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Brigitte Bardot widower slams sale of star's belongings

The widower of French screen icon Brigitte Bardot on Saturday slammed as a "joke" the planned auction of hundreds of the late star's personal belongings organised by her animal welfare foundation.

UK actor Naomi Watts honoured at Spain film festival

British actor Naomi Watts is to receive a special honour on Saturday at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, where she declared an unwavering appetite for challenging roles that make audiences think differently.

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Silver Storm Demonstrates Resource Growth Potential at the C550 Zone, Expands the 2026 Drilling Campaign by 9,000 Metres

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / May 21, 2026 / Silver Storm Mining Ltd. ("Silver Storm" or the "Company") (TSXV:SVRS)(OTCQX:SVRSF)(FSE:SVR), is pleased to announce drill results from the diamond drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned La Parrilla Silver Mine Complex ("La Parrilla") located in Durango State, Mexico. Drill results in this release are from the C550 and C535 Zones within the past-producing Quebradillas mine.

Critical Elements Reports High Grade Lithium, Tantalum and Cesium in The Last Holes of The Winter Drill Program

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC / ACCESS Newswire / May 21, 2026 / Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FSE:F12) ("Critical Elements" or the "Corporation") is pleased to provide the last assay results and an update on its Phase 1 Winter 2026 drill program, at the 100% owned Rose West Discovery ("Rose West"), located in Eeyou Istchee, Québec.

Itronics Launches Critical Minerals Recovery Operation from Alkaline Battery Black Mass, Expands GOLD'n GRO Fertilizer Production Capacity

RENO, NV / ACCESS Newswire / May 21, 2026 / Itronics Inc. (OTC PINK:ITRO), today announced that it is transitioning its Reno operations to process alkaline battery black mass, a non-hazardous material containing the critical minerals zinc, manganese dioxide, potassium, and carbon. A portion of each recovered mineral will be utilized in the manufacture of GOLD'n GRO fertilizers, providing the Company with an internally sourced supply of key production inputs; the remainder will be available for sale as standalone critical mineral products into domestic and international end markets. The Company has commenced pilot scale production of manganese dioxide and is evaluating the recovery of carbon as an additional output. Itronics continues to manufacture GOLD'n GRO fertilizers and to produce and sell silver in concentrates.

Guardian Metal Resources PLC Announces Dr. Mark Thorpe appointed to the Board

LONDON / ACCESS Newswire / May 21, 2026 / Guardian Metal Resources plc (NYSE.A:GMTL)(LON:GMET)(OTCQB:GMTLF), a strategic exploration company focused on tungsten in Nevada, USA, is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Thorpe is to be appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, subject to completion of the required AIM due diligence process.

Japan to sell eels bred in captivity in 'world first'

Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on the endangered fish, officials said Wednesday.

Humpback whales make record swims between Australia and Brazil

A pair of humpback whales swam record-breaking journeys between the eastern shores of Australia and breeding grounds in Brazil, research published on Wednesday found.

Sky bridges, citizen science protect endangered Malaysia monkeys

A graceful black monkey edges across a swaying red rope bridge strung over a busy residential road in Malaysia's Penang, watched by local conservationists who carefully record her movements.

Help wanted: Australian conservation group seeks new koala rescue dog

An Australian animal welfare group is seeking a heroic dog with an appetite for adventure for a full-time position as a koala rescuer.

Fortitude Gold's Isabella Pearl Connects to Power Grid

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Fortitude Gold Corp. (OTCQB:FTCO) (the "Company") announces the Company's Isabella Pearl Project has been successfully connected to the power grid in Mineral County, Nevada. Fortitude Gold is a gold producer, developer, and explorer with operations in Nevada, U.S.A. offering investors exposure to both gold production and dividend yield.

Fortitude Gold Drills 6.10 meters Grading 2.28 g/t Gold Within 24.38 meters Grading 1.25 g/t Gold At Scarlet North

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Fortitude Gold (OTCQB:FTCO) (the "Company") announced multiple oxide gold drill intercepts near surface from the Scarlet North mineralized zone along the Company's Isabella Pearl trend. Scarlet North is located just 700 meters northwest of the Isabella Pearl heap leach and process facility. Intercepts include 6.10 meters grading 2.28 grams per tonne (g/t) gold within 24.38 meters grading 1.25 g/t gold, and 7.62 meters grading 1.36 g/t gold within 15.24 meters grading 0.90 g/t gold. Fortitude Gold is a gold producer, developer, and explorer with operations in Nevada, U.S.A. offering investors exposure to both gold production and dividend yield.

5E Advanced Materials Completes Lithium Carbonate Preliminary Economic Assessment

Lithium carbonate byproduct credit projected to generate approximately $9.5 million in annual revenue and to enhance Fort Cady project NPV and overall economicsExisting small-scale facility equipment expected to reduce incremental CAPEX requirements

First Canadian Graphite Reports Encouraging Results at Lac Guéret South from Airborne Survey Indicating Significant Expansion Possibilities

MONTREAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / First Canadian Graphite Inc. (TSXV:FCI)(OTCQB:GRAPF) reports positive results from an airborne time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) and magnetic survey conducted, completing 857 line-kilometres across seven priority zones at the Company's Lac Guéret South property, located in the southwest Manicouagan reservoir area, 234 km north-northwest of Baie-Comeau, in the Côte-Nord administrative region of Québec on the Nitassinan (ancestral territory) of the Pessamit Innu. The results outlined numerous conductive high priority anomalies and favourable geological conditions across all seven surveyed blocks.

Grant of Options and Restricted Share Units

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Gemdale Gold Inc. (TSXV:GEMG)(OTCQB:GDGIF) ("Gemdale" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has granted an aggregate of 520,000 stock options (the "Options") and 477,273 restricted share units (the "RSUs") to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to its long-term incentive plan (the "Plan").

American Resources Corporation Advances Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Platform, Files 2025 10-K After Strategic Transformation

$72.5 million in cash and short-term investments and $32.4 million in strategic investments$55.4 million in net income, or $0.63 per share, driven by gain on deconsolidation$93.2 million in total stockholder's equity, compared to ($80.9 million) at year-end 2024Advancing global sourcing strategy with evaluation of multiple rare earth and critical mineral assets across Southeast Asia, Africa and North America to support trading activities and feedstock for its strategic relationship with ReElement TechnologiesStreamlined corporate structure following deconsolidation of legacy operations and ReElement Technologies, while maintaining a strategic ownership interest and partnership position

Ameriwest to Advance Its Bornite Copper Project by Re-Logging and Re-Assaying Historical Drill

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc. (CSE:AWCM)(OTC:AWLIF)(FSE:5HV) ("Ameriwest" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a key exploration advancement at its 100%-owned Bornite copper-gold-silver property in Oregon ("Bornite" or the "Property"). The Company has transported approximately 30 pallets of preserved historical drill core (the "Core") from the Bornite Project to a secure storage facility in Reno, Nevada, operated by APEX Geoscience Ltd. ("APEX"), where a systematic core re-logging program has commenced.

Metallic Minerals Strengthens Exploration and Community Engagement Teams with Strategic Appointments

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Metallic Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MMG)(OTCQB:MMNGF)(FSE:9MM1) ("Metallic" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointments of Regina Molloy as Vice President, Exploration, Miguel Nassif as Lead Geoscientist, and Allison Coppel as Senior ESG Advisor, strengthening the Company's technical, exploration, and external relations capabilities as it advances its La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE critical minerals project in Colorado and its Keno Silver project in Yukon.

BeMetals Provides Update on Proposed Acquisition of Prospective Projects from Prospector Metals

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / BeMetals Corp. (TSXV:BMET)(OTCQB:BMTLF)(Frankfurt:1OI.F) ("BeMetals" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a progress update on the status of the transactions contemplated under the share purchase agreement dated April 15, 2026 (the "Agreement") with Prospector Metals Corp. ("Prospector") (TSXV:PPP)(OTCQB:PMCOF)(Frankfurt:1ET0) pursuant to which BeMetals has agreed to acquire Prospector's remaining viable non-Yukon mineral exploration projects and certain marketable securities (collectively, the "Subject Assets" as described below) in exchange for 29,400,000 common shares of BeMetals on a post-consolidation basis (the "Acquisition") (see the Company's news release dated April 16, 2026 for further details about the Acquisition).

Strategic Metals Options Yukon Copper-Gold Porphyry Property to GT Resources Inc.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / Strategic Metals Ltd. (TSXV:SMD) ("Strategic") announces that it has granted GT Resources Inc. ("GT") a staged option to acquire up to a seventy-five percent (75%) interest in the CD copper-gold porphyry property, located in west-central Yukon, approximately 75 km southwest of Western Copper and Gold Corporation's Casino deposit.

CoTec Announces Updated Mineral Resource and Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Lac Jeannine Iron Tailings Project, Québec, Canada

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 20, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQB:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce an updated independent Preliminary Economic Assessment ("2026 PEA") for the Lac Jeannine Iron Tailings Project, Québec, Canada ("Lac Jeannine", or the "Project") which includes a new Mineral Resource Estimate (the "2026 MRE") that was developed following the August 2025 drilling programi and is consistent with the previous PEA and Technical Report filed in 2024 ("2024 PEA").ii

Star Copper Engages former Teck Resources Exploration Manager Klaus Heppe as Strategic Advisor

Company aims to test district-scale hypothesis at Star Project

Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc PCA Shareholding Notification

(NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL)

Taiwan author wins International Booker for 'slyly sophisticated' novel

Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for "Taiwan Travelogue", a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent.

France encourages women to report rape in probes of star Bruel

The French government spokeswoman on Tuesday encouraged women to speak out about sexual violence, "even decades later", as she addressed mounting allegations of rape and assault targeting popular singer and actor Patrick Bruel.

Argentine researchers collect rodents for hantavirus tests

Argentine scientists on Tuesday began collecting rodents in the woods around Ushuaia to search for carriers of hantavirus in the area from which the virus-stricken MV Hondius set sail.

King Charles III bangs drum for Irish music, eyes hip-hop lesson

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla joined in with traditional Irish musicians Tuesday when they beat bodhrans, a type of drum and the monarch requested a hip-hop lesson, on a visit to Belfast.

King Charles III makes unannounced visit to N. Ireland

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Tuesday arrived in Northern Ireland on an unannounced visit, Buckingham Palace said.

Challenger Assays Extend New Open Pittable Mineralisation

Targeting New JORC Mineral Resources at 'Challenger 3' Target

Karbon-X and Evertrak Sign Letter of Intent to Advance Infrastructure-Linked Plastic Waste Reduction Credit Initiative

Proposed initiative would evaluate the potential generation of Verra-aligned Plastic Waste Reduction Credits for approximately 200,000 railroad ties made from recycled plastic currently installed across railroad infrastructure in North America.

Pure Tungsten Completes Merger with GB Innovation Co., Ltd., Advancing Toward Near-Term Production and Planned Public Listing

First tungsten shipment targeted for July 2026 with public listing planned later this year

Lithium South Re-Schedules Plan of Arrangement Closing as a Result of Cease Trade Order

VANCOUVER, BD / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Lithium South Development Corporation (the "Company" or "Lithium South") (TSX-V:LIS)(OTCQB:LISMF)(Frankfurt:OGPQ).

Loop Industries Secures Gujarat Government Alignment Supporting First Commercial Deployment and Multi-Phase India Expansion

MONTREAL, QC AND GURUGRAM, INDIA / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Loop Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOOP) today announced that its joint venture, Ester Loop Infinite Technologies Private Limited ("ELITe"), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat to support the development of Loop's India manufacturing platform.

Dateline Appoints GenCap to Lead Colosseum Financing

SAN BERNARDINO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Dateline Resources Limited (ASX:DTR)(OTCQB:DTREF)(FSE:YE1) (Dateline or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Vancouver-based GenCap Mining Advisory (https://www.gencapmining.com) to lead the financing process for the Colosseum Gold Project in San Bernardino County, California. GenCap's team, led by Marcus Chalk, has nearly thirty years' experience of working together on corporate finance transactions.

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