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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Future Fuels Inc. (the "Company" or "Future Fuels") (TSXV:FTUR)(FWB:S0J) wishes to announce that it has granted (the "Grant") an aggregate of 1,500,000 incentive stock options (each, an "Option") to purchase up to 1,500,000 common shares of the Company (each, a "Share") to certain directors, officers and consultants under its Equity Incentive Plan. The Options are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of Grant, expiring on October 20, 2028, at a price of $1.20 per Share. The Options will vest immediately. All Options and the Shares underlying such Options are subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance.

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Agereh Technologies Inc. ("Agereh" or the "Company") (TSXV:AUTO)(OTCQB:CRBAF) announces that the Company has entered into debt settlement agreements with certain service providers of the Company to settle an aggregate of $393,540 outstanding debt (the "Debt") through the issuance of 1,574,158 common shares of the Company ("Settlement Shares") at a deemed price of $0.25 per Settlement Share (the "Shares for Debt Transaction"). The debt settlement agreements are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and upon issuance, the Settlement Shares will be subject to a four-month hold period.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of a $12 million payment representing the fifth and final tranche of investment under the Company's royalty agreement ("Royalty Agreement") dated July 26, 2022, as amended. All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Toggle3D.ai Inc (CSE:TGGL) is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements (the "Agreements") with certain service providers of the Company pursuant to which the Company proposes to issue an aggregate of 1,809,184 common shares at a deemed price of Cdn$0.035 per share in consideration of past services and satisfaction of outstanding indebtedness

TORONTO, ON, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Arway Corp (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements (the "Agreements") with certain service providers of the Company pursuant to which the Company proposes to issue an aggregate of up to 1,483,824 common shares at a deemed price of Cdn$.10 per share in consideration of past services and satisfaction of outstanding indebtedness

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce the voting results of the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on October 20, 2025 (the "Meeting").

ESTES PARK, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Taranis Resources Inc. ("Taranis" or the "Company") (TSX.V:TRO)(OTCQB:TNREF) is providing an update on exploration activities at Thor. All exploration activity has been completed for the summer season - when ground sites are accessible and free of snow. This News Release outlines some of the important activities that were undertaken in 2025. Analysis of exploration results is currently in progress. Taranis believes that it can add substantial value above and beyond the existing NI-43-101 Mineral Resource via systematic and state-of-the-art exploration. The Silver Cup Mining District was extensively developed between 1895 to 1914, with only minor developments taking place again from 1940 onwards.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Memcyco was recognized in Fast Company's 2025 "Next Big Things in Tech" awards (Fintech category) for its real-time, preemptive protection against phishing, digital impersonation, and account takeover (ATO) fraud.

SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), announced that its clinical lead drug NV-387 has shown strong activity against the Measles virus in a humanized animal model. The Company announces that NV-387 can now be made available for emergency use application in Measles patients to respond to the spreading Measles outbreaks.

DISCOVERY EXPANDS MINERALIZED FOOTPRINT TO OVER 4.5 KILOMETRES - WIDESPREAD & HIGH-GRADE COPPER-SILVER-MOLYBDENUM ASSAYS HIGHLIGHT DISTRICT-SCALE PORPHYRY POTENTIAL AT THE BLUE PROPERTY

Reels to strengthen operational execution and expand U.S.-based manufacturing capacity for defense and enterprise markets

First and only Berachain ("BERA") digital asset treasury backed by the Berachain FoundationFinancing led by institutional and crypto-native investors including Polychain Capital with participation from several other prominent investors, including Blockchain.com, Kraken, North Rock Digital, CitizenX, dao5 and more.Berachain is a Layer 1 blockchain pioneering Proof of Liquidity - a mechanism designed to accelerate the growth of onchain businesses, while capturing their value through the BERA tokenThe Company's Berachain Treasury Strategy, BeraStrategy, will be led, upon completion of the Transaction, by Ben Isenberg, who will be appointed Chief Investment Officer, with Bruce Linton joining the board as Chairman and Billy Levy joining as Director.

Ranking of Targets Advances Colosseum Gold-REE Project

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GPG)(OTCQB:GPTRF)(FSE:GPB) ("Grande Portage" or the "Company") is pleased to report two major advancements at its New Amalga Gold Project in Southeast Alaska.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Aeonian Resources Ltd. ("Aeonian" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Offering") of up to 30,000,000 flow through units ("FT Units") at a price of $0.05 per share and up to 12,500,000 non-flow through units ("NFT Units") at a price of $0.04 per unit for gross proceeds of up to $2,000,000. Terms of this private placement are subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV:EMPR)(OTCQX:EMPYF) ("Empress Royalty" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Burns, JD, MBA, CPA, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / 55 North Mining Inc. (CSE:FFF)(FSE:6YF) ("55 North" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it will commence a detailed LiDAR survey over its wholly owned Last Hope Gold Project in Manitoba.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / ESE Entertainment Inc. (TSXV:ESE)(OTCQX:ENTEF) ("ESE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Bombee Global Entertainment Ltd. ("Bombee"), a leader in live event production and broadcast services, has expanded it's operations into the US market.

