• July 2025 rollout delivers human-quality outreach without SDR teams, handling both transactional and consultative sales
• AI-in-marketing market forecast to grow from $20.44 billion in 2024 to $82.23 billion by 2030
• Platform deployment is typically completed in under a day, accelerating ROI timelines for clients in sectors like healthcare, insurance, and transportation

AI Moves From Support Role to Lead Position in Sales

For years, AI has played a supporting role in sales and marketing; surfacing leads, flagging buying signals, and streamlining outreach. But as customer acquisition costs rise and labor shortages impact sales development teams, more companies are looking for AI systems that can replace entire stages of the funnel.

That shift is fueling a fast-growing market. The global AI-in-marketing industry was valued at $20.44 billion in 2024 and is projected to expand to $82.23 billion by 2030, representing a 25% CAGR. Within that growth, solutions capable of autonomous engagement, rather than simple automation, are expected to see outsized adoption.

July Launch Marks Major Product Leap

On July 17, 2025, AI Maverick Intel (OTCID: BINP) announced the full rollout of its next-generation prospecting engine, designed to enable revenue teams to research, engage, and qualify prospects at scale without adding headcount.

The platform’s key capabilities include:

• Comprehensive contact intelligence – Aggregates millions of structured and unstructured data points into unified profiles, highlighting job changes, buying signals, and personal preferences in real time
• Context-aware communication – Adaptive language models select the right channel, timing, and tone for each message, supporting both transactional and consultative sales workflows

“This release moves AI Maverick beyond simple lead generation,” said Wayne Cockburn, CEO of AI Maverick Intel. “By managing discovery questions, objections, and next-step scheduling, the platform now addresses the consultative side of selling—functions traditionally handled by experienced reps.”

Serving Two Sides of the Sales Spectrum

The July release extends AI Maverick’s reach across two distinct types of sales:

• Transactional sales – Managing quotes, renewals, and re-orders end-to-end without human intervention
• Consultative sales – Conducting needs analysis, delivering solution-fit discussions, and making personalized recommendations via AI-driven, multi-step dialogues

By replicating human-quality conversations in both contexts, the platform reduces friction in early-stage engagements and accelerates deal cycles, particularly valuable in industries like insurance or transportation, where first impressions often shape the outcome.

Deployment Speed and Market Timing

One of the platform’s notable differentiators is its rapid implementation. According to the company, typical deployment is completed in under one business day, allowing clients to begin realizing ROI almost immediately.

The timing of this product expansion aligns with broader market adoption curves for AI-led sales tools. MarketsandMarkets projects that the AI for sales and marketing segment will grow from $58 billion in 2025 to $240 billion by 2030. This acceleration reflects growing enterprise comfort with AI managing customer interactions traditionally reserved for humans.

From Rebrand to Revenue-Ready

AI Maverick Intel’s transformation from Bionoid Pharma Inc. to an AI-first operator in May 2025 was more than a name change. The acquisition of its proprietary AI Maverick platform positioned the company to pursue scalable automation opportunities across high-value verticals including healthcare, biotech, insurance, and transportation.

By linking its strategic pivot with a product launch that directly addresses cost, speed, and quality in prospecting, AI Maverick signals an intent to compete not just on technology, but on measurable business outcomes for its clients.

Positioned for Growth in a Multi-Billion-Dollar Market

With a platform capable of replicating SDR-level interactions on a scale, AI Maverick Intel is targeting a rapidly expanding sector where automation and personalization are no longer mutually exclusive. The company’s combination of speed-to-market, sector-specific adaptability, and full-funnel automation gives it a defined position in the AI-in-marketing ecosystem.

If market forecasts hold, and enterprises increasingly delegate early-stage engagement to AI, solutions like AI Maverick’s enhanced prospecting engine may play a central role in how revenue teams operate in the years ahead.

For more information, visit www.AIMaverickIntel.com.

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• Multi-agent AI infrastructure partnership with IQSTEL addresses the fundamental challenge of isolated marketing data across platforms, creating unified intelligence for campaign optimization
• Retina.ai acquisition brings customer lifetime value prediction and churn forecasting capabilities to ONAR’s client roster, including brands like Unilever and Dollar Shave Club
• Three-phase deployment strategy transforms agency operations from reactive optimization to proactive performance enhancement through interconnected AI agents

Marketing executives face a paradox that undermines billions in annual advertising investment. While artificial intelligence promises unprecedented campaign optimization capabilities, most marketing organizations operate with fragmented data ecosystems that render AI applications largely ineffective. Customer data sits isolated in CRM systems, campaign performance metrics remain trapped within platform dashboards, and creative insights exist in disconnected repositories across multiple tools.

