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ST. GEORGE'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Atlas Salt Inc. ("Atlas Salt" or the "Company") (TSXV:SALT)(OTCQB:REMRF) announces that it is actively supporting Memorial University of Newfoundland ("Memorial University") researchers with their Passive Array for Critical Minerals on the Island of Newfoundland ("PACMIN") to help to better understand the geological structures and the plate-tectonic processes that assembled the island hundreds of millions of years ago.

The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss those results on August 13 at 10AM ET

Board Member, Yilin Lu, Appointed President to Lead Expansion Across Digital Media and Financial Sectors

For the Sixth Consecutive Year, 10 Students with Gastrointestinal Disease Will Each Receive a $10,000 Scholarship 

REGINA, SK / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the Regina & Greater 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 Regina Consumer Choice Award Winners.

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DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / SWK Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:SWKH) ("SWK" or the "Company"), a life science-focused specialty finance company catering to small- and mid-sized commercial-stage companies, today announced that it will issue its second quarter 2025 earnings results after the market close on Thursday, August 14, 2025. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its corporate and financial results on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 10:00am ET.

High-Resolution IP Survey Extends Copper-Nickel-Cobalt Target 200 Meters

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Sterling Metals Corp. (TSXV:SAG)(OTCQB:SAGGF) ("Sterling" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of its Phase 2 drill program at it's 100%-owned Soo Copper Project ("Soo Copper" or the "Project") located in Batchewana Bay, Ontario. Since completing its Phase 1 drill program, the Company has been advancing its Phase 2 plan by re-logging historical drill core, reinterpreting geophysical data, and conducting further analysis of the 2-kilometre (km) x 1km area of interest. These efforts aim to identify new near surface mineralization and trace the down dip extensions of the GFP porphyry dyke swarms discovered during the initial drill program. Concurrently, the Company has expanded its soil sampling and prospecting program to further define new targets across the 30km-wide copper mineralized system. Highlights from this targeting and expansion work is listed below.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the Ottawa 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 Ottawa Consumer Choice Award Winners.

New AI capability enables 100X increase in model generation speed, unlocking scalability for enterprise clients and future growth

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Sport-Inspired Brand Recognized for Reaching $2.5 Billion in Global Retail Sales in 2024

Assays for RC drilling confirm thick, near-surface intervals of high-grade, with deeper diamond drilling continuing to highlight a widespread copper systemHighlights:Deep diamond drilling has intersected thick intervals of visual copper sulphides. Nine diamond drill holes (for a total of 2,295 metres ("m")) are now complete, including the deep hole at Cirrus, with further thick intervals of visual copper sulphides intersected, including:ST25-04, drilled below and along strike of the near-surface Cirrus Deposit, has intersected approximately 57m combined total of visual sediment-hosted copper mineralizationThe drill hole has also provided important stratigraphic information that highlights the large-scale mineralization potential at StormAssays confirm thick, near-surface copper intersections in Reverse-Circulation ("RC") drilling. Assays from the first 10 RC drill holes completed include:12.2m @ 1.9% copper ("Cu"), 77 grams per tonne ("g/t") silver ("Ag") from 19.8m downhole, including;4.6m @ 3.2% Cu, 129.0g/t Ag from 27.4m and 1.5m @ 2.9% Cu, 115.0 g/t Ag from 30.4m in SR25-005 at Corona7.6m @ 1.7% Cu, 3.2g/t Ag from 25.9m downhole, including;1.5m @ 2.9% Cu, 2.0g/t Ag from 27.4m and 1.5m @ 2.1% Cu, 2.0g/t Ag from 29.0m in SR25-006 at Corona4.6m @ 1.1% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag from 25.9m downhole in SR25-007 at Corona7.6m @ 1.1% Cu, 2.2g/t Ag from 73.2m downhole in SR25-010 at The Gap - Assays still pending between 128.0m and 149m downhole.The initial RC drill holes were completed at the Corona, Thunder, Lightning Ridge Deposits and The Gap Prospect: strong drilling results support excellent resource upgrade and expansion potential

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Axcap Ventures Inc. ("Axcap" or the "Company") (CSE:AXCP)(OTCID:GARLF)(FSE:A6V) is pleased to announce assay results from the second drill hole (CV25-002C) of its ongoing exploration program at the 100%-owned Converse Project in Nevada.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / KALO GOLD CORP. (TSXV:KALO) ("Kalo" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a comprehensive update on exploration activities at its 100%-owned, 367 km² Vatu Aurum Project, located on Fiji's Vanua Levu Island. The 2025 field season, which began in mid-May, has confirmed structural features and hydrothermal indicators consistent with vertically intact epithermal systems.