THUNDER BAY, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals" or the "Company") (TSX.V:AIR)(FRA:CKU)(OTCQB:CLRMF) is pleased to announce that its 2025 summer drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals Project ("TBN") has confirmed the continuation of the Escape Deposit into a previously untested 2.5 km long magnetic anomaly that connects to the known mineral resources. The single hole completed during this program intersected high-tenor sulphide mineralization having comparable thickness and metal grades to the existing Escape Deposit resource. Given its significant size, the Escape down-plunge target represents the highest potential resource addition opportunity for the TBN project.

Assays up to 27.3% copper highlight potential for resource expansionHighlights:Cyclone drilling discovers more high-grade copper: Assays confirm that the latest diamond drilling at the Cyclone Deposit has intersected thick, high-grade, near-surface copper intervals outside of the current pit designs, including:Drill hole PFS-002:12.1metres ("m") @ 5.6% copper ("Cu"), 21 grams/tonne ("g/t") silver ("Ag") from 70m, including,3.8m @ 8.1% Cu, 31g/t Ag from 72.7m downhole, including,0.5m @ 27.3% Cu, 80g/t Ag from 76m downhole, and2.3m @ 4.6% Cu, 21.8g/t Ag from 78.1m downholeDrill hole PFS-001:18.2m @ 1.1% Cu, 11g/t Ag from 30m downhole, including,7.1m @ 2.2% Cu,12g/t Ag from 33.4m downhole, and,7.5m @ 0.5% Cu, 3.8g/t Ag from 81m downhole, outside of the current pit design, including2.2m @ 1.1% Cu, 7.9g/t Ag from 86.3m downholeReverse Circulation (RC) drilling results support resource upgrade and expansion: Assays from the resource drilling around and within the Cyclone, Chinook, Thunder, and Cirrus Deposits continue to intersect thick copper intervals with positive implications for resource expansion at Storm.Mine development workstreams continue with permitting andPre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") work underway for a potential mine development at Storm.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Northern Superior Resources Inc. ("Northern Superior" or the "Company") (TSXV:SUP)(OTCQB:NSUPF)(GR:D9M1) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the "Agreement") with IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD") (NYSE: IAG) (TSX: IMG) pursuant to which IAMGOLD will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Northern Superior (the "Northern Superior Shares") in exchange for cash and common shares of IAMGOLD ("IAMGOLD Shares") pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement (the "Acquisition") under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the "BCBCA").

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Torq Resources Inc. (TSX-V:TORQ)(OTCQB:TRBMF) ("Torq" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that an affiliate of Gold Fields Limited has advised that it will be proceeding with the second stage of its USD$48 million earn-in option for Torq's Santa Cecilia project. The anticipated spend for this portion will be approximately USD$11 million and will cover all project costs with the bulk of it dedicated to diamond drilling at Santa Cecilia as well as USD$1 million property payment. Work is expected to commence in early to mid-November and will utilize two drill rigs. Preparations are underway and with the weather cooperating the company expects to be able to maintain this timeline. Details of the program will be released closer to the commencement of the planned work.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Neighbourhood Holdings Ltd. ("Neighbourhood") is excited to announce its landmark acquisition of Fisgard Asset Management Corporation ("Fisgard"), creating one of Canada's largest mortgage investment entities and marking a major milestone in Canada's alternative mortgage industry.

CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce it has entered into a property purchase agreement, dated October 10, 2025, with Kodiak Copper Corp. (TSXV:KDK)(OTCQB:KDKCF) ("Kodiak") whereby Kodiak will purchase a 100% interest in the Ketch and Portland projects. The aggregate purchase price is 300,000 shares of Kodiak. Eagle Plains will be granted a 2% net smelter return royalty ("NSR") on the claims, with Kodiak retaining the right to buy back 1% of the NSR for $1.75 million.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / Tocvan Ventures Corp. ("Tocvan" or the "Company") (CSE:TOC)(OTCQB:TCVNF)(WKN:TV3/A2PE64), is pleased to announce the mobilization of equipment to both the North and South Blocks of its flagship Gran Pilar Gold-Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico. This marks a significant step forward in preparing the site for upcoming drilling, trenching activities, and ground preparation for the planned pilot mine operation. The first drill rig is also set to mobilize to the North Alteration Zone, positioning the Company to accelerate its exploration and development efforts.

The NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers said Sunday they were "deeply saddened" to learn of the death at the age of 36 of former Bucs running back Doug Martin.

Jalen Hurts delivered a masterful performance to lead Super Bowl champion Philadelphia over Minnesota while Indianapolis improved to an NFL-best 6-1 by beating the Los Angeles Chargers in Sunday's marquee games.

Bolivians voted for a new president Sunday between two pro-business candidates, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.

Series leader Oscar Piastri called for a calm review of his recent frustrating form and rejected calls for McLaren to prioritise one driver after he finished fifth in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.

Rafael Leao shot AC Milan to the top of Serie A with a brace in Sunday's 2-1 win over Fiorentina who were enraged by the "scandalous" awarding of the penalty that decided the game.

Full-back Melvyn Jaminet scored 18 points to help Toulon to a 45-21 victory over Racing 92 in the Top 14 on Sunday.

Max Verstappen maintained the pressure on McLaren and cut another chunk out of Oscar Piastri's lead in this year's world championship on Sunday when he cruised to a commanding triumph at the United States Grand Prix.