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LaFleur Minerals Inc. (CSE: LFLR,OTC:LFLRF) (OTCQB: LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0) (‘LaFleur Minerals’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce the launch of a brokered private placement of gold-linked convertible notes with a minimum principal amount of $4,000,000 and up to a maximum principal amount of $7,000,000 (the ‘Gold-Linked Note Financing’). Proceeds from the Gold-Linked Note Financing will be used for general corporate purposes as well as operations, equipment and other expenses related to the restart of the Company’s Beacon Gold Mill, a wholly-owned project with mine, mill and tailings pond located near Val d’Or, Québec, in Canada’s prolific Abitibi greenstone belt. Additional details on the Gold-Linked Note Financing are included below.

Gold Linked Note Financing:

  • The Notes represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, and each Note may be converted, at the option of the holder, into common shares in the capital of the Company (‘Common Shares‘) at a price of $0.80 per Common Share.
  • The Notes bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum on the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, calculated and payable semi-annually. The Notes will mature on or around November 30, 2028.
  • The principal amount of Notes outstanding will be reduced by the Company on an annual basis on an annual basis (the ‘Principal Payment Dates‘), commencing on January 1, 2027, and ending with the final payment on November 30, 2028.
    • FMI Securities Inc. (the ‘Agent‘) will be lead agent and sole bookrunner for the Gold-Linked Note Financing. In connection with the Gold-Linked Note Financing, and pursuant to the terms of an agency agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Agent, the Company will:
      • pay the Agent a cash fee equal to seven percent (7.0%) (reduced to four percent (4.0%) for any President’s List purchasers) of the gross proceeds from the sale of Notes, including any Notes sold pursuant to the Agents Option (defined herein); and
      • issue the Agent broker warrants (the ‘Broker Warrants‘) equal to seven percent (7.0%) (reduced to four percent (4.0%) for any President’s List purchasers) of the number of Notes sold in the Gold-Linked Note Financing. The Broker Warrants shall have an exercise price equal to $0.80 and will be exercisable for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuance.
    • The Agent will have the option (the ‘Agents Option‘) to sell up to an additional $750,000 of the Notes, exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the Gold-Linked Note Financing to cover over-allotments, if any.

    All securities issued in connection with the Gold-Linked Note Financing will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day following the date of issuance in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

    This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘U.S. Securities Act‘) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

    QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT

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

    About LaFleur Minerals Inc.
    LaFleur Minerals Inc. (CSE: LFLR,OTC:LFLRF) (OTCQB: LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0) is focused on the development of district-scale gold projects in the Abitibi Gold Belt near Val-d’Or, Québec. Our mission is to advance mining projects with a laser focus on our resource-stage Swanson Gold Project and the Beacon Gold Mill, which have significant potential to deliver long-term value. The Swanson Gold Project is approximately 18,304 hectares (183 km2) in size and includes several prospects rich in gold and critical metals previously held by Monarch Mining, Abcourt Mines, and Globex Mining. LaFleur has recently consolidated a large land package along a major structural break that hosts the Swanson, Bartec, and Jolin gold deposits and several other showings which make up the Swanson Gold Project. The Swanson Gold Project is easily accessible by road allowing direct access to several nearby gold mills, further enhancing its development potential. LaFleur Minerals’ fully-refurbished and permitted Beacon Gold Mill is capable of processing over 750 tonnes per day and is being considered for processing mineralized material at Swanson and for custom milling operations for other nearby gold projects.

    ON BEHALF OF LaFleur Minerals INC.
    Paul Ténière, M.Sc., P.Geo.
    Chief Executive Officer
    E: info@lafleurminerals.com
    LaFleur Minerals Inc.
    1500-1055 West Georgia Street
    Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7

    Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

    Cautionary Statement Regarding ‘Forward-Looking’ Information

    This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed ‘forward-looking statements’. All statements in this new release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are 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 statements in this news release include, without limitation, statements related to the Offering and anticipated use of proceeds therefrom. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

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    Charbone Hydrogen Corporation

    Brossard, Quebec, November 5, 2025 TheNewswire – CHARBONE CORPORATION (TSXV: CH,OTC:CHHYF; OTCQB: CHHYF; FSE: K47) (‘ CHARBONE ‘ or the ‘ Company ‘), a North American producer and distributor specializing in clean Ultra High Purity (‘ UHP ‘) hydrogen and strategic industrial gases, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Patrick Cuddihy to the position of Senior Vice President Strategic Affairs .

    This appointment formalizes more than fourteen months of close collaboration between Mr. Cuddihy and Dave B. Gagnon , President and Chief Executive Officer of CHARBONE. Over the past year, Mr. Cuddihy has played a key role in the negotiation and conclusion of CHARBONE’s Tier 1 strategic alliance in the United States—marking a major milestone in the Company’s international development.

    His expertise and sound counsel have also contributed to diversifying and strengthening CHARBONE’s offering in the fields of clean Ultra High Purity (UHP) hydrogen and specialty industrial gases.

