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Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL,OTC:BVLDF) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Bold’) is pleased to provide an update on diamond drilling progress at its Burchell Base and Precious Metals Project, located 100 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. 4 holes totaling 669 meters have now been completed in the vicinity of the 111 Zone, where channel sampling results from last Fall were reported last December (see Bold news release dated December 2nd, 2025), and where one grab sample from December 2024 returned 68 gt Au (see Bold news release dated January 9th, 2025). 663 samples of drill core have now been submitted to the laboratory and results are pending. While awaiting results from this first phase of drilling, the drill has been moved to Bold’s Wilcorp property located approximately 13 km east of Atikokan, Ontario, and drilling has commenced there.

Bold’s CEO David Graham, President and COO Bruce MacLachlan, and VP Exploration Coleman Robertson will be meeting with investors at booth #2610 at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Mineral Exploration and Mining Convention in Toronto from March 1st to 4th, 2026. Coleman Robertson will be presenting at the PDAC Spotlight with a talk titled ‘From Burchell to the Ring of Fire,’ at 11:10 a.m. on Monday March 2nd in the Northern Lights Learning Hub, Level 300, Hall A of the North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. During PDAC Bruce MacLachlan will also be interviewed by the Northern Miner on March 1st, and by CEO.CA on Monday March 2nd.

In continuing to build Bold’s name recognition and corporate message via video and digital media platforms, the Company will pay fees of $4,520 to the Northern Miner Group and $4,350 to CEO.CA for the interviews which will conclude at the end of the conference and will remain available for viewing at Bold’s website, www.boldventuresinc.com. The Northern Miner draws on 110 years of experience as the leading mining industry journal in Canada to cover the top developments and newsmakers around the globe. CEO.CA is a community for investors & traders in junior resource & venture stocks and is one of the most popular free financial websites and apps in Canada and for small-cap investors globally — with industry leading audience engagement and mobile functionality.

The Company has registered for the Resourcing Tomorrow 2026 convention to be held from Dec. 1-3 2026 at the Business Design Centre in London, UK. To optimize that event and to build Bold’s name recognition and brand in the United Kingdom, Bold has signed a 12-month contract with The Armchair Trader (Armchair Trader Limited) based in the United Kingdom. The contract begins immediately and provides promotional services to Bold Ventures for a fee of $10,000.

The Northern Miner Group, CEO.CA and Armchair Trader Limited are all arm’s length to the Company and do not have any interest, directly or indirectly, in the Company or its securities, or any right or intent to acquire such an interest.

Ring of Fire News

In other news, the Marten Falls Community Access Road project has moved to the public review stage. The road, which will provide year-round access to the community, is proposed to connect to a forestry road north of Aroland First Nation. The road is part of a broader plan to connect the Ring of Fire to Ontario’s highway network, which also includes the Northern Road Link and Webequie Supply Road projects. See links below:

Marten Falls road project moves to public review stage – Northern Ontario Business

Ontario First Nations complete fast-tracked assessments for Ring of Fire road | Globalnews.ca

The proposed Eagle’s Nest mine in the Ring of Fire has also cleared another regulatory hurdle. The Federal government has decided not to designate the mine for impact assessment. See link below:
https://globalnews.ca/news/11688531/ring-of-fire-northern-ontario/

About Bold’s Koper Lake Project in the Ring of Fire

The Koper Lake Project is a joint venture between Bold Ventures Inc. and Canada Chrome Corporation Inc. (CCC – formerly KWG Resources Inc.) where CCC is the Operator of the exploration effort.

Bold holds a 10% carried interest (through to production) in the Black Horse Chromite deposit on the Koper Lake Project which hosts an NI 43-101 Inferred Resource of 85.9 Mt grading 34.5% Cr2O3 at a cut-off of 20% Cr2O3 (KWG Resources Inc., NI 43-101 Technical Report, Aubut 2015). Bold also holds a 40% working interest in all other metals found within the Koper Lake claims and has a Right of First Refusal on a 1% NSR covering all metals found within the claim group.

The Black Horse is contiguous with the Blackbird Chromite deposits owned by Ring of Fire Metals (formerly Noront Resources Inc.). The Koper Lake claims are located approximately 300 m from the Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu Massive Sulphide Deposit that is in the permit acquisition stage.

