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SAN BERNARDINO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Dateline Resources Limited (ASX:DTR)(OTCQB:DTREF)(FSE:YE1) (Dateline or the Company) notes recent media articles concerning legal proceedings in the United States relating to the exercise of the long standing valid existing rights to conduct mining activities at the Colosseum Gold and Rare Earths Project.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Jo-Jo Capital Canada Ltd. (TSX Venture Exchange:JOJO.P) ("Jo-Jo" or the "Company"), a capital pool company within the meaning of the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent dated April 15, 2026 (the "LOI") with Primeblock Inc. ("Primeblock"), a privately held Canadian fintech company, in respect of a proposed arm's-length business combination transaction (the "Proposed Transaction") intended to constitute Jo-Jo's qualifying transaction under Exchange Policy 2.4 - Capital Pool Companies.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Silver X Mining Corp. (TSXV:AGX)(OTCQB:AGXPF)(F:AGX) ("Silver X" or the "Company") is pleased to report additional underground diamond drilling results from the Blenda Rubia target, located near the Company's Nueva Recuperada operation in central Peru.

Gold, Silver and Critical Elements in the Mineral-Rich Province of New Brunswick, Canada

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:ASM)(NYSE American:ASM)(FSE:GV6) ("Avino" or the "Company") a long-standing silver producer in Mexico, has completed a new Mineral Reserve Estimate and updated the Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE") which includes La Preciosa, the Avino Mine (consisting of the Elena Tolosa ("ET") deposit, Guadalupe, and La Potosina) with an effective date of October 31, 2025. The Oxide Tailings Deposit mineral reserve estimate was completed in 2024 and is materially unchanged since its publication and has an effective date of January 16, 2024.

MISSISSAUGA, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX:MBX)(OTCQX:MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, announces it will be attending and presenting at the 2026 Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (the "Conference") taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, on April 21 and 22, 2026.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Rocky Shore Gold Ltd. ("Rocky Shore" or the "Company") (CSE:RSG)(OTCQB:RSGLF) is pleased to announce that the Company has begun a first-phase drill program at its 100%-owned Gold Anchor Project ("Gold Anchor") in central Newfoundland (see Figure 1). The drill program will focus on a portion of the undrilled 11-kilometre-long Lane Pond Gold Target where gold mineralization in soil, basal till, and rock is associated with geophysical anomalies and hosted within the prolific Appleton Fault Corridor. A total of 3,500 metres in 15 to 20 reconnaissance drill holes will target an area of 1,500 metres by 600 metres. The Lane Pond Gold Target is viewed as a fault-related, high-grade gold drill target hosted within sedimentary rocks and a bulk-tonnage porphyry gold target hosted within intrusive rocks. Both target types are located near the Company's Mosquito Hill and Reid gold deposits at Gold Anchor. In addition, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary has entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of 13 mining claims in central Newfoundland. Upon completion of this transaction, the claims will enhance Rocky Shore's strategic position in one of Canada's most prospective gold belts.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (WLF.V) ("Wolfden" or the "Company")is pleased to announce that it has completed a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 100% owned Canoe Landing polymetallic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit, located in the Bathurst Mining Camp of New Brunswick where the current potential precious metal value accounts for more than 50% of the total in-situ value and represents one of the largest un-developed polymetallic mineral deposits in the camp.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Gamma Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:GAMA)(OTCQB:GAMXF)(FRA:MRD0) ("Gamma" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the implementation of a warrant incentive program (the "Incentive Program") intended to encourage the exercise of up to 9,250,000 common share purchase warrants of the Company (the "Warrants").

Highlights:N2-25-004: 0.83 g/t Au over 40.4 metres beginning at 180.0 metres downhole, 147.4 metres vertical.N2-25-006: 1.8 g/t Au over 21.9 metres beginning at 154.4 metres downhole, 133.7 metres vertical.N2-25-009: 1.37 g/t Au over 24.0 metres beginning at 168.9 metres downhole, 146.3 metres vertical.N2-25-004, 006 and 009 confirm the structural and grade continuity along 300 metres of strike, building on N2-25-007, 008, and 010,which included 0.95 g/t Au over 61.1 metres, and is downdip of 1.75 g/t Au over 30.4 metres in N2-25-005.Based on these results, the Company believes the A-Zone hosts a robust mineralized veining system that fluctuates between 20 and 61 metres, is at least 100 metres wide, and is over 1.5 km in strike. The A-Zone remains open in multiple directions, specifically along strike (E-W) and down-plunge/depth (S) within a 5-km structural corridor that has been drilled and demonstrated to be mineralized.To date, 48 drillholes have been completed for 15,291 metres, with assays pending for 35 holes, providing a continuous pipeline of upcoming catalysts throughout Q2.The Company has working capital of ~C$10.5M with zero debt.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / BeMetals Corp. (TSXV:BMET)(OTCQB:BMTLF)(Frankfurt:1OI.F) ("BeMetals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share purchase agreement dated April 15, 2026 (the "Agreement") with Prospector Metals Corp. ("Prospector") (TSXV:PPP)(OTCQB:PMCOF)(Frankfurt:1ET0) pursuant to which BeMetals will acquire all of Prospector's non-Yukon mineral exploration projects in exchange for 29,400,000 common shares of BeMetals on a post-consolidation basis as described below (the "Acquisition").