    Patrick has demonstrated an exceptional understanding of our vision and a strategic ability to advance our priorities ,’ said Dave B. Gagnon, CEO of CHARBONE . ‘ His commitment, experience, and judgment will continue to be invaluable assets to the Company as we pursue our growth across Canada and the United States .’

    In his new role, Mr. Cuddihy will continue to work closely with the Office of the President , providing direct support to the executive management team and contributing to the implementation of the Company’s strategic partnerships.

    Mr. Cuddihy brings a wealth of experience in hydrogen and industrial gas production and distribution management , having previously held senior leadership positions such as Network Sales Director – Québec Region , General Manager – Pacific Region , Director of Procurement Services , and Director of Logistics and Assets – Eastern Region for one of the world’s leading industrial gas companies.

    About CHARBONE CORPORATION

    CHARBONE is an integrated company specializing in clean Ultra High Purity (UHP) hydrogen and the strategic distribution of industrial gases in North America and Asia-Pacific. Through a modular approach, the Company is building a distributed network of green hydrogen production plants while diversifying revenues via helium and specialty gas partnerships. This disciplined model reduces risk, enhances flexibility, and positions CHARBONE as a leader in the transition to a low-carbon future. CHARBONE is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: CH,OTC:CHHYF) , the OTC Markets (OTCQB: CHHYF) , and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE: K47) . Visit www.charbone.com .

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This news release contains statements that are ‘forward-looking information’ as defined under Canadian securities laws (‘forward-looking statements’). These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as ‘intends’, ‘anticipates’, ‘expects’, ‘believes’, ‘plans’, ‘likely’, or similar words. The forward-looking statements reflect management’s expectations, estimates, or projections concerning future results or events, based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates considered reasonable by management at the date the statements are made. Although Charbone believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, as unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of Charbone. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those described under ‘Risk Factors’ in the Corporation’s Filing Statement dated March 31, 2022, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; they could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements.

    Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Charbone undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

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

    Contact Charbone Corporation

    Telephone: +1 450 678 7171

    Email: ir@charbone.com

    Benoit Veilleux

    CFO and Corporate Secretary

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    Terra Clean Energy CORP. (‘ Terra ‘ or the ‘ Company ‘) (CSE: TCEC,OTC:TCEFF, OTCQB: TCEFF FSE: C 9O0) is pleased to announce, that further to its news release dated October 20, 2025, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement offering (the ‘ Offering ‘) issuing a total of 17,641,293 units of the Company (‘ Units ‘) for gross proceeds of $2,469,781.02.  Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company (a ‘ Common Share ‘) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a ‘ Warrant ‘). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of C$0.17 for a period commencing 60 days following completion of the Offering until the date that is 36 months following the completion of the Offering.

    The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Utah claims, for future exploration and development costs and general working capital and corporate purposes.

    Subject to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and in accordance with National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions (‘ NI 45-106 ‘), the Units were offered pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of NI 45-106, as amended by Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemptions from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (collectively, the ‘ Listed Issuer Financing Exemption ‘). As the Offering was completed pursuant to the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption, the Units issued pursuant to the Offering will not be subject to a hold period pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws.

    The Company paid finders’ fees to certain arm’s length finders comprising of: (i) total cash of $116,359.60; and; and (ii) 831,140 non-transferrable finder warrants of the Company exercisable to acquire Common Shares, at an exercise price of C$0.14 per Common Share for a period of 36 months from the Closing Date.

    No U.S. Offering or Registration

    This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘ 1933 Act ‘) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

    About Terra Clean Energy Corp.

    Terra Clean Energy Corp. is a Canadian-based uranium exploration and development company. The Company is currently developing the South Falcon East uranium project, which holds a 6.96M pound inferred uranium resource within the Fraser Lakes B Deposit, located in the Athabasca Basin region, Saskatchewan, Canada as well as past producing uranium mines in Utah, United States.

    ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF Terra Clean Energy CORP.

    ‘Greg Cameron’
    Greg Cameron, CEO
    Qualified Person

    The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101, reviewed and approved on behalf of the company by C. Trevor Perkins, P.Geo., the Company’s Vice President, Exploration, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

    *The historical resource is described in the Technical Report on the South Falcon East Property, filed on sedarplus.ca on February 9, 2023. The Company is not treating the resource as current and has not completed sufficient work to classify the resource as a current mineral resource. While the Company is not treating the historical resource as current, it does believe the work conducted is reliable and the information may be of assistance to readers.

    Forward-Looking Information

    This news release contains forward-looking information which is not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking information is characterized by words such as ‘plan’, ‘expect’, ‘project’, ‘intend’, ‘believe’, ‘anticipate’, ‘estimate’ and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions ‘may’ or ‘will’ occur. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including statements regarding the Offering and the potential development of mineral resources and mineral reserves which may or may not occur. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, changes in the state of equity and debt markets, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in obtaining required regulatory or governmental approvals, and general economic and political conditions. Forward-looking information in this news release is based on the opinions and assumptions of management considered reasonable as of the date hereof, including that all necessary approvals, including governmental and regulatory approvals will be received as and when expected. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable laws. For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ from current expectations, please refer to the Company’s public filings available under the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

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

    For further information please contact:

    Greg Cameron, CEO
    info@tcec.energy
    416-277-6174

    Terra Clean Energy Corp
    Suite 303, 750 West Pender Street
    Vancouver, BC V6C 2T7
    www.tcec.energy

     

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    Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.