Chromite, nickel and copper are critical minerals that will play an important role in the electrification plans of Ontario and North America. The Company is encouraged by these ongoing developments in this emerging critical mineral mining camp.

The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Coleman Robertson, B.Sc., P. Geo., the Company’s V.P. 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 website here.

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

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

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This Press Release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. When used in this document, the words ‘may’, ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘will’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’ and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to such risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including those factors discussed in filings made by us with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties, such actual results of current exploration programs, the general risks associated with the mining industry, the price of gold and other metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased competition and general economic and market factors, occur or should assumptions underlying the forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Shareholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL,OTC:BVLDF) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Bold’) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement dated February 27, 2026 (the ‘Vending Agreement’) with 2099840 Ontario Inc. oa Emerald Geological Services (‘EGS’) to acquire 6 staked mining claims (the ‘Additional Claims’) contiguous to its Joutel Property, located 140 km northwest of Val d’Or, Quebec in consideration for the issuance of 750,000 common shares of the Company to EGS (the ‘Transaction’). EGS is a non-arm’s length party controlled by Bruce MacLachlan, President and COO of Bold, and Coleman Robertson, VP Exploration of Bold. The Additional Claims cover versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEMTM) geophysical anomalies from a 2012 survey carried out on the Joutel Property by Bold. Anomalous area 3B (see Figure 1) is associated with historical diamond drill hole intercepts of 0.83% Nickel over 3.7 metres including 1.27% nickel over 2.3 metres, as well as 0.51 gt gold over 3.05 metres (see Figure 2). The Vending Agreement and Transaction are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Bold CEO David Graham commented that ‘we are pleased to have re-assembled our Joutel claims. Our 2012 VTEM survey outlined a number of anomalies that we believe are prospective for Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Gold (Au) and Silver (Ag). We are excited to explore these anomalies to generate what we anticipate will be high potential drill targets.’

Bruce MacLachlan, President and COO of Bold Ventures and President and CEO of EGS, stated: ‘The proposed acquisition of the EGS claims is a major step forward for Bold’s Joutel project, which will become a consolidated land package of 58 claims comprising 3217 hectares covering numerous geophysical anomalies associated with known base and precious metal mineralization. We anticipate a ground geophysical survey this winter to better define these geophysical anomalies in advance of drilling.’

The transaction is a related party transaction as EGS is a non-arm’s length party controlled by Bruce MacLachlan and Coleman Robertson, two insiders of the Company. The related party transaction is exempt from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (‘MI 61-101‘) by virtue of the exemptions contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1) (a) of MI 61-101 in that the fair market value of the consideration for the securities of the Company to be issued to EGS does not exceed 25% of its market capitalization.


Figure 1: Joutel property claims on 2012 VTEM
TM conductors.

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Figure 2: Historical diamond drill hole intersections on EGS claims

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About the Joutel Property

The Joutel claim group of Bold Ventures Inc. (‘Bold‘) is located approximately 140 km northwest of the city of Val d’Or, Québec, and 6 kilometres south-southeast of the historical mining town of Joutel, Québec, in Poirier and Dalet Townships (see Figure 3). The property currently consists of 52 staked claims.

The property area was previously worked by Bold in 2012, when Bold flew a versatile time domain electromagnetic (VTEMTM) survey over the area. Bold let the Additional Claims lapse in 2014 and the Additional Claims were acquired by EGS before Bruce MacLachlan and Coleman Robertson became insiders of Bold. In the northern part of the current property, the 2012 survey identified anomalous area 3B which is spatially associated with historical values in diamond drill core of 0.83% nickel over 3.7 metres including 1.27% nickel over 2.3 metres, as well as 0.51 g/t gold over 3.05 metres (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). Historical holes also intersected anomalous copper and zinc. In the southern part of the property where anomalous areas 3C and 3D were identified by the airborne survey, there is one drill hole totaling 155 meters recorded in the Quebec drillhole database (https://sigeom.mines.gouv.qc.ca).

Known deposits within 11 kilometres of the northern property boundary include the past-producing Joutel gold mine, the Poirier base metal mine, the Joutel copper deposit, and the Explo-Zinc base metal deposit (see Figure 3). For more information refer to the Joutel Property information page on Bold’s website.


