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Update: Agnico Eagle Consolidaing Finland's Central Lapland Greenstone Belt In Three Separate Deals; Involves Rupert, Aurion, B2Gold

(Adds additional detail on the B2Gold deal in the fourth paragraph and further details on the three separate transactions in the fifth and sixth paragraphs)Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE and TSX: AEM) announced Monday a plan to complete a consolidation of properties in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt of Northern Finland that involves it entering into definitive agreements in respect of three separate transactions.These transactions include the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Rupert Resources Ltd. (RUP.TO); the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Aurion Resources Ltd. (AU.V); and the acquisition of a 70% interest in Fingold Ventures Ltd. held by B2Gold Corp. (BTO.TO), which together with the 30% interest held by Aurion, would result in Agnico Eagle owning a 100% ownership interest in the Fingold JV.A statement noted the company currently owns 13.9% of Rupert on a non-diluted basis and 9.9% of Aurion on a partially diluted basis.For its deal, B2Gold has agreed to sell to Agnico its 70% interest in Fingold in exchange for US$325 million in cash. In addition, B2Gold and Agnico Eagle have agreed to enter into a collaboration agreement related to their respective gold mining operations located in Nunavut, Canada.On the three separate transactions, Agnico said it puts Finland on a pathway to become an approximately 500,000-ounce annual gold production hub within the next decade; provides the financial, technical and on-the-ground resources to develop the highly prospective Ikkari gold project; and "creates significant value through optimized project development, including an extension of the Ikkari open pit onto the Fingold JV area, which is expected to capture additional gold ounces in the mine plan on both sides of the property boundary."AEM added the three separate transactions consolidate an approximate 2,492 km squared regional land position within the under-explored Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, "unlocking significant exploration potential with robust targets across all stages of exploration"; while integrating Ikkari into the company's established Finland platform delivers operating, development and construction synergies estimated at up to C$500 million, "over and above the value benefit that is expected to be realized by eliminating the property boundary constraint."Agnico Eagle's President and Chief Executive Officer, Ammar Al-Joundi said: "These transactions deliver on our long standing regional strategy and build on our more than 20 years of best-in-class operating experience in Finland to establish another multi-asset, multi-decade platform in our portfolio within a world class gold belt. By consolidating the highly prospective and under explored Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, we are bringing together our long life Kittila mine, the Ikkari gold project, unconstrained by property boundaries, and a district scale land position with clearly defined targets across all stages of exploration. Supported by a proven local team with the technical, operating and exploration expertise to execute, this consolidation positions us to accelerate development, capture unique synergies, drive project level value and unlock substantial long term exploration upside for our shareholders. This approach mirrors how we have successfully built value across our Canadian platforms and represents an important next chapter for our Finland business".Shares in AEM were last look down 1.1% in US premarket trade on Monday, amid a lower U.S. futures market. AEM was up 2.3% in Canada and 2.4% in the U.S. last Friday.

Fortuna Mining Enters Into Earn-In Agreement for Quartzstone Project in Guyana

Fortuna Mining (FVI.TO) on Monday said it has entered into an earn-in agreement with private Guyanese company Qstone for the Quartzstone project in north central Guyana.Under the agreement, Fortuna may earn up to a 70% interest in the Quartzstone project.Fortuna may earn an initial 51% interest in the project by completing a minimum of 60,000 meters of drilling within four years, while paying all license fees and funding all related expenditures. Upon exercise of the first option, Fortuna will form a joint venture with Qstone.Fortuna may earn an additional 19% interest in the project by solely funding a feasibility study within three years of exercising the first option and continuing to pay all license fees.In addition to royalties payable to the state on gold production, the Quartzstone project is subject to a 4.5% net smelter returns royalty in favor of a prior owner, which may be repurchased.Historical drilling has identified multiple high grade zones of near-surface gold mineralization at the project.Fortuna's initial exploration program, budgeted at about US$5.5 million, will focus on advancing priority targets already defined at Quartzstone while generating additional targets along the highly prospective 26-kilometer main shear zone.

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Agnico Eagle Consolidaing Finland's Central Lapland Greenstone Belt In Three Separate Deals; Involves Rupert, Aurion, B2Gold

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE and TSX: AEM) announced Monday a plan to complete a consolidation of properties in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt of Northern Finland that involves it entering into definitive agreements in respect of three separate transactions.These transactions include the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Rupert Resources Ltd. (RUP.TO); the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Aurion Resources Ltd. (AU.V); and the acquisition of a 70% interest in Fingold Ventures Ltd. held by B2Gold Corp. (BTO.TO), which together with the 30% interest held by Aurion, would result in Agnico Eagle owning a 100% ownership interest in the Fingold JV.A statement noted the company currently owns 13.9% of Rupert on a non-diluted basis and 9.9% of Aurion on a partially diluted basis.Agnico Eagle's President and Chief Executive Officer, Ammar Al-Joundi said: "These transactions deliver on our long standing regional strategy and build on our more than 20 years of best-in-class operating experience in Finland to establish another multi-asset, multi-decade platform in our portfolio within a world class gold belt. By consolidating the highly prospective and under explored Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, we are bringing together our long life Kittila mine, the Ikkari gold project, unconstrained by property boundaries, and a district scale land position with clearly defined targets across all stages of exploration. Supported by a proven local team with the technical, operating and exploration expertise to execute, this consolidation positions us to accelerate development, capture unique synergies, drive project level value and unlock substantial long term exploration upside for our shareholders. This approach mirrors how we have successfully built value across our Canadian platforms and represents an important next chapter for our Finland business".Shares in AEM were last look down 1% in US premarket trade on Monday, amid a lower U.S. futures market. AEM was up 2.3% in Canada and 2.4% in the U.S. last Friday.

B2Gold Provides Operational Update Related to Fire at Goose Mine, Lowers Q2 Output Forecast

B2Gold (BTO.TO) late on Sunday provided an update on the near-term operational plan related to a fire in certain areas of the crushing circuit at the Goose Mine that occurred April 16.The Goose Mine has mobile crushers on site, and the preliminary operational plan is to utilize these to feed crushed ore directly to the fine ore stockpile. Additional temporary crushing capacity has been sourced and will be transported to site in the second quarter.A preliminary revised mill processing plan has been developed for the second quarter based on the use of mobile crushers while repairs to the affected crushing circuit are completed.The repairs are expected to be completed in the third quarter and are estimated to cost about C$10 million. The crushing circuit will be able to operate at an average daily capacity of about 3,200 tonnes per day by the end of the third quarter.Gold production is expected to continue at a reduced level than previously anticipated in the second quarter. B2Gold lowered its second-quarter gold production forecast to 18,000 to 20,000 ounces, a reduction of about 10,000 ounces from the previous forecast.The company reiterated full-year 2026 gold production guidance for the Goose Mine of 170,000 to 230,000 ounces. The impact of lower availability of crushed ore as a result of the fire is expected to be limited to the second quarter of 2026.The company's initial assessment was that the fire damage was localized to the crushing circuit area. There was no damage or impact to the mill or power facility.No injuries were reported and no medical treatment was required.

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Agnico Eagle To Buy Aurion Resources In All Cash Transaction For Near C$481M; Also Rupert Resources To Be Acquired By Agnico Eagle

Jaguar Mining Reporting First Quarter 2026 Operating Results

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Agnico Eagle To Consolidate Finland's Central Lapland Greenstone Belt In Three Separate Transactions; Involves Rupert, Aurion, B2Gold

Blackberry's QNX and NVIDIA Collaborating on AI Systems

QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE and TSX:BB) announced earlier Monday an expansion of its collaboration with NVIDIA to enable developers to "build and deploy next generation, safety critical edge" AI systems on NVIDIA IGX Thor.A statement noted the expanded relationship sees QNX OS for Safety 8.0 integrated with NVIDIA IGX Thor and Halos Safety Stack.QNX announced over the weekend that Chinese electric vehicle company, Leapmotor, has selected QNX technology to serve as the foundational software platform for its forthcoming premium electric SUV, the D19. Shares in BB were down 0.8% at last look in US premarket amid a lower U.S. futures market.

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B2Gold Reported Update On Fire-Related Incident To the Crushing Circuit at The Goose Mine

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Granite REIT Has Declared a Distribution of C$0.2958 Per Unit For April 2026

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Dios Exploration Closes Second Financing Tranche; Expands Private Placement to $650,000

Dios Exploration (DOS.V) on Friday closed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement of flow-through share units, raising $158,000.The company placed 3.95-million units in the tranche, with each priced at $0.04 each and made up of a tax-advantaged share and one half of a two-year warrant to buy a share for $0.06.Including the first tranche, the company has now raised $508,000, selling 12.7-million units and expects the offering to raise a total $650,000.The company said proceeds will be used for gold exploration in Quebec, including drilling at the Heberto-Gold discovery on its Au33 property in the James Bay region.The company's shares last traded Thursday, closing at $0.035 on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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Metals Creek Resources Gets Conditional TSXV OK On Financing As Raises $557,500 in First Tranche of Private Placement

Metals Creek Resources (MEK.V), trading near 52 week lows, said Friday said it has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for its non-brokered private placement and has closed a first tranche, raising $557,500 through the issuance of nearly 18.4 million non-flow-through (NFT) units and 200,000 flow-through (FT) units.The company plans to raise up to $750,000 from NFT units priced at $0.03 each and up to $500,000 from FT units priced at $0.035 each, according to the statement.Proceeds from the FT units will be used to fund exploration work in Newfoundland and Ontario, including the Ogden Gold Project, the company added.

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