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Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Mako Mining Corp. ("Mako" or the "Company") (TSXV:MKO)(OTCQX:MAKOF) announces that it has postponed the Company's special meeting of shareholders (the "Special Meeting") that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, 2026.

FRANKLIN, INDIANA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") (TSXV:IB)(OTCQB:IAALF) announces that Chairman and CEO Mark Smith will present live at the OTC Precious Metals & Critical Minerals Virtual Conference at 1 PM Eastern on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.

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JERSEY CITY, NJ / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX), a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today announced that it has been recognized as the Company to Beat for AI in CSP Business Support Systems in a recent Gartner report on AI Vendor Race for Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services as of 8 December 2025.

PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / The South Dakota legislature today rejected a vendor-inspired "transactional gold" bill that would harm South Dakotans, free enterprise, and the gold industry by entangling the state in a sweeping, government-run gold scheme.

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SURREY, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Gungnir Resources Inc. (TSXV:GUG)(OTC PINK:ASWRF) (the "Company" or "Gungnir") announces a series of changes to its executive leadership and Board of Directors, effective immediately.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / White Gold Corp. (TSX.V:WGO)(OTCQX:WHGOF)(FRA:29W) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Donovan Pollitt, P.Eng., CFA, as a Strategic Advisor and Consultant. Mr. Pollitt is a highly respected and seasoned mining executive with over 20 years of experience in mining operations, executive management and capital markets activities. Donovan currently serves as President of Pollitt Mining Inc., a management consultancy firm providing a range of services for mining companies from mine production optimization to capital markets strategy, as well as advisory services to buy-side institutional investors and private equity groups.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Datametrex AI Limited (the "Company" or "Datametrex'') (TSXV:DM)(FSE:D4G)(OTC:DTMXF) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Paymetrex Payment Solutions Inc. ("Paymetrex"), has formally launched a comprehensive patent licensing program designed to monetize its extensive intellectual property portfolio in the payments and transaction processing space.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Sands & Associates, British Columbia's largest firm of Licensed Insolvency Trustees, has been awarded the 2026 Consumer Choice Award in the Licensed Insolvency Trustee category for Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford, Kelowna and Victoria. Recognized for its compassionate, client-focused approach and trusted financial-recovery expertise, Sands & Associates continues to lead the province in helping individuals and families achieve a financial fresh start.

CALGARY, ALBERTA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Resolve Legal Group has been recognized with the 2025 Consumer Choice Award in the Family Law category for Southern Alberta. This recognition reflects the firm's unwavering dedication to delivering exceptional legal representation while providing clients with comprehensive, wraparound support services.

CALGARY, ALBERTA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Zakhary Rhinoplasty & Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic, led by Dr. Kristina Zakhary, has been recognized with the 2025 Consumer Choice Award in the Cosmetic Procedures category for Southern Alberta. This honour highlights the clinic's longstanding reputation for excellence in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as its dedication to patient-centred care.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Gemdale Gold Inc. (TSXV:GEMG) ("Gemdale" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Common Shares") have been approved for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") and will commence trading under the ticker symbol "GEMG" at the opening of the market on February 11, 2026.

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Money Mentors, an accredited non-profit credit counselling agency serving Albertans since 1997, has been awarded the 2025 Consumer Choice Award in the Credit & Debt Counselling Services category for Northern Alberta. Recognized for its high-integrity service, client-centred education programs and its role as the exclusive provider of the Orderly Payment of Debts (OPD) program on behalf of the Government of Alberta, Money Mentors continues to set the standard for financial wellness and debt relief counselling in the region.

SASKATOON, SK / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Abasca Resources Inc. ("Abasca" or the "Company") (TSXV:ABA) is pleased to release assay results from the in-fill drilling component of its summer 2025 program at its Loki Flake Graphite Deposit (Loki Deposit) at its 100%-owned Key Lake South (KLS) Project (Figure 1, Figure 2). This component of the summer program was designed with the intent to upgrade the mineral resource classification of the initial 11.31 Mt inferred flake graphite resource at 7.65 % Cg1 which was derived principally from the results of the 2024 summer drill program. The in-fill drilling was conducted in conjunction with the geotechnical drilling completed at the beginning of the summer program (refer to the Company's release on September 8, 2025).

CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that partner Refined Energy Corp (CSE:RUU)(OTC:RFMCF)(FRA:CWA0) ("Refined") has mobilized a ground geophysical crew to Eagle Plains' 100% owned Dufferin West Property, Saskatchewan.

ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Fraser Valley Pre-Owned, a trusted dealership located in the Abbotsford AutoMall, has been awarded the 2025 Consumer Choice Award in the Automobile Sales - Pre-Owned category for the Abbotsford region. Recognized for its transparent pricing, quality selection, and customer-focused approach, Fraser Valley Pre-Owned continues to set a high standard for the pre-owned vehicle market in the Fraser Valley.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Lions Park Denture Clinic has once again been recognized with the 2025 Consumer Choice Award in the Denturists category for Southern Alberta. This marks the twelfth consecutive year the clinic has received this honour, highlighting its reputation for trusted care, innovation, and dedication to helping clients regain confidence in their smiles.

HIGHLIGHTSOn February 5th , 2026, the Company completed two financings totaling CAD ~$63M ( See News Release ), including a strategic investment by Queens Road Capital;The quantum and strong institutional support of the combined financings is recognition of the highly impactful results and project de-risking achieved during the 2025 Angilak Exploration Program;ATHA is now one of the best capitalized uranium explorers globally, with funding secured for multiple exploration campaigns focused at its 100%-owned Angilak Uranium Project;2026 Angilak Exploration Program will be the largest to date on the project, following up on the highly successful 2025 campaign, which resulted in the discovery of five new uranium showings - the new discoveries are within the Angikuni Basin and are in addition to the Lac 50 Deposit;An additional diamond drill is being prepared for mobilization to Angilak by Base Diamond Drilling Ltd. - ATHA's drilling service provider since 2024. The owner of Base along with ATHA's CEO Troy Boisjoli led the ramp up in drilling activities at NexGen's Rook I Project to ten diamond drills;Full mobilization to Angilak will commence in March with exploration activities beginning in late April to early May;2026 Exploration will focus on:Expanding the footprint of mineralization at the Lac 50 Deposit Corridor - which hosts the Lac 50 Deposit with a 2024 Exploration Target * ranging from 60.8 M lbs to 98.2 M lbs with an average grade range from 0.37% U 3 O 8 to 0.48% U 3 O 8 , and remains open and unconstrained.*The stated potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature, and there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. The conceptual target for further exploration is based on available diamond drillhole data including the 2024 drill program results, and the ranges of potential quantity and grade were derived from conceptual vein wireframes, drill core assays, grade interpolation and applied uncertainty ranges. The Angilak Project technical report can be accessed on the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca;Mineralized RIB Corridor: Additional discoveries and expansion;KU-Nine Iron Corridor: Additional discoveries and expansion;Angilak greenfields: Acquiring full suit of geophysics coverage across the Angikuni Basin, identifying and de-risking additional targets using ATHA's proven exploration approach.Additional detailed information regarding the 2026 Angilak Exploration Program will be provided in Q1 2026.

LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Ecora (LSE:ECOR)(TSX:ECOR)(OTCQX:ECRAF) a critical minerals focused royalty company, notes the press release issued today by Rainbow Rare Earths Limited ("Rainbow") announcing that its large-scale pilot plant recently commissioned in Johannesburg is operating the optimised Phalaborwa primary flowsheet in line with expectations and has successfully produced ca.2 kg of a high-grade mixed rare earth hydroxide.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / Trans Canada Gold Corp. (TSXV:TTG)(OTCQB:TTGXF) ("Trans Canada" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory acceptance, it has granted incentive stock options to certain directors, officers and consultants of the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.15 per share exercisable until February 22nd, 2029.

SODANKYLÄ, FINLAND / ACCESS Newswire / February 9, 2026 / FireFox Gold Corp. (TSX.V:FFOX)(OTCQB:FFOXF) ("FireFox" or the "Company") is pleased to report results from three additional holes of its 2025/26 diamond drilling program at the Company's 100%-held Mustajärvi Gold Project ("Mustajärvi"or the "Project") in Lapland, Finland. These holes generally come from the north side of the Northeast and East Zones. Drill hole 25MJ009 stepped out almost 100 metres from the high-grade intercepts at the Northeast Zone (NEZ) to test for continuation along the shear zone (see Figure 1). The hole intersected several high-grade gold-mineralized intervals, including:

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Chris Gotterup won the PGA Tour Phoenix Open on Sunday, topping Hideki Matsuyama with a birdie at the first playoff hole as the Japanese major-winner found the water just moments after surrendering the outright lead at the 72nd hole.

A white supremacist who shot and killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 launched an appeal Monday seeking to overturn his conviction.

Kawhi Leonard scored 41 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made four steals on Sunday to lead the Los Angeles Clippers in a lopsided 115-96 NBA victory at Minnesota.

Lindsey Vonn needed surgery on her broken leg after she crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill on Sunday to brutally end the American skiing great's improbable dream of a medal.

Players and fans arrived Sunday for the biggest event in American sports as the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks at the Super Bowl, where Bad Bunny will perform the half-time show in a tense political climate.

US President Donald Trump has said he will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House late this year, as the world's top two economies look to reset ties marred by a roiling trade war.