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ESTERO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASBP) ("Aspire" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing multi-faceted patent-pending drug delivery technology, today announced it has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Dura Driver Control Systems ("DCS"), a premier designer and manufacturer of automotive driver control systems that also apply to other industrial applications. Management of DCS will be bolstered by the addition of a team from Lakewood & Company with more than 100 years' collective experience within the automotive industry.

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Collaboration with leading European orthopedic center in Italy supports GelrinC® clinical adoptionRenowned cartilage regeneration expert Prof. Elizaveta Kon to help lead Regentis Centers of Excellence networkStrengthens surgeon engagement and expands Regentis' European commercialization infrastructure

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Modular Medical, Inc. ("Modular Medical" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:MODD), a leader in innovative, patient-centric insulin delivery, today announced that it has received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market's minimum bid price continued listing requirement. The letter noted that, as of April 14, 2026, the Company evidenced a closing bid price of its common stock in excess of the $1.00 minimum requirement for the last 10 consecutive trading days. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) and Nasdaq considers the matter closed.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / CCL Industries Inc. (TSX:CCL.A, CCL.B), a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, will be releasing its 2026 First Quarter Earnings Results on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. ET and will be holding a live webcast on Thursday, May 14, 2026 commencing at 7:30 a.m. ET to answer questions in connection with our press release.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Algo Grande Copper Corp. ("Algo Grande" or the "Company") (TSXV:ALGR)(OTC PINK:ALGRF)(FRA:KM00) announces the engagement of Major Drilling Group International Inc. to execute an approximately 8,000 metre Phase II drill program at its Adelita Project in Sonora, Mexico, and has commenced earthworks in preparation for drilling, including construction of drill pads across multiple high-priority target areas.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Bonk, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNKK) ("the Company") today announced that Mitchell Rudy (known professionally as Nom), Founder, Director, and 10% owner of Bonk, Inc., has increased his position in the Company through an open-market purchase of common stock. The transaction, disclosed via a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, underscores Rudy's long-term commitment to the Company's vision and his belief that the current market price fails to reflect the intrinsic value of its assets.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Freedom Holding Corp., the international investment and technology company, has announced the acquisition of ChessBase, one of the world's oldest and largest platforms specializing in chess software, analytics and database solutions. The company plans to strengthen the platform's market position through the broader deployment of artificial intelligence and its integration with the group's ecosystem. The expected investment in the project is approximately €5 million.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Dateline Resources Limited (ASX:DTR)(OTCQB:DTREF)(FSE:YE1) (Dateline or the Company) notes recent media articles concerning legal proceedings in the United States relating to the exercise of the long standing valid existing rights to conduct mining activities at the Colosseum Gold and Rare Earths Project.

New 2026 report finds weak visibility, slow substitute approvals, and manual exception workflows are eroding margin and continuity of care, while control towers, workflow orchestration, and connected supply chain IT emerge as the fix.

MARION, NC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Greene Concepts, Inc. (OTCID:INKW), owner and operator of a 60,000-square-foot bottling facility in Marion, North Carolina, and producer of the premium artesian spring water brand Be Water™, today announced that EPETWATER, a company operating in the pet hydration and wellness category, has placed an initial multi-truckload commercial private-label production order for gallon-sized pet water products with the Company.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Silver X Mining Corp. (TSXV:AGX)(OTCQB:AGXPF)(F:AGX) ("Silver X" or the "Company") is pleased to report additional underground diamond drilling results from the Blenda Rubia target, located near the Company's Nueva Recuperada operation in central Peru.

Gold, Silver and Critical Elements in the Mineral-Rich Province of New Brunswick, Canada

FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 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 a record $41 million follow-on production order from its lead hyperscale customer for package-level burn-in (PLBI) of custom AI processor ASICs. The order is the largest in Aehr's history and supports high-volume production burn-in of ASICs used in data center training and inference AI workloads.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:ASM)(NYSE American:ASM)(FSE:GV6) ("Avino" or the "Company") a long-standing silver producer in Mexico, has completed a new Mineral Reserve Estimate and updated the Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE") which includes La Preciosa, the Avino Mine (consisting of the Elena Tolosa ("ET") deposit, Guadalupe, and La Potosina) with an effective date of October 31, 2025. The Oxide Tailings Deposit mineral reserve estimate was completed in 2024 and is materially unchanged since its publication and has an effective date of January 16, 2024.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (WLF.V) ("Wolfden" or the "Company")is pleased to announce that it has completed a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 100% owned Canoe Landing polymetallic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit, located in the Bathurst Mining Camp of New Brunswick where the current potential precious metal value accounts for more than 50% of the total in-situ value and represents one of the largest un-developed polymetallic mineral deposits in the camp.

David Pridham Takes The #18 Slot In The Top Intellectual Property Trade Publication's Annual Rankings

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Gamma Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:GAMA)(OTCQB:GAMXF)(FRA:MRD0) ("Gamma" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the implementation of a warrant incentive program (the "Incentive Program") intended to encourage the exercise of up to 9,250,000 common share purchase warrants of the Company (the "Warrants").

Highlights:N2-25-004: 0.83 g/t Au over 40.4 metres beginning at 180.0 metres downhole, 147.4 metres vertical.N2-25-006: 1.8 g/t Au over 21.9 metres beginning at 154.4 metres downhole, 133.7 metres vertical.N2-25-009: 1.37 g/t Au over 24.0 metres beginning at 168.9 metres downhole, 146.3 metres vertical.N2-25-004, 006 and 009 confirm the structural and grade continuity along 300 metres of strike, building on N2-25-007, 008, and 010,which included 0.95 g/t Au over 61.1 metres, and is downdip of 1.75 g/t Au over 30.4 metres in N2-25-005.Based on these results, the Company believes the A-Zone hosts a robust mineralized veining system that fluctuates between 20 and 61 metres, is at least 100 metres wide, and is over 1.5 km in strike. The A-Zone remains open in multiple directions, specifically along strike (E-W) and down-plunge/depth (S) within a 5-km structural corridor that has been drilled and demonstrated to be mineralized.To date, 48 drillholes have been completed for 15,291 metres, with assays pending for 35 holes, providing a continuous pipeline of upcoming catalysts throughout Q2.The Company has working capital of ~C$10.5M with zero debt.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / BeMetals Corp. (TSXV:BMET)(OTCQB:BMTLF)(Frankfurt:1OI.F) ("BeMetals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share purchase agreement dated April 15, 2026 (the "Agreement") with Prospector Metals Corp. ("Prospector") (TSXV:PPP)(OTCQB:PMCOF)(Frankfurt:1ET0) pursuant to which BeMetals will acquire all of Prospector's non-Yukon mineral exploration projects in exchange for 29,400,000 common shares of BeMetals on a post-consolidation basis as described below (the "Acquisition").

MURFREESBORO, TN / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) announced details for the release of its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. NHI plans to issue its earnings release after the market closes on Monday, May 4, 2026, and will host a conference call on the following day, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results. The number to call for this interactive teleconference is (888) 506-0062, with the access code 419400.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Camino Minerals Corporation (TSXV:COR)(OTC PINK:CAMZF) ("Camino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of a drilling campaign at its Costa de Cobre district-scale IOCG copper discovery in Peru ("Costa de Cobre" or "Copper Coast"), previously referred to as the Los Chapitos copper project(1). Camino has rebranded the Los Chapitos project as the Costa de Cobre, the Copper Coast, to better reflect its low-elevation coastal setting and strategic proximity to key infrastructure, including the proposed San Juan de Marcona Port Terminal, a major new port facility planned approximately 125 km to the north at Marcona. The Costa de Cobre project is advancing to the next stage of exploration and development as the Company enters into a joint venture with Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.("Nittetsu"), under which Camino will serve as operator and hold a 65% interest, while Nittetsu will hold the remaining 35% interest. Camino is also developing the permitted Puquios copper mine in Chile in a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership with Nittetsu targeting a finance package and construction commencement in mid-2026.

SODANKYLÄ, FI / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / FireFox Gold Corp. (TSXV:FFOX)(OTCQB:FFOXF)("FireFox" or the "Company") is pleased to report the results from the remaining three holes of the 2025 reconnaissance drill program at the Company's 100%-held Sarvi gold project ("Sarvi") in Lapland, Finland. The target concept for this small reconnaissance drill program was to examine interpreted regional scale structures cutting through discrete magnetic highs and magnetic gradients (transitions from highly magnetic to less magnetic rocks) in the Keulakko permit on the western side of the project area. As previously reported, reconnaissance drilling by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) nearby encountered narrow intervals of moderate gold grade (See Company news release dated November 18, 2025).

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Simon Clarke moves to Chairman

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR)(FSE:970)(OTCQB:KGFMF) ("Kingfisher" or the "Company") is pleased to report the delineation of a new porphyry drill target at the Turquoise target area (Figures 1-3). Interpretation of recently updated geophysical inversion datasets1 highlight a compelling subsurface target within the Company's 933 km² HWY 37 Project, located in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") (TSXV:GMV)(OTCQB:GMVMF) is pleased to announce that drill mobilization went smoothly and that it has commenced drilling at the Mexican Hat Gold Deposit in SE Arizona. The first holes will focus on confirmatory core drilling of the deposit spanning 1,000 m in strike length, 400 m of true width from near surface at elevation 1,565 m to an elevation of 1,185 m. This will test approximately 90% of the mineralization providing confirmation of grade distribution allowing for the Inferred Mineral Resource to be confirmed and potentially be upgraded, and to collect geotechnical information to assist in modelling of the open pit.

Purchase of own shares

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez climbed to second place in Peru's presidential election on Wednesday, positioning himself as a surprise rival to conservative frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in a June runoff.

YouTube has terminated a channel belonging to a pro-Iran group producing viral Lego-themed AI videos that ridicule US President Donald Trump, the Google-owned platform said Wednesday, sparking online criticism.

The United States announced Wednesday it is tightening sanctions against Iran's oil industry as Tehran keeps up its closure of the Strait of Hormuz as part of the Mideast war.