This fragmentation creates a fundamental barrier to AI effectiveness. Machine learning algorithms require comprehensive data visibility to identify meaningful patterns and optimize performance across touchpoints. When AI systems access only partial information, seeing search campaign data but not social engagement metrics, their recommendations become limited and often counterproductive.

Marketing teams spend significant resources manually connecting data points across platforms, creating reports that are outdated upon completion, and making optimization decisions based on incomplete information. This reactive approach prevents organizations from capitalizing on AI’s potential for predictive analytics and real-time performance enhancement.

ONAR Holdings (OTCQB: ONAR) is addressing this market-wide challenge through a comprehensive approach that unifies marketing data across platforms, enabling AI systems to operate with complete visibility and deliver measurable performance improvements.

Multi-Agent System Creates Unified Marketing Intelligence

ONAR’s expanded partnership with IQSTEL represents the company’s latest fundamental shift from isolated AI tools to interconnected intelligence systems. Through collaboration with Reality Border (IQSTEL Intelligence), ONAR is deploying a multi-agent architecture that assigns dedicated AI agents to every employee and client account, creating seamless communication across the entire marketing ecosystem.

The system’s strength lies in its interconnected design. Rather than implementing separate AI applications for different marketing functions, ONAR’s approach creates agents that share insights across campaign management, creative development, performance optimization, and strategic planning. This enables identification of cross-channel patterns invisible to isolated AI implementations.

The three-phase deployment demonstrates sophisticated AI integration strategy. Phase One focuses on operational streamlining and client intelligence, centralizing procedures while surfacing key performance metrics in real-time. Phase Two introduces strategic enablement through AI trained on ONAR’s proprietary optimization frameworks, ensuring recommendations align with proven methodologies while accelerating high-impact strategy implementation. Phase Three addresses creative augmentation by training AI on brand guidelines, enabling rapid content production that maintains consistency while scaling personalized messaging across campaigns.

Each phase leverages minute-to-minute performance data for continuous learning and dynamic adaptation to market conditions.

Strategic Acquisitions Expand Predictive Capabilities

ONAR’s acquisition of Retina.ai demonstrates how strategic technology acquisitions can accelerate AI development beyond internal capabilities. Retina.ai brings established customer lifetime value prediction and churn forecasting capabilities, with an existing client base including major consumer brands like Unilever, Dollar Shave Club, and Liquid I.V.

The merger creates cross-selling opportunities as Retina.ai’s SaaS subscriptions expand across ONAR’s agency network. This recurring revenue model complements agency services while providing clients with continuous access to evolving AI capabilities rather than one-time implementations.

The unified data approach enables boardroom-ready insights delivered in minutes rather than months, addressing the critical need for real-time decision-making in fast-moving marketing environments where campaign adjustments can significantly impact performance outcomes.

Integration Focus Creates Competitive Differentiation

ONAR’s strategy differentiates the company from competitors pursuing fragmented AI implementations. While many marketing technology companies add AI features to existing products, ONAR’s approach starts with integration as the foundation for AI effectiveness. This positions the company to capture value from growing recognition that successful AI deployment requires comprehensive data visibility.

The partnership structure with IQSTEL provides access to advanced AI development capabilities without the capital requirements of building these technologies internally. This enables ONAR to focus resources on client acquisition and service delivery while leveraging best-in-class AI development through strategic collaboration.

The focus on middle-market and growth-stage companies addresses a market segment that often lacks access to enterprise-level marketing technology integration. As these companies recognize competitive advantages of unified marketing intelligence, ONAR’s positioning creates significant growth opportunities in an underserved market segment.

The broader marketing technology landscape increasingly favors companies that can deliver integrated solutions over point products. ONAR’s multi-agent approach anticipates market evolution toward comprehensive marketing operating systems rather than collections of individual tools. The company’s emphasis on measurable results through unified data creates sustainable competitive advantages as clients experience performance improvements difficult to replicate through fragmented AI implementations.

ONAR’s integrated approach to AI-driven marketing intelligence positions the company to capitalize on growing recognition that successful AI deployment requires unified data ecosystems, not isolated applications.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ONAR.com.

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• Four-property Nevada portfolio anchored by the 2-million-ounce Santa Fe Mine positions Lahontan in North America’s most mining-friendly jurisdiction during gold’s institutional transformation
• Walker Lane geological corridor continues attracting major acquisitions, with AngloGold Ashanti’s recent C$152 million Augusta Gold purchase highlighting regional consolidation trends

As Gold Surges, Junior Miners Offer Unmatched Leverage

Gold recently soared past $3,000 per ounce and briefly touched a record high of $3,500, driven by persistent inflation, geopolitical instability, and rising central bank demand. As traditional safe-haven assets regain favor, institutional capital is once again eyeing gold. But while bullion prices hit all-time highs, many mining equities, especially microcaps, are arguably undervalued, offering asymmetric upside potential.

