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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) is providing an update on exploration and development work at the Company's wholly-owned Valenciana Mines Complex ("VMC") located in Guanajuato, Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / AZARGA METALS CORP. ("Azarga Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV:AZR) is pleased to announce that it has reached terms with Minera Alamos Inc. ("Minera Alamos") whereby Azarga Metals will exercise the option to purchase the Marg Project, located in Central Yukon.

COEUR D'ALENE, ID / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Idaho Strategic Resources (NYSE American:IDR) ("IDR", the "Company" or "Idaho Strategic") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Toboggan project from Hecla Silver Valley, Inc., ("Hecla") a wholly owned subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Torq Resources Inc. (TSXV:TORQ)(OTCQB:TRBMF) ("Torq" or the "Company") announces it has elected to terminate the option to earn its interest in the Margarita Project, Chile due to financial constraints and the Company's increasing focus on the US$48M Earn-in Option granted to Gold Fields on the Santa Cecilia copper/gold project.

Initial mapping and prospecting identify multiple zones of copper mineralization spatially associated with the MobileMT anomalies

WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its flagship Laird Lake gold project in Ontario's prolific Red Lake Gold District, alongside an update on its Excelsior Springs project in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Rep. Smith's Bill (H.R. 4772) Would Modernize an Outdated Section of Federal Law to Encourage Domestic Mining of Rare Earths and ScandiumThe Bipartisan Legislation is Cosponsored by California Democrat Rep. Jimmy Panetta and House Republican Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)It Would Deliver Powerful New Federal Tax Incentives to Prospective Miners of Rare Earths and Scandium, Such as NioCorp

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / SNOWLINE GOLD CORP. (TSXV:SGD)(US OTCQB:SNWGF) (the "Company" or "Snowline") is pleased to announce the filing on SEDAR+ of a technical report supporting the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA" ) for its Valley gold deposit ("Valley") on its 100%-owned Rogue Project in Canada's Yukon Territory ("the Technical Report").

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Prospect Ridge Resources Corp.(the "Company" or "Prospect Ridge") (CSE:PRR)(OTCQB:PRRSF)(FRA:OED) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Patrick Donnelly to its Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR)(FSE:970)(OTCQB:KGFMF) ("Kingfisher" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the previously announced 7,500-meter ("m") drill program at the HWY 37 Project. Drilling at Williams has extended potassic alteration with chalcopyrite and bornite mineralization by ~150 m below the limits of historical drilling. Bornite is mapped at surface and identified to a vertical depth of approximately 680 m in drill core. HW-25-004 intersected a broad zone of intense potassic alteration over 478 m. The 849 km 2 HWY 37 Project is located within the Golden Triangle, British Columbia.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE)(OTCQX:VLERF) ("Valeura" or the "Company") announces the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report.

Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a dramatic policy shift that was immediately rejected by Israel.

Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will impose a 15 percent tariff on imports from South Korea, as he touted a "full and complete trade deal" between both countries.

Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home.

Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady at 15 percent, citing "uncertainty" as the United States announced punishing tariffs on the South American economic powerhouse.

Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others on charges of running illegal "high-stakes" poker games at his mansion in the Los Angeles suburbs, US prosecutors said.

Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady at 15 percent after seven straight hikes that had angered leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Ben Shelton earned his first career win over gritty Frenchman Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday, posting a 6-2, 6-3 victory to earn a third-round spot at the ATP Toronto Masters.

Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek cruised into the third round of the WTA Canadian Open on Wednesday as Naomi Osaka fought off two match points to advance with a three-set win over Liudmila Samsonova.

Meta reported robust second-quarter financial results Wednesday, with revenue jumping 22 percent year-over-year to $47.5 billion as the social media giant continues investing heavily in artificial intelligence.

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people when they opened fire Wednesday on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday said its profit soared above expectations in the recently ended quarter, driven by its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) units.

European aerospace group Airbus posted an 85-percent rise in first-half profit Wednesday to $1.7 billion, even though it delivered fewer commercial planes compared with the same period last year.

TikTok on Wednesday rolled out a crowd-sourced debunking system in the United States, becoming the latest tech platform to adopt a community-driven approach to combating online misinformation.

Within sight of Gaza, the devastated Palestinian enclave ravaged by nearly 22 months of war, hundreds of Israeli settlers marched Wednesday to stake their claim to the battered territory.

President Donald Trump ordered massive tariffs on Brazil Wednesday and sanctions against the judge overseeing a trial of his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of attempting a coup in Latin America's biggest economy.

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has withdrawn from this week's US Track and Field Championships in Oregon, ruling him out of September's World Championships in Tokyo.

Ukraine will fix a controversial anti-graft law that sparked protests last week, its foreign minister told AFP ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote Thusday, but critics said some MPs might be reluctant to back the changes.

Tata Motors of India will buy Italy's Iveco Group for 3.8 billion euros ($4.4 billion) in a bid to create a "global champion" in the commercial vehicles sector, the two companies said Wednesday.

Aboard a Jordanian military plane, aid crates are parachuted into Gaza, where war and blockade have pushed more than two million Palestinians to the brink of famine.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East Wednesday, causing tsunamis that forced millions to evacuate homes across the Pacific rim, from Japan to Ecuador.