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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Usha Resources Ltd. ("Usha" or the "Company") (TSXV:USHA)(OTCQB:USHAF)(FSE:JO0) - on January 19, 2026, Totec Resources Ltd. ("Totec") completed its "Qualifying Transaction" (as such term is defined under TSX Venture Exchange Policy 2.4 - Capital Pool Companies) with Usha, 1540359 B.C. Ltd. ("Subco") and certain shareholders of Subco (the "Investors"), pursuant to which Usha and the Investors sold their respective interests in Subco to Totec (the "Transaction").

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WESTLAKE, OHIO / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Geon® Performance Solutions, a global leader in high-value polymer solutions, announces a comprehensive brand refresh. The update reflects the company's strategy to enhance and diversify its portfolio of engineered polymer solutions and advance its role as a solutions-driven partner.

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Jaguar has received the initial $16M payment related to the company's recently executed US out-license agreement for Mytesi® and Canalevia®-CA1, which has the potential to provide Jaguar up to an additional $22M with milestones and other potential future paymentsNear-term milestones for intestinal failure program buttressed by groundbreaking results of parenteral support (PS) reduction ranging from 12 to 37% in ongoing proof-of-concept study of crofelemer in pediatric patientsAssociated with significant toxicities to patients, PS has a lethal natural history, and PS reduction can potentially extend and save livesJaguar's rare-disease pipeline is the subject of ongoing BD discussions with potential partners, targeting NDA-ready data in 12-18 monthsJaguar presenting January 22 at Sequire Investor Summit in Puerto Rico; click here to register for eventClick here to view replay of Jaguar's January 15 fireside chat during Lytham Partners Healthcare Investor Summit

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Sparton Resources Inc. (TSXV:SRI) ("Sparton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has received final approval for its non-brokered private placement offering, which was first announced on October 30th, 2025. The total gross proceeds from both closings amount to C$410,000. For further details, refer to the Company's previous news releases dated December 12th, 2025, November 11th, 2025, and October 30th, 2025.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario" or the "Company") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Bright Angel copper-gold project in Colorado. At Bright Angel, mineralized porphyry stockwork contains significant values of gold and copper, with minor silver values. Mineralization has been traced over an area approximately 750 meters long and up to 600 meters wide. Both gold and copper are trading at all-time highs, with copper being designated as a critical metal by the U.S. government.

WAIANAE, HAWAII / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Hui Huliau announced the acquisition of Advantaged Solutions, LLC, an IT services and solutions company specializing in finance and logistics systems modernization, enterprise resource planning cloud implementation, and supply chain management.

WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) ("Loar") announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Harper Engineering Company ("Harper") for cash consideration of $250 million.

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364 Gram-Metre Near-Surface Drill Intercept Anchors New High-Grade CorridorAssay Results Pending from 34 Additional Drill Holes Across Multiple Targets

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Prospect Ridge") (CSE:PRR)(OTCQB:PRRSF)(FRA:OED) is pleased to announce assay results from CAM25-009 - the first hole for which assays have been received and interpreted - from the 2025 fall diamond drill program at the Company's 100% owned Camelot copper-gold project in British Columbia's prolific Cariboo Mining District.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Alset AI Ventures Inc. (TSXV:GPUS)(OTC:GPUSF)(FSE:1R60, WKN:A40M0J) ("Alset AI" or the "Company"), an artificial intelligence ("AI") venture company advancing innovation through strategic investment and cloud computing solutions, is pleased to announce that its investee company, Henon Financial Technologies Inc. ("Henon"), has launched the world's first Zero-Error Retrieval-Augmented Generation ("RAG") system specifically designed for unstructured data in financial workflows1.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Revival Gold Inc. (TSXV:RVG)(OTCQX:RVLGF) ("Revival Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on exploration drilling at the Company's Beartrack-Arnett Gold Project ("Beartrack-Arnett" or the "Project") located in Idaho, U.S.A.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF), a growing Mexico-based precious metals producer, is pleased to announce it has been named to the 2026 OTCQX® Best 50, a ranking of top performing companies traded on the OTCQX Best Market last year.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:ASM)(NYSE American:ASM)(GV6:FSE) a long-standing silver producer in Mexico, reports full year 2025 production results of 1,157,828 silver ounces ("oz"), 7,621 gold oz and 5,667,996 pounds of copper ("lbs"), for a total of 2.6 million silver equivalent 1 ("AgEq 1 ") oz. Full year production results were within our production estimated guidance of 2.5 to 2.8 million silver equivalent ounces.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Sun Peak Metals Corp. (TSXV:PEAK)(OTCQB:SUNPF) ("Sun Peak" or the "Company") reports initial results from a systematic geological mapping, rock-chip, and grab sampling program at its 100%-owned Halahila copper-gold-silver volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS") project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA" or "Saudi Arabia").

