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MONTRÉAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FSE:F12) ("Critical Elements" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the details of its Phase 2: Summer 2026 drill program, including 10,000 meters of systematic drilling around the 100% owned Rose West Discovery ("Rose West"), located in Eeyou Istchee, Québec.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / PPX Mining Corp. (TSX Venture:PPX)(BVL:PPX) ("PPX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce another positive month of operating and financial performance from its Callanquitas Mine at the Igor Project in northern Peru, establishing a new all-time monthly record in Net Profit Interest ("NPI") for the second consecutive month.

IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / Allied Universal®, the world's leading security and facility services provider, today announced its acquisition of Sentinel Offender Services, a leading U.S. electronic monitoring company.

SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), a clinical stage leader developing antiviral drugs that viruses cannot escape, updates that it has continued to advance its broad-spectrum antiviral drug NV-387 towards a Phase II Clinical Trial of the NV-387 Oral Gummies formulation as a Treatment for the Current Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / Galantas Gold Corporation (TSX-V:GAL)(AIM:GAL) ("Galantas" or the "Company") reports that on 4 July 2026 (the "Date of Grant"), the Board allotted and reserved 33,650,000 restricted share units of the Company ("RSUs") to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company ("Participants"), consisting of a right to receive a share, cash payment or a combination thereof upon settlement of such RSU in accordance with the Company's omnibus equity incentive plan, which was approved by the Company's shareholders on June 15, 2026 (the "Plan"). The method of settlement of the RSUs is fully at the discretion of the Board as administrators of the Plan.

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Highlights from the May 2026 Surface Sampling Program Include:Up to 46.3 g/t gold and 1,030 g/t silver in channel samplesUp to 67.1 g/t gold in grab samplesUp to 26.1 g/t gold and 348 g/t silver in rock chip samples

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / 55 North Mining Inc. (CSE:FFF)(FSE:6YF) ("55 North" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the voting results of its annual general and special meeting of shareholders, held on June 22, 2026 (the "Meeting"). Shareholders voted in favour of all matters put before the Meeting, including a special resolution approving a change of the Company's name to "55 North Gold Inc.", the election of two new directors, and the re-approval of the Company's restricted share unit plan.

News Release Highlights:Vanta has been invited to present at Maxim Group's "Health, Wellness & Longevity" Virtual Conference on July 22, 2026, providing the Company with an opportunity to engage institutional investors and showcase its long-term strategy for building an integrated U.S.-focused consumer health sciences and longevity platform spanning peptide therapies, nutraceuticals and premium functional hydration products.The Company believes participation in the conference supports its broader U.S. corporate growth and capital markets strategy by expanding visibility among institutional investors, family offices, investment advisors and other capital markets participants as it advances the development and commercialization of its integrated consumer health sciences and longevity ecosystem.Vanta's integrated consumer health sciences strategy combines the development of a U.S.-focused telehealth-enabled peptide platform with an established portfolio of premium nutraceutical and functional hydration products, positioning the Company to participate in the projected $1.4 trillion global longevity economy through multiple complementary consumer health verticals.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce it has intersected high-grade gold ("Au") mineralization in the Powerline Deposit ("Powerline") west of the main high-grade core. These diamond drill intersections highlight new expansion potential and domains in a portion of Powerline, AurMac Project ("AurMac"), Yukon, Canada.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 6, 2026 / BioNxt Solutions Inc. ("BioNxt" or the "Company") (CSE:BNXT)(OTCQB:BNXTF)(FSE:BXT), a bioscience innovator specializing in advanced drug delivery systems, is pleased to announce continued progress in its sublingual Semaglutide oral dissolvable film ("ODF") program, marking the next stage of development for the Company's GLP-1 delivery platform.

Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland said his country's stunning World Cup win against Brazil had been launched by his penalty save during the 2-1 victory.

England's World Cup last-16 clash against Mexico has been delayed by one hour due to adverse weather conditions in Mexico City, FIFA confirmed on Sunday.

FIFA issued a reprieve to banned United States star Folarin Balogun on Sunday following a personal appeal from President Donald Trump, plunging the World Cup into uproar as Norway scored a stunning upset to send Brazil crashing out of the tournament.

Deaths from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose to at least 3,342 on Sunday as officials began to bury dozens of bodies left unidentified 11 days after the disaster.

Chris Gotterup won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his third PGA Tour title of the year after co-leader Ben Kohles plunked his approach into water on the final hole.

FIFA cleared US star striker Folarin Balogun to play in the World Cup co-hosts' showdown with Belgium despite his red-card ban after a personal phone call from President Donald Trump, it emerged Sunday, igniting a furious row that has rocked the tournament.

Erling Haaland scored two late goals to send Norway through to a first World Cup quarter-final with a stunning 2-1 win over Brazil that condemned the five-time champions to their earliest exit since 1990.

Coco Gauff clinched a dramatic late-night victory over Belinda Bencic on Sunday to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time in her career.

A "super typhoon" with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane made landfall on the US island of Rota in the Pacific on Monday, the National Weather Service said, warning of "catastrophic damage and (a) life threatening situation".

Spain's coach backed Lamine Yamal to showcase his precocious talents in Monday's World Cup last-16 showdown with Portugal, saying: "He loves these kinds of games."

Shai Hope and Justin Greaves steadied the West Indies first innings reply with an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 174 as the home side reached 318 for four at the close of the third day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday.

Australia captain Sophie Molineux was glad to have "kept believing" after her side thrashed England by seven wickets in the women's T20 World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday.

FIFA cleared US star striker Folarin Balogun to play in the World Cup co-hosts' showdown with Belgium despite his red-card ban after a personal phone call from President Donald Trump, it emerged Sunday, igniting a furious row that has rocked the tournament.

Reigning champion Jannik Sinner eased into his fifth consecutive Wimbledon quarter-final with a straight-sets victory over Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki on Sunday.

Hernan Gil was working his shift as a security guard in the basement of a building in Venezuela on the afternoon of June 24 when he felt the earth shake.

Thousands of ecstatic fans escorted Cape Verde's Blue Sharks through the streets of Praia Sunday for a celebratory parade following their slender defeat to Argentina in one of the World Cup's most surprising matches.

The World Cup was plunged into uproar on Sunday after FIFA suspended a red card given to United States star Folarin Balogun ahead of the host nation's clash with Belgium, in a bombshell move welcomed by President Donald Trump but slammed as "astonishing" by Belgian officials.

A top Trump administration official on Sunday shrugged off a July Fourth parade by masked white supremacists in Washington as an example of "messy" democracy that fell under the banner of constitutionally protected free speech.

German Jan-Lennard Struff became the oldest first-time men's Grand Slam quarter-finalist in the Open era, as Hubert Hurkacz retired injured during the fifth set of their last-16 Wimbledon tie on Sunday.