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Woodfibre LNG Marks 2025 as a Year of Construction Progress, Environmental Stewardship and Community Partnership

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 December 2025 – Woodfibre LNG recently marked 2025 as a year of significant progress across construction, environmental protection and community partnerships, as the project moved deeper into its development phase toward delivering responsibly produced Canadian liquefied natural gas to global markets.

Over the past year, the project advanced from planning into visible, on-the-ground execution. Major construction milestones included the pouring of foundations for key modules, continued progress on marine piling, and further implementation of modular construction techniques designed to reduce on-site footprint while accelerating delivery timelines.

These advancements were achieved through close collaboration with project partners, suppliers and contractors, and in partnership with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

In 2025, Woodfibre LNG, a member of the RGE group of companies founded by Sukanto Tanoto, continued to operate its floatel workforce accommodation solution, designed to minimise pressure on local housing and community services. As of November, two floatels were in active operation, providing high-quality, safe and comfortable living conditions for the project workforce while supporting construction efficiency.

Environmental protection remained a central focus throughout the year. The project’s Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme, which includes hydroacoustic monitoring, exclusion zones and shore-based observation posts, delivered measurable outcomes by enabling real-time operational decisions, including pauses to marine activities when marine mammals entered exclusion areas.

In parallel, remediation of legacy materials from the former pulp mill site continued, with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of historical waste removed. These efforts have contributed to improving site conditions for both local communities and marine and terrestrial ecosystems in Howe Sound.

Woodfibre LNG’s Operator Training Programme, delivered in partnership with the Squamish Nation Training and Trades Centre and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), progressed throughout the year. The programme’s first cohort of graduates transitioned into full-time roles, supporting the development of long-term, skilled local employment opportunities linked to the project.

Through its Community Partnership Programme (CPP), Woodfibre LNG continued to invest in local communities across the Sea-to-Sky corridor. In 2025, the programme surpassed $1 million in total grants since its inception, supporting initiatives in sports, healthcare, emergency services, arts and culture, and youth development.

Luke Schauerte, CEO of Woodfibre LNG, said, “2025 has been a year of significant progress for Woodfibre LNG. We are proud of what our team and partners have accomplished together and look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead.”

With more than half of the project’s development now complete, Woodfibre LNG remains focused on advancing construction safely and responsibly, while maintaining strong partnerships with Indigenous communities, local stakeholders and regulators.

As the project looks ahead to 2026, Woodfibre LNG continues its work toward delivering lower-carbon, responsibly produced Canadian energy to international markets.

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About Woodfibre LNG

The Woodfibre LNG Project is owned by Woodfibre LNG Limited Partnership, owned 70 per cent by Pacific Energy Corporation (Canada) Limited and 30 per cent by Enbridge Inc. The Woodfibre LNG facility is being built on the site of the former Woodfibre pulp mill site, which is located about seven kilometres southwest of Squamish, B.C. Woodfibre LNG will source its natural gas from Pacific Canbriam Energy, a Canadian company with operations in Northeastern British Columbia. Pacific Canbriam is an industry leader in sustainable natural gas production. Woodfibre LNG and Pacific Canbriam Energy are subsidiaries of Pacific Energy Corporation Limited. Woodfibre LNG is the first industrial project in Canada to recognise a non-treaty Indigenous government, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), as a full environmental regulator.

Hakka Medicine Goes Global: Jiaying Pharmaceutical Launches the Global Promotion Plan for Hakka Medicine in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Guangdong Jiaying Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. held the “First Hakka Medicine Historical and Cultural Symposium” and the “Jiaying Hakka Medicine – Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder Product Promotion Conference” in Hong Kong SAR. Centered on the theme of “Bringing Hakka Medicine to Global Hakka People,” the conference brought together authoritative experts in traditional Chinese medicine from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR, renowned figures from cultural circles, and representatives of pharmaceutical enterprises. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on the inheritance and innovation of Hakka medicine culture and strategies for its internationalization, actively promoting the further integration of Hakka medicine into the global health system.

Li Neng, Chairman of Jiaying Pharmaceutical, stated that Hakka medicine is a distinctive medical system formed through the integration of traditional medical theories from the Central Plains and local southern wisdom, carrying the shared cultural memory and health wisdom of more than 100 million Hakka people worldwide. He noted that Hakka medicine is not only a practical medical system characterized by “the integration of northern and southern traditions, equal emphasis on prevention and treatment, and the combination of theory and practice”, but also embodies the spirit of tenacity, pragmatism, innovation, and change of the Hakka people.

Dr. Kamchung Li, Chairman of the World Hakka Business Association, introduced the status quo of development of traditional Chinese medicine culture in Hong Kong SAR and analyzed the advantages of promoting the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong SAR.

During the discussion session of the “Hakka Medicine Historical and Cultural Symposium,” Professor Au Ching Tung, Director of the Chinese Medicine and Culture Research Center at Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong SAR, elaborated on “Research, Investigation, Application, and Development of Hakka Herbal Medicine.” Professor Peng Jian, Professor at Hunan University of Chinese Medicine and Research Fellow of the Hunan Provincial Research Institute of Culture and History, delivered a presentation entitled “Ge Hong and Hakka Medical Culture”, systematically introducing the cultural connotations and contemporary value of the development of Hakka medicine. Yao Qin, Research Fellow, Chief Physician, Master’s Supervisor, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Literature and Information Research at the Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, Chen Hubiao, Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine and Head of the Department of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University, Peng Zhibiao, President of the University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Alumni Association, Luo Xiaohai, Executive Vice President of the Greater Bay Area Branch of the World Hakka Business Association and Chairman of Jiaxin Biotechnology (Macao) Co., Ltd., Ma Chao, eighth-generation inheritor of Wu Jutong, author of Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases and Course Director of the Institute for China Business of The University of Hong Kong, and You Yongping, President of Jiaying Pharmaceutical, among other guests, conducted in-depth discussions on topics including the development of the big health industry, intellectual property development, policy alignment mechanisms, systematic literature research, new media communication strategies, and international clinical collaboration. The on-site exchanges were lively, fully reflecting the strong expectations and high level of commitment shared by stakeholders in Hong Kong SAR and the mainland to advancing Hakka medicine onto the international stage.

At the Jiaying Hakka Medicine – Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder Product Promotion Conference, You Yongping, President of Jiaying Pharmaceutical, released the In-Depth Analysis of Hakka Medicine Sales Policy and Globalization Plan of Jiaying Pharmaceutical. From multiple perspectives, including product culture, brand revitalization, and market models, he provided a detailed exposition of the application value and development prospects of Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder in global health scenarios. Senior researcher Wu Lang delivered a keynote report entitled “Product Analysis of Hakka Medicine Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder”, systematically analyzing the product in terms of formulation, pharmacology, and indications, thereby further deepening the understanding of the Hong Kong medical and pharmaceutical community regarding Hakka Medicine Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder.

Zheng Jiaju, Chairman of RIH Limited, representing Hong Kong’s pharmaceutical business sector, stated that the two sides will jointly advance three key areas of cooperation in the future: first, optimizing distribution channels to further expand Hakka medicine’s coverage of community pharmacies and household users; second, strengthening brand building and deepening the dissemination of Hakka medicine culture; and third, promoting product innovation and exploring product designs with Hong Kong characteristics, achieving a win-win goal of cultural inheritance and market expansion.