Figure 3: Joutel property nearby deposits

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The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Coleman Robertson, B.Sc., P. Geo., the Company’s V.P. 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 website here.

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

 

Direct line: (705) 266-0847

Email: bruce@boldventuresinc.com

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

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This Press Release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. When used in this document, the words ‘may’, ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘will’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’ and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to such risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including those factors discussed in filings made by us with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties, such actual results of current exploration programs, the general risks associated with the mining industry, the price of gold and other metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased competition and general economic and market factors, occur or should assumptions underlying the forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Shareholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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IN THE UNITED STATES

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Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (February 25) as of 1:30 p.m. UTC.

Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news.

Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$65,260.11, down by 3,6 percent over the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin price performance, February 27, 2026.

Chart via TradingView.

A US$8.9 billion crypto options expiry drove “extreme fear” in the market today, with price manipulation and re-hedging resulting in volatility. Bitcoin fell below the US$66,000 support level after a corrective rebound earlier in the week lost momentum, reflecting the fragility of the balance between risk appetite and available liquidity in global markets.

According to XS.com senior market analyst, Rania Gule, Bitcoin’s swift pullback suggests the recent uptick was merely a technical bounce within a more complex macro environment, rather than the beginning of a sustainable bullish wave.

“In the near term, I expect Bitcoin to remain within a broad range between US$64,000 and US$70,000, with a slight bearish bias if geopolitical pressures persist and equity market momentum weakens,’ she said.

Ether (ETH) was priced at US$1,917.34, down by 5.5 percent over the last 24 hours.

Altcoin price update

  • XRP (XRP) was priced at US$1.35, down by 3.7 percent over 24 hours.
  • Solana (SOL) was trading at US$81.42, down by 5.5 percent over 24 hours.

Today’s crypto news to know

Vitalik Buterin sells US$43 million in ETH

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold approximately 17,000 ETH worth approximately US$43 million at the time of sale, to fund privacy and security initiatives.

Marathon partners with Starwood on AI data center

Shares of Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) surged after the company announced a partnership with Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private investment firm focused on real estate, to build data centers for the artificial intelligence (AI) sector).

In a Wednesday (February 25) blog post, Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s head of research, called the relationship between AI and blockchain “complementary from a fundamental standpoint.”

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

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

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / February 27, 2026 / 55 North Mining Inc. (CSE:FFF,OTC:FFFNF)(FSE:6YF) (‘55 North‘ or the ‘Company‘) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered flow-through private placement (the ‘Private Placement’).

Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company issued 1,702,800 flow-through common shares (‘FT Shares’) at a price of $0.745 per FT Share for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,268,586.02.

The FT Shares entitle the holder to receive the tax benefits applicable to flow-through shares in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada). No warrants were issued in connection with the Private Placement. All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a four-month hold period in accordance with applicable securities laws.

The gross proceeds raised from the Private Placement will be used to incur eligible Canadian exploration expenses that qualify as ‘flow-through mining expenditures’ for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), related to the exploration of the Company’s Last Hope Gold Project.

The Company further confirms that exploration drilling activities are underway, with one drill rig currently operating on the Last Hope Gold Project. A more detailed operational update will be provided in a subsequent news release.

About 55 North Mining Inc.

55 North Mining Inc. is a Canadian exploration and development company advancing its high-grade Last Hope Gold Project located in Manitoba, Canada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Mr. Bruce Reid
Chief Executive Officer
55 North Mining Inc.
Phone: 647-500-4495
bruce@mine2capital.ca

Mr. Vance Loeber
Corporate Development
Phone: 778-999-3530
cvl@tydewell.com

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This news release of 55 North contains statements that constitute ‘forward-looking statements.’ Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: 55 North Mining Inc

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We also break down next week’s catalysts to watch to help you prepare for the week ahead.

In this article:

    This week’s tech sector performance

    Tariff concerns sent global stocks drifting on Monday (February 23), with US futures pointing lower at the start of the week even though the Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) ended a three week losing streak the previous week.

    Additionally, a Citrini Research report published on Sunday (February 22) projects that the dominance of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the collapse of the “human-centric consumer economy” and cause widespread unemployment, adding to the growing anxiety around AI-induced displacement.