Lahontan Gold (TSX.V: LG) (OTCQB: LGCXF) exemplifies this setup with its focused portfolio in Nevada’s Walker Lane district, home to one of North America’s most prolific and active gold belts. The company controls four projects, anchored by the 2-million-ounce Santa Fe Mine, that provide near-term development potential and exposure to significant resource growth in a favorable regulatory environment.

Strategic Nevada Positioning Leverages Infrastructure Advantages

Lahontan’s concentration in Nevada offers logistical and permitting advantages that strengthen project economics. The Walker Lane corridor, host to over 40 million ounces of historical gold production, has recently seen increased M&A activity, including AngloGold Ashanti’s C$152 million acquisition of Augusta Gold underpinning, the region’s strategic importance.

The company’s flagship Santa Fe Mine boasts a robust 2-million-ounce gold equivalent resource and historical output of over 1 million ounces in gold and silver. Located just 13 kilometers away, the West Santa Fe project offers satellite potential with promising surface results. Moho targets high-grade underground potential, while Redlich focuses on silver-rich mineralization, giving Lahontan a balanced, multi-asset development pipeline.

Combined with existing roads, power, and a supportive permitting framework, Lahontan’s Nevada footprint minimizes risk while maximizing optionality.

Market Timing Supports Development Strategy

Santa Fe’s NI 43-101 compliant resource includes 1,539,000 ounces indicated and 411,000 ounces inferred gold equivalent. With projected cash costs around $1,230/oz, the mine ranks among Nevada’s most cost-efficient future producers. At current gold prices above $2,500/oz, that margin provides a strong foundation for development-stage financing.

The dislocation between gold prices and small explorer valuations presents a timely opportunity. Regulatory momentum, with talk of adding gold to the U.S.’s Critical Minerals List and 95% of banks surveyed by the World Gold Council saying they expect to increase holding in the next 12 months, boosting the strategic appeal of domestic production and potentially unlocking new government funding support.

Lahontan’s targeted production start in early 2027 places it in a favorable window as institutional capital re-engages with the sector. With proven resources, experienced leadership, and a premier Nevada address, Lahontan offers multiple value-creation pathways for investors aligned with gold’s next cycle.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LahontanGoldCorp.com.

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• The rise of AI has triggered an exponential growth in data-center construction and expansion, driving copper demand to unprecedented levels.
• Bell Canada has announced the construction of six new AI data centers in British Columbia, including one in Merritt, British Columbia, strategically located near Nicola Mining.
• The company recently provided updates on Craigmont exploration results, including drilling 14 holes with early findings revealing copper sulphide mineralization.

Copper’s superior conductivity makes it a critical metal in the artificial intelligence (“AI”) era, serving as the backbone of data-center infrastructure. Nicola Mining (TSX.V: NIM) (OTCQB: HUSIF) is positioning itself to meet escalating industrial demand through its New Craigmont Copper project, located in British Columbia, Canada.

The rise of artificial intelligence has triggered an exponential growth in data-center construction and expansion, driving copper demand to unprecedented levels. BHP estimates that copper used in data centers worldwide will increase six-fold by 2050, from around 500,000 tonnes annually today to three million tonnes (https://ibn.fm/5edV7). This projection is mirrored in supply-demand forecasts: the International Energy Agency and Bank of America predict that AI-related data centers may add an additional 200,000 tonnes of copper annually between 2025 and 2028, potentially pushing the global market into deficit (https://ibn.fm/yaKYX).

The impact is already being felt. Bloomberg Intelligence projects that North American copper demand from data-center development could increase by 1.1 to 2.4 million tonnes by 2030, fueled by a power-hungry AI build-out (https://ibn.fm/8EAA4). Macquarie Research supports these projections, estimating that between 330,000 and 420,000 tonnes of copper will be consumed by data-center construction globally by 2030 (https://ibn.fm/M2dbD). Such demand is driven not only by power delivery components but also by network connectivity and cooling infrastructure, all areas where copper’s electrical and thermal properties are indispensable.

As further evidence of the booming data center growth, telecom giant Bell Canada has announced the construction of six new AI data centers (https://ibn.fm/xoVmT) in British Columbia, as the company focuses on creating a data center “supercluster.” The first center will be located in Kamloops, with the second center slated for Merritt by the end of the year. The Merritt location will be situated on a five-acre site adjacent to the town’s municipal airport and will provide 7 megawatts (“MW”) of AI computing capacity.