At the event, Li Neng, Chairman of Jiaying Pharmaceutical, and Jia Hongbo, Chairman of the Global Value Investment Association and Director of the Hong Kong International Chinese Medicine Institute, jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties agreed to rely on the Hong Kong platform to carry out international cooperation, resource coordination, and transformation of outcomes. During the discussion session, participants conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as the “Hakka Medicine Globalization Plan.” Wong Kwong-fai, Chief Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Industry Association, Hu Nanning, Chairman of Hoi Yin Tong Group Limited, Csaryne Wan, General Manager of Medichine International (HK) Limited, and Luo Xiaohai, Executive Vice President of the Greater Bay Area Branch of the World Hakka Business Association and Chairman of Jiaxin Biotechnology (Macao) Co., Ltd., offered feasible suggestions from multiple perspectives, including product promotion, differentiated competition, and Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR policies, for the internationalization, professionalization, and branding of Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder.

Looking back, Hakka medicine carries the cultural memory of the Hakka people and the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. Looking ahead, we anticipate that Hakka medicine will take Hong Kong as a window to the world and contribute Hakka wisdom to human health. Jiaying Pharmaceutical will take “Double-ingredient Throat Wind Relief Powder” as a fulcrum and uphold the core philosophy of “inheriting tradition without being bound by antiquated contents, innovating without departing from the roots.” It will serve not only as an emotional bond and guardian of health connecting global Hakka communities, but also as a cultural vehicle for conveying the wisdom of Hakka medicine to the world, demonstrating the unique value and contemporary vitality of traditional Chinese medicine on the global stage of health governance and cultural exchange.

Sobot Shines in G2 Winter 2026: A New Benchmark in AI Customer Service

Enable “Anywhere, Anytime” Customer Engagement with Sobot Omnichannel AI and Scenario-Based AI

SINGAPORE, Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sobot ranked in 252 reports and earned 32 badges in G2 reports for Winter 2026, including 7 leader badges. The strong performance implies Sobot’s great progress in improving customer experience, especially since the launch of its “AI-First” strategy.

Sobot’s Five-AI System Delivers Seamless and Connected Customer Engagement

As customer interactions become increasingly frequent and complex, businesses are turning to AI to support customer engagement across multiple channels and scenarios. In response, Sobot introduced its “Five-AI” system earlier this year, comprising Omnichannel AI, Scenario-Based AI, Multi-Faceted AI, Generative AI and Secure AI.

Among these features, Omnichannel AI and Scenario-Based AI form the foundation, addressing the most pressing challenges in modern customer engagement. A study shows that companies employing an omnichannel strategy enjoy 90% higher customer retention rates and 18.86% higher customer engagement rates, highlighting the significance of connected, scenario-driven AI solutions.

Sobot AI: 90% Higher Retention, 18.9% More Engagement
Sobot AI: 90% Higher Retention, 18.9% More Engagement

The rising trends well align with Sobot’s “Five-AI” system. Beyond providing basic AI features, Sobot is deeply rooted in real-world applications, designed to meet the demands of multiple industries, particularly retail and ecommerce.

Sobot Omnichannel AI Enables Customer Connection at Every Touchpoint

A G2 reviewer shared how Sobot helps in addressing their challenges: “Our agents used to struggle with switching between channels, but Sobot’s omnichannel solution changed that. It unifies our website, apps, social media, email and phone support into one platform powered by strong AI. Designed to solve ecommerce issues like product recommendations, order tracking, returns, refunds and more, it feels built for how ecommerce really works.”

Sobot Omnichannel AI seamlessly integrates with self-owned websites, major ecommerce platforms, email, live chat and mainstream social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and beyond. Besides these online messaging channels, Sobot also supports the voice channel, extending AI-powered customer service to phone interactions.

Sobot unifies all these channels into a consolidated workbench, eliminating data silos and facilitating customer service agents’ operation. By delivering seamless and context-aware customer experience across every channel, Sobot’s Omnichannel AI directly responds to the needs highlighted in G2 reviews, thus showing its critical role in Sobot’s strong performance.

Sobot Scenario-Based AI Supports Every Stage of the Customer Journey

While offering essential AI features to ensure smooth daily operations, Sobot never stops in advancing its AI customer contact system. Having served over 10,000 customers from diverse industries, Sobot has proposed Scenario-Based AI—an AI customer contact system designed to adapt to the issues of specific business environments, especially in fast-moving sectors like retail and ecommerce.

Sobot Scenario-Based AI covers the full lifecycle of ecommerce customer engagement:

  • Pre-sales: Respond to 24/7 inquiries instantly, converting browsers into buyers.
  • In-purchase: Make personalized recommendations, increasing sales volume and revenue.
  • After-sales: Handle delivery, return and refund issues, improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Retention & Growth: Use AI insight and tailored promotions to attract repeat purchases, completing a closed-loop journey that leads customers back to pre-sales stage.

Beyond ecommerce, Sobot Scenario-Based AI also supports real-world applications across industries like healthcare, finance, education and more industries, adapting to different customers’ needs. A CX leader from an ecommerce company shared on G2:”Sobot’s AI customer contact solution helps us support customers throughout the purchasing journey, and continues to perform well during peak periods like promotions or holidays. Its flexibility and versatility have impresses us greatly.”

Sobot’s CEO Explains How the Five-AI System Enables Customer-Centric Engagement

“Instead of letting customers struggle to find businesses, we help businesses meet customers where they are.” said Xu, CEO of Sobot. “To make this possible, we designed our Five-AI system—comprising Omnichannel AI, Scenario-Based AI, Multi-Faceted AI, Generative AI, and Secure AI—to support seamless and context-aware customer engagement across all channels and stages of the customer journey. And it turns out to take effect.”

Guided by this vision, Sobot ensures businesses can deliver consistent, personalized, and efficient interactions even during peak periods, while adapting to evolving customer needs. The impact of this customer-centric approach is also reflected in Sobot’s G2 recognition, reinforcing why users across industries continue to validate and recommend Sobot’s solutions.

For more information, please visit https://www.sobot.io/.

Nova Technology Expands into Hong Kong with Next-Generation AI Products

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, Dec. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nova Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (“Nova Technology”), a leading insurance AI technology company in China, announced its official entry into the Hong Kong market through Nova Technology International Limited (“Nova International”).

The company is bringing its AI-powered solutions in underwriting, claims management, and insurance risk analytics to insurers in Hong Kong and beyond. By leveraging next-generation AI technologies, Nova Technology enables insurers to achieve significant efficiency gains across core functions including risk management, business growth, and claims operations, while enhancing overall customer experience.

As one of Asia’s leading international financial and insurance hubs, Hong Kong hosts a large concentration of multinational insurers and regional headquarters. With a well-established regulatory regime and its position as a gateway to global markets, insurers in Hong Kong set particularly high standards when selecting technology partners, especially with regard to the compliance, stability, and domain expertise of AI solutions applied to core business operations.

Nova Technology is a technology company focused on the application of generative AI in the insurance industry. Built on years of expertise across the insurance and healthcare sectors, the company has developed and continuously refined proprietary insurance knowledge bases and vertical models, and has deployed multi-agent AI solutions across core areas including risk management, business growth, and claims operations.

For the Hong Kong market, Nova Technology has localized its core AI products, established a Hong Kong–specific medical knowledge graph, and further enhanced its multi-agent AI systems to deliver end-to-end intelligent capabilities for insurers operating in Hong Kong.

In underwriting, Nova Technology’s AI agents enable insurers to automate decision-making with high accuracy. In claims, AI-powered agents efficiently handle critical tasks including document and image classification, medical record extraction, coverage validation, claims calculation, and embedded risk controls. With accuracy exceeding manual processing, these capabilities enable claims decisions to be automated at scale. In risk management, the solutions provide intelligent detection and real-time monitoring of abnormal behaviors and potential fraud risks, helping insurers strengthen claims security while maintaining robust regulatory compliance.

