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El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country's sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.

Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing his "lack of credentials" and anti-vaccine beliefs.

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Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) ("Loar"), announced today the pricing of its upsized public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,897,500 shares offered by certain stockholders and 3,852,500 shares offered by Loar at $85.00 per share. The selling stockholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 862,500 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on December 12, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Fig 1 - Tarcoola Goldfield interpreted 3D architecture with recent test drilling results1

Forward Water Technologies Corp. (TSXV:FWTC) ("Forward Water" or the "Company") in conjunction with CleanTech Lithium (CTL)(T2)(CTLHF) ("CTL") and Conductive Energy Inc. ("CE") have completed first trials for the production of lithium carbonate from brines sourced in Chile. CTL produced lithium brine eluate from their facilities in Chile and delivered these lithium rich brines to CE's operational site in Chicago, Illinois, USA. CE and FWTC then successfully processed the eluate brine to lithium carbonate using CE's chemical conversion technology and FWTC's proprietary iFOTM process for high strength brine concentration.

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Temas Resources Corp. ("Temas" or the "Company") (CSE:TMAS)(OTCQB:TMASF) is pleased to announce that it has issued 650,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company to purchase up to 650,000 common shares in the capital of the Company. Of the stock options granted, 150,000 are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of grant, 200,000 are exercisable for a period of four years from the date of grant and the balance are exercisable for a period of five years from the date of grant. All stock options granted will vest over one year with the first 25% vesting on March 9, 2025 and the balance vesting in equal portions every 6 months thereafter. The options have an exercise price of $0.09.

Valsoft Corporation Inc. ("Valsoft"), a Canadian company specializing in the acquisition and development of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Buildsoft, a pioneer in estimating, takeoff, and tender management solutions for the construction industry, serving Australia and international markets for over 40 years.

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an artificial intelligence (AI) venture company advancing innovation through strategic investment and cloud computing solutions, announces it has entered into share exchange agreements dated December 8 2024 (collectively, the "Agreements"), to acquire an aggregate26% stake in Cedarcross International Technologies Inc. ("Cedarcross Technologies"), a private British Columbia corporation. Upon closing, Alset AI will hold an approximately 75% equity interest in Cedarcross Technologies, reinforcing its commitment to driving innovation in AI cloud infrastructure.

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Smartsourcing Provider Sees Revenue Increase More Than 40 Percent

Outlines a Fully Funded Exploration Plan

Consumer Choice Award (CCA) is excited to announce OakWood Designers & Builders as Ottawa's Home Renovation & Design category winner. This prestigious award highlights OakWood's commitment to delivering exceptional craftsmanship, innovative designs, and sustainable building practices for over 65 years.

SKY GOLD CORP. ("Sky Gold" or the "Company") (TSX.V:SKYG)(OTC PINK:SRKZF) announces it will not be proceeding with the 4 cent private placement previously announced (see PR November 1, 2024). The Company will continue to assess and formulate programs on both the Evening Star copper porphyry and gold targets as well as the Shebandowan nickel-copper-cobalt-chrome-platinum group element-gold property, located in northwestern Ontario.

NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSXV:NOAL)(FSE:N7N) ("NOA" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated October 15, 2024, the Company has closed the strategic non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") with Clean Elements Ltd. (the "Investor") whereby the Company issued 79,411,764 units (the "Units") to the Investor at a price of $0.17 per Unit for aggregate proceeds of $13,500,000 (the "Offering Amount"). Each Unit consists of one common share (a "Common Share") of the Company and one Common Share purchase warrant (each a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one Common Share (each a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.221 per Warrant Share for a period of 30 months from the closing (the "Closing") of the Offering.

Atlas Salt Inc. ("Atlas Salt" or the "Company") (TSXV:SALT)(OTCQB:REMRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Endeavour Financial as its financial advisor to lead the arrangement of project financing for the Great Atlantic Salt Project (the "Project").

Quantum BioPharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:QNTM)(CSE:QNTM)(FRA:0K91) ("Quantum BioPharma" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of innovative assets and biotech solutions, today announces through its subsidiary, HUGE Biopharma Australia Pty Ltd., that the safety review committee recommends commencing dosing of the second cohort in its trial entitled "A Phase 1, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Lucid-21-302 in Healthy Adult Participants." The safety review committee made this recommendation after reviewing safety and pharmacokinetic data from participants in the first cohort.

Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (TSXV:GCX)(OTCQB:GCXXF) ("Granite Creek" or the "Company") is pleased to announce drill results from the 2024 drill campaign on at its wholly owned Carmacks copper-gold-silver project located in central Yukon, Canada. As previously mentioned, the Company identified a new zone within the Carmacks project called the Gap Zone (see news release dated October 3, 2024), located between existing high-grade, pit-constrained resources. The exploratory drill program intercepted copper mineralization in all four drill holes, laying the foundation for a follow-up resource definition and expansion drilling campaign. See below for selected drill results.

Collaboration between Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Provectus Biopharmaceuticals

Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG)(OTCQB:LGCXF) (the " Company " or " Lahontan ") is pleased to announce that during a court hearing yesterday before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, a judgement was issued allowing the Receiver, Price Waterhouse Cooper ("PwC") to proceed with the transfer of common shares of the Company that were previously held by Victoria Gold Corp ("the Victoria shares"), now under control of PwC. The Company has been in contact with a group of Lahontan institutional and private investors in order to facilitate an orderly transfer of the Victoria shares. The Company anticipates that the transfer will take place shortly, relieving an overhang on Lahontan equity investors.

is pleased to announce thatit has it has entered into a mineral property purchase and sale agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated effective December 06, 2024, with Weaver Energy Corp. ( "Weaver"), a private company registered in Ontario, pursuant to which Weaver will acquire Eagle Plains' 100% owned Slocan Graphite Project.

Amazon Awards Company 3D Content Provider Certificate

Consumer Choice Award (CCA) proudly announces that B&P Cycle and Sports has won in the Bicycle Sales and Services category in Southern Alberta. This prestigious award recognizes businesses with exceptional service, product quality, and customer satisfaction.

AI/ML Innovations Inc. (the "Company") (CSE:AIML)(OTCQB:AIMLF)(FWB:42FB) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arms-length share purchase agreement dated December 9, 2024 (the "SPA") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares (the "Acquisition") of Quantum Sciences Ltd. ("Quantum"). Quantum currently carries on the business of designing transformative digital health care solutions utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum inspired methodologies.

Mawson Finland Limited ("Mawson" or the "Company") (TSX-V:MFL) is pleased to announcethe completion of the "first phase" ("EIA Program") of the Environmental Impact Assessment procedure for the Rajapalot Project (the "Project") in northern Finland. The EIA procedure is a requirement for obtaining a mining permit.

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Developers can now easily manage complex software workloads using pre-determined runtime scheduling capabilities

The suspect in the high-profile killing of a health insurance CEO that has gripped the United States graduated from an Ivy League university, reportedly hails from a wealthy family, and wrote social media posts brimming with cerebral musings.