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Consortium Project Will Evaluate an Integrated, High-TRL Processing Strategy to Recover Rare Earth Elements and Other Critical Materials from Domestic Coal Byproducts

MONTREAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / First Canadian Graphite Inc. (TSXV:FCI)(OTCQB:GRAPF) ("FC graphite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the successful virtual annual and special general meeting of shareholders was held on July 7, 2026. A total of 16,292,900 common shares (approximately 36.23% of the outstanding common shares) were represented in person or proxy.

Recent Acquisitions Total Over 33,000 Shares as Executive Leadership Reinforces Confidence in Underlying Asset Value

Processed tonnage increased 39% quarter-over-quarter and 78% year-over-year, as the Nueva Recuperada plant sustained nominal capacity through the quarter.Gold production rose 55% quarter-over-quarter and 233% year-over-year, with silver up 40% and 75% respectively.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Stillwater Critical Minerals Corp. (TSXV:PGE)(OTCQB:PGEZF)(FSE:J0G) (the "Company", or "Stillwater") is pleased to announce commencement of its largest exploration program to date at the Stillwater West critical minerals project in Montana, including the addition of a third drill rig, mobilization of field crews, and multiple technical initiatives supporting continued resource growth and project advancement.

FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR), a leading provider of test and burn-in solutions for semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence (AI), silicon photonics, data center, automotive, and industrial applications, today announced it has received an additional follow-on production order from its lead silicon photonics customer for a fully automated FOX-XP® wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) system. The system will support high-volume production burn-in of silicon photonics devices used in AI optical interconnect and hyperscale data center applications.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Gabriel Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GBU) ("Gabriel" or the "Company") announces that Mr. Dragos Tanase has resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company with immediate effect.

- 5,000 metres of directional drilling planned to target three mineralized zones below the current mine workings

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CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), today announced that it will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, July 31, 2026 to report its second quarter 2026 financial results, and provide a corporate update.

DISC Plus Profiles reports rising demand for DISC and behavioral assessments as businesses look to improve hiring decisions and reduce employee turnover.

Initial renewable diesel production marks commissioning and restart milestone as facility advances toward planned sustainable aviation fuel configurationMarks transition to expected revenue-generating operations following completion of commissioning and startup

SAN FRANCISCO, CA AND NEWTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Unlearn, a pioneer of AI-powered solutions for clinical development, today announced a collaboration with Acumen Pharmaceuticals (Acumen), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that target toxic soluble amyloid beta oligomers (AβOs) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The collaboration will utilize Unlearn's AI-gehttps://www.unlearn.ai/ted digital twins of trial participants in two of Acumen's AD clinical trials testing their AβO-specific antibody sabirnetug. Digital twins are comprehensive forecasts of an individual trial participant's clinical outcomes at all future timepoints across a given study, used to augment insights from existing trial data and strengthen clearer data-driven decision-making throughout clinical development.

Former HF Sinclair executive brings more than 35 years of refinery operations, engineering, and leadership experience to support the Company's next phase of growth.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") (TSX-V:GMV)(OTCQB:GMVMF) is pleased to announce that drilling is proceeding well at its Mexican Hat Gold project in SE Arizona. The Company is now drilling its 17th diamond drill hole with a total of 3,250 meters completed to date. These have been tested over 540 meters of strike length of the deposit, and from surface up to 340 meters depth.

PALO ALTO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Bioz, Inc., the AI platform that leverages peer-reviewed publications to help increase engagement, strengthen product credibility, and support purchasing decisions in the scientific community, announced its partnership with Darwin Microfluidics, a France-based distributor specializing in microfluidics technologies and solutions for researchers worldwide.

PlatformPay.io announces their strategic partnership with DayOne, a leading DTC fulfillment and logistics company, with offices worldwide.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(Euronext Access Paris:MLAPX)(FWB:KL9) ("Apex" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its strategic 100%-controlled Rift Rare Earth Project (the "Rift Project") within the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex in southeastern Nebraska, U.S.A., is pleased to announce that Euronext Paris has approved the admission of the Company's common shares (ISIN: CA03753D1042, CUSIP: 03753D104) (the "Common Shares") for trading on Euronext Access Paris. Trading of the Common Shares on Euronext Access Paris is expected to commence on July 9, 2026 under the symbol "MLAPX".

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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (the "Company")Purchase of own shares

Morocco star Ismael Saibari will miss his team's World Cup quarter-final showdown with France, coach Mohamed Ouahbi confirmed on Wednesday.

Belgium meet Spain in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday with the daunting task of breaching the European champions' watertight defence for the first time at the 2026 tournament.

US President Donald Trump ordered new strikes on Iran on Wednesday and warned of "much worse" if Tehran continues to attack vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil shipping channel.

A California man who swapped a library's 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was sentenced on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork.

Paris Saint-Germain's South Korea attacker Lee Kang-In is set to join Atletico Madrid in a deal worth almost 40 million euros ($45.7 million), a source told AFP on Wednesday.

The United States launched new strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

With its defiant strikes on ships, Iran is making a paradoxical and explosively high-risk calculation -- that it can boost its long-term deterrence through actions that invite new US attacks.

Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.

Oil prices briefly soared back above $80 per barrel while stock markets slid Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said Washington's ceasefire with Iran was over following renewed strikes in the Middle East.

Morela Luna anxiously awaits the arrival of a team of experts to inspect her partially collapsed home, where her neighbors had to rescue her after Venezuela's double earthquake on June 24 that has claimed more than 3,600 lives.

Meta said Wednesday it plans to build a $9 billion data center in western Canada's Alberta province, in what local officials called one of the largest private-sector investments ever in Canada.

Paris Saint-Germain's South Korea attacker Lee Kang-In is set to join Athletico Madrid in a deal worth almost 40 million euros ($45.7 million), a source told AFP on Wednesday.