Year: 2024

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via IBN — Torr Metals Inc. (“Torr” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: TMET.V), a mineral exploration company focused on high-quality highway-accessible copper and gold projects in south-central British Columbia and northern Ontario, is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche (the “First Tranche”) of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) in the Company’s press release on Sept. 17, 2024. Pursuant to the closing of the First Tranche, the Company issued (i) 760,919 flow-through units of the Company (each, a “FT Unit”) at a price of $0.12 per FT Unit, and (ii) 4,010,000 non-flow-through units of the Company (each, a “NFT Unit”) at a price of $0.10 per NFT Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of...

Primary Mortgage Market Survey®U.S. weekly average mortgage rates as of 12/19/2024MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.72 percent. “This week, mortgage rates crept up to a similar average as this time in 2023,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “For the most part, mortgage rates have moved between 6 and 7 percent over the last 12 months. Homebuyers are slowly digesting these higher rates and are gradually willing to move forward with buying a home, resulting in additional purchase activity.” News FactsThe 30-year FRM averaged 6.72 percent as of December 19, 2024, up from last week when it averaged 6.60 percent. A year ago at this time, the...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE | GSE:ASG | FRANKFURT:1A9 | U.S.OTC:ASGOF) (“Asante” or the “Company”) announces that its subsidiary Asante Gold Bibiani Ltd. (“Asante Bibiani”), which owns the Bibiani mine, has entered into an agreement with Fujairah Holdings LLC (“Fujairah”) for the forward sale of US$500 million in gold which will provide US$100 million of financing to the Company on a revolving basis over a period of approximately two years (the “Gold Forward Agreement”) on terms described below. Dave Anthony, President and CEO stated, “We are pleased to announce this Gold Forward Agreement with Fujairah, a strategic and foundational partner for Asante. This Agreement will enable us to immediately accelerate the ramp-up of mining activities and completion of the...

WACO, Texas, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (OTCQB: VPLM) today announced the filing of an amended complaint to the original complaint filed in October 2024, in Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-03051-RDM, currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This latest filing represents a significant escalation in the company’s legal efforts to address alleged antitrust violations, breaches of federal law, and racketeering activities that VoIP-Pal believes have caused harm to the company. The amended complaint names Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, along with several of their directors and members of their management teams, as defendants. “Our amended complaint builds on our commitment to seeking justice for the harm VoIP-Pal has endured due to alleged antitrust violations and other...

Guangzhou, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YSX TECH. CO., LTD (the “Company” or “YSXT”), a Cayman Islands exempted company that, through its variable interest entities in China, provides comprehensive business solutions mainly for insurance companies and brokerages in China, today announced the closing of its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 1,250,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a public offering price of $4.00 per share for total gross proceeds of approximately $5,000,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. The Offering closed on December 19, 2024(the “Closing Date”), and the Ordinary Shares commenced trading on Nasdaq Capital Market on December 18, 2024, under the ticker symbol “YSXT”. On the Closing Date, the Company also closed the sale of an additional 187,500...

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE (7)(1) OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014) ARC-EX System is the first and only FDA approved technology shown to improve hand strength and sensation after chronic spinal cord injury ARC-EX System is an FDA Breakthrough Device and 2024 TIME Magazine Best Invention EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), today announced that it has received de novo classification and authorization to market its ARC-EX System from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “With today’s FDA de novo classification and authorization to market the ARC-EX System...

TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Largo Physical Vanadium Corp. (“LPV” or the “Company“) (TSX.V: VAND) (OTCQX: VANAF) is pleased to announce that following the closing of the transaction between Largo Inc.’s (“Largo”) (NASDAQ, TSX: LGO) subsidiary, Largo Clean Energy Corp. (“LCE”) and affiliates of Stryten Energy LLC (“Stryten”), the newly created Storion Energy, LLC (“Storion”) will assume the role of safekeeper for LPV’s held vanadium units previously managed by LCE. Storion’s assumption of the safekeeper role for LPV’s held vanadium units aligns with the Company’s strategy to expand its presence in the rapidly growing long-duration energy storage (“LDES”) market through its unique offering of leased vanadium required for cost-efficient deployment of vanadium flow batteries. Storion Energy, a joint...

TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, OTCQB:WLBMF) (“Wallbridge” or the “Company”) today reports the results of its 2024 metallurgical testing program for its Martiniere Gold Project (“Martiniere”). Test work completed by SGS Lakefield Research Ltd. (“SGS Lakefield”) indicates gold recoveries of up to 84.8% can be achieved using conventional and proven technologies. The 2024 metallurgical testing program was done as an initial test to evaluate potential gold recoveries for various grind sizes and processing technologies applied to a representative sample composite collected from five holes drilled along the Bug Lake zone at Martiniere (see map below). Material collected was tested for its amenability to gravity separation, flotation, and cyanidation under varying grind sizes and conditions....

 Investor relations:Vincent BiraudTel. +33 1 47 54 50 87vincent.biraud@capgemini.com    Capgemini SE’s share capital reduction    Paris, December 19, 2024 – Capgemini announces that the number of shares in Capgemini SE’s share capital is down by 1,260,642 shares or 0.7% compared to December 31, 2023, and now stands at 171,347,471 shares. This capital reduction illustrates once again the ability of the Group to associate employees with its development and performance while delivering an attractive return to shareholders with a decrease in outstanding shares. The reduction in share count is mostly due to (i) the 2.70 million shares capital increase related to the 11th employee share ownership plan (ESOP, see press release dated November 27, 2024) and (ii) the cancellation of 3.97 million treasury shares. Those cancelled shares were acquired...

Nanterre, 19 December 2024 VINCI wins two transport infrastructure contractsin the Czech RepublicConstruction of the eastern section of the Prague Ring Road Modernisation of the rail hub at Česká Třebová station Total contract value for VINCI: €417 millionVINCI Construction has been awarded two substantial transport infrastructure construction contracts for the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Transport.Eurovia CZ and Stavby mostů, two Czech VINCI Construction subsidiaries, in a 50-50 consortium with Austrian group PORR (50/50), will build a new section of the ring road east of Prague. The 12.6 km stretch will ease through traffic inside the capital. The works, worth €385 million in total, will begin in the first quarter of 2025 and be completed in 2027. They include construction of 19 bridges, two tunnels, four level crossings,...