Highlighted by a 54.71% Increase in Revenue to $9,476,739 - a New Quarterly Revenue Record, and the Completion of 5,819 Meters of Drilling

While theft increases in the summer, the combined data from all surveyed cities show a downward trend in reported thefts. The only city in which bicycle thefts were trending upward is Montreal, though data for 2023 and 2024 were not available at the time of writing. The decline is also evident when correcting for population growth.

NEWMARKET, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Consumer Choice Award is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients in the York 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 York Region Consumer Choice Award Winners.

Drilling along the eastern edge of the Valley intrusion intersects sheeted quartz veins with trace amounts of visible gold along an open, 500 m area, with assays pending.Initial assay results from 2025 program at Valley reveal broad zones of gold mineralization outside of current MRE.Regional drilling provides evidence of widespread gold fertility across all five RIRGS targets drilled outside of Valley to date in 2025. Assays pending for 17,500 m overall, with drilling ongoing.Outcropping sheeted quartz veins in granodiorite discovered at the Ramsey target, Rogue Project, roughly 22 km west of Valley.

Highlights:Formation has planned a 20,000 metre multi-phase drill program at its flagship N2 Gold Project near Matagami, Quebec, host to a global historic resource of ~870,000 ounces comprised of 18 Mt grading 1.4 g/t Au (~809,000 oz Au) across four zones (A, East, RJ-East, and Central)2,3 and 243 Kt grading 7.82 g/t Au (~61,000 oz Au) across the RJ zone2,4.Phase 1 has been expanded to a fully funded 10,000 metre program focusing on targets in the "A" zone, a shallow, highly continuous, low-variability historic gold deposit with ~522,900 ounces of which only ~35% of strike has been drilled (>3.1 km open), and the "RJ" zone, host to high-grade intercepts from historical drill holes as high as 51 g/t Au over 0.8 metres2, which was expanded by Agnico Eagle Mines in 2008 in the most recent drilling at the Property.Formation anticipates commencing its drill program in August. Its technical team has mobilized to N2 to verify access roads and drill pad areas for accessibility prior to the commencement of drilling.The Company has working capital of ~C$5.3M with zero debt, putting it in a very strong financial position to execute its exploration programs. Inclusive of provincial tax credits from the Quebec government, Formation's exploration budget for 2025-2026 is set at ~$5.7M.Formation is now funded to complete the $5M work commitment required to earn-in to 100% of the N2 Gold Project within two years, four years ahead of schedule.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE)(OTCQX:VLERF) ("Valeura" or the "Company") reports its unaudited financial and operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2025.

Carlos Alcaraz says he has refused to let his Wimbledon finals loss to Jannik Sinner wipe the smile from his face as he prepares for his start at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, taking its total pledge to $600 billion over the next four years, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Donald Trump said Wednesday he could meet with Vladimir Putin "very soon," following what the US president described as highly productive talks in Moscow between his special envoy and the Russian leader.

A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century's end, setting off alarm bells among financial institutions worldwide.

Hezbollah said Wednesday that it would treat a Lebanese government decision to disarm the militant group "as if it did not exist", accusing the cabinet of committing a "grave sin".

A rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" sold for 43,000 pounds ($57,000) at auction on Wednesday, after it was found during a house clearance in southwest England.

Jannik Sinner on Wednesday gave tepid approval to the 12-day jumbo version of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters while confessing that he would actually prefer to keep the event to the usual one week length.

World number one Scottie Scheffler says he's "rested and ready to play" as he prepares to tee it up in the US PGA Tour St. Jude Championship after claiming a fourth major title at the British Open last month.

Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday.

Donald Trump could meet as early as next week with Vladimir Putin following what the US president described as "highly productive" talks in Moscow between his special envoy and the Russian leader.