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Highlights:Mineralogical analysis confirms monazite and bastnaesite as the dominant rare earth element (REE)-bearing minerals within the Trinity and Neo zones at the Rift ProjectMonazite and bastnaesite have well-established mineral processing flowsheets for recovery from carbonatite-type deposits and, therefore, significantly derisk the Rift Project by providing a clear pathway and approach for testwork.Monazite and bastnaesite are the dominant source minerals for REEs globally, both today and historically, and thus form the backbone of the rare earth raw materials industry.Mineralogical data will inform preliminary metallurgical testwork anticipated to begin shortly at SGS Canada's Lakefield, ON, facility.Sean Charland, CEO of Apex Critical Metals, commented: "These mineralogical results are an important confirmation for the Rift Project and validate the historical literature. Monazite and bastnaesite are the same two minerals that underpin the majority of the world's existing REE supply chain. Seeing them as the dominant REE hosts at Rift, rather than a complex assemblage of less-understood phases, is a strong signal for the potential metallurgical simplicity of this deposit as we advance toward our inaugural mineral resource estimate."

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / NEXGENRX INC. ("NexgenRx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, with revenues of $5,160,582, net income of $993,095 and EBITDA of $1,208,529, representing substantial percentage increases of 20.8%, 181% and 92.5%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2025.

40% Sequential Revenue Growth and Record ClearLake Quarter Reflect Growing Momentum Across EQ's Proprietary Platforms

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Expanding American Defense Manufacturing Through Vertically Integrated Ammunition Production, Strategic Partnerships and Next Generation Drone Technologies

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Retained executive search firm Caldwell (TSX:CWL)(OTCQX:CWLPF) is pleased to announce the promotion of Lindsay Schoen Lane to partner in the firm's Financial Services Practice.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Sintana Energy Inc. (TSX-V:SEI)(AIM:SEI)(OTCQX:SEUSF) ("Sintana" or the "Company"), an international oil and gas upstream exploration company, is pleased to announce further to a previous announcement dated 20 January, 2026, the entry into definitive documentation providing for the acquisition of a 44% interest in Maravilla Oil and Gas (Pty) Ltd. ("Maravilla"), a privately held, Namibian company focused on high-impact opportunities in West Africa. Maravilla is indirectly controlled by Knowledge Katti, a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Vox Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ:VOXR)(TSX:VOXR) ("Vox" or the "Company"), a returns-focused mining royalty and streaming company, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Vox Royalty Australia Pty Ltd ("Vox Australia"), has entered into a binding Royalty Sale and Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") with Latitude 66 Limited ("Lat66") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Syndicated Royalties Pty Ltd, for the acquisition of two Australian royalty interests, (i) the Kalman Royalty in Queensland, and (ii) the Sylvania Royalty in Western Australia, for total cash consideration of up to A$3.4 million. The transaction remains subject to the completion of conditions precedent customary for a royalty transaction of this nature.

MIDDLETON, WI / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Wi2Wi Corporation ("Wi2WI" or the "Company")(TSXV:YTY), announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The Q2 2026 Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com and on the company website at www.wi2wi.com.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / (TSXV:OGN)(OTCQX:OGNNF) Orogen Royalties Inc. ("Orogen" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has acquired a 2% Net Smelter Return ("NSR") royalty (the "Royalty") on the Haldane silver project in Yukon Territory, Canada.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Galantas Gold Corporation (TSXV:GAL)(AIM:GAL) ("Galantas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Chile's National Geology and Mining Service, the Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería ("SERNAGEOMIN"), has approved the amendment related to the operational reactivation of the Ripios Dumps (leach waste dumps) at the Andacollo Gold Project (the "Project") in Chile's Coquimbo Region. The other key permitting approvals have been received and were announced on August 6, 2026 (see news release).

CHAR Tech has received a Notice of Allowance for a patent covering its pyrogas treatment technology, a critical step in the pathway from high temperature pyrolysis to renewable natural gas ("RNG"), demonstrating CHAR Tech's ongoing global leadership in this critical space.The Thorold Renewable Energy Facility is projected to begin producing RNG in 2027; when it does, CHAR Tech will be the first company in the world to operate a commercial-scale facility that produces RNG and metallurgical-grade biocarbon simultaneously from wood waste.

Expanded airborne EM, preliminary metallurgy and fall drilling program designed to evaluate the scale and continuity of the 3.3-km Zone 13 discovery

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Noram Lithium Corp. (TSXV:NRM)(OTCQB:NRVTF)(Frankfurt:N7R) ("Noram" or the "Company") is pleased to provide shareholders with a corporate update outlining recent progress at its 100%-owned Zeus Critical Minerals Project in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and the Company's priorities as it continues advancing one of the largest lithium development projects in the United States.

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KELOWNA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Avant Brands Inc. (TSX:AVNT)(OTCQX:AVTBF)(FRA:1BU) ("Avant" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the completion of its European Union Good Manufacturing Practice ("EU GMP") audit at the Company's largest cultivation facility, The Flowr Group Okanagan Inc. ("Flowr"), located in Kelowna, B.C.