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Galantas Gold Corporation (TSXV:GAL)(AIM:GAL) ("Galantas" or the "Company") announces that it has received notification from shareholder Eric Sprott, that 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a corporation beneficially owned by him, exercised 39,000,000 common share purchase warrants of the Company at an exercise price of C$0.12 per ordinary share pursuant to the issuance of the share purchase warrant as announced on 31 December 2025. Following the exercise of the share purchase warrant, Mr. Sprott will hold approximately 99,166,667 ordinary shares equal to 19.9% of the Company's issued share capital.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Camino Minerals Corporation (TSXV:COR)(OTC PINK:CAMZF) ("Camino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of a drilling campaign at its Costa de Cobre district-scale IOCG copper discovery in Peru ("Costa de Cobre" or "Copper Coast"), previously referred to as the Los Chapitos copper project(1). Camino has rebranded the Los Chapitos project as the Costa de Cobre, the Copper Coast, to better reflect its low-elevation coastal setting and strategic proximity to key infrastructure, including the proposed San Juan de Marcona Port Terminal, a major new port facility planned approximately 125 km to the north at Marcona. The Costa de Cobre project is advancing to the next stage of exploration and development as the Company enters into a joint venture with Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.("Nittetsu"), under which Camino will serve as operator and hold a 65% interest, while Nittetsu will hold the remaining 35% interest. Camino is also developing the permitted Puquios copper mine in Chile in a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership with Nittetsu targeting a finance package and construction commencement in mid-2026.

SODANKYLÄ, FI / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / FireFox Gold Corp. (TSXV:FFOX)(OTCQB:FFOXF)("FireFox" or the "Company") is pleased to report the results from the remaining three holes of the 2025 reconnaissance drill program at the Company's 100%-held Sarvi gold project ("Sarvi") in Lapland, Finland. The target concept for this small reconnaissance drill program was to examine interpreted regional scale structures cutting through discrete magnetic highs and magnetic gradients (transitions from highly magnetic to less magnetic rocks) in the Keulakko permit on the western side of the project area. As previously reported, reconnaissance drilling by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) nearby encountered narrow intervals of moderate gold grade (See Company news release dated November 18, 2025).

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR)(FSE:970)(OTCQB:KGFMF) ("Kingfisher" or the "Company") is pleased to report the delineation of a new porphyry drill target at the Turquoise target area (Figures 1-3). Interpretation of recently updated geophysical inversion datasets1 highlight a compelling subsurface target within the Company's 933 km² HWY 37 Project, located in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") (TSXV:GMV)(OTCQB:GMVMF) is pleased to announce that drill mobilization went smoothly and that it has commenced drilling at the Mexican Hat Gold Deposit in SE Arizona. The first holes will focus on confirmatory core drilling of the deposit spanning 1,000 m in strike length, 400 m of true width from near surface at elevation 1,565 m to an elevation of 1,185 m. This will test approximately 90% of the mineralization providing confirmation of grade distribution allowing for the Inferred Mineral Resource to be confirmed and potentially be upgraded, and to collect geotechnical information to assist in modelling of the open pit.

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez climbed to second place in Peru's presidential election on Wednesday, positioning himself as a surprise rival to conservative frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in a June runoff.

YouTube has terminated a channel belonging to a pro-Iran group producing viral Lego-themed AI videos that ridicule US President Donald Trump, the Google-owned platform said Wednesday, sparking online criticism.

The United States announced Wednesday it is tightening sanctions against Iran's oil industry as Tehran keeps up its closure of the Strait of Hormuz as part of the Mideast war.

Guillermo Hoyos said his long friendship with Lionel Messi will not stop him working the Argentine superstar hard in training, as he was unveiled as the new coach of MLS side Inter Miami on Wednesday.

The United States is discussing a possible second round of peace talks with Iran in Pakistan and is optimistic about reaching a deal, US officials said Wednesday, as Tehran threatened to shut down Red Sea trade unless Washington lifted a naval blockade of its ports.

Harry Kane praised Luis Diaz's late "moment of magic" which delivered the killer blow as Bayern Munich eliminated Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.

After winning awards for his groundbreaking dark comedy, "Beef", creator Lee Sung Jing looked long and hard for the premise for a second season, but nothing seemed to work.

After winning awards for his groundbreaking dark comedy, "Beef", creator Lee Sung Jing looked long and hard for the premise for a second season, but nothing seemed to work.

Women's basketball star A'ja Wilson has signed a record-breaking new contract with the Las Vegas Aces worth nearly $5 million over three years, US media reported Wednesday.

Mikel Arteta insisted Arsenal's angst-ridden progress to the Champions League semi-finals proved they have the character to cope with the mounting pressure of their bid to end a six-year trophy drought.

Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa criticised the decision to send off Eduardo Camavinga after his team were eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Declan Rice said reaching another Champions League semi-final was "an amazing achievement" for Arsenal despite failing to silence their critics in a 0-0 draw at home to Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday.

Late goals from Luis Diaz and Michael Olise earned Bayern Munich a 4-3 win over Real Madrid on Wednesday, securing a 6-4 aggregate victory and sending them through to face holders Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals.