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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2026 / ZEUS NORTH AMERICA MINING CORP. (CSE:ZEUS)(OTCQB:ZUUZF)(FRANKFURT:O92) (THE "COMPANY" OR "ZEUS") is pleased to announce that it has upsized and closed the final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Placement") through the issuance of 4,035,000 units ("Units") at a price of $0.10 per Unit for gross proceeds of $403,500. Together with the first tranche, the Company has raised a total of $2,575,500 through the issuance of 25,755,000 Units.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2026 / Panther Minerals Inc. ("Panther Minerals" or the "Company") (CSE:PURR)(OTCQB:GLIOF)(FWB:2BC), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Rick Mah as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective immediately.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2026 / Core Critical Metals Corp. ("CCMC" or the "Company") (TSXV:CCMC)(OTC PINK:CCMCF)(WKN:A41G8G), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,000,000 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.50 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $1,500,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (a "Unit Share" and each common share in the capital of the Company, a "Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant") to be issued pursuant to Part 5A (the "Listed Issuer Financing Exemption") of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions ("NI 45-106"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one Common Share (a "Warrant Share") at a price per Warrant Share of $0.75 for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance. The Warrants will be exercisable 60 days following the closing date of the Offering.
Targeting Initial ‘Stage 1' DFS & Ore Reserves conversion by H2 CY 2026HIGHLIGHTSDFS underway following dual Challenger JORC (2012) Mineral Resources upgrades to 313koz Au 1~8,000m reverse circulation (RC) drilling underway at Challenger ‘Main', ‘Challenger West' (CW) open pits, plus open pit targets at ‘Challenger South-Southwest' (CSSW) and ‘Challenger 3' 1~1,490m diamond drilling (DD) program begins for pit design and metallurgical optimisationDFS objective to model a viable, simplified ‘baseline' Stage 1 operation to underwrite restart of CGM and maximise Challenger, Tarcoola, Wudinna & Tolmer development optionalityFollowing material rain events in central South Australia which have delayed program execution, Barton is targeting JORC (2012) Ore Reserves and a ‘Stage 1' DFS by H2 CY 20261 Refer to ASX announcements dated 30 June and 8 / 28 September 2025
Grand Opening: Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 9:00 AMLocation: 300 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475Bay Plaza Shopping Center - Co-op CityThe Bronx is getting bigger style and even bigger savings.
Annual Community Initiative Provides Life-Changing Roof Replacements for Deserving Puget Sound Families and Nonprofits
March 17, 2026
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