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Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4% in March, with prices jumping 0.9% on the month, as higher crude oil costs drove up gasoline prices, data showed.

Canadian business sentiment had started to rise before the Iran war, a Bank of Canada survey showed, but a smaller sample of firms exposed to the conflict later indicated many expected higher input prices.
 

Alpha Exploration Ltd.  (TSXV: ALEX) announce Dr. Richard Sillitoe, one of the world's foremost experts on copper and gold deposits, has joined the Alpha team as a technical and strategic advisor. Dr Sillitoe will provide valuable insights and strategy from hands-on geological field observations and global experience in the exploration of similar mineralised systems.

The Company also announces that an exploration drilling programme has commenced at its Kerkasha Project that will include approximately 6,000 metres at the Aburna Gold prospect and 4,000 metres at the Anagulu Copper-Gold prospect. This exploration phase, totalling some 10,000 metres, will include both reverse circulation ("RC") and core drilling. The main objectives of this work are to augment the known gold mineralization at Aburna, and test other new targets nearby in search of new discoveries. In addition, expand the Anagulu Copper-Gold porphyry prospect through further mineralised drill intercepts.

Both prospects are located within its 100% owned, 514km² Kerkasha Project located in Eritrea (see Figure 1).

The Aburna Gold prospect is a district-scale gold system covering an area at least a 7 km long and 2 km wide. Three prospects, Central, Hill 52, and Northeast have been the main focus for previous exploration and evaluation drilling. The large Aburna area of gold mineralization is also marked by extensive anomalous gold values in soil and shallow rotary air blast ("RAB") drill sampling, in places associated with artisanal workings.

The Anagulu Copper-Gold porphyry prospect was discovered by the Alpha team through surface sampling and mapping with follow-up drilling. The exploration target footprint has been expanded by recent shallow RAB drilling, following up on termite mound sampling, to some 4 by 2km. These prospects, located only some 7 km apart, are two of three significant discoveries made by the Alpha team on the Kerkasha licence.

John Wilton, CEO of Alpha, stated:"We are delighted that Dr. Sillitoe has agreed to join our team. He first completed a drill core review of Alpha's copper-gold project in 2021 and confirmed its porphyry style of mineralisation. In January of this year, he spent 10 days in the field with the Alpha exploration team visiting outcrops and reviewing drill core from both the Aburna Gold and Anagulu Copper-Gold prospects. This work provided several important insights from the detailed geological and mineralisation observations coupled with his global experience. We are incorporating these understandings into our exploration drill plans. Dr. Sillitoe's wide-ranging international technical expertise and premier reputation will be highly valuable to Alpha as we advance our gold and copper exploration projects in Eritrea and pursue our growth value strategy.

Dr. Sillitoe comments "that he is pleased to be working with the Alpha team and looks forward to assisting in the advancement and expansion of their diverse portfolio of gold ± base metal projects.”

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Northstar Gold Corp. (CSE: "NSG") announce that it has closed a second tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of hard dollar units (the "Units"), raising gross proceeds of $130,999.98.

This brings total proceeds raised under the Offering to $688,999.98, following the first tranche of $558,000 (see news release dated March 9, 2026). The Company has issued an aggregate of 11,483,333 Units to date. Continued investor participation reflects growing support for Northstar's exploration and development strategy (Please see news release dated February 26, 2026 for full Offering details).

Hard Dollar Financing Overview

The second tranche consisted of 2,183,333 Units issued at $0.06 per Unit.

Each Unit consists of:

one (1) common share; and

one (1) common share purchase warrant

Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional common share at an exercise price of $0.075 for a period of 60 months from issuance.

All securities issued are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day, in accordance with applicable securities laws. Completion of the Offering remains subject to final approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Critical Minerals Flow-Through Offering

In parallel, Northstar announces a non-brokered Critical Minerals Flow-Through Offering of up to $1.0 million, through the issuance of flow-through shares priced at $0.07 per share.

An initial tranche of at least $300,000 is expected in the near term

The financing is expected to be supported by strategic investors aligned with Northstar's critical minerals and Surgical Mining objectives. Additional tranches may follow as project milestones are achieved.

NorthWest Copper  (TSXV: NWST) announces that it has received indicative orders in excess of $10 million in connection with the brokered "best-efforts" financing announced on April 13, 2026 (the "Offering"), with Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. ("Stifel Canada") and Canaccord Genuity (together with Stifel Canada, the "Agents").

Based on the expressions of interest, particularly for the flow-through shares, the Company has updated the terms of the flow through portion of the Offering, with the Offering now consisting of the following securities ("Offered Securities"):

Hard dollar units (the "HD Units") will be sold at a price of $0.35 per HD Unit, with a minimum total amount of $3 million,

Charity flow-through units (the "CFT Units") will be sold at a price of  $0.515 per CFT Unit, and Flow-through units (the "FT Units") will be sold at a price of $0.41 per  FT Unit.

The final number of HD Units, CFT Units and FT Units will be finalized by the Agent based on allocations of indicative orders and demand. Each HD Unit, CFT Unit and FT Unit will consist of one common share ("Common Share") of the Company and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.45 for a period of 24 months following closing of the Offering.

The Agents continue to maintain an option to sell up to an additional 15% of the aggregate amount of the Offered Securities (the "Agents' Option"), on the same terms and conditions of the Offering. The Agents' Option will be exercisable, in whole or in part to offer additional Hard Dollar Units, FT Units or Charity FT Units in any combination, at any time up until 48 hours prior to the closing of the Offering. Assuming $11.5 million, including the full exercise of the Agents' Option of $1.5 million, is comprised of HD Units, the maximum number of Common Shares and Warrants that could be issued is 32,857,142 Common Shares and 16,428,571 Warrants. Company's website at www.northwestcopper.ca . View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2026/20/c1405.html

Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc. (CSE: AWCM)(OTC:AWLIF)(FSE:5HV) announce that APEX Geoscience Ltd. ("APEX") has completed a preliminary 3D geological model (the "Model") for the Company's 100%-owned Bornite Copper-Gold-Silver Project in Oregon ("Bornite" or the "Project"). The Project hosts a copper, gold and silver deposit located about 50 miles east of Salem, Oregon. The deposit is contained within a roughly cylindrical, vertically standing, cigar-shaped breccia pipe. Copper minerals, principally bornite and chalcopyrite, were deposited as part of the breccia matrix, mainly along the pipe's margins. Higher-grade mineralization is found on the pipe's outer shell, with lower-grade mineralization within the pipe's interior.

Aventis Energy Inc. (CSE: AVE | FRA: C0O0 | OTC: VBAMF) announce that drilling activities have been completed at the Company's Corvo Uranium Project ("Corvo" or the "Project") located near Wollaston Lake in northeastern Saskatchewan (Please see Figure 1). The inaugural drill program (the "Program") was designed to begin testing the Manhattan, Brooklyn and Tribeca target areas for basement hosted uranium mineralization.

The Project is currently under a three-year earn-in option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Standard Uranium Ltd. (CSE: STND) ("Standard"). Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Company has been granted an option (the "Option") to earn a 75% interest in the Project by funding CAD$6M in exploration expenditures over three (3) years. The winter 2026 drill program was funded by the Company and operated by Standard.

"Our first round of drilling at Corvo returned twenty-three metres of cumulative radioactive intervals across ten holes, reinforcing the Project's exploration potential," said Michael Mulberry, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Aventis. "Backed by Standard, we are in a strong position to build on these early results through expanded exploration efforts and additional drilling.”

BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. (Nasdaq: BCTX, BCTXL) (TSX: BCT) a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies to transform cancer care, announces that it is presenting positive data in three clinical posters at the 2026 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, taking place April 17–22 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The presentations will include one poster featuring data from BriaCell’s ongoing pivotal Phase 3 study of Bria-IMT plus an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06072612), and two posters highlighting further analyses of Phase 2 data. Abstracts will be published in the online Proceedings of the AACR.

“Standards of care in cancer are evolving rapidly as innovative immunotherapy approaches emerge with potentially better safety profiles than chemotherapy. Clinical data, including BriaCell’s, highlight that maintaining quality of life is an important treatment goal alongside efficacy and safety,” stated lead author, Saranya Chumsri, MD, Principal Investigator of BriaCell Phase 3 study of Bria-IMT+CPI, and Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic.

“At BriaCell, we are focused on bringing novel therapeutics to cancer patients with unmet medical needs with the ultimate goal of improving patients’ lives,” noted William V. Williams, MD, BriaCell’s President & CEO. “Our new quality of life data from the Phase 3 Bria-IMT + CPI study in patients with metastatic breast cancer who failed prior therapies show very positive trends, bringing us one step closer to transforming care for these patients.”

Dryden Gold Corp. (TSXV: DRY) (OTCQX: DRYGF) (FSE: X7W) report that recent exploration results have significantly expanded on its 2025 initial discovery and channel sampling at the Hyndman Property. This large unexplored property package is bisected by the Trans-Canada Highway and is emerging as a highly compelling, district-scale target defined by a continuous corridor of elevated gold-in-till anomalies (the "Corridor") that closely track the interpreted Wabigoon deformation zone (the "Wdz").

Trey Wasser, CEO of Dryden Gold, stated, "The discovery at Hyndman is a strong validation of our extremely talented geological team and their scientific exploration model. What is most remarkable is that, while this property is literally right on the Trans-Canada Highway, it has never been owned or explored by a mining company. What has historically been impassable dense Canadian bush is now totally accessible with gravel roads and clear-cut logging. With the announcement of our recent financing, we will scale our field work at Hyndman as we continue to make high-grade gold discoveries in the Gold Rock Camp."

Maura Kolb, President, also stated, "Our initial drilling has confirmed the presence of gold mineralization within a much broader system, giving us confidence that we are vectoring into a large fertile gold environment with strong discovery potential. Importantly, drilling and channel sampling programs have begun to validate the discovery with mineralization occurring proximal to key structural and lithological contacts. The strategic expansion of our land position strengthens our ability to systematically advance this emerging district-scale opportunity.”

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO)(TSX‐V:EOG), the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, announces the issuance of Common Shares and Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") and stock options to certain directors, officers and consultants of the Company.

Further to publication of the Company's Results for the three and nine months ended 31 December 2025 on 2 March 2026, all pre-existing Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") issued to certain directors and officers of the Company have vested and a total of 1,768,000 RSUs will be automatically converted into common shares in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares") (the "RSU Conversion Shares"). Of the RSUs vested 250,000 were issued to directors, 350,000 to officers and 1,168,000 to consultants.

To recognize the recent achievements and performance of the management and technical team, as well as the Board, the Company has made an award under its Company Incentive Plan.

In addition, the Company has also issued 6,537,500 RSUs to certain Executive and Non-Executive Directors, pursuant to the Eco's Omnibus Incentive Plan as approved at its Annual and Special Meeting held on 27 December 2024 (the "Plan") and as most recently approved by shareholders on 27 March 2026. The RSUs will automatically vest one year after the date of grant and convert into 6,537,500 common shares of the Company ("Common Shares”).

Excalibur Metals Corp. (TSXV: EXCL) announce that the Phase 1 reverse-circulation ("RC") drilling program at the Spyglass Ridge gold-silver target ("Spyglass") is now underway at the Company's Bellehelen Project ("Bellehelen" or the "Project") in Nye County, Nevada.

