and technical team to secure attractive entry terms with the potential for future royalties and spinouts. In Q1, the Company intends to use a portion of the capital raised in December with strategic investors to add key tenures and continue to grow Riverside’s Canadian business.
2. Mexico Exploration and Partnerships
Union Project Complete assaying Union’s Phase 1 drilling program and plan the follow-up work to advance Union as the district-scale carbonate replacement region. The Company will continue exploring for gold and porphyry copper targets with Questcorp funding exploration under the option agreement.
Cecilia Project Advance the Cecilia Project following positive Q4 2024 drilling and 2025 follow-up targeting, interpretations program by integrating geophysics, structural modelling, and district-scale targeting to position the project for additional drilling and actively marketing it for an option or partnership. In light of recent positive statements and actions by the Mexican government, including the granting of new open-pit mining permits and titles, Riverside is stepping up its partner-seeking opportunities.
Advance and De-risk other Projects in Mexico Continue to progress and/or transact on the project portfolio through options, joint ventures, or asset sales, with the objective of providing shareholder return.
3. Royalty and Strategic Portfolio Growth
Leverage Existing Royalties Riverside’s royalty portfolio is anchored by its 2% NSR on the Tajitos Gold Project operated by Fresnillo and the Sugarloaf Peak gold project operated by Arizona Metals, where ongoing technical and permitting work by the operators could move these assets closer to future production decisions, with further leveraged upside from royalties on Capitan Silver’s Cruz de Plata Project and Blue Jay Gold’s Ontario properties.
Originate New Royalties through Transactions Structure new deals in Canada, Mexico and potentially in US jurisdictions where Riverside can retain NSRs and/or equity while transferring a portion of the capital burden to partners. Expanding the royalty portfolio including using the strong capital position of the Company.
4. Corporate Development & Capital Markets
Disciplined Deployment of New Capital Allocate the December 2025 financing proceeds into focused work programs and corporate development, prioritizing opportunities with clear value catalysts in an effort to deliver shareholders further potential returns.
Active Market Presence Continue regular outreach through conferences and targeted meetings, including key 2026 sector events, to broaden Riverside’s shareholder base and support liquidity. Attending key conferences including AME Roundup in Vancouver, January 26-29, 2026, and PDAC in Toronto, March 1-4, 2026.
2025 Recap and Highlights
Canada
Blue Jay Gold Spin-out and Ontario Portfolio Riverside completed the spin-out of Blue Jay Gold Corp. under a court-approved plan of arrangement, distributing one Blue Jay share and one new Riverside share for every five Riverside shares held on the May 22, 2025 effective date. This transaction gave Riverside shareholders direct exposure to a dedicated gold explorer while Riverside retained a royalty on Blue Jay’s Ontario property portfolio.
British Columbia – Gold and REE Projects Riverside advanced its BC portfolio with ongoing work at Red Jacket, Deer Park, Revel, and related projects, confirming strong analogues to the historic Yellowhead mining camp for Red Jacket and the Rossland mining camp at Deer Park as well as outlining a 12-kilometre-long carbonatite-style rare earth system at Revel that remains undrilled.
Mexico
Cecilia Gold Project Riverside reported positive results from the Q4 2024 drill program at Cecilia, which tested multiple targets. These holes provided geologic context and allow for the next phase of exploration work at the: San Jose vein system, East Target, Mayra Vein and South Mesa Fault among other targets. Most of the targets drilled in 2025 returned encouraging geological and gold indicators, confirming a large, low-sulphidation epithermal system.
The 2025 work focused on integrating structural, geochemical and geophysical data to better understand the scale and orientation of mineralization and expanded the targets setting the project up for the next exploration work.
Union Project – Questcorp Option & First-Year Work Riverside executed a definitive option agreement with Questcorp Mining (QQQ.CSE) on the 2,520-hectare Union Project in Sonora. The agreement provides for up to C$5.5 million in exploration expenditures and a staged path for Questcorp to earn in, while Riverside retains a royalty and became a shareholder of Questcorp. Under the terms of the agreement, Riverside will act as the exploration Operator for the project.
Questcorp issued 6,285,722 shares to Riverside (9.9% of Questcorp) and made cash payments. Following this, Riverside’s Mexico-based team began pre-drilling preparations, including contractor selection and geophysics to refine drill targets in the CRD-porphyry system. In late 2025, Riverside and Questcorp completed a partner-funded Phase 1 drill campaign of 12 holes totaling over 1,600 metres at Union, with assays pending for the first quarter of 2026.
Other Mexican Assets and Royalties The Company continued to advance its broader Mexican portfolio, including Cuarentas (drill permitted), Valle and the Ariel porphyry copper prospects, maintaining optionality for future joint ventures, sales or additional royalties.
Riverside’s royalty portfolio remained an important part of the value proposition, including the 2% NSR on the Tajitos Gold Project operated by Fresnillo and the 2% NSR on Arizona Metals’ Sugarloaf Peak gold project in Arizona, both of which continued to see operator-led technical and evaluation work through 2025.
Corporate & Financial
On December 1, 2025, Riverside closed a C$3.7 million non-brokered private placement with long-term strategic investors which included Rick Rule, Sprott Wealth Management and Metallum. The 18,460,000 units included half-warrants exercisable at C$0.30 for two years, adding potential future capital while keeping the structure straightforward. Following the financing, Riverside has 93 million shares outstanding and no debt, providing flexibility for 2026 programs and transactions.
Qualified Person & QA/QC The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Freeman Smith, P.Geo, a non-independent qualified person to Riverside Resources, who is responsible for ensuring that the geologic and technical information provided in this news release is accurate and who acts as a “qualified person” under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Riverside Resources Inc. Riverside is a well-funded exploration company driven by value generation and discovery. The Company has a solid balance sheet with no debt and tight share structure with a strong portfolio of gold-silver, copper and REE assets and royalties in North America. Further information about Riverside is available on the Company’s website at www.rivres.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF RIVERSIDE RESOURCES INC.
“John-Mark Staude”
Dr. John-Mark Staude, President & CEO
For additional information contact:
John-Mark Staude President, CEO Riverside Resources Inc. info@rivres.com Phone: (778) 327-6671 Fax: (778) 327-6675 Web: www.rivres.com
Eric Negraeff Investor Relations Riverside Resources Inc. Eric@rivres.com Phone: (778) 327-6671 TF: (877) RIV-RES1 Web: www.rivres.com
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