    Markets had a subdued reaction to Anthropic’s announcement ⁠of 10 new AI tools on Tuesday (February 24), including plugins that could help with investment banking tasks, private equity engineering and design.

    Mohit Kumar, chief Europe economist at Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF), noted that, although AI disruption will remain a market theme for the foreseeable future, the company’s emphasis on “partnership rather than displacement” may have spurred a software sector rally in Tuesday afternoon trading.

    Also aiding the software recovery was a handful of experts pushing back against the Citrini report, including a response published by Citadel Securities’ Frank Flight, who said the thesis is far-fetched at best.

    On Wednesday (February 25), ahead of NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) much-anticipated earnings report, tech stocks boosted indexes in North America, Europe and Asia, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) seeing advances in AI-related software and diversified tech amid positive quarterly reports from Canada’s main financial institutions; meanwhile, semiconductor companies led gains on Wall Street.

    While positive sentiment lifted Canada’s main index to a new record on Thursday (February 26), the US had a weaker session after investors were unimpressed with NVIDIA’S results.

    Although NVIDIA beat expectations, guidance shows deceleration. A 3.2 percent drop in the PHLX Semiconductor Sector (INDEXNASDAQ:SOX) index dragged the Nasdaq down to close 1.2 percent lower.

    Indexes in Canada and the US slipped on Friday (February 27) as renewed positive sentiment from earlier in the week ultimately gave way to concerns over AI-led disruptions.

    3 tech stocks moving markets this week

    1. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

    NVIDIA, which makes up almost 8 percent of the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), was up on Wednesday ahead of its Q4 earnings report, which showed US$68.1 billion in revenue, an increase of 73 percent. Net income was up 94 percent to US$42.9 billion, and the company generated US$96.6 billion in free cashflow for the year.

    The results exceeded analysts’ estimates, but shares were flat in after-hours trading, despite CEO Jensen Huang’s claim of “skyrocketing” AI agent adoption and sales growth of 78 percent for the current quarter.

    2. Salesforce (NYSE:CRM)

    Salesforce rose modestly intraday ahead of its Q4 earnings release on Wednesday, which showed revenue growth of 12 percent year-on-year, beating analysts’ estimates at US$11.2 billion. Full-year revenue was at US$41.5 billion, up 10 percent, with the company reporting remaining performance obligations of US$72.4 billion, a 14 percent increase.

    Annual recurring revenue from the company’s AI agent platform, Agentforce, led quarterly gains, reaching US$800 million, up 169 percent. Despite CEO Marc Benioff’s revenue projection of US$63 billion by the 2030 fiscal year, 2027 fiscal year guidance of US$45.8 billion to US$46.2 billion was below the consensus estimate of US$46.06 billion, which sent shares down around 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company also said it anticipates a slowdown in core business expansion, projecting organic growth of only 7 to 8 percent for the upcoming fiscal year.

    2. Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL)

    Dell Technologies was trading higher ahead of its Q4 earnings. The firm delivered revenue of US$33.4 billion, beating estimates, and full-year revenue of a record US$113.5 billion.

    Sales of AI servers hit US$9.8 billion, up 100 percent year-on-year, with a US$64 billion AI pipeline and US$43 billion backlog. Earnings per share topped estimates of US$2.36, coming in at US$2.86.

    Momentum continued after hours following CEO Mike Dell’s comments on “skyrocketing” hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure despite some margin pressure, with Dell’s share price soaring about 11 percent.

    Top tech news of the week

                Tech ETF performance

                Tech exchange-traded funds (ETFs) track baskets of major tech stocks, meaning their performance helps investors gauge the overall performance of the niches they cover.

                This week, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) advanced by 1.83 percent, while the Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXQ) advanced by 1.77 percent.

                The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) also increased by 1.76 percent.

                Tech news to watch next week

                Next week there will be light earnings, with results expected from MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB), Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO); however, macro data alongside speeches from US Federal Reserve presidents will dominate alongside tariff developments and AI CAPEX and inflation concerns.

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

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                Technical analysts Kevin Wadsworth and Patrick Karim of NorthstarBadcharts.com share an update on the capital rotation process that they see unfolding, and explain what it means for precious metals, as well as the US stock market and Bitcoin.