Spyglass Ridge Drill Commencement

The drill contractor has mobilized to the site, and drilling has begun on the first of eight planned RC drill holes. The initial 3,000-meter program is designed to test high-priority gold and silver mineralization at depth, following up on surface sampling, alteration mapping and recent CSAMT geophysical survey that identified well-defined mineralized structures and coincident alteration consistent with a robust gold-silver epithermal system.

"Getting the rig turning at Spyglass is a major milestone for Excalibur," said John Gilbert, CEO of Excalibur. "This has been the focus since the Company's qualifying transaction was completed last Fall. Many months of preparation followed to finalize our drill targets on the technical side. For some of us, it's been years in the making, and we're taking the project to the next stage. It's very exciting as Spyglass represents just the first of several high-priority zones at Bellehelen that we believe can develop into a major discovery."

Global Uranium Corp. (CSE: GURN | OTC: GURFF | FRA: Q3J) announce that, pursuant to its option agreement with Cosa Resources Corp. ("Cosa"), the Company has completed the Phase 1 requirements to earn an initial 20% interest in the Astro Project ("Astro" or the "Project"), located in the eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan.

Under the terms of the option agreement (announced on April 9, 2025), Global may earn up to an 80% interest in Astro over five earn-in phases by sole-funding exploration expenditures and completing cash payments and share issuances. Completion of Phase 1 marks an important milestone in the advancement of the Project and reflects the Company's continued focus on building a meaningful uranium exploration portfolio in the Athabasca Basin.

Astro comprises a large land package in the eastern Athabasca Basin and is considered highly prospective for unconformity-related uranium mineralization. During 2025, the Project advanced through an initial helicopter-borne Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic survey (ZTEM), which identified a 25-kilometre conductive corridor and several priority target areas for follow-up. More recently, the Company announced plans for an Ambient Noise Tomography survey designed to further refine high-priority structural targets and support future drill targeting.

Ungad Chadda, CEO of Global Uranium, commented: "Completing Phase 1 at Astro is an important milestone for Global Uranium and reflects the steady progress we are making across our exploration portfolio. We are pleased to have earned this initial interest in the project under our agreement with Cosa and look forward to continuing to advance Astro as we evaluate the next phase of work.”

Gold Hunter Resources Inc. (CSE: HUNT) (OTCQB: HNTRF) (WKN: A2QPAL) announce the completion of a machine-learning based targeting analysis by Windfall Geotek Inc. (CSE: WIN) (OTCQB: WINKF) across its district-scale Great Northern Project in northwest Newfoundland, Canada. The analysis generated 40 gold exploration targets, including five high-priority areas confirmed by both models. Together with the Company's geophysical survey completed in October 2025, these results form part of Gold Hunter's data-driven technical workflow informing its fully funded inaugural diamond drill program of up to 10,000 metres. Contractor tendering is underway, and mobilization preparations will follow shortly.

Sean Kingsley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Hunter, commented:

"At the junior stage, every drill hole matters. We view the Windfall Geotek AI-assisted targeting analysis as another useful layer in the process as we prepare for our inaugural drill program at Great Northern. By integrating geology, structure, geochemistry, geophysics, historical drilling and modern data analysis, the AI-generated targets will be reviewed alongside our VTEM™ survey results and structural interpretation as our technical team advances toward final drill collar selection. We are encouraged to see the results support known mineralized trends while also highlighting additional areas for evaluation across the district.”

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Intrepid Metals Corp. (TSXV: INTR) (OTCQB: IMTCF) announce details of Phase 1 of the 2026 Exploration Program (the "Program") at the Company's Corral Copper Property ("Corral" or the "Property") in Cochise County, Arizona. The Program will be carried out with input from Teck Resources Limited and will consist of refining porphyry copper-gold targets, as well as advancing high-grade copper-gold-silver Carbonate Replacement Deposit ("CRD") mineralization ahead of drill testing later this year.