    Toronto, Ontario November 5, 2025 TheNewswire – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. ( ‘Noble’ or the ‘Company’ ) (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTCQB:NLPXF) is pleased to report acquisition of mining claims on a Rare Earth prospect in Northern Quebec.  The 90 claims were acquired by map staking to cover approximately 4,465 hectares and is called the Mehmet Property

    The Mehmet Earth Property

    The Mehmet Property is located about 163 kilometers east of Schefferville on the Quebec-Labrador Border.  It forms a circular shaped, magnetic structure about 10 kilometers across and is classed by the Quebec Government as an hyperalkaline rock with associated rare metals. The mineralization is in an alkali feldspar and clinopyroxene syenite containing an abnormally high amount of allanite crystals as well as numerous allanite-filled microfractures.  The rock type was described as a fractured, alkali feldspar, syenite with clinopyroxene, allanite, apatite, fluorite and magnetite.

    Rock analyses by the Quebec Government include (Sigeom Sample 1986016233) :

    • 2157.1 ppm total rare earth elements (of which 114.4 ppm are heavy ETR).

    • 2144.6 ppm Zirconium,

    • 392.7 ppm Neodymium,

    • 135.3 ppm Yttrium,

    • 26.1 ppm Thorium, and

    • 71.5 ppm Niobium

    Besides the Quebec government sampling, very little exploration work has been done on the property.


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    Figure 1: Regional setting of the Mehmet Property on a regional magnetic background.

    The Mehmet Property is located about 65 km southwest of the Crater Lake Property where Scandium Canada has defined a rare earth and scandium resource. (See Figure 1)


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    Chart 1: Defined Resource at the Crater Lake Project owned by Scandium Canada.  Source: NI 43-101 Technical Report and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Crater Lake Project, Quebec, Canada: Marina Lund, P.Geo., M.Sc., Simon Boudreau, P.Eng., Marc R. Beauvais, P.Eng: 2025

    Acquisition of the Mehmet Property demonstrates Noble’s commitment to exploring for critical minerals in Canada.

    Wayne Holmstead, P.Geo (OGQ#10434), a ‘qualified person’ as such term is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of Noble Minerals.

    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 ~70,000ha in Northern Ontario and ~14,000ha elsewhere in Quebec 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) and a ~461 hectare Uranium/Molybdenum property (Taser North), 4,465 hectares REE Mehmet Property all of which are in the province of Quebec.

    Noble’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ‘NOB.’

    More detailed information on Noble is available on the website at www.noblemineralexploration.com .

    Noble’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ‘NOB’.

    Cautionary Statement

    Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

    The foregoing information may contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. Forward-looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the Company’s plans and expectations. These plans, expectations, risks and uncertainties are detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with the TSX Venture Exchange and securities regulators.  Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    Contacts

    H. Vance White, President

    Phone:        416-214-2250

    Fax:                416-367-1954

    Email: info@noblemineralexploration.com

    Investor Relations: ir@noblemineralexploration.com

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    • The ESC M&PD meeting brings together the world’s experts working to improve the treatment of myocarditis and pericarditis.

    • Presentation to provide comprehensive findings from the ARCHER trial following the reporting of topline results demonstrating a notable improvement in extracellular volume and a significant reduction in left ventricular mass.

    • The Company will host a webcast conference call on December 1, 2025, to discuss the ARCHER findings and their significance, and to highlight the positive implications for Cardiol’s programs in inflammatory heart disease.

    Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDL) (TSX: CRDL) (‘Cardiol’ or the ‘Company’), a clinical-stage life sciences company advancing late-stage, anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for heart disease, today announced that the full data from ARCHER, a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase II clinical trial of CardiolRx™ in patients with acute myocarditis will be presented in an oral session at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Disease (M&PD) in Trieste, Italy, on November 29, 2025.

    Dr. Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., the Elizabeth C. Lane, Ph.D. and M. Nadine Zimmerman, Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the ARCHER trial will present on behalf of the ARCHER investigators. Dr. Cooper’s presentation is expected to provide comprehensive insights into CardiolRx™’s effects on myocardial inflammation and remodeling, highlighting a reduction in left ventricular mass comparable to that achieved with blockbuster therapies in obesity, hypertension, and heart failure, and implications for future development to address chronic inflammation in the broader heart failure population.

    Dr. Andrew Hamer, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research & Development of Cardiol Therapeutics, said: ‘The ESC M&PD meeting is an important global forum that unites leading clinicians and scientists advancing the understanding and treatment of myocarditis, pericarditis, and other inflammatory heart diseases. This year’s program is timely given the growing interest in and recognition of inflammation as a central driver of cardiac injury and remodeling. We are honored to have Dr. Cooper, one of the world’s foremost authorities in myocarditis, present the ARCHER results at this prestigious meeting dedicated to myopericardial diseases.’

