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MISSISSAUGA, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta) today announced the appointment of Stacey Lucariello as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for North America, effective December 1, 2025. Reporting directly to Sam Errigo, President and CEO, she will serve on the company's Executive Committee and Executive Leadership Team.

Leveraging Amdocs' amAIz - generative AI Platform and its agents, powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise, e& UAE is integrating generative AI into its business processes, opening possibilities for new revenue opportunities, business efficiencies, and improved customer experiences

Formerra will distribute Techmer PM color masterbatches, high-performance additives, and pre-colored compounds across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / 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 LAV25-011, the second 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.

Krafty Labs Generated 2025 Year to date Revenue of $1.1 mill with a 72% gross marginAll-Cash Deal for $600,000Acquiring a Blue Chip customers list; Google, Meta, Oracle etcNextech3d.ai Doubles Customer Base to 1000+Nextech3d.ai is Accelerating its Growth As a One-Stop AI Event Tech Suite

This strengthens NeuralCloud's expansion into the global wellness and B2B health practitioner delivery model with high-fidelity cardiac signal processing and digital health integration.Partnership positions MaxYield™ as a core AI engine for next-generation smart rings and consumer cardiac monitoring into the broader INTRINSICA platform.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / ESGold Corp.("ESGold" or the "Company") (CSE:ESAU)(Frankfurt:Z7D)(OTCQB:ESAUF) announces that further to its news release dated November 27, 2024, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of 5,300,000 flow-through common shares of the Company (the "FT Shares") at a price of $0.85 per FT Share for aggregate gross proceeds of $4,505,000.

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BUENOS AIRES, AR / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSXV:NOAL)(Frankfurt:N7N) ("NOA" or the "Company") provides a year-end update from the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Director, Gabriel Rubacha, highlighting the 2025 milestones at the Company's flagship, Rio Grande project (the "Rio Grande Project" or"Project") and setting out the 2026 priorities for the Company which will be to focus on permitting and a pre-feasibility study ("PFS") at its Rio Grande Project.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) continues to expand and upgrade the Powerline Deposit ("Powerline") at its AurMac Project ("AurMac"), First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Traditional Territory, Yukon. The diamond drillholes reported here intersected new high-grade domains extending Powerline mineralization to a new area southwest of the main deposit and demonstrating the continuity of high-grade in the central Powerline deposit and between the Airstrip Deposit.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / BioNxt Solutions Inc. ("BioNxt" or the "Company") (CSE:BNXT)(OTCQB:BNXTF)(FSE:BXT) is advancing the development of a next-generation "Melt in Your Mouth" cladribine formulation, built on the Company's proprietary oral dissolvable film (ODF) drug-delivery system. The technology is designed for rapid, sublingual (under-the-tongue) absorption of medication and aims to improve treatment access and comfort for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). BioNxt's lead program, BNT23001, is being developed as a swallow-free alternative to cladribine tablets, which generated USD 1.28 billion in global sales in 2024.

Company closes both LIFE and Flow Through Private Placements

Online discussion site Reddit on Tuesday condemned Australia's imminent social media ban for under-16s as "legally erroneous" but said it would comply with the landmark crackdown.

At least 10 people were reported injured on Tuesday but there appeared to be no major damage after a big quake rocked northern Japan and triggered tsunami waves up to 70 centimetres (28 inches) high.

Jimmy Kimmel has extended his contract with Disney-owned ABC for a year, sources said Monday, months after his late-night show was yanked off the air in a confrontation with President Donald Trump's administration.

President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China.

Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Monday for throwing the game ball with force at Britain's O.G. Anunoby of New York in an unsportsmanlike manner.

USA playmaker Christian Pulisic scored twice in 10 minutes on Monday as AC Milan came from behind to edge Torino 3-2 to move to the summit of Serie A.

Manchester United climbed back into the race to qualify for the Champions League as Bruno Fernandes inspired a 4-1 rout of woeful Wolves on Monday.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to mark the anniversary.

Global stock markets were mostly soft on Monday as investors avoided risks ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting, which may yield clues to the direction of interest rates in coming months.

Cole Palmer will miss Chelsea's Champions League clash with Atalanta on Tuesday as boss Enzo Maresca tries to keep the injury-plagued forward fresh.

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Europe was heading in "very bad directions," in a fresh broadside just days after his new security strategy slammed the continent over mass migration.

The family of Maria Corina Machado and heads of state arrived in Oslo on Monday for this week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honouring the Venezuelan opposition leader, who lives in hiding but is expected to attend the ceremony.

Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several dead as other west African countries mobilised to offer military support.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher labelled Mohamed Salah "a disgrace" on Monday after the Egypt star's stunning outburst at Reds boss Arne Slot.

A just-signed agreement aimed at ending the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo looked to be unravelling Monday with the DRC and Burundi slamming neighbouring Rwanda after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group attacked border areas.

Feminists expressed outrage Monday after footage circulated of Monday of France's first lady Brigitte Macron using a slur against activists who disrupted the show of an actor-comedian who had once been accused of rape.

A suspect has been arrested in the theft of eight Henri Matisse artworks from a Sao Paolo library, Brazilian authorities said Monday.

Troubled Liverpool were handed an FA Cup third round tie fraught with the potential for embarrassment after being pitted against League One side Barnsley in Monday's draw.

Arne Slot admitted Monday that he didn't know whether Mohamed Salah will play again for Liverpool after the Egypt star was dropped for the Reds' Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

Arne Slot insisted that his relationship with Mohamed Salah has not broken down even after dropping the star attacker from Liverpool's trip to face Inter Milan in the Champions League.