The Program is set to commence next week and includes detailed geological mapping, expanded electromagnetic geophysical surveying totaling approximately 65-line kilometres of induced polarization ("IP") and magnetotellurics ("MT"), designed specifically to resolve subsurface geological features attributable to porphyry- and CRD-style mineralization. In addition, a passive seismic geophysical survey will be conducted to help constrain depth to bedrock in covered portions of the Property. The Program will also incorporate a comprehensive geochemical campaign, including grid rock sampling including more than 450 rock samples (see Figure 1 below). This work will support a substantial Phase 2 diamond drilling program in Q3/Q4 2026, expected to comprise a combination of deeper holes targeting porphyry mineralization and shallower drilling designed to delineate additional zones of CRD mineralization identified in previous exploration campaigns.

"This year's exploration program represents a significant step forward in advancing Corral," says Matt Lennox-King, Intrepid Chairman and Interim-CEO. "Phase 1 is designed to systematically refine our targeting through detailed geophysics and geochemistry, setting the stage for a robust Phase 2 drilling program later this year. Our goal is to better target the porphyry system believed to underlie Corral, while continuing to expand the shallow, high-grade CRD mineralization identified in previous drill campaigns."

Plurilock Security Inc. (TSXV: PLUR) (OTCQB: PLCKF) and related subsidiaries ("Plurilock" or the "Company"), a global cybersecurity solutions provider, today announces its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025. All dollar figures are stated in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

"2025 was a transformative year for Plurilock, establishing a strong foundation to capitalize on the defense opportunity before us," said Ian L. Paterson, CEO of Plurilock Security. "Our Critical Services division grew by 48% while overall revenues grew 5% to $61M for the year. We continue to focus on growing our high margin business, Critical Services, which now represents 20.8% of total revenue, and averaging gross margin of 28%.

"We made meaningful progress on our path to profitability, reducing our EBITDA loss to $5.5 million from $9.9 million and improving our working capital deficit to $5.4 million from $8.8 million. In 2025, the Company materially improved its liquidity position by disciplined cost management, improved operating efficiency, and enhanced financial flexibility. As a result, we are a leaner, more focused business, better positioned to continue advancing toward sustainable profitability."

Red Paramount Iron, Farzad Nader: Pre-IPO. In this exclusive interview, https://youtu.be/X-qWkd26_wY Michael Fox: The Prospector News, sits down with Farzad Nader, COO of Red Paramount Iron, to dive into their high-grade DR iron ore Lac Virot project near the Quebec-Labrador border—surrounded by giants like Rio Tinto, Champion Iron, Tacora Resources, and ArcelorMittal in Canada’s top iron-producing region. Farzad breaks down their advanced Newfoundland Labrador mining project boasting 69% iron content, over 500 million tons of resources, 12,000 meters of drilling, and stellar economics (17% IRR/$500M NPV base case; 30%+ IRR/$1.2B NPV premium). They’re raising $15-25M pre-IPO from strategic investors for PFS, First Nations engagement, permitting, and expansion on their massive 133 sq km lease—mirroring Champion Iron’s success while targeting green steel with ultra-low impurity concentrate. Export plans leverage the expanding Port of Sept-Îles for Europe (CBAM 2026), Japan, Korea, and beyond. Stay tuned for IPO updates—contact Red Paramount.  https://redparamount.ca/        Resources Ltd. (“

Sarama Resources (TSXV: SWA) has entered into a binding share sale agreement with ASX-listed Riedel Resources to sell its Cosmo and Mt Venn gold projects, in Western Australia, in exchange for a combination of equity consideration and the payment of certain project-related expenses.

After selling these assets to Riedel for A$4.6-million in cash and shares, Sarama will hold about 32% ownership of Riedel, which will rise to 44% on performance milestones.

The transaction will provide Sarama with a significant equity interest in Riedel, which will be transformed into a well-funded, multi-proejct gold explorer with several large projects across Tier 1 jurisdictions in Western Australia and Arizona, in the US.