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Alta Copper Corp. (TSX:ATCU)(OTCQX:ATCUF)(BVL:ATCU) ("Alta Copper" or the "Company") announces that it has been advised by Fortescue Ltd ("Fortescue") that Nascent Exploration Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortescue (the "Purchaser") has received a notice from the Director of Investments under the Investment Canada Act (Canada) (the "ICA") pursuant to section 25.2(1) of the ICA indicating that the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (the "Minister") requires further time to consider whether to order a national security review under section 25.3(1) of the ICA of the proposed plan of arrangement between Alta Copper, Fortescue and the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Purchaser would acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Alta Copper not already held by the Purchaser (the "Transaction"). The Minister has not ordered a national security review of the Transaction under the ICA.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Inventus Mining Corp. (TSXV:IVS) ("Inventus" or the "Company")is pleased to provide recent drilling results at its 100%-owned Pardo "River of Gold" Project, located 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ontario.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Faraday Copper Corp. ("Faraday" or the "Company") (TSX:FDY)(OTCQX:CPPKF) is pleased to announce the results of the first eight drill holes from its Phase IV drill program at the Copper Creek Project, located in Arizona ("Copper Creek"). These holes targeted near-surface copper mineralization in the American Eagle area as well as infill drilling and geotechnical objectives.

AUSTIN, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Titan Siding & Window has been recognized with the 2026 Consumer Choice Award in the Siding and Windows category, reflecting a business built on decades of hands-on experience and a deliberate approach to residential remodelling.

Agreement leverages existing infrastructure to add contract-based revenue, improve asset utilization, support long-term cash flow and create shareholder value through diversified markets

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSX-V:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce it has intersected a very high-grade silver ("Ag") interval near previous high-grade intersections in the Ag-1 vein at the Powerline Deposit ("Powerline") at its AurMac Project ("AurMac"), Yukon, Canada.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR)(FSE:970)(OTCQB:KGFMF) ("Kingfisher" or the "Company") is pleased to announce final assay results from the 2025 drilling program at the HWY 37 Project. The 933 km2 HWY 37 Project is located within the Golden Triangle, British Columbia.

Estimate to Incorporate New Drilling Results and Extensive Historical Data, Targeting Significant Resource GrowthHighlights:Formation is undertaking a fully funded 30,000-metre drill program at its flagship N2 Gold Project in Quebec, host to a global historic resource of ~871,000 ounces comprised of 18 Mt grading 1.4 g/t Au (~810,000 oz Au) across four zones (A, East, RJ-East, and Central)2,3 and 243 Kt grading 7.82 g/t Au (~61,000 oz Au) across the RJ zone2,4.Formation's Phase 1 drill program was expanded to approximately 14,000 metres based on the results of the fieldwork to-date, which includes the following significant intervals that have material visually comparable to long gold intervals in historical drilling including 245-91-151, which intercepted 1.7 g/t Au over 35.0 metres:N2-25-008: 208.8 metres of target mineralization was intercepted beginning at 28.6 metres downhole, with multiple intervals over 40 metres in width including up to 70.0 metres.N2-25-011: 166.8 metres of target mineralization was intercepted beginning at 60.0 metres downhole, with multiple intervals over 20 metres in width including up to 70.6 metres.Following the completion of Phase 1, nearly 70,000 metres will have been drilled at N2, the majority of which will be incorporated into Formation's maiden mineral resource estimate. The Company is targeting a conceptual open pit resource following the completion of all drilling.The Company has working capital of ~C$12.1M with zero debt. Inclusive of provincial tax credits from the Quebec government, Formation's exploration budget for 2025-2026 is set at ~$8.1M.

Venezuela's interim president will soon visit the United States, a senior US official said Wednesday, further signaling President Donald Trump's willingness to embrace the oil-rich country's new leader.

Australians will fall quiet in candlelight Thursday on a national day of mourning for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.

Australians will fall quiet in candlelight Thursday on a national day of mourning for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.

Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win in Marseille in the Champions League on Wednesday as Harry Kane's double earned Bayern Munich a 2-0 victory against Union Saint-Gilloise that secured a place in the last 16 for the German giants.