    ‘The previously reported positive topline results from our Phase II ARCHER clinical trial provided compelling clinical proof of concept for CardiolRx, demonstrating notable improvements in cardiac structure after twelve weeks of blinded therapy in patients with acute myocarditis and preserved left ventricular function,’ said David Elsley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cardiol Therapeutics. ‘These findings represent the first evidence of a drug’s efficacy on structural recovery and reverse remodeling in this patient population, underscoring the potential of CardiolRx to address the underlying inflammatory processes driving myocardial injury. The forthcoming presentation will further characterize the therapeutic profile of CardiolRx as a novel, anti-inflammatory strategy with the potential to significantly improve the treatment landscape not only for acute myocarditis, but also for the broader population of patients suffering from chronic heart failure, where inflammation is a fundamental mechanism leading to the development and progression of disease.’

    ARCHER enrolled 109 patients from leading cardiovascular research centers in the United States, France, Brazil, and Israel, and investigated the safety, tolerability, and impact of CardiolRx™ on myocardial recovery in patients presenting with acute myocarditis. The design and rationale for ARCHER were published on June 27, 2024, in the journal ESC Heart Failure (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38937900/).

    Company Webcast Conference Call Information

    Cardiol will host a webcast conference call at 8:30 a.m. EST on December 1, 2025, following the presentation at the ESC M&PD meeting. Members of the Company’s management team will discuss the clinical findings of the ARCHER trial, implications for future development, and next steps in advancing Cardiol’s programs in inflammatory heart disease. To participate by telephone, please dial 877-346-6112 (Canada and the United States) or +1-848-280-6350 (International). The conference call with also be broadcast live online through a listen-only webcast (with slides), which will be posted under ‘Events & Presentations’ in the Investors section of the Cardiol website and archived for approximately 90 days.

    About Cardiol Therapeutics

    Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDL) (TSX: CRDL) is a clinical-stage life sciences company advancing late-stage, anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for heart disease. The Company’s lead small molecule drug candidate, CardiolRx™, modulates inflammasome pathway activation, an intracellular process known to play an important role in the development and progression of inflammation and fibrosis associated with pericarditis, myocarditis, and heart failure.

    The MAVERIC Program in recurrent pericarditis, an inflammatory disease of the pericardium which is associated with symptoms including debilitating chest pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue, and results in physical limitations, reduced quality of life, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, comprises the completed Phase II MAvERIC-Pilot study (NCT05494788) and the ongoing pivotal Phase III MAVERIC trial (NCT06708299). The U.S. FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to CardiolRx™ for the treatment of pericarditis, which includes recurrent pericarditis.

    The ARCHER Program (NCT05180240) comprises the completed Phase II study in acute myocarditis, an important cause of acute and fulminant heart failure in young adults and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in people less than 35 years of age.

    Cardiol is also developing CRD-38, a novel subcutaneously administered drug formulation intended for use in heart failure-a leading cause of death and hospitalization in the developed world, with associated healthcare costs in the United States exceeding US$30 billion annually.

    For more information about Cardiol Therapeutics, please visit cardiolrx.com.

    Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information:

    This news release contains ‘forward-looking information’ within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events, or developments that Cardiol believes, expects, or anticipates will, may, could, or might occur in the future are ‘forward-looking information’. Forward looking information contained herein may include, but is not limited to statements regarding the Company’s focus on developing anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for the treatment of heart disease, the Company’s intended clinical studies and trial activities and timelines associated with such activities, including the Company’s plan to complete the Phase III study in recurrent pericarditis with CardiolRx™, the Company’s plan to advance the development of CRD-38, a novel subcutaneous formulation intended for use in heart failure, the Company’s intention to present and publish comprehensive ARCHER trial data, the Company’s belief that results from the ARCHER trial provide compelling clinical proof of concept for CardiolRx™ and strongly support advancing the clinical development of CardiolRx™ and CRD-38 for the treatment of inflammatory cardiac disorders including cardiomyopathies, heart failure, and myocarditis, the expected content of Dr. Cooper’s presentation, and the date, timing and purpose of the Company’s December 1, 2025 webcast. Forward-looking information contained herein reflects the current expectations or beliefs of Cardiol based on information currently available to it and is based on certain assumptions and is also subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual events or results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking information, and are not (and should not be considered to be) guarantees of future performance. These risks and uncertainties and other factors include the risks and uncertainties referred to in the Company’s Annual Information Form filed with the Canadian securities administrators and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2025, available on SEDAR+ at sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at sec.gov, as well as the risks and uncertainties associated with product commercialization and clinical studies. These assumptions, risks, uncertainties, and other factors should be considered carefully, and investors should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking information, and such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Any forward-looking information speaks only as of the date of this press release and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Cardiol disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or results, or otherwise. Investors are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements.