As a leading insurance AI technology company in China, Nova Technology has developed a robust insurance-specific knowledge base and established a broad network of strategic partnerships with medical and related service institutions across the country. This foundation provides comprehensive knowledge and data support for the reliable application of AI in insurance use cases, while also underpinning the rollout of the company’s AI solutions in Hong Kong.

Nova Technology stated that selecting Hong Kong as a strategic step in its international expansion is driven by the city’s well-established insurance market and insurers’ growing need for scalable AI applications across core business functions. Looking ahead, the company will continue to enhance the localization of its products to align with Hong Kong’s regulatory requirements and insurers’ operational needs, while collaborating closely with local insurers, industry bodies, and ecosystem partners to explore wider applications of AI in international insurance markets.

Founded in 2018, Nova Technology leverages technological innovation to drive the intelligent transformation of the insurance industry. As of June 30, 2025, the company has served 99 insurance companies, including eight of the top ten insurers in China by premium income in 2024, delivering AI-powered solutions across underwriting, claims management, and full-stack risk analytics.

  

New Opportunities in Southeast Asia’s Digital Shift: Thailand Emerges as the New ASEAN’s AI Hub


BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 December 2025 – As global attention remains fixed on the AI race, Thailand is now carving out a new identity as an emerging “AI Hub for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).” The government is steadily advancing its “Thailand 4.0” initiative, positioning the digital economy as the key driver of national transformation.

The expansion of AI and data centers (DCs) in Thailand is driving several transformative trends:

  • Changing data traffic patterns. As DCs multiply in Bangkok, Chonburi, and beyond, Thailand is evolving from a traditional data “transit point” into a regional “convergence hub.” East-west digital traffic is accelerating, with Thai DC clusters increasingly meeting the computing demands of Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific.
  • Optimized data routing. Data flows that once relied on submarine cables via Hong Kong and Singapore are gradually shifting to land-based digital corridors linking China, Laos, and Thailand. This route reduces data transmission latency from southwestern China to Southeast Asia.
  • Elevated business expectations. Demand is shifting beyond “sufficient bandwidth” toward “high-quality experience.” Thailand sits in a “latency sweet spot” for key Asia-Pacific markets, with latencies to Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia falling within an optimal range—a crucial advantage for latency-sensitive sectors like autonomous driving, telemedicine, and fintech.

New opportunities inevitably bring new challenges, and Thailand also addresses the following three challenges:

1. Massive traffic impacting existing networks: Compared with mature hubs like Singapore, Thailand has insufficient international submarine cables. A large volume of cross-border data still needs to be transmitted through detours. Meanwhile, as DC investments continue to accelerate, traffic will keep rising. Analysis shows that by 2029, Thailand’s DC capacity may reach 2000 MW, with cross-region traffic surging to 630 Tbps. The current network architecture is no longer capable of supporting such heavy traffic.

2. Latency advantages not fully realized: Despite its geographic advantages, Thailand’s network latency performance has yet to reach its full potential. Routes to key markets, like China, still require third-party transit. What’s more, traditional network scheduling lacks intelligent route selection capabilities, making it difficult to provide deterministic assurance for latency-sensitive services like financial transactions and real-time AI interactions.

3. Potential risks in network reliability: Thailand’s network reliability faces structural challenges. Single points of failure have previously caused hours-long interruptions to critical services, directly undermining enterprise users’ confidence.

To overcome these challenges, Thailand can take a systematic approach to upgrading its digital infrastructure, aiming to build next-generation AI-ready networks.

1. Building ultra-high-bandwidth “sea-land” connectivity. By actively introducing new submarine cables, Thailand can significantly enhance its connectivity with the Asia-Pacific region and the world. Meanwhile, accelerating the construction and expansion of key terrestrial cable routes—such as China-Laos-Thailand and Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore—will transform Thailand’s geographic advantage into a tangible connectivity advantage.

2. Optimizing network routes to create a regional low-latency core. Strengthening the Kunming-Laos-Thailand terrestrial cable route will continuously reduce transmission latency between China and Thailand, meeting the needs of real-time applications. In addition, the introduction of autonomous networks will enable automatic selection of the optimal, shortest route, shifting from “best effort” to “deterministic low latency.”

3. Designing a “never-interrupted” high-resilience architecture. Deploying active-active DC networks with millisecond-level switchover capabilities ensures the continuity of core services. Meanwhile, AI-driven intelligent O&M can reduce fault detection and diagnosis from hours to minutes.

Thailand’s booming AI and DC industries are driving rapid growth in regional and cross-border business demand. In this trend, network infrastructure construction centered on DCs is the core engine that drives AI transformation, propelling Thailand toward its vision of becoming the new AI hub for ASEAN.

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Intrepid Metals Closes Strategic 9.9% Investment

Vancouver, British Columbia – Newsfile Corp. – December 23, 2025 – Intrepid Metals Corp. (TSXV: INTR) (OTCQB: IMTCF) (“Intrepid” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that pursuant to its announcement on December 18, 2025, Teck Resources Limited (“Teck“) has acquired, on a non-brokered private placement basis, 8,800,000 common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Common Shares“) at a price of $0.45 per Common Share (the “Issue Price“) for gross proceeds to the Company of $3,960,000 (the “Offering“), representing a 9.9% strategic equity interest in the Company on an outstanding basis.

Proceeds from the Offering will be used to complete an initial 24-month exploration and development program at Corral (the “Committed Program“). The Committed Program is expected to include, among other work programs, a 50 line-kilometre induced polarization (“IP“) survey, geological mapping and geochemical sampling, metallurgical and permitting work, and follow-up drilling designed to expand known zones and test new targets identified by Intrepid’s integrated, multi-dataset targeting. Intrepid anticipates additional mapping, geophysics, geochemical sampling and drilling at Corral in H2 2026.

The Company and Teck have concurrently entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement“). Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, and subject to customary conditions and ownership thresholds, Teck will have, among other rights: (i) participation rights in future equity financings to enable Teck to maintain its pro-rata interest in the Company for up to three years and, if exercised, to increase its ownership interest to up to 15% of the Company; (ii) the right to nominate two representatives to a four-person technical committee to provide technical oversight and collaboration with respect to the Corral Copper Project, with Teck holding a tie-breaking vote; (iii) certain information rights relating to the Corral Copper Project; and (iv) a right of first refusal, for a period of 30 months, on any proposed transfer of the Company’s interest in the Corral Copper Project, subject to customary exclusions.

The Common Shares issued under the Offering are subject to a statutory hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada expiring four months and one day from today.

Haywood Securities Inc. is acting as financial advisor and Farris LLP is acting as legal counsel to the Company.

The Company acknowledges the significant contributions of Mr. Ken Engquist, whose early engagement and relationship-building efforts with Teck were instrumental in advancing discussions. During his tenure as CEO, Mr. Engquist initiated and led the Company’s engagements with Teck and helped cultivate the strategic and technical dialogue that laid the groundwork for Teck’s 9.9% investment at this early stage of project development. Intrepid appreciates Mr. Engquist’s ongoing support of the Corral Copper Project as a Technical Advisor.

About Corral Copper
The Corral Copper Property, located near historical mining areas, is an advanced exploration and development opportunity in Cochise County, Arizona. Corral is located 15 miles east of the famous mining town of Tombstone and 22 miles north of the historic Bisbee mining camp which has produced more than 8 billion pounds of copper1. Production from the Bisbee mining camp, or within the district as disclosed in the next paragraph, is not necessarily indicative of the mineral potential at Corral.

The district has a mining history dating back to the late 1800s, with several small mines extracting copper from the area in the early 1900s, producing several thousand tons. Between 1950 and 2008, various companies explored parts of the district, but the effort was uncoordinated, non-synergistic and focused on discrete land positions and commodities due to the fragmented ownership. There is over 50,000m of historical drilling at Corral mainly centered on the Ringo, Earp and Holliday Zones and although this core has been destroyed, Intrepid has a historical digital drill hole archive database which the Company uses for the purposes of exploration targeting and drill hole planning. Intrepid, through ongoing exploration drilling and surface geological mapping, sampling and prospecting is increasing confidence in the validity of this data.

Intrepid is confident that by combining modern exploration techniques with historical data and with a clear focus on responsible development, the Corral Copper Property can quickly become an advanced exploration stage project and move towards development studies.

About Intrepid Metals Corp.
Intrepid Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for high-grade essential metals such as copper, silver, and zinc mineral projects in proximity to established mining jurisdictions in southeastern Arizona, USA. The Company has acquired or has agreements to acquire several drill ready projects, including the Corral Copper Project (a district scale advanced exploration and development opportunity with significant shallow historical drill results), the Tombstone South Project (within the historical Tombstone mining district with geological similarities to the Taylor Deposit, which was purchased for $1.3B in 20182, though mineralization at the Taylor Deposit is not necessarily indicative of the mineral potential at the Tombstone South Project) both of which are located in Cochise County, Arizona and the Mesa Well Project (located in the Laramide Copper Porphyry Belt in Arizona). Intrepid has assembled an exceptional team with considerable experience with exploration, developing, and permitting new projects within North America. Intrepid is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) under the symbol “INTR” and on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol “IMTCF”. For more information, visit www.intrepidmetals.com.

INTREPID METALS CORP.
On behalf of the Company
“Mark Morabito”
Chairman & CEO

For further information regarding this news release, please contact:
Mark Morabito, Chairman & CEO
604-306-3835
info@intrepidmetals.com

Notes
1 Information disclosed in this news release regarding the historic Bisbee Camp can be found on the Copper Queen Mine website, on the City of Bisbee website (www.bisbeeaz.gov/2174/Bisbee-History) and from Briggs, D.F., 2015, History of the Warren (Bisbee) Mining District, Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-15-b, 8 p.

2 Details regarding the sale of the Taylor Deposit can be found in South32 News Release dated October 8, 2018 (South32 completes acquisition of Arizona Mining).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking statements relate to: the potential of Corral; the actual use o proceeds raised from the Offering; the potential of Corral as an emerging copper asset in a highly prospective district; the potential for a porphyry discovery; the potential for previously unrecognized bulk-tonnage porphyry copper-gold discoveries close by; the exploration potential of the Corral Copper Property and the Company’s other mineral projects; and potential future production.

In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “occur” or “be achieved” suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, receipt of all necessary approvals for the Offering, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange; the Company can raise additional financing to continue operations; the results of exploration activities, commodity prices, the timing and amount of future exploration and development expenditures, the availability of labour and materials, receipt of and compliance with necessary regulatory approvals and permits, the estimation of insurance coverage, and assumptions with respect to currency fluctuations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, and other similar matters. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks inherent in the exploration and development of mineral deposits, including risks relating to the ability to access infrastructure, risks relating to the failure to access financing, risks relating to changes in commodity prices, risk related to unanticipated geological or structural formations and characteristics risks related to current global financial conditions, risks related to current global financial conditions and the impact of any future global pandemic on the Company’s business, reliance on key personnel, operational risks inherent in the conduct of exploration and development activities, including the risk of accidents, labour disputes and cave-ins, regulatory risks including the risk that permits may not be obtained in a timely fashion or at all, financing, capitalization and liquidity risks, risks related to disputes concerning property titles and interests, environmental risks and the additional risks identified in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information is made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information.

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

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Xinhua Silk Road: Small navel oranges become big lever to boost ethnic county economy in Guangxi

BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In navel orange bases in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, small oranges always represent the hope of fortune for fruit farmers in an ethnic county there.

For years, navel orange bases have been a vigorous lever for Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County where the navel orange bases sit, to grow modern agricultural parks to bolster rural economy.

In such navel orange bases, the county encouraged live streaming sales via JD.com, Douyin and other digital consumption platforms to integrate planting, supply and sales, helping certain bases generate daily sales of over 10,000 kilograms.

Via tailored logistic routes, the county is capable of next-day navel orange delivery to consumers in Guangxi and Guangdong Province and 3-day-long delivery to most Chinese cities and provinces.

E-commerce outlets are thus common sight in the 156 villages of the county, whose daily delivery volume of navel oranges since their maturity in this autumn averaged 30,000-plus parcels.

For fine operation of local navel orange industry, the county also introduced progressing schemes and cultivated 30-plus agricultural businesses, promoting navel orange sales both at home and in overseas markets including Canada and the UAE.

When the county also leveraged offline activities for marketing, visitor flows of China-ASEAN Expo, competitions including local marathon events and other navel orange picking festivals were turned into consumption data, making the locality the largest navel orange production base in Guangxi.

Original link: https://en.imsilkroad.com/p/348907.html 

Nona Biosciences Expands Integrated Discovery-to-Clinical Capabilities Through Strategic Platform Growth

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nona Biosciences, a global biotechnology company advancing biotherapeutic discovery through innovative technology platforms, today announced the expansion of its integrated discovery and development framework to support early clinical development and Investigator-Initiated Trials (IITs).  This expansion extends Nona’s capabilities beyond discovery and IND-enabling activities to further strengthen CMC development, toxicology, and GMP manufacturing capabilities. Through strategic partnerships, platform acquisitions, and internal technology innovations, Nona will enable global biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate the clinical trial initiation with rigorous scientific and quality standards.

The expanded framework builds upon Nona’s proprietary platforms, including Harbour Mice®, HBICE®, Hu-mAtrIx™, NonaCarFx™, and Modalities-on-Demand™ and integrates strengthened preclinical and early clinical development capabilities across CMC development, toxicology, and clinical operation. By leveraging extensive partnerships in China and advancing of IITs, Nona enables global biopharmaceutical partners to access established infrastructure and operational efficiency. This approach facilities faster clinical trial initiation while maintaining high standards of global development and regulatory compliance.

“Expanding Nona’s technology platforms and capabilities from antibody discovery to early clinic development represents a natural progression of our strategic vision,” said Dr. Di Hong, Chief Executive Officer of Nona Biosciences. “By combining our proprietary platforms with strategic external collaborations and internal development efforts, we are strengthening our ability to enable efficient clinical translation while remaining focused on building differentiated, scalable technologies.”

With extensive experience spanning more than 300 discovery programs and a growing portfolio of clinically validated platforms, Nona Biosciences continues to advance the future of biologic innovation as a technology-centric company—empowering partners to progress efficiently from discovery through early clinical development using integrated, high-performance platforms.

About Nona Biosciences

Nona Biosciences is a global biotechnology company committed to cutting-edge technology innovations and providing integrated solutions from discovery to early clinical development and Investigator-Initiated Trials (IITs).

Nona’s proprietary Harbour Mice® technology platform generates fully human monoclonal antibodies in classical two light and two heavy chain (H2L2) format, and heavy chain-only (HCAb) format. The HCAb Harbour Mice® is the world’s first fully human HCAb transgenic mouse with clinical validation. This unique platform offers exceptional versatility for diverse applications using fully human VH single-domain antibodies as a plug-and-play system, including bispecific antibodies, multi-specific antibodies, CAR-T therapies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), mRNA-based therapeutics, and more.

By integrating Harbour Mice®, single-B cell screening technology, NonaCarFx™ (a direct CAR-function-based screening platform), Hu-mAtrIx™ (an AI-driven drug discovery platform), Modalities-on-Demand™ (a next-generation modalities solution), and end-to-end preclinical drug development services, Nona Biosciences is dedicated to driving the global invention of transformative next-generation drugs. For more information, please visit: www.nonabio.com.