This announcement confirms the strategic location of Nicola Mining, which is located in the Merritt community. The company is committed to meet the copper industrial demand surge while it continues to develop its copper asset at its New Craigmont property, which shares a regional geological setting with Highland Valley Copper District, the largest copper producer in Canada (https://ibn.fm/YZhcn). In addition, partly because of New Craigmont’s historic success, other surrounding copper mines have been developed, turning BC into a significant source of copper for global markets. 

Nicola’s New Craigmont Copper project is making significant strides, with the company completing a comprehensive 3D induced polarization (“IP”) geophysical survey to better define its primary exploration targets, specifically the MARB-CAS Zone and the West Craigmont Zone. This survey led directly to the launch of a 5,000-metre diamond drilling program, marking the first drilling in these zones. The program’s initial phase included four holes totaling approximately 1,500 meters, testing discoveries from the IP survey and targeting conductive anomalies indicative of copper-rich mineralization “peripheral to a porphyry system” (https://ibn.fm/WllCI).

Since then, Nicola has delivered updates on its exploration results, including drilling 14 holes (4,872 meters), with early findings revealing chalcopyrite (copper sulphide) mineralization (https://ibn.fm/Igrxf). The exploration program focused on newly identified zones and areas adjacent to historic targets. The drilling across the MARB and CAS zones demonstrates consistent mineral presence in volcanic and intrusive host rocks.

The New Craigmont project also benefits from robust historical infrastructure. Originally produced from 1961 to 1982 on both open-pit and underground bases, this high-grade skarn deposit yielded an estimated 887.8 million pounds of copper (https://ibn.fm/nNBW9). A successful exploration program at New Craigmont could lead to the project once again becoming part of North American supply.

Nicola now holds 100% ownership of more than 10,900 hectares of claims and leases, including the fully permitted Permit M-68 for its mill and mine. Located adjacent to Teck’s Highland Valley Copper mine and serviced by BC’s power grid, New Craigmont’s infrastructure includes mine shafts, road access, water rights and provincial permits, all contributing to reduced costs and an accelerated timeline to production.

The broader mining complex in British Columbia offers strategic advantages. The region boasts established transportation, skilled labor and regulatory clarity, all hallmarks that facilitate more efficient mine operations. Nicola is leveraging these assets to reduce project risk and speed up commercialization. The company also highlights the proximity to export infrastructure, which supports global distribution of concentrate, a key element as demand continues to grow in North American and Asian markets tied to AI development.

For more information, visit www.NicolaMining.com.

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• Sustainable mining company ESGold is stretching beyond its nascent Quebec mine tailings cleanup operation to evaluate its scalability for potential revenue generation at any of the thousands of similar sites throughout the Americas
• The company is nearing the finish line in facilities construction for tailings recovery at an abandoned legacy operation west of Quebec’s capital city, where it expects to generate up to $350 million during the coming decade from the tailings cleanup and near-surface hard rock
• ESGold expects to recover residual gold and silver from the tailings, while processing other mineralization for a concentrate
• The near-term tailings reprocessing strategy is expected to generate revenues that can then be repurposed for future exploration for potentially untapped reserves of gold and silver without the need for large capital raises

Sustainable gold mining innovator ESGold (CSE: ESAU) (OTCQB: ESAUF) is continuing the construction of production facilities at its eastern Canada mine tailings reclamation site, and is also examining other potential sites for similar recovery and revenue generation throughout North and South America.

ESGold owns 265 mining claims at the historic Montauban Mine project west of Quebec’s capital city and is building the gravity separation circuit (using Humphrey spiral concentrators) necessary to efficiently and economically reprocess tailings abandoned by a former operator there.

Revenue generated from the environmental cleanup operation can then be used to move the company toward exploration of potential untapped resources still in the ground.

“The traditional exploration model has eroded more capital than it’s created,” ESGold CEO Gordon Robb stated in a recent news release (https://nnw.fm/4J6yP) (https://ibn.fm/7qmyL). “Our approach reverses that equation. We begin with production — monetizing what others left behind — then reinvest from a position of strength into exploration. Montauban is our proof-of-concept. We believe this model can scale to dozens, even hundreds of other tailings sites across the Americas and elsewhere.”

The company cites U.S. environmental data reporting more than 500,000 abandoned mine sites exist in North America, many of which contain tailings piles with residual precious and base metals awaiting evaluation. Larger opportunities exist in South America, where decades of small- to mid-scale mining operations in gold-rich areas of Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Chile have left behind extensive tailings volumes.

ESGold’s scalable model is uniquely positioned to deal with the environmental liabilities for landowners, municipalities and governments at numerous sites with abandoned tailing piles while further developing revenue generation through extracted minerals and metals.

The company believes that the Montauban site has the potential to generate approximately $350 million from the tailings cleanup and partial processing of the crown pillar during the coming decade. Additionally, a non-invasive Ambient Noise Tomography (“ANT”) has revealed the possibility of finding additional precious metals in a mineral system that remains open at depth — both vertically and laterally.

The Montauban recovery site shows significant similarities with a globally renowned metal deposit in Australia — which has allowed ESGold to shift Montauban from classification as a simple historic producer to a high-impact exploration opportunity.

More than 2,500 meters of strike length and over 1,200 meters of vertical continuity have been interpreted through the advanced ANT mapping at the Canadian site.

“There’s an enormous untapped economic and environmental opportunity here,” company COO and Chairman Paul Mastantuono stated. “With permitting in place and construction advancing at Montauban, we’re proving that sustainable, scalable, clean mining is not only possible — it’s happening. We’re turning tailings into a potential resource and using that foundation to explore for something much bigger.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at https://esgold.com.

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• This phase 2 award builds on phase 1 success, during which Ucore successfully separated two heavy rare earths critical for defense applications.
• RapidSX offers a U.S. government-backed alternative to traditional vat-based solvent extraction technology, which is dominated by Chinese refiners. 
• Ucore plans to achieve full mechanical completion of the Louisiana-based SMC by the second half of 2026.

In a bold step toward reshoring critical mineral processing, Ucore Rare Metals (TSX.V: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) has received an $18.4 million phase 2 award from the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) to accelerate the engineering, procurement and site work for its Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex (“LA SMC”), reinforcing its leadership in domestic heavy rare earth element (“HREE”) supply (https://ibn.fm/OTvbq). Ucore’s RapidSX(TM) column-based solvent extraction platform, already proven under phase 1 funding, is central to the company’s mission to break reliance on China-controlled legacy REE separation methods.

The phase 2 award expands an earlier $4 million phase 1 demonstration project and supports detailed engineering, long-lead equipment procurement and early-stage construction at the LA SMC in Alexandria, Louisiana. This award builds on phase 1 success, during which Ucore successfully separated terbium (Tb) and dysprosium (Dy) — two heavy rare earths critical for permanent magnets and defense applications — with phase 1 payments totaling more than $3.35 million to date (https://ibn.fm/RxJ1W). Phase 2 is intended to scale RapidSX to commercial readiness and position Ucore for mechanical completion of the facility in late 2026 with minimal equity dilution.

RapidSX offers a U.S. government-backed alternative to traditional vat-based solvent extraction technology, which is dominated by Chinese refiners. Unlike legacy processing methods, RapidSX enables nearly tenfold faster separation of rare earth elements and requires only one-third of the physical footprint, significantly improving cost-effectiveness and scalability. The phase 2 award formally confirms U.S. government validation of RapidSX as a secure, high-efficiency pathway to HREE independence.

In addition, the phase 2 funding signals confidence from the DoD in Ucore’s ability to deliver a domestic heavy REE source that meets strategic demand. It sends a strong message to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) in sectors such as defense, electric vehicles, clean energy and AI hardware that a reliable North American supply chain for terbium and dysprosium is increasingly viable. RapidSX’s ability to produce these materials at commercial scale aligns directly with growing demand across high-tech and defense supply chains.

Ucore’s engineering-focused approach and DoD support not only accelerate its roadmap toward full-scale production but also minimize shareholder dilution. By leveraging fixed-price contract funding rather than raising equity, Ucore retains strong balance sheet discipline and positions the Louisiana facility for rapid commissioning with limited capital risk. This financial structure heightens confidence among institutional investors that Ucore can execute its strategy without needing to issue significant new shares.

Looking forward, Ucore aims to achieve full mechanical completion of the Louisiana-based SMC by the second half of 2026, at which point early production of salable rare earth elements will commence. With scaled RapidSX operations, the company plans to demonstrate commercial readiness and begin delivering separated heavy rare earth oxides such as terbium and dysprosium. This progress not only strengthens the U.S. rare earth supply chain but also offers investors a rare convergence of technological innovation, national security alignment and scalable infrastructure investment opportunities.

For more information, visit www.Ucore.com.

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• The Montauban mine site in Canada’s Quebec province is being rehabilitated after prior operations and tailings were abandoned
• ESGold’s green resource development project at the site is expected to breathe new life into the mine while helping the company to extract revenues from residual mineral recovery
• The gold and silver resource developer is preparing to launch tailings cleanup early next year
• ESGold’s long-term strategy is to use revenues from the site cleanup to commence district-scale exploration that has a mineral system that remains open at depth — both vertically and laterally

Gold and silver recovery company  ESGold (CSE: ESAU) (OTCQB: ESAUF) is preparing the site before setting in motion its near-term plan for revenue generation at the historic Montauban Mine project in eastern Canada, where the company owns 265 mining claims covering 13,116 hectares (about 32,410 acres).

Montauban produced more than 2.6 million short tons of gold, silver, lead and zinc during the 1900s amid sporadic exploration efforts that generated about a half dozen tailings sites. Most geological data for the site has come from tailings and a few shallow boreholes, with virtually no deep-penetrating geophysical data until now.

ESGold received results from an Ambient Noise Tomography (“ANT”) survey last month, however, that used a non-invasive geophysical technique to map subsurface structures to 400 meters, with the survey exceeding expectations by imaging to depths of 1,200 meters. The ANT survey reaffirmed that Montauban’s mineral system remains open at depth — both vertically and laterally.

ESGold is developing the Montauban Mine project with plans to profitably extract significant residue minerals, but the company’s near-term plans entails building revenues before commencing significant exploration.

The revenue-generation plan is centered on the company’s tailings recovery operation, which is scheduled to begin in 2026. The tailings recovery will not only prove environmentally beneficial to the abandoned site and the surrounding communities, but it will allow ESGold to harvest residual gold and silver as well as mica that will be processed in a polymer for construction and road work projects.

The strategy shows the company’s drive to move forward with purpose rather than waiting on investor capital raises to finance exploration.

“We’re not just exploring first and going down the same path that most exploration companies do,” new CEO Gordon Robb said during an interview with the Exploring Mining podcast (https://ibn.fm/8vQpo). “That is why ESGold is so exciting to me, is we are fully permitted. We are very close to production — we have a mill onsite, we have tailings piles that are ready to be processed, and we just have a few more steps to get there to start producing, be cash-flow positive and then funnel that money into exploration, where we don’t need to go to the market with our hand out.”

The Montauban site is located with easy, developed access to Quebec’s nearby capital city. The existence of numerous other abandoned mining and mining exploration sites in Quebec that also have contaminated tailings means, additionally, that the project is fully scalable with the potential for this process to be repeated nearby.

The company believes that the Montauban site has the potential for another decade’s worth of production, with perhaps close to $350 million to be derived from the tailings cleanup and surface hard-rock during the next four or five years.

For more information, visit the company’s website at https://esgold.com.

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• Brera Holdings joins City Football Group, owners of Premier League club Manchester City, as the only multi-club owners in Italy’s Serie B.
• The company owns SS Juve Stabia, which recorded a 245% increase in market value during the 2024-25 season.
• Juve Stabia reached the semifinals of the Serie A promotion playoffs following a strong campaign.
• The company has expanded into Europe, Africa, and Asia with strategic acquisitions since 2023.
• Juve Stabia acquisition was finalized on June 20, 2025, marking a major step in Brera’s MCO strategy.

Brera Holdings (NASDAQ: BREA), an Ireland-based international holding company focused on expanding its global portfolio of men’s and women’s sports clubs through a multi-club ownership (“MCO”) strategy, has become only the second multi-club owner in Italy’s Serie B League, joining City Football Group, the Abu Dhabi United Group-backed conglomerate that owns Manchester City and Palermo FC. The development highlights Brera’s evolving role in the European football market and introduces a new potential avenue for investor exposure to club-level growth (https://ibn.fm/51sWE).

Brera was formally welcomed to the Serie B owners’ group during recent league meetings for club owners in Rome. There, the company’s executive chairman Daniel J. McClory emphasized the importance of peer interaction and data sharing among the 20 clubs ahead of the 2025-26 season.

“Being welcomed by Serie B League President Paolo Bedin into this exclusive ownership group including fellow MCO and the world-renowned City Football Group was a highlight of the meetings,” McClory said.

Brera’s Serie B asset, SS Juve Stabia, enjoyed a breakout 2024-25 season after earning promotion from Serie C. The team’s strong performance saw them reach the semifinals of the Serie A promotion playoffs and helped drive a significant uptick in value.

Juve Stabia’s squad valuation rose 245% to $32 million over the season, based on Transfermarkt data and analysis from Social Media Soccer. The club is often referred to as “The Other Team of Naples” and has benefited from a rejuvenated player roster and increased market interest.

This valuation increase was achieved under Brera’s majority ownership, giving public investors a rare opportunity to gain exposure to rising club valuations via a Nasdaq-listed vehicle. Brera completed the acquisition of 52% of Juve Stabia’s corporate capital on June 20, 2025, following a multi-step process first announced in December 2024.

The acquisition adds to a growing international portfolio. Brera acquired Brera FC, “The Third Team of Milan,” in 2022. It has since expanded into Africa with Brera Tchumene FC in Mozambique, which reached the country’s top division in 2023.

In Europe, Brera took control of North Macedonian first-division club Akademija Pandev (now Brera Strumica FC) in April 2023, and later launched a women’s team, Brera Tiverija FC, as a wholly owned subsidiary. Brera also entered the Mongolian top division by acquiring Bayanzurkh Sporting Ilch FC (now Brera Ilch FC) in July 2023.

In addition to club acquisitions, Brera made a strategic investment in Manchester United PLC in June 2023, realizing a 74% return.

Brera’s business model is built around a multi-club ownership strategy that seeks value creation from the lower divisions upward, rather than relying solely on top-tier clubs. The company has focused on undercapitalized teams with growth potential, using a combination of sporting performance, branding, and operational restructuring to drive appreciation.

With a strategic emphasis on bottom-up value creation, innovation-driven growth, and socially impactful outcomes, Brera Holdings is positioning itself as a forward-thinking leader in the industry, focused on creating incremental value in emerging football markets while offering transparency to shareholders. Its ongoing efforts include organizing the FENIX Trophy, a UEFA-recognized non-professional tournament, as part of its commitment to building both competitive and socially impactful sports organizations.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.BreraHoldings.com.

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• LaFleur Minerals has engaged FMI Securities and FM Global Markets to raise up to C$5 million in debt financing.
• The capital will be used to restart production at their fully permitted Beacon Gold Mill in Val-d’Or, Québec.
• The company also launched two equity offerings: a LIFE private placement and a charity flow-through unit offering, which together could raise over C$5.4 million in additional capital.
• LaFleur’s strategy focuses on near-term production at its Beacon Gold Mill, sourcing material from the Swanson Gold Deposit and other surrounding projects, highlighted by current gold prices and production-ready infrastructure as key advantages.

LaFleur Minerals (CSE: LFLR) (OTCQB: LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0), a Canadian near-term gold producer, is moving forward with its plans to restart gold production at its wholly owned Beacon Gold Mill by securing corporate finance advisors and expanding its capital-raising efforts (https://ibn.fm/O5qUa).

On July 25, the company announced it had engaged FMI Securities Inc. and FM Global Markets Inc. to raise up to C$5 million in secured debt financing. If acquired, these funds would be earmarked for restarting operations at the Beacon Gold Mill, a fully permitted and recently refurbished facility located in Val-d’Or, Quebec, positioned on Canada’s largest gold producing greenstone belt. FMI Securities is registered in Ontario, while FM Global Markets is a U.S.-based FINRA-registered dealer. The arrangement gives LaFleur access to both Canadian and U.S. capital markets.

The engagement lasts 180 days and includes a non-refundable C$25,000 work fee, plus a 4% commission on gross proceeds raised. A reduced 2% fee applies to investors on LaFleur’s pre-approved list. If the company completes a debt financing without the agents during the agreement term, a C$50,000 break fee is payable.

In parallel, LaFleur is offering up to C$2.88 million in units through a non-brokered private placement using the listed issuer financing exemption, known as the “LIFE Offering.” Each unit includes one common share and one warrant exercisable at C$0.75 for 24 months. Warrants are subject to accelerated expiry if the stock closes at or above C$0.90 for 14 consecutive trading days.

The company is also pursuing a C$2.59 million charity flow-through offering to support exploration spending at its Swanson Gold Project. Each unit in this offering consists of one flow-through share and one warrant with the same terms as the LIFE Offering. These proceeds will qualify as “flow-through mining expenditures” under Canadian and Québec tax laws.

The two equity offerings are expected to close this month. LaFleur will pay qualified brokers a 7% cash commission and issue an equal number of broker warrants for the LIFE Offering.

In a recent interview featured on IBN’s MiningNewsWire podcast, LaFleur CEO Paul Ténière and Chairman Kal Malhi discussed the company’s short-term production strategy and its long-term positioning (https://ibn.fm/MXTdz).

“We’re an interesting company in the fact that we have an advanced gold project in Québec’s Abitibi Gold Belt and a nearby permitted mill,” Ténière said. “That puts us in a strong position as a near-term gold producer.”

The district-scale Swanson Gold Project, recently expanded, now spans more than 18,000 hectares, and includes a current mineral resource estimate. LaFleur also holds an existing mining lease at the site, enabling faster production timelines. The company’s plan is to process material from Swanson at the Beacon Gold Mill, which has a capacity of over 750 tonnes per day.