                They also talk about the opportunity they see in oil and how to get exposure to the market.

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

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                Statistics Canada released its December data for gross domestic product (GDP) by industry on Friday (February 27).

                While overall GDP increased 0.2 percent, the figures showed a broad 0.9 percent decline in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, reversing a 0.1 percent increase in November. In real dollars, the sector contributed C$119.62 billion in the month, just shy of C$120.76 billion in November.

                The decrease was due to a 1.1 percent contraction in the oil and gas subsector and a 1.4 percent decline in the mining and quarrying subsector. However, the fall off was slightly offset by a 1.6 percent increase in sector support activities.

                The Canadian reporting agency also released its annual mineral production survey on Wednesday (February 25).

                The data showed that 2025’s production and shipment numbers increased nearly across the board for copper, silver and gold.

                In terms of production, copper output climbed to 499,896 metric tons, beating the 444,587 metric tons in 2024. The quantity of silver produced also rose significantly to 356,052 kilograms in 2025 from 331,965 kilograms. Gold also increased, though narrowly, to 186,923 kilograms from 185,555 kilograms the previous year.

                As for shipments, copper climbed to 480,100 metric tons from 437,861 metric tons in 2024, while silver shipments increased to 344,133 kilograms from 325,705 kilograms. Of the three metals, only gold saw a decline, with shipments falling slightly to 184,456 kilograms from 185,376 kilograms a year earlier.

                Several other resources, including cobalt and nickel, also saw sizeable jumps last year.

                For more on what’s moving markets this week, check out our top market news round-up.

                Markets and commodities react

                Canadian equity markets were positive this week.

                The S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) gained 2.3 percent over the week to close Friday (February 27) at 34,339.99, while the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) rose 8.4 percent to 1,107.60.

                The CSE Composite Index (CSE:CSECOMP) gained 4.02 percent to 174.55.

                The gold price gained 1.36 percent to close at US$5,261.19 per ounce on Friday at 4:00 p.m. EST. The silver price fared better, closing the week up 6.55 percent at US$93.66 on Friday.

                In base metals, the Comex copper price recorded a 3.24 percent increase this week to US$6.05.

                The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodities Index (INDEXSP:SPGSCI) was up 2 percent to end Friday at 610.89.

                Top Canadian mining stocks this week

                How did mining stocks perform against this backdrop?Take a look at this week’s five best-performing Canadian mining stocks below.

                Stocks data for this article was retrieved at 4:00 p.m. EST on Friday using TradingView’s stock screener. Only companies trading on the TSX, TSXV and CSE with market caps greater than C$10 million are included. Mineral companies within the non-energy minerals, energy minerals, process industry and producer manufacturing sectors were considered.

                1. Adex Mining (TSXV:ADE)

                Weekly gain: 171.43 percent
                Market cap: C$27.09 million
                Share price: C$0.095

                Adex Mining is an exploration company that holds a 100 percent stake in the Mount Pleasant project in Southwest New Brunswick, Canada. The property contains two main deposits: the Fire Tower zone, which hosts tungsten and molybdenum mineralization, and the North zone, which hosts tin, zinc and indium.

                The asset consists of 102 mineral claims covering 1,600 hectares, as well as equipment and facilities from historic mining operations conducted by BHP (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) between 1983 and 1985.

                According to its most recent investor presentation released on June 11, the property hosts the world’s largest indium reserve and North America’s largest tin deposit. Indicated resources for the North zone demonstrate contained metal values of 47 million kilograms of tin, and 789,000 kilograms of indium from 12.4 million metric tons with average grades of 0.38 percent tin and 64 parts per million indium.

                Adex Mining has not released news since it published its interim management discussion and analysis on November 18.

                The increase in Adex’s share price this week comes ahead of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention, which is taking place in Toronto, Ontario, from March 1 to 4.

                In a mid-February interview, New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister John Herron revealed that a deal “is due imminently with a well-known company in the Canadian mining community” for Adex’s Mount Pleasant project.

                Additionally, he said the provincial government plans to introduce its new minerals strategy at PDAC on March 2. According to Herron, New Brunswick will adopt a one project, one process framework to quickly advance critical minerals projects.

                2. US Copper (TSXV:USCU)

                Weekly gain: 100 percent
                Market cap: C$37.17 million
                Share price: C$0.28

                US Copper is an exploration company working to advance its Moonlight-Superior project in Northeast California, United States.

                The project covers approximately 13 square miles of patented and unpatented federal mining claims in the Lights Creek Copper District, near the Nevada border.

                A preliminary economic assessment released on January 6, 2025, demonstrated a post-tax net present value of US$1.08 billion with an internal rate of return of 23 percent and a payback period of 5.3 years, assuming a copper price of US$4.15 per pound.

                The included mineral resource estimate shows a total indicated resource of 2.5 billion pounds of copper, 21.7 million ounces of silver and 140,042 ounces of gold from 402.83 million metric tons of ore with a grade of 0.31 percent copper, 1.85 parts per million (ppm) silver and 0.012 ppm gold. The majority is hosted at its Moonlight and Superior deposits.

                The company has not released any news since December 15, when it announced that it had staked 54 additional claims, totalling 1,104 acres near Moonlight-Superior, that US Copper intends to use for the project’s infrastructure development.

                The company also stated that it had begun metallurgical testing, which it expected to be completed in April 2026, with the release of partial results starting in February 2026.

                3. Doubleview Gold (TSXV:DBG)

                Weekly gain: 95.62 percent
                Market cap: C$27.09 million
                Share price: C$2.68

                Doubleview Gold is an exploration company working to advance its Hat copper-gold project in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

                The project is located within BC’s Golden Triangle, an area that hosts numerous active mines and development projects. The property consists of 19 mineral tenures covering an area of 18,000 hectares.

                On February 25, Doubleview released an updated mineral resource estimate for its Hat project, reporting copper equivalent resources of 5.82 billion pounds in the measured and indicated categories and 4.57 billion pounds in the inferred category.

                The measured and indicated resource includes 2.42 billion pounds of copper, 3.22 million ounces of gold, 80.1 million pounds of cobalt and 5.05 million ounces of silver from 609 million metric tons of ore with average grades of 0.21 percent copper, 0.18 grams per metric ton (g/t) gold, 0.008 percent cobalt and 0.38 g/t silver.

                Additionally, the MRE reported a recoverable measured and indicated scandium oxide resource of 2,415 metric tons, grading 28.77 g/t.

                Doubleview’s president and CEO stated that exploration of the property has increased the deposit’s size over the years, with it now covering an area of about 1.6 kilometers by 1.6 kilometers. He also noted that the company discovered additional elements within the deposit that it plans to unveil soon.

                4. BP Silver (TSXV:BPAG)

                Weekly gain: 62.16 percent
                Market cap: C$35.9 million
                Share price: C$1.20

                BP Silver is an exploration company focused on its flagship Cosuño project in Bolivia.

                The property covers approximately 3,375 hectares and hosts a 10.5 square kilometer alteration zone within an underexplored jurisdiction. To date, the company has identified four primary targets in the southern project area.

                On February 27, the company announced assay results from the final eight holes of the 11 hole drill program at Cosuño.

                Exploration encountered several zones of silver mineralization at the Pocañita Chica target. One hole delivered high grades of 600.4 g/t silver over 5 meters, which included an intersection of 1,655 g/t over 1 meter.

                The company said it achieved its main goal of “confirming mineralization within the lithocap beneath surface geochemical anomalies,” which it said de-risks the project.

                Additionally, BP Silver stated the drill program confirmed a silver and polymetallic mineralized system along a 2.7 kilometer long corridor that remains open in all directions.

                5. Tsodilo Resources (TSXV:TSD)

                Weekly gain: 61.29 percent
                Market cap: C$21.75 million
                Share price: C$0.25

                Tsodilo Resources is a metals exploration company advancing its Gcwihaba polymetallic project in Northwest Botswana, which hosts the C26 and C27 rare earth skarn anomalies. It also owns the Xaudum iron formation project in the country.

                At Gcwihaba, Tsodilo has identified a conceptual exploration target of skarn ore in the 81 million to 97 million metric ton range with grades of 0.05 and 1.49 percent total rare earth oxides (TREO).

                The company originally identified the C26 and C27 targets through ground magnetic and gravity surveys, with drilling confirming mineralization at depths of 20 to 50 meters below surface.

