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August orders increase 16.4%, while estimated backlog grows 145.1% to approximately $898,000. Preliminary net sales reach $2.34 million, extending the Company's eight-month sales climb

IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2026 / Allied Universal® , the world's leading security and facility services company, today announced that its team members and client partner have been named finalists in three categories for the 2026 U.S. Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs), which recognize outstanding achievements across the security industry.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2026 / Golden Minerals Company ("Golden Minerals," "Golden" or the "Company") (OTCQB:AUMN)(TSX:AUMN) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a 1,250-meter drill program, with an estimated budget of $1.088 million, to test the Sico, Cobre and Iceberg targets, three of the multiple known gold and copper targets on its Desierto exploration concessions in Salta Province, Argentina. This four- to six-week drill program is expected to be completed during Q4 2026, with full results available during Q1 2027, and will consist of:

Meetings with Growth-Oriented Investors on October 8, 2026

CEO Kyle Hall to present in Los Angeles at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time

Global Sports Brand Supports Premier Polo Competitions Across Europe

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SYMON-II Clinical Validation Dataset Represents a Key Milestone as Bluejay Advances the Symphony™ IL-6 Test Toward Regulatory Submission

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2026 / PJX Resources Inc. (TSXV:PJX)(OTCQB:PJXRF) ("PJX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has received a renewed 5-year permit to execute its first-ever drilling program on the highly prospective Zinger Property (see Figure 1). The drilling will target a potentially large Reduced Intrusion Related Gold System (RIRGS) at the Gar intrusion target. Concurrently, exploration drilling continues for critical metals on the Dewdney Trail Property.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2026 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to report new results from the Airstrip Deposit ("Airstrip") and the gap between the Airstrip and Powerline Deposit at its AurMac Project ("AurMac"), Yukon, Canada. Drillhole AX-26-942 intersected 1.01 g/t gold ("Au") over 36.1 metres ("m") from 9.0 m downhole, including 1.88 g/t Au over 17.9 m from 27.2 m downhole and 28.70 g/t Au over 0.8 m, between the Airstrip and Powerline deposits. Mineralization is associated with large extensional quartz veins containing numerous grains of visible gold, with associated bismuth sulphosalts and sulphide mineralization. In Airstrip, drillholes AX-26-729 and -730 returned 1.19 g/t Au over 12.1 m and 6.79 g/t Au over 3.3 m, respectively. Mineralization in these holes is associated with replacement-style mineralization in calc-silicate altered horizons in the Airstrip footwall and lower Cal 2 horizon.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2026 / Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd. (CSE:HEAT)(OTCQB:HLRTF)(FSE:7HI) ("Hillcrest" or the "Company") announces that Jamie Hogue, Chief Operating Officer, and Dr. Emanuel Serban, PhD, PEng, Vice President of Engineering, will attend the Open Compute Project ("OCP") Global Summit in San Jose, California, from October 12 to 15, 2026.

Over a dozen leaders touched down on the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change.

NHL all-time scoring leader Alex Ovechkin said Monday that the current season will be his last in the North American ice hockey league.

Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast.

Michael Olise starred as France stormed back from behind to thrash Belgium 4-1 in the UEFA Nations League on Monday, while Italy continued their resurgence with victory over Turkey.

British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said.

Lionel Messi will bring the curtain down on his glittering Argentina career on Tuesday with a farewell friendly against Benin that marks the dawn of a new era for the South American champions.

A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country's southwest, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said, declaring three days of national mourning.

Italy rounded off their first chunk of Nations League fixtures with a comprehensive 3-1 win over Turkey at the Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna on Monday to keep their quarter-final hopes alive.

Michael Olise came off the bench to inspire France to a 4-1 win over Belgium in the UEFA Nations League on Monday, handing Zinedine Zidane his first home victory since taking charge.

Russia on Monday sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as President Donald Trump said Washington was closely monitoring the situation and offered US help.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a crunch climate case, with justices wrestling over whether it followed the well-worn path of corporate accountability lawsuits or was instead a backdoor attempt to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Chanel artistic director Matthieu Blazy turned to birdlife and Coco Chanel's life for his latest show in Paris on Monday, exactly a year after his first collection for the famed fashion house.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from a British airbase because of unspecified threats that he believed were linked to Iran.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a crunch climate case, with justices wrestling over whether it followed the well-worn path of corporate accountability lawsuits or was instead a backdoor attempt to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Pakistan and Turkey pledged Monday to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defence pact following weeks of Houthi attacks, as Riyadh and its Yemeni government allies launched a counteroffensive against the group.

Brazilian stocks surged to record highs Monday, with Sao Paulo's main index up almost nine percent by midday, after a surprise first-round election result saw right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro edge past incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Police clashed with demonstrators outside Kosovo's parliament on Monday, as protesters demanded the passage of a bill that would curb the powers of the country's war crimes court.

More than a dozen leaders will head to the Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change.

Belgium international Alexis Saelemaekers has suffered another serious injury to his right ankle, AC Milan said on Monday, with Italian media reporting he could be sidelined until 2027.

The International Criminal Court on Monday gave more details about arrest warrants issued last year for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government's restrictions on women and girls.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Iceland late Monday at the start of a three-nation European tour to push for greater US influence in the Arctic after Washington sealed a pact on Greenland.