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Crucial for making smartphones, fighter jets and electric cars, "rare earth" metals have become a strategic bargaining chip since main producer China this year introduced restrictions on their exports.

A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, his wife said Tuesday.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Shai Hope steadied the West Indies with an unbeaten half-century stand as tourists were 68-2 at lunch on day two of the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Global Education Communities Corp. ("GECC" or the "Company") (TSX:GEC)(OTCQX:GECSF) reports that it has filed on SEDAR+ its audited annual consolidated financial statements (the "Annual Financial Statements") and related Management's Discussion & Analysis (the "MD&A") (collectively, the "2025 Financial Report") for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 ("Fiscal 2025"). This news release should be read in conjunction with the 2025 Financial Report in its entirety. To review the 2025 Financial Report, please visit GECC's profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

HALIFAX, NS / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. ("Namibia Critical Metals" or the "Company" or "NMI") (TSXV:NMI)(OTCQB:NMREF) is pleased to announce the results of its Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for the Lofdal Heavy Rare Earths Project "Lofdal 2B-4" ("Lofdal" or the "Project") in Namibia.

BEDFORD, NS / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / (TSXV:SSE) - Silver Spruce Resources Inc. ("Silver Spruce" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it will undertake a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Financing") comprising up to 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 for gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000. Each unit will consist of one common share and a full warrant to purchase an additional common share at an exercise price of $0.15 per share for a period of three years from the closing of the private placement. The private placement is expected to close on or before December 31, 2025.

CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / The Sound Money Defense League and Money Metals Exchange are proud to announce the Sound Money Fellowship for a second year-a new program designed to foster advanced research in the field of sound money.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Troubadour Resources Inc. ("TR", "Troubadour" or the "Company") (TSXV:TR)(OTC PINK:TROUF)(WKN:TROUF) is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced Phase 1 of its of the multi-phase drill program at its Senneville Gold-Silver-Copper property ("Senneville" or the "Property").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / ShelfieTech Ltd. (CSE:SHLF)(OTCQB:SHLFF) ("Shelfie", or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of November 6, 2025 , it has closed the non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") raising gross proceeds of $1,699,185 through the issuance of 1,179,990 common shares in the capital of the Company (each a "Share") at a price of $1.44 per Share.

PORTLAND, OR / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Blockchain Loyalty Corp. (OTC:BBLC) (the "Company" or "BBLC") is pleased to provide a corporate update on its technology strategy, highlighting progress on its AI infrastructure division, InfernoGrid, and its fintech platform, Koilink Technologies Inc.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Nepra Foods Inc. (CSE:NPRA)(FSE:2P6)(OTCQB:NPRFF) ("Nepra" or the "Company"), a vertically integrated plant-based food and specialty ingredient company focused on innovative, proprietary allergen- and gluten-free solutions, today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended September 30, 2025 (Q1 and Q2 of fiscal 2026). The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") have been filed on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).

The initiative tackles key challenges, including balancing ATO and MTS production on shared lines, improving inventory projections through quality-based stock releases, and managing capacity amid fluctuating demand. Addressing these challenges requires close collaboration across regions with North American and EMEA teams working in parallel, and seamless integration of SAP with the operational planning functionality within Unison Planning™. The first implementations will roll out in Canada and the United States before expanding to the EMEA and APAC regions.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Tactical Resources Corp. (TSX.V: RARE)(OTC PINK:USREF) ("Tactical" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration and development company, announces that, in connection with the Company's previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with Plum Acquisition Corp. III ("Plum"), and to ensure the resulting issuer ("New PubCo") satisfies applicable Nasdaq listing standards, the Company will consolidate its common shares (the "Shares") on the basis of five (5) pre-consolidation Shares for every one (1) post-consolidation Share (the "Consolidation") effective December 5, 2025.

BIOMIND LABS ACCELERATES FDA PATHWAY FOR 5-MEO-DMT CANDIDATE BMND08 AND GRANTS STOCK OPTIONS

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ:AZ), a global leader in smart retail technology, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with a well established and highly regarded, premium grocery retailer with over 50 stores in Central America, to deploy the A2Z Cust2mate smart cart platform.

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Dateline Resources Limited (ASX:DTR)(OTCQB:DTREF)(FSE:YE1) is pleased to announce further drilling results at its 100%-owned Colosseum Gold and Rare Earth Element (REE) Project in San Bernardino County, California. The results from a further two reverse circulation (RC) holes drilled below the North Pit have provided gold assay results that exceed the mineral resource grade for the Indicated blocks that they intercepted, with the expectation that this result will improve the mineral resource grade for the blocks in the vicinity when a new mineral resource estimate is undertaken early in 2026.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV:EMPR)(OTCQX:EMPYF) ("Empress" or the "Company") announces that Mr. Jeremy Bond has resigned as a director to focus on other professional commitments. A co-founder of Empress, Mr. Bond supported the Company's early development as it advanced from concept to achieving key milestones, including reaching net income.

Drilling For Critical Elements In The Mineral-Rich Province Of New Brunswick, Canada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Mako Mining Corp. (TSXV:MKO)(OTCQX:MAKOF) ("Mako" or the "Company") announces that the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") has accepted its normal course issuer bid (the "NCIB") to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,350,450 common shares ("Common Shares") of the Company, representing 5% of the 87,009,006 Common Shares issued and outstanding on the date hereof.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Camino Minerals Corporation (TSXV:COR)(OTC:CAMZF) ("Camino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of the sixth, and final, CAD$1.5 million payment from its exploration partner Nittetsu Mining CO., Ltd. ("Nittetsu"), marking the successful completion of Nittetsu's earn-in expenditure requirements under the earn-in agreement dated June 13, 2023 ("Earn-In Agreement") (see news release dated June 14, 2023). Following the conclusion of the current drilling program at the Los Chapitos Copper Project ("Los Chapitos" or the "Project") in Peru, the Project will be formally converted into a joint venture, with Camino retaining a 65% participating interest, operatorship of the Project, and 50% of the life-of-mine production off-take. Los Chapitos is the second joint venture project with Nittetsu, as Camino is currently advancing the Puquios copper mine development with Nittetsu in Chile.

LONDON, UK AND TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Retained executive search firm Caldwell (TSX:CWL)(OTCQX:CWLPF) today announced the addition of Ben Sturnham as a Partner in the firm's Financial Services and Real Estate practices. Based in London, Sturnham advises clients on board and C-suite recruitment across the full breadth of the real estate, financial services, and real estate finance sectors in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. With more than two decades of global experience in executive search, leadership assessment, and organizational development, Sturnham is known for helping investors, lenders, and operators build high-performing leadership teams.

Video streaming giant YouTube on Wednesday attacked Australia's looming social media ban for under-16s, denouncing the world-first laws as "rushed" and unrealistic.

South Koreans are expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for a rally marking the first anniversary of ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law that plunged the deeply divided country into political turmoil.

High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said "no compromise" had been found yet on the key question of territory.

The children of Hong Kong's jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai are voicing new alarm for his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate.

San Francisco is suing makers of the ultra-processed food that health experts say has led millions of Americans into obesity during decades of over-consumption, the city said Tuesday.

Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez once painted himself as a champion of the fight against drug trafficking only to become one of the most high-profile figures implicated in it.

Cristian Romero shinned a bizarre overhead kick past Newcastle goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in the dying moments to secure a 2-2 draw for Thomas Frank's beleaguered Tottenham on Tuesday.

Barcelona produced an impressive comeback to beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 on Tuesday and move four points clear at the top of La Liga.

Bayer Leverkusen have knocked Borussia Dortmund out in the last 16 of the German Cup, Ibrahim Maza scoring the only goal in a 1-0 away win on Tuesday.

The American at the forefront of negotiating an end to the Ukraine war is not a veteran diplomat or the US secretary of state but a billionaire real estate developer, Steve Witkoff.