Malhi, who also heads Bullrun Capital, explained how LaFleur acquired its core assets via bankruptcy proceedings. “We were able to win a bid on the Beacon Gold Mill, which Monarch had invested $20 million into upgrading. It’s fully permitted and ready to rock,” he said. “We also acquired a nearby gold deposit called the Swanson Gold Deposit… We’ve turned that project into LaFleur Minerals. Now, with gold prices surging, the economics have changed phenomenally — and we may look at producing not just from our own property, but also from others in the region.”

Ténière added that today’s high gold prices create favorable conditions for restarting operations and accelerating project timelines. “We have a mining lease at Swanson, which allows us to get into production much faster than we could otherwise,” he said. “With gold hitting over $3,000 an ounce, it makes a lot of these deposits potentially economically viable… It’s an exciting time to be in gold, and we’re in a great position to move quickly.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at LaFleurMinerals.com.

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All scientific and technical information contained in this article has been reviewed and approved by Louis Martin, P.Geo. (OGQ), Exploration Manager and Technical Advisor of the company and considered a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101.

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• Interconnected network of AI agents fundamentally transforms how marketing agencies create value and scale their impact
• The infrastructure will be introduced in three key phases: operational streamlining, strategic enablement and creative augmentation
• ONAR’s sees collaboration as foundational to the company’s long-term vision of building an advanced AI-powered agency system

ONAR Holding Corp. (OTCQB: ONAR), a marketing technology company focused on AI-powered growth solutions, has announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) and IQSTEL’s artificial intelligence subsidiary, Reality Border (ibn.fm/whT2b). The collaboration will lead to the development and phased rollout of a multiagentic operating infrastructure designed to support ONAR’s internal teams and client services with a secure, scalable and highly automated system powered by AI.

“This initiative is about amplifying human potential with AI—not replacing it,” said ONAR Holding Claude Zdanow (ibn.fm/loQzr). “We are investing in intelligent systems that help our teams move faster, think smarter, and achieve superior outcomes for our clients. This interconnected network of AI agents fundamentally transforms how marketing agencies create value and scale their impact.”

According to agreement, IQSTEL will embed specialized AIRWEB AI agents within ONAR company operations and client accounts, enabling automation of repetitive tasks while preserving data security, brand integrity and creative oversight. The text-based assistants require no additional infrastructure and provide ONAR’s commercial team with real-time insights, campaign intelligence and operational efficiency.  Built with strict security protocols, the platform will not retain or store proprietary data, ensuring compliance and data integrity.

The infrastructure will be introduced in three key phases: operational streamlining, strategic enablement and creative augmentation. During these phases, AI agents will increasingly integrate into key workflows, progressing from task-based automation to collaborative intelligence that supports high-level marketing strategy and content development. This phased approach allows ONAR to scale the platform in alignment with real-time business needs and ensure continuous optimization.

ONAR’s leadership sees this collaboration with IQSTEL and Reality Border as foundational to the company’s long-term vision of building an advanced AI-powered agency system. This is an evolution of the company’s proprietary Cortex platform, which already serves as the foundation for performance marketing, media planning and data analysis across ONAR’s agency network. By integrating multiagent architecture into Cortex, ONAR intends to redefine how marketing services are delivered, emphasizing speed, efficiency and intelligent automation without sacrificing creative and strategic depth.

The partnership also leverages IQSTEL’s telecommunications expertise and Reality Border’s AI architecture to create a uniquely capable infrastructure that bridges marketing technology with enterprise-grade AI. ONAR emphasized that the initiative is not about replacing human talent but rather enhancing it with tools that enable teams to deliver better results, faster and more efficiently. 

ONAR Holding Corp. is building a new kind of marketing organization, one that blends traditional agency services with AI-first technology. Its agency network includes specialized units such as Storia (performance marketing), Of Kos (healthcare marketing) and ONAR Labs (technology incubation). This structure allows the company to serve a range of mid-market clients, typically those generating between $50 million and $1 billion in annual revenue, across industries including CPG, healthcare and retail.

ONAR’s business model is also unique: Instead of billing by the hour or based on ad spend, the company offers fixed-rate access to creative and campaign services across multiple platforms. This “platform-first” model allows clients to scale without cost escalation, while ONAR remains focused on delivering measurable business results. With campaigns currently running on more than 20 platforms, the company is positioned to deliver integrated, data-driven marketing at scale — and now, with the multiagentic AI system in place, at greater speed and efficiency.

This AI infrastructure initiative, made possible through the expanded IQSTEL partnership, marks a key step in ONAR’s strategy to lead the next era of marketing, an era driven by intelligent systems, collaborative automation and performance-aligned service models. This groundbreaking initiative also signals a broader movement in the industry toward agentic operations, where teams are empowered by AI not only to do more but to do it smarter. 

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