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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Noram Lithium Corp. (TSXV:NRM)(OTCQB:NRVTF)(Frankfurt:N7R) ("Noram" or the "Company") is pleased to provide shareholders with a corporate update outlining recent progress at its 100%-owned Zeus Critical Minerals Project in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and the Company's priorities as it continues advancing one of the largest lithium development projects in the United States.

KELOWNA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Avant Brands Inc. (TSX:AVNT)(OTCQX:AVTBF)(FRA:1BU) ("Avant" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the completion of its European Union Good Manufacturing Practice ("EU GMP") audit at the Company's largest cultivation facility, The Flowr Group Okanagan Inc. ("Flowr"), located in Kelowna, B.C.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / UraniumX Discovery Corp. (CSE:STMN)(OTCQB:STMXF)(FSE:Q7S) ("UraniumX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of a 100% interest in the Dieter Lake uranium project ("Dieter Lake" or the "Property") in North-Central Quebec from Consolidated Uranium Inc. ("Consolidated Uranium"), a wholly owned subsidiary of IsoEnergy Ltd. ("IsoEnergy"), pursuant to the definitive asset purchase agreement dated July 8, 2026 announced on July 10, 2026 (the "Transaction"). With closing, UraniumX holds uranium projects in two Canadian jurisdictions: Saskatchewan and Quebec.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQX:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to note that MagIron LLC ("MagIron"), a U.S. based company in which it owns an approximately 17% fully diluted equity interest, has announced excellent results from its first independent full pot-grate pellet test program ("Pellet Tests Program"), further demonstrating the ability of MagIron's Minnesota iron resources to produce high-quality Direct Reduction ("DR") grade pellets.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Strategic Metals Ltd (TSXV:SMD) ("Strategic") is pleased to release two reports concerning its wholly owned Division Mountain Coal Project ("Division Mountain"), located in south-central Yukon, 90 km north of Whitehorse. Division Mountain hosts a road-accessible, measured resource totalling 52.5 million tonnes of High Volatile "B" Bituminous coal and other unquantified, but drill confirmed coal occurrences. Strategic, through a wholly owned subsidiary - Yukon Energy Solutions ("YES") - is exploring the potential to develop one or more coal-fired power plant(s) using coal from an open pit mine at Division Mountain, to alleviate a growing shortage of electricity in Yukon.

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QUEBEC CITY, QC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / NuRAN Wireless Inc. ("NuRAN" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NUR)(CSE:NUR)(FSE:1RN), a pioneering rural connectivity company and one of Africa's fastest-growing Network-as-a-Service ("NaaS") operators, announces that it has engaged the services of King Tide Media LLC ("King Tide") to provide investor relations and public relations services in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") and other applicable securities legislation. King Tide will receive a cash fee of US$75,000, payable in advance, for one month of investor relations and marketing services commencing August 24, 2026.

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CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that partner Xcite Uranium Inc. (TSXV:XRI) ("XRI or Xcite"), has commenced a diamond drilling program at Eagle Plains' 100% owned Don Lake Project, Saskatchewan. The 1500m, 14-hole program will test for structurally-controlled uranium mineralization defined by both historical work and results from the 2025-2026 field programs.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / HM Exploration Corp. ("HM Exploration", "HM" or the "Company") (CSE:HM)(FSE:X5H)(OTCQB:HMEXF) is pleased to announce that its common shares are now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement in the United States through The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). The Company's common shares trade on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol "HMEXF".

LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / The Company announces that on 19 August 2026 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 20340/399pence each through Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") on the London Stock Exchange in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2025 (the "Purchase"). The Purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by the Company on 17 February 2026, as announced on 17 February 2026.

DUBLIN, IRELAND / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2026 / TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

Six years after stepping down as working royals, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom within weeks, British press reported late Wednesday.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general told AFP Wednesday that the organization will "be vigilant" in monitoring Russian athletes ahead of the next Olympic Games, promising reassurance to competitors from other countries.

Kang-In Lee and Alex Baena's superb strikes helped Atletico Madrid kick off their La Liga campaign with a 2-0 win over Malaga on Wednesday, without forward Julian Alvarez.

A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, as the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled.

Ecuador's intelligence chief and five US citizens died when a tourist helicopter crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, officials said.

Roland Garros finalist Flavio Cobolli labored two and a half hours to engineer a turnaround, finally overhauling red-hot Spaniard Rafael Jodar 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to reach the ATP-wta Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.

England's Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue shared both the wickets and the match ball as they joined forces to bowl out Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test at Headingley on Wednesday.

After more than two years of ordering on Israel's enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough re-election fight, is zeroing in on another perceived villain -- Turkey.

The Israeli military on Wednesday admitted its troops fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing which drew international outrage.

Rory McIlroy on Wednesday questioned whether Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm had ever "brought value" to LIV Golf, as the divisive rival tour scrambles to reinvent itself and speculation mounts that its stars could jump ship.

The Honduran government on Wednesday placed 80 percent of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Nino scorches harvests and causes livestock to die of thirst.

US drugmakers Merck and Moderna said Wednesday a personalized cancer treatment had shown success in reducing the recurrence of melanoma tumors in a late-stage trial hailed by experts as a "breakthrough."

A former employee testified on Wednesday that some of Meta's safety tools for Facebook and Instagram were "designed to fail," contradicting the company's defense strategy in a landmark trial in California.

Many US Federal Reserve policymakers believe that interest rate hikes will be necessary if inflation does not decline, minutes of their July meeting showed on Wednesday, firming up expectations of monetary policy tightening on the horizon.