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Australia said Thursday it would lift trade barriers on beef from the United States, removing a major point of friction between Canberra and the Trump administration.

People who walk 7,000 steps a day have a dramatically lower risk of a broad range of serious health problems, the largest review of the evidence yet said Thursday.

HIGHLIGHTSAcquisition of 279koz Au Wudinna Gold Project approved by vendor shareholders1Barton now has binding rights to project ownership pending tenement grant or transferBarton total South Australian JORC Mineral Resources now 2.14Moz (78.9Mt @ 0.85g/t Au)

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP) ("Pinetree" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2025. All financial information provided in this press release is unaudited and all figures are in $'000 except per share amounts and shares outstanding.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / GGL Resources Corp. (TSX-V:GGL) ("GGL" or the "Company") announces that it has closed the initial tranche of its previously-announced non-brokered private placement for total proceeds of $350,000 (see GGL's news release dated June 24, 2025). GGL also anticipates that it may close a second tranche pursuant to applicable TSX Venture Exchange policy on or before August 8, 2025 - further information in that regard will be disseminated in due course.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Priyanka Capital Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has changed its name to "Pecoy Copper Corp." effective July 23, 2025 (the "Name Change"). The Company has changed its name in connection with the proposed reverse take-over transaction with Pecoy Copper Limited, the details of which are included in the Company's news release dated July 3, 2025.

Empowering Shareholders: XCF Global partners with Urvin to launch a verified shareholder community, creating a direct, secure channel for company updates and investor dialogue.Facilitating Engagement: The community intends to provide verified XCF shareholders streamlined access to company announcements, fostering trust and clarity as the company scales.Building Stronger Connections: This partnership reflects XCF's commitment to open communication and investor engagement, supporting long-term shareholder value through improved dialogue and feedback.

LAVAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE:BHC)(TSX:BHC), a global, diversified pharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Michael Goettler and Sandra Leung to its Board of Directors, effective July 22, 2025. The appointments increase the size of the Board from ten to twelve members.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Alset AI Ventures Inc. (TSXV:GPUS)(OTC PINK:GPUSF)(FSE:1R60, WKN:A3ESVQ) ("Alset AI" or the "Company") an artificial intelligence ("AI") venture company advancing innovation through strategic investment and cloud computing solutions is pleased to share a major operational milestone from one of its portfolio investment companies, Henon Financial Technologies Inc. ("Henon").

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Eskay Mining Corp. ("Eskay" or the "Company") (TSXV:ESK)(OTC PINK:ESKYF)(Frankfurt:KN7)(WKN:A0YDPM) is pleased to provide an update on its aggressive prospecting and sampling program at its 100% controlled and consolidated Eskay Project in the heart of the Golden Triangle, British Columbia. The Company's geological team has systematically prospected and sampled the Vermillion, TM, Red Lightning, and Big Red Zones surrounding Unuk Finger Mountain in the southern extent of the Property where high grade gold veins were discovered in 2024.

RI's app on Samsung takes up less than 1% storage of offerings from giants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Deepseek, Perplexity, and META AI, backed by heavyweights including Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META) while providing superior capabilities.

COEUR D'ALENE, ID / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Idaho Strategic Resources (NYSE American:IDR) ("IDR" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has sampled greater than 17.6% total rare earth oxides (TREO) at the Company's Mineral Hill project - IDR's northernmost rare earth project in the Idaho REE-Th Belt. The Company also recently completed a drone-based magnetics survey flown over the entirety of the Mineral Hill project which has aided in the Company's knowledge of known carbonatite outcrops and the potential identification of additional carbonatites at Mineral Hill.

High-priority regional targets identified as ongoing drilling continues to intersect copper sulfides at StormHighlights:Extensive copper gossans and outcrop discovered along 8km of strike. A large mapping and sampling program aimed to follow up the preliminary MMT survey results in the Tornado area has discovered extensive visual copper in outcrop, including:Extensive chalcocite and malachite in outcrop have been mapped along the interpreted major fault network, with chalcocite (copper sulfide) confirmed by portable XRFRC drilling planned to test a number of the fault-related copper occurrences and stratigraphic targets at Tornado in the coming daysDiamond drilling has intersected thick intervals of visual copper sulfides. 8 diamond drill holes (for a total of 1,786m) are now complete with thick intervals of visual copper sulfides intersected, including;PFS-001 was drilled into the southern margin of the Cyclone Deposit and intersected a combined total of 43 metres ("m") of chalcocite and chalcopyrite mineralization, including visual semi-massive sulfidesPFS-002 was drilled into the northern margin of the Cyclone Deposit and intersected approximately 49.5m combined total of chalcocite and chalcopyrite mineralization, including visual semi-massive sulfidesReverse-Circulation (RC) drilling continuing: 21 RC drill holes completed to date (for a total of 3,194m), including;12 holes completed at the Thunder, Lightning Ridge, Cirrus, Cyclone and Corona Deposits for resource category upgrade and expansion purposes2 holes testing resource extensions to the south of the Cyclone Deposit7 exploration holes completed in The Gap, Cyclone West, Squall and Hailstorm areasProject financing agreement finalized: Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd. to provide debt finance for up to 80% of initial capital for the development of Storm

LONDON, UK AND VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQB:CTHCF) ("CoTec") and Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM:MKA)(TSXV:MKA) ("Mkango") are pleased to announce a feedstock supply and pre-processing site share agreement between global electronics recycling company, Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions, LLC ("ILS"), and HyProMag USA, LLC ("HyProMag USA" or the "Project") (the "Supply Agreement").

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (WLF.V) ("Wolfden"or the"Company") is pleased to announce that as a result of strong investor demand, the Company has increased the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") from aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1.0 million to aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2.0 million. The upsized Offering is comprised of the sale of up to 25,000,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.08 per Unit.

Highlights:Lucid, Alaska Energy Metals and other mining and processing companies have formed a collaborative group called Minerals for National Automotive Competitiveness ("MINAC")MINAC will promote the use of the United States' vast mineral resources to create jobs, fuel prosperity, and significantly reduce reliance on foreign nations within the automotive supply chainThe initiative aligns with and advances the US Government's national goals outlined in President Trump's Executive Order entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, issued on March 20, 2025Other participants include: Graphite One, Electric Metals, and RecycLiCo.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Banyan Gold Corp . (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., the court appointed receiver and manager ("PwC" or "Receiver") of all of the assets, undertakings and properties of Victoria Gold Corp. ("Victoria"), to accelerate Banyan's options to acquire the remaining interests in the McQuesten and Aurex properties from Victoria, together which comprise the core of the AurMac Project ("AurMac" or "AurMac Project ) (the "Transaction").

HYPROMAG USA ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL ELECTRONICS RECYCLER, INTELLIGENT LIFECYCLE SOLUTIONS, FOR FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY AND PRE-PROCESSING SITE SHARE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEVADA

Tesla reported another drop in quarterly profits Wednesday as CEO Elon Musk warned the company could face a few "rough" quarters following the elimination of federal tax credits for electric vehicles under President Donald Trump's big fiscal package.

President Donald Trump unveiled an aggressive, low-regulation strategy on Wednesday to boost big tech's race to stay ahead of China on artificial intelligence and cement US dominance in the fast-expanding field.

At a rare protest in central Kyiv demonstrators rallied Wednesday against a law that curbs the power of anti-corruption agencies, warning the fight for Ukraine's democracy was taking place both on the battlefield and at home.

The White House pulled out all the stops Wednesday to promote claims that Barack Obama headed a "treasonous conspiracy" against Donald Trump, seeking to redirect public attention from uproar over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair.

Aitana Bonmati netted the only goal of the game late in extra time as world champions Spain edged Germany 1-0 in their Women's Euro 2025 semi-final on Wednesday to set up a title decider this weekend against England.

The years have passed but the stigma remains for Gambians accused of being witches, who were detained more than a decade ago under the abusive dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh, research published Wednesday revealed.

Top seed Taylor Fritz romped into the last 16 at the ATP/WTA DC Open on Wednesday as Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev overcame an early scare to advance to the third round.

A Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported and then returned to the United States to face human smuggling charges should be released pending trial and not be immediately taken into immigration custody, federal judges said Wednesday.

Google-parent Alphabet on Wednesday reported quarterly profits that topped expectations, saying artificial intelligence has boosted every part of its business.

Tesla reported another drop in quarterly profits Wednesday on lower auto sales amid intensifying electric vehicle competition and lingering backlash over CEO Elon Musk's involvement in US politics.

US pop megastar Taylor Swift will be honoured with 13 waxworks of her at Madame Tussauds venues around the globe, the museum said on Wednesday.

EU bosses Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa are in Beijing on Thursday for talks with top Chinese leaders over areas of friction from trade to the Ukraine war -- with low hopes of a breakthrough on any front.