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The White House confirmed and defended conducting a second strike against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean in September, amid the Trump administration’s crusade targeting the influx of drugs into the U.S. 

The White House’s statement comes after the Washington Post reported Friday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth verbally ordered that a Sept. 2 attack kill everyone on board the alleged drug boat, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers who are requesting additional oversight into the strikes. The Post reported that a second strike was conducted to take out the remaining survivors on the boat. 

Although the Pentagon pushed back against the report, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not deny that a second strike occurred and told reporters Monday that the strike Sept. 2 was conducted ‘in self-defense’ in international waters ‘in accordance with the law of armed conflict.’ 

The White House said Monday that Hegseth authorized the second strike, but the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, Adm. Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley, ordered and directed it. At the time of the strike, Bradley was serving as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command, which falls under U.S. Special Operations Command. 

‘On September 2nd, Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes,’ Leavitt said. ‘Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated.’

When asked to confirm that Bradley was the one who ordered the second strike, Leavitt said that he was ‘well within his authority to do so,’ but declined to disclose whether the second strike was ordered because there were survivors remaining from the first strike. 

Leavitt also disputed that Hegseth ever gave an initial order to ensure that everyone on board was killed, when asked specifically about Hegseth’s instructions. 

‘I would reject that the secretary of War ever said that,’ Leavitt said. ‘However, the president has made it quite clear that if narco-terrorists, again, are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States, he has the authority to kill them.’

The White House’s statements on the matter don’t completely align with the Pentagon’s. On Friday, the Pentagon denied the Post’s reporting in its entirety. 

‘We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday,’ Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a post on social media Friday. ‘These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.’ 

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Meanwhile, the report has prompted lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to ask additional questions about the operations, and press for additional oversight. 

‘This committee is committed to providing rigorous oversight of the Department of Defense’s military operations in the Caribbean,’ Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Adam Smith, D-Wash., who lead the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement on Saturday. ‘We take seriously the reports of follow-on strikes on boats alleged to be ferrying narcotics in the SOUTHCOM region and are taking bipartisan action to gather a full accounting of the operation in question.’

Spokespeople for the committee did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital regarding the nature of these additional oversight efforts. 

Additionally, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said Monday that she is calling for an investigation into the matter as well, and said that Hegseth ‘owes answers to the American people immediately.’

The Trump administration has carried out more than 20 strikes against alleged drug boats in Latin American waters, and has bolstered its military presence in the Caribbean to align with Trump’s goal to crack down on the influx of drugs into the U.S.

The White House also confirmed Monday that Trump is slated to hold a meeting on Monday evening to discuss future actions concerning Venezuela. 

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President Donald Trump threw himself in the middle of Honduras’ razor-thin presidential race on Monday, warning that there would be ‘hell to pay’ if election officials altered the results.  

Writing on Truth Social, Trump, without offering evidence, accused Honduras of ‘trying to change the results.’

‘If they do, there will be hell to pay! The people of Honduras voted in overwhelming numbers on November 30th,’ Trump said.

The president’s remarks came hours after Ana Paola Hall, president of the National Electoral Council, wrote on X that the preliminary rapid reporting system that began providing results Sunday night had reached its conclusion with votes 57% tallied.

Their count showed a close race between two conservative candidates, Nasry Asfura of the National Party and Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party, with Asfura holding a narrow lead of only a few hundred votes. Rixi Moncada, the democratic socialist LIBRE candidate, trailed roughly 20 percentage points behind.  

‘It is imperative that the Commission finish counting the Votes,’ Trump wrote. ‘Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans must have their Votes counted. Democracy must prevail!’

Officials have said the count would continue but did not specify when updated totals would be released, and parts of the council’s online system appeared to have been taken down.

Just before the freeze, Trump had endorsed Asfura, calling him the ‘only Honduran candidate his administration would work with and saying he would fight ‘narco-communists’ alongside the U.S.

Both leading candidates have pointed to the close tally as evidence that they are ahead – though both men have stopped short of declaring victory.

Trump’s announcement that he would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is now serving a 45-year U.S. sentence – also loomed large over the race, underscoring how U.S. politics can intrude in the country’s politics.

Trump’s latest warning injects new pressure into an already hostile post-election environment. The outcome will determine whether the Latin American country shifts away from the ruling LIBRE party and have deep impacts on its future relationship with Washington.

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White House envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday after a whirlwind weekend of negotiations with Ukraine aimed at securing a peace deal.

All eyes are on Putin as Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and occasional foreign policy envoy, feel out whether Putin might agree to the 19-point proposal they finalized with Ukrainian counterparts following initial U.S.-Russian talks.

The latest round of diplomacy represents the most active push toward a potential settlement since the full-scale invasion in 2022, but negotiators acknowledge that significant obstacles remain. Core disputes over territory, Ukraine’s long-term security arrangements, and the conditions for any ceasefire are unresolved, and officials say progress will depend on whether Putin shows flexibility during this week’s meetings.

After an initial 28-point plan brokered by Witkoff and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev was viewed by Kyiv as too favorable to Moscow, U.S. and Ukrainian officials went back to the drawing board. They met in Geneva at the end of November to work through a trimmed-down version of the plan and again over the weekend in Florida to hammer out additional details.

Both sides said the talks were productive but offered no specifics on which issues still divide them.

‘So much work remains,’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the meeting. ‘But today was again a very productive and useful session where I think additional progress was made.’

‘There’s a good chance we can make a deal,’ Trump said.

Despite the momentum, the two sides remain far apart. Several of the most sensitive issues were left for a meeting between principal leaders.

Russia insists Ukraine cannot join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — even though Ukraine amended its constitution to make NATO membership a national objective. In the original 28-point plan, Russia also demanded Ukraine reduce its peacetime armed forces to 600,000.

European and Ukrainian officials instead floated an 800,000 cap, according to the Financial Times. Ukraine currently fields around 880,000 troops, up from about 209,000 before the 2022 invasion.

The largest impasse remains territorial concessions. A draft of the earlier proposal suggested recognizing Crimea and large parts of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions as de facto Russian.

Complicating the process is the sudden removal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff and chief negotiator, Andriy Yermak, who resigned after a corruption probe led to a raid of his home. Yermak had publicly insisted days earlier that Ukraine would not give up land for peace. 

‘Not a single sane person today would sign a document to give up territory,’ he told The Atlantic magazine. 

Putin said at the end of November he was ready for ‘serious’ talks but also asserted that Russia has the upper hand and would halt fighting only if Ukrainian forces withdraw from territory it has recaptured on the front lines.

‘If they don’t withdraw, we will achieve this by force,’ he said.

Analysts say Washington still has levers it could use if negotiations stall, including tightening sanctions and expanding military assistance to Ukraine. But many of the most powerful economic measures — such as penalties on major Russian energy and financial entities — are already in place, and the U.S. has provided Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in military aid since 2022. 

That leaves a narrower set of options if the talks reach an impasse.

Trump has voiced frustration with the slow pace of diplomacy in recent days, saying publicly that he believed a resolution ‘should have happened a long time ago,’ though officials have not indicated that Washington is preparing to walk away from the talks.

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President Donald Trump is continuing to advocate for the Senate GOP to nix the filibuster.

In a Monday Truth Social post, the president shared a video featuring clips of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who opined that if Democrats win a ‘trifecta’ in the 2028 elections, the prospect of expanding the Supreme Court should be under consideration. 

Holder made the comment while speaking with Ben Meiselas, co-founder of MeidasTouch, which posted the video last month.

In the Monday Truth Social post, Trump referred to Holder, who served under Democratic President Barack Obama, as an ‘Obama sycophant’ and said that ‘Eric Holder (known as ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’) just gave a Speech where he emphatically stated, above all else, that Democrats will PACK the Supreme Court of the United States if they get the chance. The word is, he wants 21 Radical Left Activist Judges, not being satisfied with the heretofore 15 that they were seeking.’

Trump suggested that eliminating the filibuster would enable Republicans to win in the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 White House contest.

‘It will be 21, they will destroy our Constitution, and there’s not a thing that the Republicans can do about it unless we TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, which will lead to an easy WIN of the Midterms, and an even easier WIN in the Presidential Election of 2028,’ he asserted.

‘Why would the Republicans even think about giving them this opportunity? The American People don’t want gridlock, they want their Leaders to GET THINGS DONE — TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, AND HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOUR YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, BY FAR, WITH NOT EVEN THE HINT OF A SHUTDOWN OF OUR GREAT NATION ON JANUARY 30TH!’ Trump declared in the post.

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In the wake of a federal judge’s moves last month to dismiss separate indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Department of Justice is considering possibly pursuing new indictments against the two figures, according to Politico.

The outlet reported that two individuals familiar with the cases indicated that the DOJ is seriously thinking about refraining from appealing the dismissals and is instead seeking new indictments against Comey and James.

Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ, which did not provide comment.

Last week, senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed indictments against Comey and James, asserting that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney violated the law and Constitution.

In Comey’s and James’ separate cases, the judge wrote that ‘because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will… dismiss the indictment without prejudice.’

Responding to the judge’s moves last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the judge was attempting to ‘shield’ Comey and James from ‘accountability’ and said that the DOJ would appeal. 

‘And it is our position that Lindsey Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it,’ she told reporters outside the White House.

‘We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,’ U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a press conference last week.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Electric Royalties Ltd. (TSXV:ELEC,OTC:ELECF)(OTCQB:ELECF) (‘Electric Royalties’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to provide an update on growing revenues and progress within its copper royalty portfolio.

Electric Royalties CEO Brendan Yurik commented: ‘We are pleased to announce the receipt of C$253,359 in revenues since our December 2024 royalty acquisition of the Punitaqui Copper Mine in Chile, with additional revenues expected in the fourth quarter of 2025. We are very encouraged by the ongoing ramp-up at Punitaqui – an increase in production there directly supports higher royalty revenues for our Company, strengthening our cash flow and underpinning our growth strategy.

‘Meanwhile, the new operator at the Zonia Copper Project in Arizona, Edge Copper Corporation, has received funding of C$17 million to leverage proprietary AI-driven exploration methods to expand Zonia’s resource further and complete a pre-feasibility study. The new ownership team and investment provide confidence that Zonia will emerge as a leading U.S.-based copper project at a time when copper has been formally recognized as a critical mineral by the U.S. government. Copper’s inclusion on the official U.S. Geological Survey critical minerals list grants copper projects access to streamlined permitting, potential federal funding, and tax incentives.

‘At the Millennium Copper-Cobalt Project in Australia, the commencement of diamond drilling to target high-grade graphite – sitting on top of and adjacent to an existing cobalt-copper-gold resource – underscores the project’s position as a critical minerals asset in a readily accessible mining district near Cloncurry, Queensland.

‘We will soon report on progress as to other royalties and metals within our portfolio of high-value critical minerals projects. Having recently optimized our company overhead expenses, our primary focus remains on maximizing both near-term royalties and long-term value creation.’

Additional details on recent developments within our portfolio of copper royalties include:

      Alan Roberts, a Certified Professional Geologist (‘CPG’) # 11260 by the American Institute of Professional Geologists, and a qualified person, who is not independent of Electric Royalties, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this release.

      About Electric Royalties Ltd.

      Electric Royalties is a royalty company established to take advantage of the demand for a wide range of commodities (lithium, vanadium, manganese, tin, graphite, cobalt, nickel, zinc and copper) that will benefit from the drive toward electrification of a variety of consumer products: cars, rechargeable batteries, large scale energy storage, renewable energy generation and other applications.

      Electric vehicle sales, battery production capacity and renewable energy generation are slated to increase significantly over the next several years and with it, the demand for these targeted commodities. This creates a unique opportunity to invest in and acquire royalties over the mines and projects that will supply the materials needed to fuel the electric revolution.

      Electric Royalties has a growing portfolio of 43 royalties in lithium, vanadium, manganese, tin, graphite, cobalt, nickel, zinc and copper across the world. The Company is focused predominantly on acquiring royalties on advanced stage and operating projects to build a diversified portfolio located in jurisdictions with low geopolitical risk, which offers investors exposure to the clean energy transition via the underlying commodities required to rebuild the global infrastructure over the next several decades toward a decarbonized global economy.

      Company Contact

      Brendan Yurik
      CEO, Electric Royalties Ltd.
      Phone: (604) 364‐3540
      Email: Brendan.yurik@electricroyalties.com
      https://www.electricroyalties.com/

      Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange), nor any other regulatory body or securities exchange platform, accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

      Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Other Company Information

      This news release includes forward-looking information and forward-looking statements (collectively, ‘forward-looking information’) with respect to the Company within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. This news release includes information regarding other companies and projects owned by such other companies in which the Company holds a royalty interest, based on previously disclosed public information disclosed by those companies and the Company is not responsible for the accuracy of that information, and that all information provided herein is subject to this Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Other Company Information. Forward looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. This information represents predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. Forward-looking information may relate to the Company’s future outlook and anticipated events and may include statements regarding the financial results, future financial position, expected growth of cash flows, business strategy, budgets, projected costs, projected capital expenditures, taxes, plans, objectives, industry trends and growth opportunities of the Company and the projects in which it holds royalty interests.

      While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable, based on information available, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or these projects to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; marketing costs; loss of markets; future legislative and regulatory developments involving the renewable energy industry; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; the mining industry generally, recent market volatility, income tax and regulatory matters; the ability of the Company or the owners of these projects to implement their business strategies including expansion plans; competition; currency and interest rate fluctuations, and the other risks.

      The reader is referred to the Company’s most recent filings on SEDAR+ as well as other information filed with the OTC Markets for a more complete discussion of all applicable risk factors and their potential effects, copies of which may be accessed through the Company’s profile page at sedarplus.ca and at otcmarkets.com.

      SOURCE: Electric Royalties Ltd.

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      Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL,OTC:BVLDF) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Bold’) is pleased to announce the results of its Fall mechanical stripping and channel sampling program on its Burchell Copper-Gold Property (the ‘Property’), located within the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt approximately 100 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Eight areas were stripped by excavator in the vicinity of the 111 Gold Zone, including the 111 Zone itself, and more than 400 channel samples and 80 grab samples were collected during the program. All gold results and most trace element results have now been received from the laboratory.

      Highlights from the program include:

      • The northernmost channel sample and grab sample at Stripped Area 1 (~17 m across strike from the main gold zone) were anomalous in gold (0.32 g/t Au over 1.0m channel and 0.44 g/t Au grab sample), indicating a possible subparallel gold zone and the need to expand the stripping to the north.
      • Widespread zinc and gold anomalies, with local copper and lead anomalies, at multiple stripped areas including the 111 Zone. Apparent zonation from south to north at the 111 Zone from dominantly zinc to copper to gold across a total discontinuous mineralized width of 29 meters in the central part of the zone. Stripped Area 4 approximately 500 meters west of the 111 Zone returned 0.13 g/t Au and 0.7% Zn over 4.3 meters including 0.30 g/t Au and 3.1% Zn over 0.8 meters.

      Identification of three areas where additional mechanical stripping is warranted in advance of drilling: Stripped Areas 1, 6 1nd 7, see Figure 1.

      Significant results from each stripped area are presented below. The results are summarized in Figure 1 and Figure 2 displays a detailed map of channel sampling results at Stripped Area 1 (the 111 Zone). Table 1 gives the UTM coordinates, lengths, orientations and grades of channel samples at the 111 Zone and select channel samples at other stripped areas. Channel sample widths reported are apparent widths. Table 2 gives relevant information on select grab samples collected at the stripped areas.

      Stripped Area 1:

      Target: the 111 Zone, 68 g/t Au grab sample.

      Results: Identification of an envelope of discontinuous anomalous gold mineralization with maximum width of 14 meters. Channel samples include 2.1 g/t Au over 1.0 m, 1.4 g/t Au over 1.0 m, 1.7 g/t Au over 0.55 m, and 2.1 g/t Au over 0.5 m (previously reported on September 11, 2025). Higher-grade values tend to occur on either side of a 2-meter wide QFP sill which is strongly fractured and outcrops poorly. The host rocks appear to be silicified mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks, transitioning to more intermediate to the northwest. One grab sample of exposed outcrop returned 8.0 g/t Au with others returning 2.0 g/t Au and 1.0 g/t Au. Earlier in the season an additional high-grade result of 32.4 g/t Au, previously unreported, was obtained from a slab of subcrop near to where the 68 g/t Au sample had been discovered (see January 9, 2025 news release). The northern-most channel sample in the stripped area (~17 m across strike from the main gold zone) returned 0.32 g/t Au over 1.0 m, and a grab sample returned 0.44 g/t Au, suggestive of a parallel zone to the north which should be stripped back further. Multiple samples of anomalous zinc mineralization were also obtained, generally marginal to or outside of the envelope of anomalous gold mineralization. Intervals include 0.87% Zn over 0.55 m and 0.34% Zn over 2.25 m. Local copper anomalies were also obtained, with a maximum of 0.34% Cu over 0.85 m and a broader interval of 0.15% Cu over 5.9 m. There appears to be zonation from south to north from dominantly zinc to copper to gold across an overall discontinuous mineralized width of approximately 29 meters in the central part of the zone.

      Stripped Area 2:

      Target: Grab sample of 5 cm quartz vein which returned values of 300 g/t Ag, 0.93 g/t Au, 0.54% Pb and 0.19% Zn.

      Results: No significant channel sampling results were obtained. An additional grab sample of the veining earlier in the season returned a previously unreported value of 125 g/t Ag with 0.43 g/t Au and 0.18% Pb.

      Stripped Area 3:

      Target: 70 ppb Au soil sample.

      Results: A zone of altered volcanic rocks intruded by three subparallel porphyry sills was uncovered. One interval returned 0.56 g/t Au, 0.55% Zn and 0.23% Pb over 1.3 meters, including 0.91 g/t Au, 0.78% Zn and 0.33% Pb over 0.73 meters, within the volcanic rocks. An additional interval within the volcanic rocks returned 0.11 g/t Au over 1.8 meters, and an interval within one of the QFP sills returned 0.16 g/t Au over 1.0 meters.

      Stripped Area 4:

      Target: 0.21 g/t Au grab sample.

      Results: A zone of altered volcanic rocks and quartz sericite schist intruded by a QFP sill was uncovered, similar in appearance to the 111 Zone. One channel sample near the porphyry returned 0.20 g/ Au over 0.8 m. However, approximately 30 m further to the southeast, altered volcanic rocks returned 0.13 g/t Au and 0.7% Zn over 4.3 meters including 0.30 g/t Au and 3.1% Zn over 0.8 meters. Trace element results are pending for about half of the channel samples at this stripped area.

      Stripped Area 5:

      Target: Grab sample of quartz sericite schist which returned 0.21 g/t Au with 1.34% Zn and 0.36% Pb.

      Results: A zone of altered mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks and quartz sericite schist was uncovered. One grab sample of a 1-2 cm veinlet of massive pyrite returned 2.9 g/t Au. One channel sample returned 0.12 g/t Au over 0.95 meters. Several samples returned anomalous zinc and lead results, with intervals including: 0.28% Zn & 0.11% Pb over 1.1 m; 0.97% Zn & 0.06% Pb over 1.0 m; and 0.19% Zn & 0.11% Pb over 2.45 m.

      Stripped Area 6:

      Target: 301 ppb Au soil anomaly.

      Results: A sheared intermediate intrusive / porphyry unit was uncovered, at least 5 meters in width. One sample of quartz flooded material with 1-2% pyrite along a narrow shear returned 0.12 g/t Au. In light of knowledge gained at the 111 Zone, the margins of the intrusive unit should be stripped back further up the hill to the southeast to determine if there is a gold zone on the flank of the intrusive, which may be responsible for the soil anomaly.

