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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.

This image by AFP photojournalist Omar al-Qattaa shows a skeletal, underfed girl in Gaza, where Israel's blockade has fuelled fears of mass famine in the Palestinian territory.

LAFC hailed the signing of a "global icon" on Wednesday after confirming the arrival of South Korea star Son Heung-min from Tottenham.

Cuban influencer Sandro Castro has chosen a very different path to his revolutionary grandfather Fidel, using his name to pursue online fame while occasionally poking fun at the island's dire shortages of food, medicine, power and fuel.

A female Mexican football referee who fell victim to online threats after refereeing a men's match between Monterrey and Cincinnati received the backing of her country's president on Wednesday.

French firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead as emergency workers in Spain subdued a fire that had forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from a resort.

Bayern Munich and Germany forward Thomas Mueller has signed with Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps, the Canadian club announced on Wednesday.

OpenAI on Wednesday said it was letting the US government use a version of ChatGPT designed for businesses for a year, charging just $1 for the service.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed talks between his envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine as "highly productive" but US officials said sanctions would still be imposed on Moscow's trading partners.

Egypt said on Wednesday that its much-anticipated new $1-billion archaeological museum near the Pyramids of Giza will officially open on November 1 after several delays.

An African charity said Wednesday it would consider further action in a row with its co-founder Prince Harry after a British watchdog criticised "all parties" for letting the bitter internal dispute play out in public.

Brazil on Wednesday approached the World Trade Organization (WTO) for relief against a hefty trade tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on more than a third of US-bound exports from the Latin American powerhouse.

Alexander Isak's future at Newcastle hangs in the balance after the Swedish striker was reportedly told to train apart from the rest of the squad on Wednesday.

McDonald's profits rose in the second quarter behind a rebound in US sales but executives said Wednesday that low-income consumers remained under economic stress.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered steeper tariffs on Indian goods over New Delhi's continued purchase of Russian oil, opening a new front in his trade wars just hours before another wave of duties takes effect.

Switzerland's president held last-gasp talks with the US secretary of state on Wednesday after she rushed to Washington to avert a surprise steep hike in tariffs -- but her chances of meeting Donald Trump were unclear.

French firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead as emergency workers in Spain fought a fire that has forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from a resort.

Stock markets edged higher Wednesday as traders assessed the latest corporate earnings and awaited President Donald Trump's next wave of tariffs.

Comeback queen Lindsey Vonn has appointed former Norwegian ski star Aksel Lund Svindal as coach to help her prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics.