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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Coast2Coast First Aid & Aquatics Inc., a long-standing training partner of the Canadian Red Cross, is proud to host its fifth annual Train the Next Hero event - a free, citywide First Aid and CPR training initiative aimed at giving everyday citizens the skills and confidence to save lives in emergencies.

Mr. Smith Says President Trump's Critical Minerals Policies are "Smart and Brave," Especially in Terms of Proposing Critical Minerals Price Supports

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the Halton Region. These businesses have been meticulously selected through independent market research, reflecting their commitment to excellence and unparalleled service in their city. Consumer Choice Award celebrates those who have consistently set the benchmark for quality and customer satisfaction. Congratulations to the 2025 Halton Region Consumer Choice Award Winners.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the Peel Region. These businesses have been meticulously selected through independent market research, reflecting their commitment to excellence and unparalleled service in their city. Consumer Choice Award celebrates those who have consistently set the benchmark for quality and customer satisfaction. Congratulations to the 2025 Peel Region Consumer Choice Award Winners.

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WHITBY, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the Durham Region. These businesses have been meticulously selected through independent market research, reflecting their commitment to excellence and unparalleled service in their city. Consumer Choice Award celebrates those who have consistently set the benchmark for quality and customer satisfaction. Congratulations to the 2025 Durham Region Consumer Choice Award Winners.

DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Vox Royalty Corp. (TSX:VOXR)(NASDAQ:VOXR) ("Vox" or the "Company"), a returns focused mining royalty company, is pleased to announce that it will release its 2025 second quarter results on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, after market close.

COEUR D'ALENE, ID / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Star Gold Corp. ("Star Gold" or "the Company") (OTCQB:SRGZ) announces that it has submitted a Plan of Operations ("POO") to the United States Forest Service ("USFS") for approval to conduct drilling and sampling activities at its Longstreet Project. The proposed work includes confirmational core drilling, installation of project source and monitoring wells, and soil sampling.

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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSXV:NOAL)(Frankfurt:N7N) ("NOA" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful drilling, completion, and casing of its first fresh water exploration well, named RT-RG25-FW02, on the northern side of the Salar de Rio Grande within its 100%-owned Rio Grande Project (the "Project" or the "Rio Grande Project") in Salta Province, Argentina. This achievement represents a critical milestone for securing water resources required for development of the Project.

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WHITE PLAINS, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR), will report Q2 2025 earnings before the market opens on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) is pleased to provide an update on one of the Company's key development projects within its core portfolio of Guanajuato district holdings in central Mexico. The Pinguico epithermal gold-silver vein project ("Pinguico"), a satellite project to the nearby El Cubo Mines Complex, has received a key development permit that allows the Company to advance this wholly owned project.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / TRU Precious Metals Corp. (TSXV:TRU)(FSE:706) ("TRU" or the "Company") wishes to announce that it has opted not to exercise the Additional Option that would have seen the Company acquire an additional 14% interest in the Staghorn Property. As such, TRU and Quadro Resources Ltd. ("Quadro") are now deemed to have entered into a 51%/49% Joint Venture Arrangement on the Staghorn Property.

WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV:TDG)(OTCQX:TDGGF) (the "Company" or "TDG") is pleased to provide an update regarding its fully funded, ongoing discovery-focused exploration program at the Company's 100% owned Greater Shasta-Newberry ("GSN") project which is located immediately adjacent to the Freeport McMoran-Amarc Resources' ("Freeport-Amarc") AuRORA1 gold-rich copper discovery in the evolving Toodoggone District of northern British Columbia.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2025 / McFarlane Lake Mining Limited ("McFarlane" or the "Company") (CSE:MLM)(OTCQB:MLMLF) is pleased to provide an update further to its July 7, 2025, announcement regarding its proposed acquisition of the Juby Gold Project.

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.

US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday with Russian leadership in Moscow as President Donald Trump's deadline to impose fresh sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine looms.

Wall Street stocks fell Tuesday as a rally ran out of steam following lackluster economic data, while investors monitor ongoing trade talks ahead of new tariff hikes set to take effect later this week.

Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear "Doomsday Clock" close to midnight.

US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday with Russian leadership in Moscow, an American source confirmed, as President Donald Trump's deadline to impose fresh sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine looms.

Record heat, massive fires, deadly floods... August has barely begun, but the summer of 2025 is already marked by a cascade of destructive and deadly weather in the northern hemisphere.

Brazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro is hailed by some as a slayer of tyrants in defense of his coup-accused father.

US President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that fresh tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals and semiconductors could be unveiled within the coming week, in his ongoing push to reshape global trade.

The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.

OpenAI on Tuesday released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models that can be downloaded for free and altered by users, to challenge similar offerings by US and Chinese competition.

A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday, killing at least four people with around 100 others missing,

A rail line linking two northern Czech towns is testing Europe's first driverless train operating in an open environment, its developer told AFP on Tuesday.

Jobe Bellingham admitted on Tuesday to having "anxieties" on following in brother Jude's footsteps after joining Borussia Dortmund in the summer.

The US trade gap narrowed in June, government data showed Tuesday, as imports pulled back more than exports while businesses grappled with President Donald Trump's tariffs on allies and competitors alike.

Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes.