Clem Chambers, CEO of aNewFN.com, shares his outlook for silver in 2026.
In his view, the white metal could rise as high as US$150 to US$160 per ounce.
Chambers also discusses his other areas of focus right now, including gold, as well as the defense industry and tech stocks like Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).
Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
After 2025’s volatile end, 2026 is poised to be a watershed moment for the cryptocurrency sector, marking a transition from a speculative asset class to essential global financial infrastructure.
Further regulatory clarity, artificial intelligence (AI) integration, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and sustained institutional inflows could propel DeFi and crypto markets in 2026. According to experts, this is no longer a conversation about crypto versus TradFi; it’s about a hybrid financial system where digital assets are simply better tools.
According to Elkaleh, Bitcoin’s resilience during its recent pullback, which brought a 37 percent drawdown from its October all-time high, was telling. While such severity was surprising, he observed that long-term holders and institutions continued to accumulate rather than unwind exposure, which he sees as an indicator of health.
“Q4 was defined by a major leverage reset, with BTC’s sharp pullback forcing a broader reassessment of risk,” he said.
At the time of this writing, analysts were split on where Bitcoin could go next. A further crash risk lingers if the US Federal Reserve delays interest rate cuts; however, a post-purge rally to US$135,000 to US$150,000 is in sight mid-year if institutions return, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows flip positive and futures premiums stabilize above 5 percent.
As Bitcoin dropped, Elkaleh observed other segments of the market tied to practical use cases and diversification strategies — such as privacy assets, decentralized AI and stablecoin ecosystems — weather the storm.
“The market (has shown) growing maturity: capital and developer attention shifted toward utility-driven sectors such as tokenization, stablecoins and real-world integrations.”
Mersch sees tokenization accelerating in 2026, eventually becoming the default for new institutional financial products.
He sees the foundation of this shift being built, with tokenized treasuries and money-market funds serving as a core yield sleeve for institutional investors who demand liquidity, standardized reporting and programmable settlement.
“If current growth holds, tokenized assets could be a multi-trillion dollar market by 2030, with government bonds and cash-like instruments as the anchor,” he said. “Over the next five years, the key shift is likely that new institutional products are designed as on-chain first, and only secondarily wrapped in legacy wrappers.”
He anticipates that stablecoins will be solidified as the liquidity backbone for a growing tokenized market, acting as the new cash layer. The most likely end state, according to Mersch, will be a hybrid digital cash stack, where bank-issued stablecoins, private stablecoins and central bank digital currenciesco-exist and interoperate.
Mersch predicts that tokenized real estate and private credit will now start to see expansion.
For real estate, tokenization converts a traditionally illiquid market into tradable, divisible assets, lowering the barrier to entry for global investors and providing recurring revenue streams.
Rupena, whose company, Milo, pioneered the crypto-backed mortgage, asserts that lenders will be expected to recognize digital assets as a core part of a client’s real balance sheet, just like cash or securities.
Elkaleh also expects to see strong expansion in RWA tokenization in 2026, alongside stablecoin-based payouts and small-business payment rails. “The most accelerated growth will occur in emerging markets, where mobile-first users turn to crypto as a practical financial alternative,” he wrote in an email.
“The rise of RWA markets, L2 scalability and more accessible DeFi will allow onchain credit and savings to scale meaningfully. Combined with steady institutional inflows, these economies will become the strongest demand engines of 2026, driving both user growth and real economic activity onchain.”
The final pillar of the 2026 crypto outlook is the maturation of DeFi. Mersch asserted that DeFi is poised to emerge as a compliance-ready core platform for credit and risk management in 2026.
Real-world structural resilience supports Mersch’s forecast.
Rupena noted that market ups and downs are expected in the digital asset ecosystem, and that conservative LTVs, real-time monitoring and clear margining frameworks are designed to cope with volatility.
“Lower forced liquidation activity, even during big market moves, is a very healthy signal,” he explained, adding that customers are purposely keeping collateral cushions so they can stay calm during market swings.
This focus on prudence and durability validates the market’s readiness for institutional-grade credit and risk products.
“If successful, this creates a liquid, 24/7 derivatives layer that sits on top of both tokenized and traditional markets,” Mersch said. “By 2026 and beyond, the most interesting innovation may not be crypto versus TradFi, but portfolio and product designs that blend tokenized assets, stablecoin liquidity and DeFi-based synthetic exposure into a single stack.”
This institutional leap is fundamentally enabled by regulatory clarity.
“You can already see this through partnerships like Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) with Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) and Morpho (TSE:3653), where yield is embedded at the platform level without requiring users to interact directly with on-chain protocols. Regulation will accelerate that model,’ he added.
Elkaleh noted that clearer rules will allow users to adopt on-chain tools for cross-border payments, tokenized savings and AI-driven bill pay with the same confidence they have in regulated fintech apps. He expects the most transformational impact will come from next-generation L2 scalability paired with AI-agent execution.
“These shifts will bring down transaction costs, compress settlement times, and enable autonomous payments, subscriptions and cross-chain operations,” the expert explained.
“We also expect prediction-market aggregation to emerge as a breakout consumer interface and RWA perpetuals to bring macro assets, including commodities, credit and inflation onchain through synthetic markets. These developments collectively move crypto into a more comprehensive, high-velocity financial system.”
The pivot to a hybrid financial system will be driven by several concurrent catalysts.
The US Market Structure Bill is targeted for a Senate floor vote in early 2026, aiming to create the first federal framework for digital assets. North of the border, Canada’s Stablecoin Act, which provides C$10 million for Bank of Canada oversight starting in 2026, signals official endorsement of the digital cash layer.
Globally, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is set to implement new capital standards for banks’ crypto exposures, crucial for encouraging institutional momentum, by January 1, 2026.
The technological engine supporting this adoption is fueled by scalability and intelligence.
On the blockchain side, Ethereum’s aggressive roadmap, including the Glamsterdam upgrade targeted for 2026, continues to refine Layer-2 (L2) systems. This focus on L2 efficiency, combined with the integration of AI agent execution, is key for supporting the millions of transactions needed for a comprehensive, high-velocity financial system.
In 2026, the crypto market is set to deliver meaningful gains and stable, sustained growth as this new, highly efficient, and globally interoperable financial system moves from the laboratory into production scale.
Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Monday (December 8) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC.
Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news.
Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$90,672.01, down by 0.9 percent over 24 hours.
Bitcoin price performance, December 8, 2025.
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Cryptocurrencies traded choppily, but were ultimately directionless over the weekend.
Bitcoin briefly slipped toward the high US$87,000s on Sunday (December 7) ahead of this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting, with both short and long positions liquidated.
Markets are pricing in a 25 basis point interest rate cut from the Fed on Wednesday (December 10), but labor weakness and sticky inflation will make Chair Jerome Powell’s tone pivotal.
Linh Tran, senior market analyst at XS.com, believes Bitcoin “will likely continue oscillating within the US$84,000 to US$100,000 range until the Fed delivers a clear message,” adding that a 0.25 percentage point cut and dovish signals “would be favorable for risk assets, particularly Bitcoin,” while a hawkish stance risks downward pressure.
On Monday, Bitcoin briefly traded at around US$92,000, but failed to retest US$92,000 to US$93,500 resistance, dropping below US$90,000 as the US market opened.
Crypto analyst Daan Crypto Trades said bulls must defend the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement zone, which serves as a key area of support and resistance during market cycles. Failure to do so could result in a fall to April lows. Fellow analyst van de Poppe is eyeing US$86,000 as key support before potential lows retest.
Liquidity stayed thin, and derivatives positioning showed waning momentum rather than clear trend conviction, setting up a cautious, data‑dependent start to the new week.
Last week, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced net outflows of US$87.77 million, while spot Ether ETFs recorded US$65.59 million in outflows.
Cycle data mirroring 2022’s market suggests Bitcoin’s long-term bottom is in or imminent, according to investment manager Timothy Peterson. Derivatives data analyzed by CryptoQuant indicates trader apathy, signaled by low OI and leverage, paving the way for a potential rally.
Ether (ETH) is currently priced at US$3,129.54, down 0.4 percent over 24 hours.
Bitcoin futures open interest rose 0.53 percent to US$58.18 billion in the last four hours of trading, alongside US$4.88 million in liquidations that hit mostly long positions, while Ether open interest climbed 0.49 percent to US$37.84 billion, with US$8.76 million liquidated.
Bitcoin’s relative strength index sits neutral at 51.67 with a mildly negative funding rate of -0.001 percent, signaling balanced momentum and slight short bias, whereas Ether’s positive 0.006 percent funding rate points to lingering long interest despite the downside pressure.
These metrics reflect cautious positioning amid recent Bitcoin consolidation, with rising open interest indicating fresh capital entering despite liquidation flushes that targeted longs more aggressively. The neutral-to-bearish Bitcoin funding and RSI suggest limited upside conviction short-term, potentially capping rallies until macro catalysts provide direction, while Ether’s funding tilt hints at relative resilience in alt positioning.
StableChain has launched its mainnet, introducing USDT as the gas fee token alongside a new dedicated governance token for network participants.
Tether’s USDT stablecoin received key regulatory status in Abu Dhabi, enhancing its legitimacy for institutional use.
BlackRock filed to list a staked Ether ETF, signaling growing institutional appetite for Ether-based yield products.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ended its investigation into tokenized equity platform Ondo Finance, clearing a major regulatory hurdle.
Strategy’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) Bitcoin treasury has surpassed 660,000 BTC after a US$962 million purchase, underscoring aggressive accumulation by major players.
Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Independent German Testing Firm Dorfner Anzaplan Confirms Multiple High-Value Markets Across Multiple Alternative Purification Routes
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR,OTC:HMRFF) (OTCQB: HMRFF) (‘Homerun’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce exceptional results from comprehensive metallurgical testing completed by Dorfner Anzaplan GmbH, one of Europe’s leading independent silica sand testing laboratories based in Germany. The testing program evaluated multiple alternative purification routes for silica sand from Homerun’s Santa Maria Eterna silica sand resources in Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil (the ‘Belmonte Project’) confirming the deposit’s suitability for multiple high-value industrial applications.
As previously announced, Homerun has completed a 43-101 compliant Technical Report with Mineral Resource Estimate containing a preliminary resource of 25.56 Mt Measured and 38.35Mt Inferred of high-purity silica sand (>99.6% SiO2). This Mineral Resource Estimate is from only one of the three assets controlled by Homerun in the District.
Please view NI 43-101 Technical Report here: https://homerunresources.com/ni-43-101-belmonte/
Dorfner Anzaplan, a globally recognized authority in silica sand characterization and processing, received 25 kilograms of material from Homerun’s Belmonte Project in May 2025. The laboratory conducted an extensive evaluation of several alternative purification technologies specifically designed to avoid hydrofluoric acid, which is traditionally used in high-purity quartz processing but poses significant environmental and handling challenges.
The tested methods included:
All three methods successfully reduced impurity levels, with the most advanced treatment pathway, combining calcination at 1,400°C with caustic baking, achieving the best overall performance.
Brian Leeners, CEO of Homerun commented, ‘These results from Dorfner Anzaplan, one of the world’s most respected independent silica testing laboratories, validate what we’ve believed about our Belmonte Project, we have a world-class silica sand deposit with truly exceptional starting quality. The fact that we can achieve premium use-case specifications without hydrofluoric acid is a game-changer for project economics and environmental permitting. The exceptionally low iron and aluminum content is extraordinarily rare in global silica deposits. Aluminum and Iron are notoriously difficult to remove, so starting with such low levels gives us an inherent competitive advantage that cannot be replicated through processing alone. With multiple confirmed market pathways spanning solar glass, optical glass, engineered stone, silicon carbide, and industrial applications, we have significant optionality to optimize our product mix for maximum value. The global transition to renewable energy and electrification is driving unprecedented demand for high-purity silica, and the Belmonte Project is positioned to serve these growth markets with a superior environmental footprint.’
The raw, untreated silica sand from the Belmonte Project exhibited exceptionally low baseline impurities compared to typical global silica deposits:
| Element | Belmonte (ppm) | Industry Context |
| Aluminum (Al) | 8.9 | Exceptionally low – Industry leading quality |
| Iron (Fe) | 6.1 | Exceptionally low, successfully reduced to 0.34ppm |
| Titanium (Ti) | 33 | Moderate level, successfully reduced to 0.87ppm |
| Sodium (Na) | 4.1 | Low baseline |
‘The starting material quality is remarkable,’ noted the Dorfner Anzaplan report. ‘The material showed exceptionally low aluminum values’, a critical advantage since aluminum is one of the most difficult impurities to remove from silica sand.
Across all the purification processing methods tested, the Belmonte Project silica demonstrated exceptional response to impurity removal:
The Dorfner Anzaplan team noted that iron and titanium removal performance exceeded even traditional HF leaching for certain treatment parameters, indicating that the crystal structure of Belmonte Project silica sand is particularly amenable to purification.