                Tsodilo plans to perform 15,000 meters of drilling in 2026, with a focus on defining high-grade REE zones, while also evaluating the system’s overall polymetallic potential.

                The most recent news from the company came on February 2, when it reported that it had closed a C$742,095 private placement by issuing 4.95 million shares. Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance its projects in Botswana.

                FAQs for Canadian mining stocks

                What is the difference between the TSX and TSXV?

                The TSX, or Toronto Stock Exchange, is used by senior companies with larger market caps, and the TSXV, or TSX Venture Exchange, is used by smaller-cap companies. Companies listed on the TSXV can graduate to the senior exchange.

                How many mining companies are listed on the TSX and TSXV?

                As of December 2025, 898 mining companies and 71 oil and gas companies are listed on the TSXV, combining for more than 60 percent of the 1,531 total companies listed on the exchange.

                As for the TSX, it is home to 175 mining companies and 51 oil and gas companies. The exchange has 2,089 companies listed on it in total.

                Together, the TSX and TSXV host around 40 percent of the world’s public mining companies.

                How much does it cost to list on the TSXV?

                There are a variety of different fees that companies must pay to list on the TSXV, and according to the exchange, they can vary based on the transaction’s nature and complexity. The listing fee alone will most likely cost between C$10,000 to C$70,000. Accounting and auditing fees could rack up between C$25,000 and C$100,000, while legal fees are expected to be over C$75,000 and an underwriters’ commission may hit up to 12 percent.

                The exchange lists a handful of other fees and expenses companies can expect, including but not limited to security commission and transfer agency fees, investor relations costs and director and officer liability insurance.

                These are all just for the initial listing, of course. There are ongoing expenses once companies are trading, such as sustaining fees and additional listing fees, plus the costs associated with filing regular reports.

                How do you trade on the TSXV?

                Investors can trade on the TSXV the way they would trade stocks on any exchange. This means they can use a stock broker or an individual investment account to buy and sell shares of TSXV-listed companies during the exchange’s trading hours.

                Article by Dean Belder; FAQs by Lauren Kelly.

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

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

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                OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Rua Gold INC. (TSX: RUA,OTC:NZAUF; OTCQX: NZAUF), an exploration company, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Rua Gold INC. upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB® Venture Market.

                Rua Gold INC. begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol ‘NZAUF.’ U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

                The OTCQX Market is designed for established, investor-focused U.S. and international companies. To qualify for OTCQX, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws. Graduating to the OTCQX Market marks an important milestone for companies, enabling them to demonstrate their qualifications and build visibility among U.S. investors.

                About Rua Gold INC.
                Rua Gold is an exploration company, strategically focused on New Zealand. With decades of expertise, our team has successfully taken major discoveries into producing world-class mines across multiple continents. The team is now focused on maximizing the asset potential of Rua Gold’s two highly prospective high-grade gold projects. The Company controls the Reefton Gold District as the dominant landholder in the Reefton Goldfield on New Zealand’s South Island with over 120,000 hectares of tenements, in a district that historically produced over 2Moz of gold grading between 9 and 50g/t. The Company’s Glamorgan Project solidifies Rua Gold’s position as a leading high-grade gold explorer on New Zealand’s North Island. This highly prospective project is located within the North Islands’ Hauraki district, a region that has produced an impressive 15Moz of gold and 60Moz of silver. Glamorgan is adjacent to OceanaGold Corporation’s biggest gold mining project, Wharekirauponga.

                About OTC Markets Group Inc.
                OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. Our data-driven disclosure standards form the foundation of our public markets: OTCQX® Best Market, OTCQB® Venture Market, OTCID Basic Market and Pink Limited Market. Our OTC Link® Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) provide critical market infrastructure that broker-dealers rely on to facilitate trading. Our innovative model offers companies more efficient access to the U.S. financial markets.

                OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN, OTC Link NQB, and MOON ATS are each SEC regulated ATS, operated by OTC Link LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered broker-dealer, member SIPC. To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient markets, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

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                The UK has entered commercial lithium production for the first time as Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) began operations in its plant at Cornwall, anchoring the government’s hopes of a domestic battery metals supply chain.

                The Redruth-based facility marks the country’s first commercial-scale output of lithium, a metal essential for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage systems.

                Initial production is set at 100 tons per year, with plans to expand to 1,500 tons annually within several years and to more than 18,000 tons over the next decade. That long-term expansion would require an estimated £640 million, or around US$860 million, in additional investment.

                Beijing’s use of export restrictions on critical materials last year further sharpened the country’s concerns about supply vulnerability. China currently controls about 60 percent of global lithium processing capacity and dominates much of the downstream battery supply chain.

                The UK government has set a target to produce 50,000 tons of lithium domestically by 2035. Demand is expected to surge as electric vehicle adoption expands and grid-scale energy storage grows.

                GEL’s project combines lithium extraction with geothermal energy production. The company has drilled nearly three miles underground into granite formations in Cornwall, circulating mineral-rich fluids that are both hot enough to generate electricity and contain dissolved lithium.

                The geothermal plant, also switched on this week, will power the lithium extraction process. The excess electricity is also expected to generate enough electricity to supply up to 10,000 homes.

                GEL founder Ryan Law said pairing lithium production with geothermal power is critical to cost control. “We can easily compete with what’s coming from China,” Law told the Financial Times.

                The project has cost approximately US$67.5 million so far, funded through private investors and US$20.25 million from the European Development Fund. The UK government also provided a US$2.43 million grant, covering half the cost of the initial lithium extraction system.

                Cornwall has emerged as the center of Britain’s lithium ambitions. Several companies are working to bring projects online, though timelines have shifted amid volatile lithium prices.

                For instance, Cornish Lithium, which has been producing small quantities of lithium hydroxide samples for potential customers since October and is targeting a commercial plant by 2029, had reduced its 2030 production target from 25,000 tons annually to 20,000 tons.

                Meanwhile, British refiner Green Lithium has also pushed back the opening of its Teesside commercial facility to around 2029, adopting what co-founder Guy Hatcher called a “more phased development strategy.”

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

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                Brunswick Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: BRW, OTCQB: BRWXF; FRANKFURT:1XQ; ‘BRW’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Kodors to Vice President International Projects. Mr. Kodors has been with Brunswick Exploration since its rebranding in 2020 and has been instrumental in securing the Company’s international portfolio over the last three years.

                Mr. Killian Charles, President and CEO of BRW, commented: ‘Charles is a key part of Brunswick’s exploration team alongside François Goulet and Simon Hebert and its successes over the last five years where he first managed our Canadian lithium portfolio, ex-Quebec, before continuing to grow our international portfolio. With a major work program planned in Saudi Arabia and Greenland over the coming months, this new title reflects his accrued responsibility within the company.’

                Mr. Kodors has over 15 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry, where prior to his role at Brunswick Exploration, he served as an Exploration Manager for Osisko Metals and a Senior Exploration Geologist for Kirkland Lake Gold. Mr. Kodors received his B.Sc. from Brock University and is a registered Professional Geologist within the provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec.

                Grant of Stock Options and DSUs

                The Company announces that it has granted 186,566 deferred share units (‘DSUs’) to its non-executive directors, in accordance with the Corporation’s Deferred Share Unit Plan, available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. in lieu of their board fees. The DSUs were granted at a fair market value of $0.268 per DSU and will vest one year from the grant date.

                The Company’s Board of Directors have also approved the grant of incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,515,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Corporation. Grants are subject to a three-year vesting period and a five-year term at an exercise price of $0.235 per share.

                About Brunswick Exploration

                Brunswick Exploration is a Montreal-based mineral exploration company listed on the TSX-V under symbol BRW. The Company is focused on grassroots exploration for lithium in Canada, a critical metal necessary to global decarbonization and energy transition. The company is rapidly advancing the most extensive grassroots lithium property portfolio in Canada, Greenland and Saudi Arabia underpinned by its Mirage project, one of the largest undeveloped hard-rock lithium Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate in the Americas, with 52.2Mt grading 1.08% Li2O.

                Investor Relations/information

                Mr. Killian Charles, President and CEO

                Phone: 514 861 4441

                Email: info@BRWexplo.com

                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

                Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

                This news release contains ‘forward-looking information’ within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; changes in equity markets; inflation; fluctuations in commodity prices; delays in the development of projects; the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry; and those risks set out in the Corporation’s public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Corporation believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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