Proposed collaboration would combine UniDoc's connected-care infrastructure with Ventripoint's AI-enabled cardiac imaging platform

Key Highlights of Latest Drilling at Lane Pond and IP Modelling at MosquitoAt the 11-km-long Lane Pond Gold Target, inaugural drilling in 2026 discovered the "Lucky 13 Gold Zone" within the prolific Appleton Fault CorridorLucky 13 assays included 15.02 m grading 2.04 g/t Au (including 5.00 m at 3.85 g/t Au and 1.00 m at 5.70 g/t Au) beginning at 275.98 metres in Hole LP-26-13At the Mosquito Gold Deposit (the "Deposit") and surrounding area, 3D inversions of historical geophysics expanded the targeted area of defining a deposit by more than 60% beyond current area used to define the mineral resource and identified the Mosquito Target Horizon, a potential higher-grade structural gold corridor within and beyond the DepositA 5,000-metre drill program has been initiated at the Mosquito Target Horizon to test an area with potential for higher-gold mineralization within and on trend to present mineral resource area limits

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / UraniumX Discovery Corp. (CSE:STMN)(OTCQB:STMXF)(FSE:Q7S) ("UraniumX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of a 100% interest in the Dieter Lake uranium project ("Dieter Lake" or the "Property") in North-Central Quebec from Consolidated Uranium Inc. ("Consolidated Uranium"), a wholly owned subsidiary of IsoEnergy Ltd. ("IsoEnergy"), pursuant to the definitive asset purchase agreement dated July 8, 2026 announced on July 10, 2026 (the "Transaction"). With closing, UraniumX holds uranium projects in two Canadian jurisdictions: Saskatchewan and Quebec.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQX:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to note that MagIron LLC ("MagIron"), a U.S. based company in which it owns an approximately 17% fully diluted equity interest, has announced excellent results from its first independent full pot-grate pellet test program ("Pellet Tests Program"), further demonstrating the ability of MagIron's Minnesota iron resources to produce high-quality Direct Reduction ("DR") grade pellets.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Strategic Metals Ltd (TSXV:SMD) ("Strategic") is pleased to release two reports concerning its wholly owned Division Mountain Coal Project ("Division Mountain"), located in south-central Yukon, 90 km north of Whitehorse. Division Mountain hosts a road-accessible, measured resource totalling 52.5 million tonnes of High Volatile "B" Bituminous coal and other unquantified, but drill confirmed coal occurrences. Strategic, through a wholly owned subsidiary - Yukon Energy Solutions ("YES") - is exploring the potential to develop one or more coal-fired power plant(s) using coal from an open pit mine at Division Mountain, to alleviate a growing shortage of electricity in Yukon.

Second ISR mine enters full operations and begins production ramp-up

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Trans Canada Gold Corp. (TSXV:TTG)(OTCQB:TTGXF) ("Trans Canada" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has successfully completed its Phase-1 underground drilling on Bear Mountain at the Harrison Lake Gold Project located in Southwestern B.C. Paradigm Drilling Ltd, of Kamloops B.C., was the drill contractor for underground drilling at the Harrison Lake Gold Project. The Company also completed an underground Mine refurbishment and successfully passed a Mine inspection by the BC Ministry of Mines. All drill core is being safely secured and stored, catalogued and prepared for analysis, splitting and logging. The core will be analyzed for gold by the PhotonAssay method, which is now the standard method to analyse for high-grade, nuggety gold. Previous use of this assay method on the property has materially increased grades in the tested samples. This work will potentially increase the project's gold grade. All underground work and drilling was under the supervision of Carl von Einsiedel, P.Geo, Project Manager.

QUEBEC CITY, QC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / NuRAN Wireless Inc. ("NuRAN" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NUR)(CSE:NUR)(FSE:1RN), a pioneering rural connectivity company and one of Africa's fastest-growing Network-as-a-Service ("NaaS") operators, announces that it has engaged the services of King Tide Media LLC ("King Tide") to provide investor relations and public relations services in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") and other applicable securities legislation. King Tide will receive a cash fee of US$75,000, payable in advance, for one month of investor relations and marketing services commencing August 24, 2026.

CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that partner Xcite Uranium Inc. (TSXV:XRI) ("XRI or Xcite"), has commenced a diamond drilling program at Eagle Plains' 100% owned Don Lake Project, Saskatchewan. The 1500m, 14-hole program will test for structurally-controlled uranium mineralization defined by both historical work and results from the 2025-2026 field programs.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / HM Exploration Corp. ("HM Exploration", "HM" or the "Company") (CSE:HM)(FSE:X5H)(OTCQB:HMEXF) is pleased to announce that its common shares are now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement in the United States through The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). The Company's common shares trade on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol "HMEXF".

Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

Six years after stepping down as working royals, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom within weeks, British press reported late Wednesday.