VALIDATED MARKET APPLICATIONS
Solar Glass – Premium Market Opportunity
Solar glass manufacturing, driven by the global solar energy boom, requires silica sand with iron content below 70 ppm. Homerun’s purified Belmonte Project silica achieved iron levels of 0.34 to 1.4 ppm – more than 50 times better than required specifications. The global solar glass market is projected to exceed $30 billion by 2030, driven by unprecedented solar panel installation demand worldwide. High-purity silica sand is the primary feedstock, with premium pricing commanded by materials that enable maximum light transmission.
Optical Glass – Type I Certification Quality
Optical glass for precision lenses, camera systems, scientific instruments, and telecommunications requires stringent impurity control. Type I optical glass specifications demand:
Homerun’s Belmonte Project silica met all Type I specifications across multiple purification tests, with best results showing 0.34 ppm iron and all other coloring elements below detection limits.
Dorfner Anzaplan’s technical evaluation confirmed Homerun’s silica is suitable for:
Silicon Carbide Production:
Fused Silica Manufacturing:
Engineered Stone Composites (Quartz Countertops):
Sodium/Potassium Silicate Production:
Frac Sand (Oil & Gas Proppant):
Foundry Sand (Metal Casting):
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGE – NON-HF PROCESSING
A significant finding from the Dorfner Anzaplan testing program is that Homerun’s Belmonte Project silica can be successfully purified without hydrofluoric acid (HF), one of the most hazardous industrial chemicals. Traditional high-purity quartz processing relies heavily on HF, which poses:
Homerun’s validation of phosphoric acid baking, caustic baking, and with further chemical and thermal treatment pathways provides multiple environmentally superior processing options. This differentiates the Belmonte Project from competing silica projects that require HF treatment to achieve comparable purity levels.
‘The successful demonstration of non-HF purification routes represents a significant competitive advantage,’ commented Homerun’s COO, Armando Farhate. ‘These results demonstrate Homerun’s ability to deliver high-purity silica products to premium markets while maintaining industry-leading environmental and safety standards.’
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About Homerun (https://homerunresources.com/)
Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR,OTC:HMRFF) is building the silica-powered backbone of the energy transition across four focused verticals: Silica, Solar, Energy Storage, and Energy Solutions. Anchored by a unique high-purity low-iron silica resource in Bahia, Brazil, Homerun transforms raw silica into essential products and technologies that accelerate clean power adoption and deliver durable shareholder value.
With disciplined execution, strategic partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to best-in-class ESG practices, Homerun is focused on converting milestones into markets—creating a scalable, vertically integrated platform for clean energy manufacturing in the Americas.
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Toronto, Ontario December 9, 2025 TheNewswire – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. ( ‘Noble’ or the ‘Company’ ) (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTCQB:NLPXF) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on a 500-meter hole in Carnegie Township near Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The drill program is part of a 5050 partnership with 11530313 Canada Inc. and will include two 500-meter holes that have been located to follow up on drilling done in 2019. Recent analysis of downhole geophysics from that program indicated that conductors may have been missed and additional down hole geophysics will be done on the new holes.
An additional 1000m (2 holes) have been scheduled for Southwest Carnegie Township in early 2026, after freeze-up, due to swampy conditions at the proposed drill site.
The program is being carried out on lands recently transferred to Canada Nickel but on which Noble retains a 5-year Exploration Right for volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization and precious metals.
Vance White, President and CEO of Noble, said ‘We are very pleased to get this program started with the support of our partners at 11530313 Canada Inc. The search for mineralization similar to the Kidd Creek Mine continues.’
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About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based junior exploration company, which has holdings of securities in Canada Nickel Company Inc., Homeland Nickel Inc., East Timmins Nickel Inc. (20%), and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ontario.
Noble holds mineral and/or exploration rights in ~70,000 ha in Northern Ontario and ~24,567 ha elsewhere in Quebec and Labrador, upon which it plans to generate option/joint venture exploration programs.
Noble holds mineral rights and/or exploration rights in ~18,000 hectares in the Timmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81, ~2,215 hectares in Thomas Twp/Timmins, as well as an additional 20% interest in ~38,700 hectares in the Timmins area and ~175 hectares of mining claims in Central Newfoundland. Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. Noble also holds ~4,600 hectares in the Nagagami Carbonatite Complex and its ~3,200 hectares in the Boulder Project both near Hearst, Ontario. ~3,700 hectares in the Buckingham Graphite Property, ~10,152 hectares in the Havre St Pierre Nickel, Copper, PGM property, and ~1,573 hectares in the Cere-Villebon Nickel, Copper, PGM property, ~569 hectare Uranium/Rare Earth property (Chateau), ~461 hectare Uranium/Molybdenum property (Taser North), ~4,465 hectares REE Mehmet Property, and the ~3300 hectare Gull Lake REE Property all of which are in the Province of Quebec and the ~ 647 hectare Chapiteau REE property in Labrador .
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Krafty Labs Generated 2025 Year to date Revenue of $1.1 mill with a 72% gross margin
All-Cash Deal for $600,000
Acquiring a Blue Chip customers list; Google, Meta, Oracle etc
NEW YORK CITY, NY AND TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR,OTC:NEXCF)(OTCQB:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS), an AI-first 3D model and AI Event Solutions company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement on December 4th, 2025 to acquire Krafty Labs, an AI virtual and in-person event engagement platform serving global enterprises customers including Google, Netflix, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, Dropbox, and over 400 additional Fortune 500 and multinational clients. Nextech3D.ai is anticipating that it will be able to crosssell its live event software into these names however this may or may not happen.
The companies have now entered a formal due diligence and integration phase, with closing expected in the first week of January 2026.
Krafty Labs has generated over $1.1M in revenue year-to-date with a 72% gross margin, delivering global virtual team-building experiences, leadership sessions, training, wellness programs, and cross-cultural learning formats. Recently, the company also began offering in-person enterprise events, opening an additional high-growth segment alongside virtual and hybrid delivery.
Deal Terms:
Signed definitive acquisition agreement
Total purchase price: ~ $600,000 in cash
$325,000 payable at closing
$275,000 financed through a 36-month note at 7%
Closing anticipated before January 5th, 2026 following due diligence.
Three Platforms Unified Into One AI Event Solutions Ecosystem
With the acquisition of Krafty Labs, alongside Map Dynamics and Eventdex, Nextech3D.ai now supports more than 1,000+ customers globally, including many of the largest, most recognizable brands in the world.
NEW – Krafty Labs In-person enterprise event & hybrid deployment services
This unified product suite positions Nextech3D.ai as a true one-stop provider, reducing vendor fragmentation while increasing recurring product revenue potential.
Investment Case & Synergy Highlights
AI margin Expansion + Automation of Delivery
Introducing AI into experience delivery, facilitation, scheduling, program creation, and global deployment is expected to materially improve margins. Automated engagement frameworks reduce staffing requirements, increase session throughput, and unlock scalable delivery capacity – allowing revenue to grow faster than cost. Over time, more engagement becomes software-driven rather than labor-driven, improving gross margin and lifetime value potentially.
Deep cross-sell & bundling upside into 2026
Krafty Labs sells to HR & employee experience teams. Eventdex & Map D sell to event and marketing teams. Together, they provide two independent entry points into the same enterprise. Once a customer is inside the ecosystem, Nextech can potentially cross-sell registration, ticketing, floor plans, mobile apps, AI matchmaking, engagement programs, and recurring learning series -potentially transforming single-department spend into multi-department budgets.
Management Commentary
Evan Gappelberg, CEO of Nextech3D.ai comments, ‘Event organizers want one partner who can help them sell more, operate faster, and secure the attendee experience. By adding Krafty Labs to Eventdex and Map D-we’re moving even faster toward a truly one-stop event operating system.’
‘We believe Krafty Labs meaningfully accelerates our vision to build a global AI Event Solutions platform,’ said Evan Gappelberg, CEO. ‘With more than 1,000 customers worldwide – including leaders in technology, media, and enterprise – and with the addition of in-person events, we are positioned for scale, revenue growth, and strong momentum into 2026.’
A due diligence period has already commenced; subject to satisfactory diligence, and customary approvals, the parties expect to proceed to closing.
Completion of the Transaction remains subject to CSE approval and board approval as well as customary closing conditions.
About Nextech3D.ai
Nextech3D.ai is an AI-powered technology company specializing in 3D asset generation, spatial computing, and comprehensive AI Event Solutions for virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences. Through Map Dynamics, Eventdex, and Krafty Labs, Nextech3D.ai delivers a unified global platform for conferences, expos, corporate activations, learning programs, and enterprise engagement.
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Vancouver, Canada, December 9, 2025 TheNewswire – Spartan Metals Corp. (‘ Spartan ‘ or the ‘ Company ‘) (TSX-V: W | OTCQB: SPRMF | FSE: J03) is pleased to announce the discovery of two new tungsten-silver-rubidium exploration targets at the Tungstonia deposit part of the company’s 100% owned Eagle Tungsten-Silver-Rubidium Project (‘ Eagle ‘ or ‘ Project ‘) in eastern Nevada.
Highlights:
Soil samples taken provided near complete coverage of the original Tungstonia and Rees claim blocks on 100-meter (‘m’) x 100m grid totalling approximately 2,100 samples covering about 20 square kilometers (‘km ‘).
Encouraging grades in soil at Tungstonia suggest near-surface mineralization included:
Tungsten up to 272 parts per million (‘ppm’) with 76 samples over 50 ppm
Silver up to 5.9 grams per tonne (‘g/t’) with 57 samples over 1.0 g/t
Rubidium up to 537 ppm with 56 samples over 300 ppm
Discovered two new exploration targets:
Significant ~2.0 km x ~1.7 km anomaly outlined by coincident tungsten-silver-rubidium enrichment on western portion of Tungstonia claims that follows the same structural trends and spacings observed at the legacy past-producing Tungstonia mine approximately 1.5 km to northwest
Substantial ~0.75 km x ~2.1 km anomaly in southeast portion of Tungstonia claims trending southeast
Soil sample results from the 2025 surface geology program that commenced on October 16, 2025 , have outlined an approximate 2.0 km x 1.7 km surface anomaly that is aligned with regional trends observed at past-producing Tungstonia Mine and a second 0.75 km x 2.1 km surface anomaly in the southeast portion of the Tungstonia claims that confirm mapped veins and structured identified earlier this year. The soil results from the Rees block did not yield any new targets. The results of the soil sample program will help generate drill targets for a spring 2026 drill program.
Brett Marsh, Spartan’s President and CEO, states, ‘These soil results are very exciting as they validate our exploration model and generate important steps toward defining drill targets at Tungstonia. We initiated our surface exploration program with two key objectives; to extend the known veins at the legacy Tungstonia mine, and to define new veins in the western portion of the Tungstonia Claim block. I believe the results of the hard work completed by our team has successfully met those objectives.’
Mr. Marsh continues, ‘The strength and extent of the anomalies — in some cases exceeding those observed around the past-producing Tungstonia mine — highlight the potential for a significantly larger mineral system than historically recognized. These new targets strengthen Spartan’s position within the U.S. critical minerals onshoring landscape. Our team is eager to continue working with our data to generate meaningful drill targets for a drill program in the spring of 2026.’
Tungsten in the soil samples at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones. The Western Tungsten Anomaly is aligned with the north-northeasterly structural trend observed at the legacy Tungstonia mine. The Southeastern Tungsten Anomaly appears to coincide with intrusive contacts with carbonaceous sediments that could extend further to the southeast. Note that the soil results in these anomalies appears to be stronger than those obtained from the known Tungstonia mine area suggesting significant new exploration potential (Figure 1).
Silver in the soil samples at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones coinciding with the tungsten anomalies shown in Figure 1. Note that the soil results in these anomalies appears to be stronger than those obtained from the known Tungstonia mine area suggesting significant new exploration potential (Figure 2).
Rubidium in the soil samples at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones coinciding with the tungsten and silver anomalies shown in Figures 1 and 2 respectively. Note that the soil results in these anomalies appears to be stronger than those obtained from the known Tungstonia mine area suggesting significant new exploration potential (Figure 3).
Significance of Soil Results
Soil sampling is typically used at early stages of exploration to quickly identify geochemical anomalies that can indicate underlying mineralization, veins, favorable alteration, or to help understand geological controls such as, structural trends. Soils form from breakdown of underlying rock and higher grades (hundreds of parts per million or several grams per tonne) can be indicative of mineralization near the surface and increase confidence that the identified anomalies are genuine. Tungsten, silver, and rubidium at the Tungstonia claims show overlapping elevated values that are reasonably well aligned regional structural trends that control mineralization at the legacy Tungstonia mine, so the newly defined targets are potentially material and could be significant additions to the mineralization at the Tungstonia deposit.
Additionally, the soil results in these two anomalous areas appear to have a stronger signature that what was returned over the legacy past-producing Tungstonia mine area. This is potentially indicative of meaningful tungsten, silver, and rubidium mineralization in these large areas.
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Figure 1 Tungsten in soils at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones: the Western tungsten Anomaly and the Southeastern Anomaly.
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Figure 2 Silver in soil at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones coinciding with the tungsten anomalies shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 3 Rubidium in soils at Tungstonia showing two anomalous zones coinciding with the tungsten and silver anomalies shown in Figures 1 and 2, respectively.
QA/QC Procedures
Samples were submitted to American Assay Lab (AAL) of Sparks, Nevada, which is a certified and accredited laboratory, independent of the Company. Samples are prepared using industry standard-prep methods and analyzed using method IO-4AB51 (51 element suite: 0.5g 4-acid plus boric acid hot block, ICP-OES plus IM-4ABEx ICP-MS for Rb. AAL undertakes its own internal coarse and pulp duplicate analysis to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration. Spartan’s QAQC includes regular insertion of CRM standards, duplicates, and blanks with a stringent review of results completed by the Company’s Qualified Person, Brett R. Marsh, President and CEO of Spartan Metals.
About The Eagle Project
The Eagle Project presents a unique opportunity to delineate one of the largest and highest-grade Tungsten (‘W’) and Rubidium (‘Rb’) districts in the United States. The Project consists of the past-producing high-grade Tungstonia and Rees/Antelope tungsten (W-Cu-Ag) mines. Operations at these mines were from 1915 to 1942 with intermittent small-scale production occurring until 1956. Tungsten production from these two mines totaled 8,379 units at grades between 0.6%-0.9% WO 3 (1).
The Project is ~36.5 km² in size and located approximately 120 kilometers northeast of the town of Ely, in the Kern Mountains of White Pine County, Nevada. The Project covers 9,033 acres consisting of 445 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unpatented lode mining claims.
Three deposit types are present at Eagle; Porphyry, Skarn, and Carbonate Replacement (CRD) that contain significant or anomalous grades of Tungsten (W), Silver (Ag), and Rubidium (Rb) plus Cu-Sb±Au-Pb-Zn-Bi-As across three project focus areas that also includes the potential to recover W-Rb-Ag from the legacy Tungstonia Mill Tailings.
(1) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (1988), Bulletin 105 p213-217
The technical information contained in this news release has been prepared under the supervision of, and approved by Brett R. Marsh, CPG. Mr. Marsh is President and CEO of Spartan Metals Corp. and a ‘qualified person’ as defined under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects .
About Spartan Metals Corp.
Spartan Metals is focused on developing critical minerals projects in well-established and stable mining jurisdictions in the Western United States, with an emphasis on building a portfolio of diverse strategic defense minerals such as Tungsten, Rubidium, Antimony, Bismuth, and Arsenic.
Spartan’s flagship project is the Eagle Project in eastern Nevada that consists of the highest-grade historic tungsten resource in the USA (the past-producing Tungstonia Mine) along with significant under-defined resources consisting of: high-grade rubidium; antimony; bismuth; indium; as well as precious and base metals. More information about Spartan Metals can be found at www.SpartanMetals.com
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This news release contains statements that constitute ‘forward-looking statements.’ Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words ‘expects,’ ‘plans,’ ‘anticipates,’ ‘believes,’ ‘intends,’ ‘estimates,’ ‘projects,’ ‘potential’ and similar expressions, or that events or conditions ‘will,’ ‘would,’ ‘may,’ ‘could’ or ‘should’ occur. Forward-Looking Information in this news release, Spartan has applied several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions that: the current objectives concerning the Company’s projects can be achieved and that its other corporate activities will proceed as expected; that general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner; and that all requisite information will be available in a timely manner.
Although the Company believes the forward-looking information contained in this news release is reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s threats against Ukraine following a drone strike echo a 2022 plot to infiltrate Kyiv and target President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former Ukrainian government official has said.
The leader’s latest threat came after a Ukrainian drone reportedly struck a high-rise building near Kadyrov’s home in Grozny on Nov. 5.
The strike prompted the Chechen strongman to vow retaliation in an online video post, according to Reuters.
‘This new threat would just be another assassination threat for Zelenskyy. The Chechens are really serious about revenge,’ a former government official told Fox News Digital.
‘But in Kyiv they are not panicking about this like they were in 2022,’ the former official said under condition of anonymity.
‘Zelenskyy is now better protected, feels more powerful and is less fragile,’ they said.
The recent Ukrainian strike, reported by Reuters, hit the 28-story Grozny-City tower that sits roughly 830 meters from Kadyrov’s home.
Kadyrov, who is loyal to Russia, later allegedly confirmed the attack in a Telegram post, stating there were no casualties, but he condemned the strike as making ‘no tactical sense.’
He also warned that retaliation was imminent.
‘Starting tomorrow and in the course of the week, the Ukrainian fascists will be feeling a stern response,’ he threatened.
Unlike Ukraine’s strike, he added, ‘we will not be making a cowardly strike on peaceful targets,’ per Reuters.
Ukrainian attacks have hit sites in Chechnya before now, including a police barracks and a training academy. Chechen units were also deployed during Russia’s 2022 invasion and were among the Kremlin’s most loyal forces.
At the time of the 2022 invasion, the official said there was intense anxiety in Kyiv.
‘At the beginning of the large-scale invasion in 2022, Chechens were sent to Kyiv to murder top politicians,’ the former official said.
‘This included Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top politicians from the government and security services and Parliament, and many other agencies.
‘Zelenskyy and Yermak were very scared,’ they claimed. ‘They were calling from the office, asking some people in the military and security service to secure the metro station in Kyiv.’
The source said one metro station in Kyiv was a potential infiltration route for the Chechens into Zelenskyy’s presidential bunker.
At the time, the station in Kyiv that was deep underground and near the presidential bunker, was viewed as the most vulnerable entry route, the source said.
‘They were afraid that Chechens would get to the bunker through this metro station, but in the end the Chechens were killed before they reached Kyiv.
‘They tried to reach Kyiv, somehow downtown, somehow via the river, but it’s quite a complicated way to get there,’ the former official said.
Meanwhile, with the Nov. 5. Grozny strike landing so close to his home, Kadyrov, already one of Putin’s most aggressive enforcers, is signaling a harsher stance as attacks reach inside Russian territory.
The Moscow Times reported that the drone struck a building that houses regional government offices, including the Chechen Security Council and agencies connected to tourism and religious affairs.
Despite the rhetoric, the former Ukrainian official claimed Zelenskyy is unfazed this time around.
‘These days, Zelenskyy isn’t afraid of Kadyrov’s actions against him or the Ukrainian people. Zelenskyy is feeling very powerful right now,’ they added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Zelenskyy’s office for comment.
For Social Security it has been a miserable year.
After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history. Fortunately, public outcry and pushback from congressional Democrats saved Social Security from a 50% cut to staffing and the closure of scores of field offices as Trump and his administration had announced back in March. So, somehow, those dedicated workers remaining at the Social Security Administration have still managed to keep the agency running — without missing a single monthly benefit payment.
There are not many public or private insurers in the world who can claim to never have missed a monthly benefit payment in 90 years.
This is good news for 71 million Americans — many of whom depend on their earned benefit every month as a lifeline. But we are not out of the woods yet. The agency has been gutted. Enormous damage has been done to customer service and to the agency’s ability to process claims.
Just as many are demanding that Trump’s deep cuts to healthcare be restored, so too must Trump’s deep cuts to Social Security be restored, as the two are inextricably linked. Sixty-four million Medicare recipients will see a reduction in their Social Security benefits in 2026 due to Trump’s Medicare price hikes that will cut into their Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), making life more expensive for seniors. This is the greatest erosion of the Social Security COLA in nearly a decade, and the first time that Medicare premiums exceeded $200 per month.
With the Social Security Administration’s staffing now reduced to a 60-year low and baby boomers swelling the number of active beneficiaries to an all-time high, the agency is struggling badly, and the American people are paying the price. Wait times to get to a person in a field office or to talk to a person on the 1-800 line have become longer and longer.
As the Trump administration claims that things have never been better, millions of Americans are having a very different experience. In fact, more people today now die waiting in line for their initial disability determination than at any time since President Dwight Eisenhower signed the disability portion of the act into law in 1956. Even just recently, Trump and DOGE risked 300 million Americans’ personal data from the Social Security Administration. They have robbed Americans of customer service and peace of mind.
Conditions have grown so bad – Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, has called for Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s resignation. It proves to be a telling illustration of the deep concern experts have for the damage done to the agency.
None of this had to happen. It was made to happen. As a candidate, Trump vowed all through the campaign that he would protect Social Security. Instead, he wrecked the program’s customer service, took a chainsaw to its functions and maligned its reputation with false claims of waste, fraud and abuse.
In a time of great political division, Social Security remains the most strongly supported program in America. In fact, 80% of Americans are concerned whether Social Security will be available when they retire and want it to be strengthened, made better — not hacked to pieces, privatized or liquidated.
This is a democracy moment. Social Security should be a bipartisan issue. All lawmakers — Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike — need to come together to deliver on its promise of a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work.