The companies have proposed that Sarama chairperson Andrew Dinning be appointed a nonexecutive director of Riedel and that Sarama corporate development VP Paul Schmiede be appointed CEO of Riedel on completion of the transaction.

Riedel will effectively acquire the Cosmo and Mt Venn projects by buying 100% interest in Sarama's subsidiary Yikkari Resources. The transaction is expected mto close in June, subject to Riedel's shareholder approval.

Meanwhile, Sarama has received documentation from relevant authorities in New South Wales granting the company three early-stage copper and gold exploration tenements in New South Wales, which Sarama believes can add significant value to the portfolio for minimal expenditure.

The licences are adjacent to the Lachlan Fold Belt and are prospective form copper, gold and polymetallic mineralisation. The company has already identified three priority areas: Bong Bong Creek, Bald Hill and Gegedzerick Copper Lode, which comprise clusters of historical copper workings and mineral occurrences.

Planned exploration across these targets will comprise systematic, staged reconnaissance programmes aimed at validating prospectivity for porphyry and intrusion-related copper/gold mineralisation and advancing targets towards drilling. Visit us at https://saramaresources.com/

Silicon Metals Corp. CSE: (FSE: X6U) announce that it has executed a letter of intent dated as of April 17, 2026 (the "LOI"), with OIG Overseas Investment Group Ltd. ("OIG") which contemplates Silicon Metals purchasing OIG's exclusive option to acquire a 100% interest in and to 7 mineral licenses totalling 69 mineral claims covering approximately 1,700 hectares in Newfoundland and Labrador (the "Property"). The Property is prospective for high purity silica.

OIG is the optionee under an option agreement dated effective March 31, 2025 (the "Option Agreement") with Noseworthy Group Inc. (the "Optionor"), pursuant to which OIG has the option to acquire a 100% interest in and to the Property (subject to a 2.5% net smelter returns royalty in favour of the Optionor) by making cash payments, issuing shares and incurring exploration expenditures on the Property.

The LOI contemplates Silicon Metals acquiring OIG's entire right, title, interest and obligation under the Option Agreement, in exchange for issuing 10,000,000 Company common shares to OIG or its shareholders. The shares will be issued at $0.135 per share, representing an aggregate value of $1,350,000. When issued, the shares will have such restrictions on transfer as required pursuant to applicable securities laws and the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Spanish Mountain Gold”) (TSX-V: SPA) (FSE: S3Y) (OTCQB: SPAUF) announce that it has entered into a royalty agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (“Wheaton”), pursuant to which Wheaton will acquire a 1.5% net smelter returns royalty (“NSR”) on gold and silver production from the Spanish Mountain Gold Project (the “Project”) for aggregate cash proceeds of US$55 million, to be paid in three installments (the “Transaction”).

Spanish Mountain Gold, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Peter Mah, commented: “We are thrilled to partner with Wheaton. Entering into the definitive financing agreement propels the Spanish Mountain Gold project feasibility study forward, which the Company aims to complete in 18 months, enabling a build decision in 2028. This financing secures the Company’s vision and strategy as an emerging precious metals developer in the Tier 1 Cariboo District, BC Canada.”

Wheaton Precious Metals, President & Chief Executive Officer, Haytham Hodaly, commented: “Wheaton is pleased to support the advancement of Spanish Mountain, a long‑life gold project in British Columbia, a jurisdiction we know well. The project’s scale and long‑term potential align with our disciplined approach to growth in established mining jurisdictions.”

Tiger Gold Corp. (TSXV: TIGR) (FSE: D150) (OTCQB: TGRGF) report assay results from two of three holes drilled in its initial exploration program at Dos Quebradas. Drilling at Dos Quebradas forms part of Tiger's broader 20,000-metre drill program at its Quinchía Gold Project in Colombia's prolific Mid-Cauca gold belt. Three diamond drill rigs are currently active across the project, with assays pending from Dos Quebradas, Tesorito, and Ceibal.

The Dos Quebradas estimate is historical, and a qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify this estimate as current, and Tiger is not treating it as current. See "Dos Quebradas Historical Mineral Resource" below.

Robert Vallis, President & CEO, commented, "QDQDH-27 is an encouraging result from our initial drill program at Dos Quebradas - 282 metres of mineralization grading 0.6 g/t gold, including 1.3 g/t Au over 32 and 1.6 g/t Au over 21 m. While we wait for assays from QDQDH-26, which is on the same section line as QDQDH-27, we are updating our model and planning the next phase of drilling at Dos Quebradas with the goal of defining a current Mineral Resource, alongside our ongoing programs at Tesorito and Ceibal."

The results reported in this release relate to drillholes QDQDH-25 and QDQDH-27. All intervals are reported as downhole lengths and true widths have not been determined. Assays for drillhole QDQDH-26 are pending.

Victory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE: VST) (OTC: VSQTF) (FWB: 6F6) announce that it has declared a special dividend (the "Dividend") of 1,100,000 Class A common shares (the "Yocale Shares") in the capital of Yocale.ai Inc. ("Yocale") held by VST to shareholders of VST ("VST Shareholders"). Yocale filed a long form non-offering prospectus dated April 13, 2026 with the British Columbia Securities Commission in connection with its proposed listing of the Yocale Shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE").

Zodiac Gold Inc. (TSXV: ZAU) (OTCQB: ZAUIF) (FSE: K19) a West African gold exploration company, is pleased to report additional results from the on-going trenching program along the Ben Ben to Youth Camp trend at its flagship Todi Gold Project in Liberia. The Ben Ben target, located 1.3km along strike from the Company's Arthington Discovery, lies within a 16km gold-in-soil corridor extending from Arthington to Youth Camp. Following the Company's success at the Arthington Discovery, the Ben Ben–to–Youth Camp portion of the trend is now being tested through a 3,600m trenching program and up to 14,000 m of drilling, advancing toward a mineral resource estimate in Q4 2026. Results have been received from 860m of trenching, while core logging, sampling, preparation and analysis is on-going for the first nine holes drilled.

Exploration at the Ben Ben target continues to demonstrate the compelling geological characteristics of the 16km Arthington to Youth Camp trend, consistent with a district-scale, shear-hosted gold system within the broader Todi Shear Zone. Previous exploration by Zodiac Gold at the Arthington Discovery demonstrated the presence of multiple parallel mineralized zones and, importantly, trenching at Ben Ben has now confirmed gold mineralization across both interpreted east-west to northwest-southeast trends. The southern trend, which has been the focus of exploration by Zodiac Gold to date, has a strike length of 1km, while the northern trend extends over 7.5km to the Youth Camp target to the southeast.  

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U.S. futures are higher as renewed artificial intelligence optimism bolstered markets battered by repeated back-and-forth linked to headlines about the Middle East conflict. Separately, investors will parse through a slew of corporate earnings reports, along with the Census Bureau's retail sales data for March.
 

Kevin Warsh, Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, will tell lawmakers at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that he is "committed to ensuring that the conduct of monetary policy remains strictly independent," according to prepared remarks released on Monday.

Amazon.com Inc: The company said on Monday that it will invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, as the AI startup commits to spending more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on Amazon's cloud technologies. Amazon will invest $5 billion in Anthropic now, and an additional $20 billion in the future, subject to certain commercial milestones. This is in addition to the $8 billion Amazon previously invested in the company. In a statement, Anthropic said it expected to bring roughly 1 gigawatt of capacity via Trainium2 and Trainium3 chips by year-end. Anthropic ultimately expects to secure up to 5 gigawatts of such capacity.

Apple Inc: The iPhone maker on Monday named longtime hardware boss John Ternus as its next CEO, turning to another insider to steer the company after Tim Cook as it navigates a world radically altered by artificial intelligence, a technology it has lagged on. Ternus, who joined Apple in 2001, has played a central role in reviving products such as the Mac, which has gained market share against PCs. Though he has kept a low public profile, he has been deeply involved in shaping Apple's biggest products such as iPads and AirPods. Cook will stay on as executive chairman when Ternus takes over on September 1, Apple said in a statement.

General Electric Co: GE Aerospace said it was on track to hit the high end of its 2026 profit outlook, even as it warned of bottlenecks from higher oil prices, fuel supply constraints and slower global growth. It had previously forecast its annual profit between $7.10 and $7.40 per share. But now its forecast accounts for chances of Brent crude prices remaining elevated through the third quarter before easing by year‑end and a near‑term impact from fuel availability constraints. The company reported an adjusted profit per share of $1.86 for the quarter ended March 31, compared with $1.49 a year ago. Total revenue rose 25% to $12.39 billion.

JPMorgan Chase & Co: The bank said its $1.5 trillion initiative to finance and invest in industries critical to U.S. national security will expand across Europe. The expansion of the so-called Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI) underscores the U.S. bank's commitment to strengthen supply chains and support industries critical to innovation and growth, it said in a statement. CEO Jamie Dimon said "For too long, the U.S. and Europe have relied on unpredictable sources for things like critical minerals that are essential to collective security and prosperity. Now, it is in our best interest to address these challenges together - because our security, freedom and economic growth depend on it."

Morningstar Inc: The investment research and analysis provider is the latest index provider to consider revising its approach to designing its market indexes in light of SpaceX's outsize pending initial public offering. Morningstar said its CRSP Market Indexes will "undergo enhancements to introduce an alternative liquidity screen", making it possible to add SpaceX and other giant IPOs to these benchmarks more rapidly. "Index providers must evolve eligibility rules to keep their benchmarks relevant to new market realities," a company spokesman said in an e-mail to Reuters.

Steel Dynamics Inc: The steelmaker's first-quarter profit rose on Monday, driven by higher steel prices resulting from tighter supply due to mill outages and imports falling to multi-year lows. The company posted first-quarter revenue of $5.20 billion, compared with $4.37 billion a year ago. Analysts on average were expecting $5.10 billion for the quarter. "We remain constructive that market conditions are in place for domestic steel and aluminum consumption to be strong through 2026 and into the following years," CEO Mark Millett said. The company's first-quarter profit per share was $2.78, compared with $1.44 a year earlier.

UnitedHealth Group Inc: The healthcare giant raised its annual profit forecast and beat Wall Street expectations for the first quarter as the company kept costs in check and received improved government payments for its health insurance business. The company now expects 2026 adjusted profit per share to be greater than $18.25, an increase of 50 cents from its prior forecast of greater than $17.75 per share. Analysts were expecting a profit of $17.86 per share for 2026. On an adjusted basis, the company earned $7.23 per share in the first quarter, compared with the average analyst estimate of $6.57 per share, according to data compiled by LSEG, a beat of 66 cents. CFO Wayne DeVeydt said the company is focused on maintaining a "prudent" approach to its 2026 outlook, in order to maintain trust and transparency.

ECONOMIC DATA
0830 Retail sales MM for March: Expected 1.4%; Prior 0.6%
0830 Retail sales ex-autos MM for March: Expected 1.4%; Prior 0.5%
0830 Retail ex-gas/autos for March: Prior 0.4%
0830 Retail control for March: Expected 0.2%; Prior 0.5%
0830 Retail sales YY for March: Prior 3.71%
1000 Business inventories MM for Feb: Expected 0.3%; Prior -0.1%
1000 Pending Homes Index for March: Prior 72.1
1000 Pending Home Sales Change MM for March: Expected 0.5%; Prior 1.8%

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Source (but not limited to) AP, CNBC, Dow Jones, Financial Post, Financial Times, Globe & Mail, KITCO, LSEG, Thomson Reuters, Refinitiv.