    For further information, please contact:
    Investor.relations@cardiolrx.com

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    Highlights:  

    GS2523

    1.24 g/t A over 277.1 m

    incl 3.63g/t Au over 45.4m

    GS2509

    1.16 g/t Au over 44.7m

    GS2511

    3.30 g/t Au over 18.3m

    GS2514

     1.44 g/t Au over 36.6m

    The width refers to drill hole intercepts; true width cannot be determined due to the uncertain geometry of mineralization

    2025 Program

    • Drilling Is expected to remain ongoing until mid-December
    • Conversion of inferred resources into indicated & further exploration drilling and geotechnical drilling.
    • 49 holes (31,754m) completed 
    • Ongoing metallurgical work, focusing on flowsheet optionality with sulphide oxidation is a key part of our strategy to maximize the potential of the resource. 
    • Commencement of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) 

    VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 5, 2025 /CNW/ – Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: FVL,OTC:FGOVF, OTCQX: FGOVF) pleased to announce the results from four additional drill holes at the Golden Summit project. To date, the company has completed 49 drill holes, totaling approximately 31,754m. A substantial number of assay results are still pending with results expected to be reported as they are finalized.

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    Objectives of the 2025 Drill Program
    2025 drill program has several objectives: to enhance and upgrade existing resources, explore areas for expanding current mineralization, and define the mineralized boundaries, primarily in the Dolphin and Cleary Zones. These goals are being achieved through a combination of exploration, geotechnical, and metallurgical test holes. There is still significant exploration potential to the west and east of the known deposit.

    The current infill drill program continues to validate and refine the resource block model, with results showing strong agreement with the current model.  As part of the lead up to the pre-feasibility study (‘PFS’) work is also continuing to define an initial starter pit.

    Metallurgical test work is advancing, and further metallurgical processes are being evaluated to potentially increase overall gold recoveries.

    Dolphin Zone

    Hole

    Depth

    Dip

    Azimuth

    From 

    To 

    Interval

    Au

    Number

    (m)

    (m)

    (m)

    g/t

    GS2523

    759.6

    -75

    360

    303.9

    328.3

    24.4

    1.05

    349.6

    626.7

    277.1

    1.24

    incl

    581.3

    626.7

    45.4

    3.63

    The width refers to drill hole intercepts; true width cannot be determined due to the uncertain geometry of mineralization.

    GS2523
    One of the southernmost holes drilled in the Dolphin Zone demonstrates the continuity and robust nature of the system, clearly indicating the potential to expand further and increase the overall grade at Golden Summit, and it remains open to the south and southwest. Furthermore, it is one of the broadest gold mineralized intervals within the intrusive seen to date.  Of particular significance is the intercept of 1.24 g/t gold over 277.1 meters, which includes a higher-grade zone of 3.63 g/t Au over 45.4 meters, consisting of sheeted quartz veinlets and rare visible gold almost entirely within the intrusive.

    GS2509, GS2511 and GS2514
    GS2509, GS2511 and GS2514 were all drilled in the southern portion of the WOW Zone. All three holes intersected significant zones of over 1.0 g/t Au mineralization, continuing to validate the WOW Zone’s potential to host higher-grade mineralization. Mineralization in the WOW Zone remains open to depth and along strike to the west and southwest.

    Hole

    Depth

    Dip

    Azimuth

    From 

    To 

    Interval

    Au

    Number

    (m)

    (m)

    (m)

    g/t

    GS2509

    785

    -70

    360

    242.3

    287

    44.7

    1.16

    359

    434

    75

    0.93

    707

    727.8

    20.8

    1.35

    GS2511

    725

    -65

    360

    235.9

    287

    51.1

    0.68

    346.7

    365

    18.3

    3.30

    520.7

    533

    12.3

    1.32

    GS2514

    743

    -80

    360

    149

    167

    18

    1.51

    202.4

    239

    36.6

    1.44

    283.5

    308

    24.5

    0.8

    380

    442.2

    62.2

    1.01

    635

    655.6

    20.6

    1.53

    The width refers to drill hole intercepts; true width cannot be determined due to the uncertain geometry of mineralization.

    Ongoing and Future Work
    The 2025 program continues to make significant progress, with assay results from over 24,000 metres still to be reported. Alongside the extensive drilling program, other work supporting the start of a Pre-Feasibility Study—including cultural resource assessments, paleontology, groundwater analysis, and studies on mammals and habitats—remain in progress.

    Since 2020, the Golden Summit Project has become one of North America’s largest undeveloped gold resources. The significant increase in resource ounces and grade is the result of targeted drilling campaigns from 2020 to 2024 (over 130,000 meters), ongoing improvements to geological models, and a better understanding of mineralization controls. Positive metallurgical test results have also advanced the project. Ongoing drilling has continued to delineate zones of higher-grade mineralization and to convert previously considered waste areas into potentially economically viable mineralized zones. Continued westward expansion has resulted in the discovery of new higher-grade zones, increasing both indicated gold resources and grades.

    Recovery rates exceeding 90% have been achieved using sulphide-oxidizing techniques, including BIOX®, POX, and the Albion Process™. As of July 2025, the current Golden Summit resource includes an Indicated Primary Mineral Resource of 17.2 million ounces at 1.24 g/t Au and an Inferred Primary Mineral Resource of 11.9 million ounces at 1.04 g/t Au, calculated using a 0.5 g/t cut-off grade and a gold price of $2,490. A significant number of assay results remain pending. Drilling is expected to continue until mid-December and resume in February 2026. Results from the 2025 drilling campaign provide the basis for an updated mineral resource estimate, which will support the upcoming Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS).

    Links to the Plan Map and Section 478950E & 478600E

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    HQ Core is logged, photographed and cut in half using a diamond saw, and one-half placed in sealed bags for preparation and subsequent geochemical analysis by MSA Laboratories in Fairbanks, Alaska or ALS’s facilities in Vancouver and Thunder Bay.  At MSALABS, the entire sample will be dried and crushed to 70% passing -2mm (CRU-CPA). A ~500g riffle split was analyzed for gold using CHRYSOS PhotonAssay™ (CPA-Au1). From this, 250g will be further riffle split from the original PhotonAssay™ sample, pulverized, and a 0.25g sub-sample analysed for multi-element geochemistry using MSA’s IMS230 package, which includes 4-acid digestion and ICP-MS finish. MSALABS operates under ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001 certified quality systems.

    Core samples were delivered to ALS’s facility in Vancouver, Canada, where each sample was crushed to 70% passing a 2 mm (Tyler 9 mesh, U.S. Std. No. 10) screen.  A representative ~500 g subsample was obtained by riffle splitting (SPL-32a) and analyzed for gold using ALS method Au-PA01, which provides a detection range of 0.03 to 350 ppm, in Thunder Bay. In addition, a subsample was analyzed for multi-element geochemistry using ALS method ME-ICP61 (34-element, four-acid ICP-AES).

    A QA/QC program includes laboratory and field standards inserted every ten samples. Blanks are inserted at the start of the submittal, and at least one blank every 25 standards.

    The Qualified Person for this release is Alvin Jackson, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration and Development for Freegold, who has approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release.

    About Freegold Ventures Limited
    Freegold is a TSX-listed company focused on exploration in Alaska.

    Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information, including, without limitation, statements as to planned expenditures and exploration programs, potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, the completion of an updated NI 43-101 technical report, and any other future plans. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without limitation, the completion of planned expenditures, the ability to complete exploration programs on schedule, and the success of exploration programs. See Freegold’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31st, 2024, filed under Freegold’s profile at www.sedar.com, for a detailed discussion of the risk factors associated with Freegold’s operations.

     

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    New York City socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory on Tuesday night, defying the laundry list of critics who railed against him over several high-profile controversial stances and statements.

    Communist label

    Mamdani dismissed the ‘communist’ label throughout the campaign, maintaining that he is a democratic socialist.

    His past comments promoting the abolition of private property, seizing the means of production, claiming billionaires shouldn’t exist, and calling for free government programs earned him the communist label from some, including President Donald Trump. 

    Mike Gonzalez, the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital earlier this year that Mamdani is ‘absolutely a communist’ who ‘repeats lines out of the ‘Communist Manifesto’ and other writings by Karl Marx.’

    ‘When Marxists today say they are socialists, they usually want to convey the impression that they believe in elections and not just in shooting your way into power,’ Gonzalez added. ‘Of course, that election often ends up being the last free and fair one. Witness Venezuela.’

    Anti-Israel positions

    Days before the election, an antisemitism research institute released a comprehensive report that summarized its concerns about Mamdani’s stances on Israel and concluded he shouldn’t become the next mayor of New York City.

    Mamdani faced heated criticism on the campaign trail, including hundreds of rabbis signing a letter opposing him for positions dating back to his time in college co-founding his school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter all the way up to this year when he was hesitant to definitively condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada.’

    Mamdani sparked a political firestorm last month, drawing outrage from the law enforcement community after posting a smiling photo with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn cleric who served as a character witness for the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and has been a longtime defender of convicted terrorists, raising funds for their legal defenses.

    Mamdani, a 34-year-old New York state assembly member, has been an outspoken critic of Israel and has even vowed to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if he visits New York City. 

    ‘I call Zohran Mamdani a jihadist because he is. Zohran Mamdani is a raging anti-Semite,’ New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik said in August. 

    ‘Mamdani is the definition of a jihadist as he supports Hamas terrorists which he did as recently as yesterday, when he refused to call for Hamas terrorists to put down their arms — the same Hamas terrorist group that slaughtered civilians including New Yorkers on October 7, 2023.’

    In July, a Jewish advocacy group blasted Mamdani for sharing a video mocking Hanukkah Jewish traditions on social media.

    Mamdani also faced criticism over the anti-Israel positions of his Columbia University professor father, Mahmood, who previously compared Abraham Lincoln to Adolf Hitler and appeared sympathetic to suicide bombers in a book he authored.

    ‘I think critiques of the state of Israel are critiques of a government, as opposed to critiques of a people and of a faith,’ Mamdani told MSNBC this week. ‘And my job is to represent every single New Yorker, and I will do so no matter their thoughts and opinions on Israel and Palestine, of which millions of New Yorkers have very strong views — and I’m one of them.’ 

    Defunding the police

    Public safety was one of the most talked about issues on the campaign trail, resulting in a constant debate about Mamdani’s calls in 2020 to ‘defund the police.’

    Before his mayoral campaign, Mamdani called the New York Police Department ‘racist’ and said in 2023, ‘We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.’

    ‘I think what scares a lot of New Yorkers about the policy positions taken by Zohran Mamdani over the years is that he has exhibited not just a lack of appreciation for the men and women that stand on that [police] line, but a visceral disdain for them, which has led him to push for things like defunding and dismantling the police,’ Rafael A. Mangual, senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute, told Fox News Digital in August, shortly after a gunman killed four people in midtown Manhattan, including a NYPD police officer. 

    ‘It’s not so much as just that he said, well, I wanna allocate some of this money to other places. He has gone so far as to say that we should dismantle the entire department.’

    Mamdani attempted to distance himself from his previous positions on the campaign trail and apologized to them in a Fox News interview in October.

    ‘Will you do that right now?’ Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum asked. 

    ‘Absolutely,’ Mamdani said, turning to face the camera directly. ‘I’ll apologize to police officers right here because this is the apology that I’ve been sharing with many rank-and-file officers. And I apologize because of the fact that I’m looking to work with these officers, and I know that these officers, these men and women who serve in the NYPD, they put their lives on the line every single day. And I will be a mayor.’

    Columbus Day incident

    In July, Mamdani sparked a social media firestorm after a post resurfaced of him giving the middle finger to a statue of Christopher Columbus.

    ‘Take it down,’ Mamdani posted in June 2020, along with a photo showing what is presumably his gloved hand raising the middle finger toward a statue of the famed Italian explorer in Astoria, New York.

    In a post around the same time, Mamdani asked his followers in a poll who should be honored instead of Columbus with options that included, ‘Tony Bennett (Astoria native, music icon) Walter Audisio (Communist partisan, killed Mussolini) Sacco & Vanzetti (Executed due to anti-Italian sentiment).’

    The winners of the poll were Sacco and Vanzetti, two anarcho-communists executed in 1927.

    Some in the Italian community took offense to the post, according to a New York Post report, including Columbus Heritage Coalition President Angelo Vivolo.

    ‘We will defend Columbus Day and Columbus statues,’ Vivolo said. 

    ‘He is being disrespectful to the Italian American community.’ Vivolo added. ‘If you offend one community, you offend all communities.’

    Despite the criticisms and opposition from high-profile lawmakers across the country, Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, pushing back against Trump, and taxing the rich guided him to a commanding victory on Tuesday night.

    Mamdani’s victory is expected to be a rallying cry for Republicans as they look to paint him and his socialist agenda as the face of the Democratic Party heading into next year’s midterms. 

    ‘The Democrat Party has surrendered to radical socialist Zohran Mamdani and the far-left mob who are now running the show,’ National Republican Committee Spokesman Mike Marinella told Fox News Digital on Tuesday night. 

    ‘They’ve proudly embraced defunding the police, abolishing ICE, taxing hard-working Americans to death, and replacing common sense with chaos. Every House Democrat is foolishly complicit in their party’s collapse, and voters will make them pay in 2026.’ 

    Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

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    Senate Democrats are trying to figure out their exit strategy from the ongoing government shutdown as lawmakers on both sides remain cautiously optimistic that the end is near.

    At hand are offers Senate Republicans have made since nearly the beginning of the shutdown, which crept into record-breaking territory Tuesday night.

    Among the options Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus mulled were a vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies, attaching a host of spending bills to the government funding extension and likely extending the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) until December or January.

    Following a nearly three-hour, closed-door lunch, Schumer gave little indication as to what Democrats’ move would be. He noted that the longer-than-usual caucus lunch went well, and that Senate Democrats were ‘exploring all the options.’

    If enough Senate Democrats join Republicans to reopen the government and take up the GOP’s offer, they’d effectively be caving after spending 36 days entrenched in their position that they needed an ironclad deal on the expiring Obamacare premium subsidies.

    Like Schumer, many Democratic lawmakers were tight-lipped about their discussions.

    ‘It’s still a work in progress,’ Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said.

    One part of the equation is tacking on a trio of spending bills, known as a minibus, that would fund military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the legislative branch, and agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

    Senate appropriators, who have been the main protagonists of increased bipartisan talks, believe that jump-starting the government funding process could be the key to ending the shutdown.

    ‘The reason we’re in this position is that we have not passed appropriations bills,’ Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said. ‘So beginning to break the logjam through doing that, we think would be incredibly effective.’

    The other part of the equation is a guarantee from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., that Senate Democrats would get a vote on a bill that dealt with the expiring Obamacare subsidies.

