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BEDFORD, NS / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Silver Spruce Resources Inc. ("Silver Spruce" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:SSE) is issuing a correction to its press release entitled "Silver Spruce Resources Inc. Announces Closing of $976,000 Non-Brokered Private Placement" issued on January 16, 2026 (the "Initial Press Release"). The Initial Press Release incorrectly stated the number of units of the Corporation ("Units") under the private placement offering ("Offering") as 976,000 Units. The correct number of Units under the Offering is 9,760,000 Units. This Press Release should be read in conjunction with the Initial Press Release. The correction described in this press release does not change any other information reported in the Initial Press Release.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / BE RESOURCES INC. (TSX-V:BER.H) (the "Company") announces the resignation of Carmelo Marrelli as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, effective immediately. The Company would like to thank Mr. Marrelli for his contribution to the Company and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

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CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Bocana Resources Corp. (TSXV:BOCA)(Frankfurt:VC1) ("Bocana" or the "Company"), further to the press release dated August 5, 2025, August 18, 2025, September 4, 2025, and October 6, 2025, in connection with the due diligence efforts of the Company, LP Associates, LLC ("LPA") has agreed to provide Bocana with an additional thirty (30) day time period to the previously extended Letter of Intent ("LOI"). This provides Bocana with sufficient time to receive results back from the expanded sampling and assaying of ore material within the 1,440 acres of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management placer mining claims owned by LPA. The additional sampling and assay analysis work has been completed, and final results are pending.

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Taranis Has One of the Best Silver Projects in British Columbia!

ABU DHABI, UAE / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Calidus Aerospace, one of the leading defense and manufacturing companies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the prospective co-production of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Gambit Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in the UAE, as well as command and control and battle management systems.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Retained executive search firm Caldwell (TSX:CWL)(OTCQX:CWLPF) Caldwell today announced a three-year sponsorship with Deloitte Canada on Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year® Award Program.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Pivotree, a leader in frictionless commerce, today announced an official partnership with OroCommerce, the industry's most powerful B2B-native digital commerce platform. This partnership creates the most complete B2B implementation and integration offering on the market, uniquely combining a best-in-class platform with expert-led product information management (PIM/MDM) and data enrichment services. The partnership comes as B2B organizations increasingly modernize commerce platforms while addressing the data foundations required to support automation, AI-driven workflows, and scalable digital growth.

Collaboration Establishes Framework to Expand Platform Growth

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Karbon-X Corp. (OTCQX:KARX), a vertically integrated climate-solutions company operating across compliance and voluntary carbon markets, today announced that it has secured access to up to $25 million in discretionary financing, providing the Company with enhanced flexibility to scale its platform, deepen market participation, and capitalize on strategic growth opportunities as global carbon markets continue to mature.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / INNODATA INC. (Nasdaq:INOD) today announced that it was awarded a contract for the Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.

Toronto-based company has deployed IoT monitoring on 3,000+ projects in 20+ countries, with 150% year-over-year revenue growth

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Core Silver Corp. ("Core Silver" or the "Company") (CSE:CC)(FSE:8ZR)(OTCQB:CCOOF) is pleased to present visuals and geological highlights from drill hole LAV25-013, the final of four deep exploratory diamond drill holes completed during the 2025 season at the Laverdiere Copper Project (the "Project" or "Laverdiere"), located on the eastern Blue Property in the Atlin Mining District, northwestern British Columbia.

2 years after treatment, GelrinC-treated patients demonstrated layered cartilage architecture similar to native hyaline cartilage - widely regarded as the gold standard for durable joint functionThis rare outcome in cartilage repair suggests true biological cartilage regeneration, not merely defect fillingUnlike traditional scaffolds, GelrinC limits fibrotic tissue overgrowth, supporting smoother joint motion and preserving natural biomechanics

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco," "Eco Atlantic," "Company," or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") (AIM:ECO)(TSX‐V:EOG), the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") will be held on 27 March 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (EST) at 217 Queen Street West, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 0V2. Copies of the formal notice of AGM and form of proxy will be made available on the on the Company's website at: https://www.ecooilandgas.com/investors/documents-circulars/

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Electrovaya Inc. (Nasdaq:ELVA)(TSX:ELVA), a leading lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing company, announces that Dr. Sankar Das Gupta (the "Acquirer"), a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Electrovaya Inc. ("Electrovaya") exercised 1,420,000 warrants ("Warrants") to purchase common shares (each, a "Common Share") at an exercise price of $0.90 per Common Share, acquiring an equivalent number of Common Shares on the exercise.

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SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Dateline Resources Limited (ASX:DTR)(OTCQB:DTREF)(FSE:YE1) (Dateline or the Company) is pleased to provide an update for the Colosseum Project Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) that is currently underway.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / CANEX Metals Inc. ("CANEX" or the "Company") (TSXV:CANX) issues the following response to Gold Basin Resources Corporation's ("Gold Basin") (TSX.V:GXX) news release dated January 19, 2026, where Gold Basin announced that it has granted security over a portion of its only material property, the Gold Basin Project in Mojave County, Arizona, to a related party. Despite this announcement, CANEX remains committed to its offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Gold Basin and unlock value for Gold Basin and CANEX shareholders.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. (TSXV:QZM)(OTCQX:QZMRF) ("Quartz" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it will be participating in AME Roundup 2026 (www.roundup.amebc.ca) hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration, taking place January 26 to 29, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Centre East in Vancouver, British Columbia ("BC").

This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of the Company’s amended and restated prospectus supplement dated November 18, 2025, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated May 15, 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Roxmore Resources Inc. (formerly, Axcap Ventures Inc.) (CSE:RM)(OTCQX:GARLF) ("Roxmore" or the"Company") is pleased to report results from its ongoing drill campaign at its flagship Converse Gold Project ("Converse" or "the Project"), located on the Battle Mountain - Eureka Trend in Nevada, USA. Results include a significant intercept of 194.5m grading 0.71 g/t gold from 190.2m depth, including 12.5m grading 1.14 g/t Au from 208.5m, and 24.1m grading 1.77 g/t Au from 281m. The drill hole was completed as part of the Company's ongoing Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") studies and continues to validate both the scale and continuity of gold mineralization at Converse.

Strategic Integration of Generative AI 'Semantic Memory' via OpenAI and Pinecone Vector Database Supports Rapid Expansion of Corporate Engagement Platforms

Collaboration enables integrated device-plus-AI offerings supporting scalable ECG analysis, visualization, and report generationCombination of single-lead wearable devices and AI algorithms creating a pathway towards cost-efficient Holter-style monitoring solutions

ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Dr. Roof has received the 2026 Consumer Choice Award in the Roofing category, reflecting more than three decades of service supporting homeowners across the Atlanta region and throughout the Southeast.