      Stripped Area 7:

      Target: 647 ppb Au soil anomaly.

      Results: A zone of strongly sheared mafic / intermediate fragmental rocks was uncovered, intruded by a <1 m folded intermediate intrusive dike with sparse potassic stringers containing minor chalcopyrite. No significant channel sample results were obtained. However, following the channel sampling program, subcrop of QFP was discovered approximately 10-15 meters across strike to the southeast and slightly uphill from the stripped area. This area should be further stripped to expose any potential gold zone flanking the porphyry unit, which may be responsible for the gold anomaly. Trace element results are pending from the channel sampling.

      Stripped Area 8:

      Target: Grab sample of quartz sericite schist which returned 0.41 g/t Au and 1.5% Cu.

      Results: A zone of sheared quartz sericite schist was uncovered. A channel sample of the original showing returned 0.5 g/t Au over 0.1 m, but otherwise there were no significant channel sample gold results. Trace element results are pending.

      Bruce MacLachlan, president and COO of Bold Ventures, said of the results: ‘The mechanical stripping and channel sampling program uncovered broad, widespread gold and base metal mineralization and gave us a better understanding of the geological controls on mineralization. The program set us up for a second phase of stripping before year-end followed by a first phase of drilling this winter. We are in the early days of exploring a major, previously unexplored mineralizing system with no known drillholes that appears to stretch at least 3 km on the property and may extend past the western boundary of the property. We are excited to drill the first ever drillholes into this system and see what we come up with.’

      QAQC Protocols

      Rock samples were collected, documented and photographed in the field, then placed in sealed bags and delivered to Activation Laboratories (ActLabs) in Thunder Bay, which is an ISO / IEC 17025 accredited laboratory. Rock sample collection is subject to Bold’s internal quality assurance / quality control (QAQC) protocols, which include the insertion of blank material and certified reference material into each batch of grab samples submitted, and at regular sampling intervals in the case of channel samples. Sample duplicates were also collected of channel samples at regular intervals. Rock samples referenced in this news release were analyzed using ActLabs methods 1A2-50, a 50g fire assay with atomic absorption finish, and 1F2, a total digestion with ICP-OES finish for trace elements.

      The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Coleman Robertson, B.Sc., P. Geo., the Company’s V.P. of Exploration and a qualified person (QP) for the purposes of NI 43-101.

      Bold Ventures management believes our suite of Battery, Critical and Precious Metals exploration projects are an ideal combination of exploration potential meeting future demand. Our target commodities are comprised of: Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn), Gold (Au), Silver (Ag), Platinum (Pt), Palladium (Pd) and Chromium (Cr). The Critical Metals list and a description of the Provincial and Federal electrification plans are posted on the Bold Critical and Battery Minerals page.

      About Bold Ventures Inc.

      The Company explores for Precious, Battery and Critical Metals in Canada. Bold is exploring properties located in active gold and battery metals camps in the Thunder Bay and Wawa regions of Ontario. Bold also holds significant assets located within and around the emerging multi-metals district dubbed the Ring of Fire region, located in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario.

      For additional information about Bold Ventures and our projects please visit boldventuresinc.com or contact us at 416-864-1456 or email us at info@boldventuresinc.com.

      ‘Bruce A MacLachlan’ ‘David B Graham’
      Bruce MacLachlan David Graham
      President and COO CEO

       

      Direct line: (705) 266-0847

      Email: bruce@boldventuresinc.com

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      Homerun Energy USA, Inc. (‘Homerun’ or the ‘Company’) a newly formed 100% owned subsidiary of Homerun Resources, Inc. (TSXV: HMR,OTC:HMRFF) (OTCQB: HMRFF) is pleased to announce the engagement of Jiri Skopek as Corporate Development Advisor for the strategic development and commercialization of the Company’s Enduring Long Duration Energy Storage System (LDES) integrated with Homerun Energy’s Energy Management System (EMS).

      This appointment follows the recently announced Intellectual Property Agreement between Homerun Energy USA, Inc. and the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, operator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

      Building upon the two years of collaboration between Homerun and NREL, Mr. Skopek will provide advisory in the efforts to commercialize the LDES. The LDES is designed to provide sustainable heat and power through a dual-purpose architecture that combines silica-based energy storage with purification processing, achieving significant decarbonization and operational integration efficiency.

      Under the commercialization plan, Homerun Energy will integrate its advanced AI energy management and control system (EMS). Homerun’s technology is designed to operate across devices and brands to optimize energy capture, maximize storage efficiency and enable smarter, more sustainable energy use. By integrating AI into the edge Hub and into the cloud, Homerun empowers the end-user to better monitor, control and predict energy generation, usage and needs, enhancing performance while reducing costs and environmental impact and enabling advanced services such as energy trading.

      Alignment with the CleanTech Blueprint 2025

      Mr. Skopek recently co-authored ‘The Future is Direct: Shift to DC Power Systems,’ a chapter in the CleanTech Blueprint 2025, a global collaboration led by LG NOVA and the Coalition for Innovation. The Blueprint outlines the transition from centralized AC grids toward digital, distributed DC systems, which deliver improved efficiency, reliability, and renewables integration. These insights align directly with Homerun’s commercialization model – combining enduring, sand-based energy storage with AI-managed distributed intelligence for next-generation microgrid applications.

      Brian Leeners, CEO of Homerun, commented, ‘The engagement of Jiri Skopek comes at a pivotal time as the Enduring LDES advances from development into commercialization. Following our IP Agreement with NREL, Jiri’s experience and leadership will be instrumental in bringing these innovations to multiple global markets.’

      Jiri Skopek added: ‘The convergence of materials, energy systems, and digital intelligence defines the future of clean power. Homerun’s platform uniquely integrates long-duration storage, silica technologies, and AI intelligence to deliver solutions capable of transforming industrial and grid-scale energy applications.’

      About Jiri Skopek

      Jiri Skopek is an architect, smart community planner, and leader in smart and sustainable development whose work has shaped buildings, communities, and national standards for more than three decades. As Managing Director of Sustainability at JLL, he advised corporate clients on greening large portfolios and led the smart-building transformation of federal buildings, a landmark deployment of analytics-driven operations in government real estate.

      About Homerun (https://www.homerunenergy.com/ and https://homerunresources.com/)

      Homerun Energy USA, Inc (Reno, NV) is a 100% subsidiary of Homerun Resources, Inc.

      Homerun (TSXV: HMR,OTC:HMRFF) is building the silica-powered backbone of the energy transition across four focused verticals: Silica, Solar, Energy Storage, and Energy Solutions. Anchored by a unique high-purity low-iron silica resource in Bahia, Brazil, Homerun transforms raw silica into essential products and technologies that accelerate clean power adoption and deliver durable shareholder value.

      • ⁠Silica: Secure supply and processing of high-purity low-iron silica for mission-critical applications, enabling premium solar glass and advanced energy materials.
      • Solar: Development of Latin America’s first dedicated 1,000 tonne per day high-efficiency solar glass plant and the commercialization of antimony-free solar glass designed for next-generation photovoltaic performance.
      • Energy Storage: Advancement of long-duration, silica-based thermal storage systems and related technologies to decarbonize industrial heat and unlock grid flexibility.
      • ⁠Energy Solutions: AI-enabled energy management, control systems, and turnkey electrification solutions that reduce costs and optimize renewable generation for commercial and industrial customers.

      With disciplined execution, strategic partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to best-in-class ESG practices, Homerun is focused on converting milestones into markets-creating a scalable, vertically integrated platform for clean energy manufacturing in the Americas.

      On behalf of the Board of Directors of
      Homerun Resources Inc.

      ‘Brian Leeners’

      Brian Leeners, CEO & Director
      brianleeners@gmail.com / +1 604-862-4184 (WhatsApp)

      Tyler Muir, Investor Relations
      info@homerunresources.com / +1 306-690-8886 (WhatsApp)

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      VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Sarama Resources Ltd. (‘Sarama’ or the ‘Company’)(TSX-V:SWA)(ASX:SRR) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with InvestorHub and launched a new interactive website, a direct-to-investor engagement platform (‘Investor Hub‘ or ‘Hub‘) designed to be more transparent and interactive with investors.

      Through the Hub, investors and shareholders can easily access ASX announcements, project updates, videos, and insights as Sarama continues advancing gold exploration at the Cosmo and Mt Venn Gold Projects in Western Australia and progressing its fully funded US$242M arbitration claim against the Government of Burkina Faso (‘GoBF‘).

      The Company will share new content through the Hub aimed at giving shareholders a deeper insight into Sarama’s growth strategy and value creation initiatives.

      Sarama’s Executive Chairman, Andrew Dinning commented:

      ‘We are very pleased to launch our InvestorHub Platform which we believe will serve as a valuable tool for engaging with our investor community.

      In the Hub you will find announcements, interviews, presentations and an interactive function that allows Sarama shareholders and interested investors to submit relevant, constructive questions, which will be answered in a timely manner.

      We encourage stakeholders to sign up to the Hub and we look forward to your feedback.’

      To watch Executive Chairman Andrew Dinning’s introduction to the new platform, head to our InvestorHub here

      How to sign up for the Sarama Resources Investor Hub:

      1. Visit https://www.saramaresources.com/auth/signup

      2. Follow the prompts to create your Investor Hub account

      3. Complete your account profile

      For further information, please contact:

      Andrew Dinning

      Sarama Resources Ltd | +61 8 9363 7600 | e: info@saramaresources.com

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      Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the Company’s ability to carry on its exploration activities, the sufficiency of funding, the timely receipt of required approvals, the price of gold and other precious metals, that the Company will not be affected by adverse political and security-related events, the ability of the Company to operate in a safe, efficient and effective manner and the ability of the Company to obtain further financing as and when required and on reasonable terms. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Sarama does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable laws.

      This announcement has been authorised by the Board of Sarama Resources.

      Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

      SOURCE: Sarama Resources Ltd.

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      Niger’s military government announced that it intends to put uranium produced by the SOMAÏR mine on the international market.

      Head of the junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani, told state television Tele Sahel that “Niger’s legitimate right to dispose of its natural riches to sell them to whoever wants to buy them, under the rules of the market, in complete independence.”

      Orano has operated uranium mines in Niger for decades and officially retains a 60 percent stake in SOMAÏR, as well as stakes in the Cominak and Imouraren mines.

      However, the company lost operational control of these facilities in December 2024 when the junta intervened, citing expired mining agreements and asserting full sovereignty over national resources.

      Orano condemned the latest uranium transfer as illegal, noting that it constitutes a direct breach of a September 2025 ruling by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

      The tribunal had ordered Niger “not to sell, transfer, or even facilitate the transfer to third parties of uranium produced by SOMAÏR” held in violation of Orano’s rights.

      The French company said it learned of the shipment only through media reports and has “no official information on the quantity removed, the shipment’s destination, or the conditions of its transport.”

      “This shipment is in breach of the decision handed down in favor of Orano,” the company said, warning that it reserves the right to take “any additional action necessary, including criminal proceedings against third parties, should the material be taken in violation of its offtake entitlement.”

      Further, a company statement as reported by Reuters said that “transporting a large quantity of uranium through an unsecured corridor poses significant safety and security risks.”

      Since the 2023 coup, Niger has turned away from its former colonial partner, France, accusing it of supporting separatist groups. It has also sought closer ties with Russia, which has previously expressed interest in mining uranium in Niger.

      The SOMAÏR mine, along with Cominak and Imouraren, produces a significant share of the uranium supplied to global markets. In 2022, Niger accounted for roughly a quarter of natural uranium used by European nuclear power plants.

      Orano said that about 1,500 metric tons of uranium were stockpiled at SOMAÏR before the transfer, with potential buyers speculated to include Turkish, Iranian, and Russian interests.

      The group has pursued multiple legal avenues to regain operational control, including arbitration and lawsuits in Niger, arguing that the junta’s interference has harmed the mine’s financial position.

      Securities Disclosure: I, Giann Liguid, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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