    But that attempt is almost certain to fail, given that Senate Republicans want to see major reforms made to the program.

    ‘It’s a universe that I think is pretty well-defined and established,’ Thune said. ‘I’ve said this before, but the question is whether or not we’ll take ‘yes’ for an answer.’

    That’s where the deep-seated lack of trust that Senate Democrats have for their counterparts across the aisle and of President Donald Trump comes in that has underscored much of the shutdown. One of their demands is to have the healthcare bill voted on by a simple, 50-vote majority, which Thune and Republicans scoffed at.

    Still, Senate Democrats are eyeing more of a solution to the healthcare issue rather than the promise of a process, which Thune has given.

    ‘I’m interested in negotiation, but a negotiation that ends up — that ends in a piece of legislation being passed,’ Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. ‘An agreement to take a vote that Republicans are guaranteeing will fail doesn’t sound like an outcome that helps regular Americans.’

    Others, particularly progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus, don’t want to see Schumer or their colleagues back down, even as federal workers and air traffic controllers go unpaid, and as the administration has wavered on funding federal food benefits despite a court order to do so.

    ‘If the Democrats cave on this, I think it will be a betrayal to millions and millions of working families who want them to stand up and protect their healthcare benefits,’ Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said.

    Despite promises of a vote, Republicans argue they can’t predetermine the future outcome nor guarantee that a Democratic proposal would pass.

    ‘[Thune] has said from Day 1 that he would provide them with a vote,’ Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said. ‘What he can’t do is provide them with an outcome.’

    Rounds is one of a handful of Senate Republicans who has engaged in bipartisan talks throughout the shutdown and was hopeful that over a dozen Democrats would cross the aisle to reopen the government.

    ‘I think they’re tired of this,’ Rounds said.

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    The most consequential moments of the Trump–Xi summit last week did not occur at South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport. Statements about ‘stabilizing relations’ and ‘reducing tensions’ were predictable, almost perfunctory. 

    The real story unfolded in the weeks leading up to the summit – in the choreography, the pageantry and the unmistakable assertion of American power across the Indo-Pacific. By the time Xi Jinping sat across from Donald Trump, he was meeting a U.S. president who had already recommitted to America’s military preeminence in the region, reaffirmed its alliances, and reminded Beijing that the United States remains the indispensable Pacific power.

    In the days before the summit, Trump delivered a series of moves that together amounted to a strategic message. When reporters aboard Air Force One asked about Taiwan, he replied simply, ‘There’s not that much to ask about it. Taiwan is Taiwan.’ 

    The remark – off-the-cuff but unmistakable in meaning – pushed back against speculation that his administration might soften on the issue in pursuit of a grand bargain with Beijing. Trump’s statement told Xi that the United States would not barter away the foundation of East Asian stability for a better trade deal. Since 1979, American policy toward Taiwan has relied on strategic ambiguity – but Trump’s phrasing underscored deterrence, not doubt. 

    Then came a tangible demonstration of alliance power. The Trump administration announced a new partnership with a leading South Korean shipbuilder to co-produce nuclear-powered submarines and expand U.S. shipyard capacity – a deal expected to bring billions of dollars in investment and jobs to American facilities, including in Philadelphia and along the Gulf Coast. 

    For all the rhetoric about ‘America First,’ this was alliance diplomacy in practice: fusing allied industrial bases to strengthen deterrence. At a time when China is out-building the U.S. Navy at a breathtaking pace, the U.S.–ROK shipbuilding initiative signals that Washington is no longer content to outsource maritime capacity to its competitors.

    Equally deliberate was Trump’s decision to post on Truth Social about nuclear-weapons testing – announcing that the United States would resume limited tests to ensure readiness. The statement came in direct response to China’s accelerated nuclear expansion. 

    US-China agreement is a

    The Pentagon’s 2024 China Military Power Report estimated that Beijing had surpassed 600 operational nuclear warheads and was rapidly expanding its missile forces and fissile-material production capacity. In recent years, satellite imagery and open-source reporting have also suggested that China may be preparing renewed activity at its Lop Nur nuclear test site, reinforcing concerns that Beijing is edging toward a more aggressive testing posture.

    In that context, Trump’s post was less provocation than deterrent signaling – a reminder that the U.S. will not allow the balance of nuclear credibility to tilt unchallenged. The move ignited controversy but achieved its purpose: it reassured allies and warned adversaries that American nuclear deterrence is not theoretical.

    Perhaps the clearest articulation of this posture came aboard the USS George Washington two days before the summit. Standing on the carrier’s deck alongside Japan’s prime minister, President Trump declared that ‘the U.S. military will win – every time.’ The audience was not voters in the United States. The message was directed at Xi Jinping, the People’s Liberation Army, and America’s allies watching across the Indo-Pacific. 

    With the Japanese prime minister by his side – who described the carrier as a ‘symbol of protecting freedom and peace in this region’ – the moment projected allied unity and deterrent resolve. It was as much a visual message as a verbal one: the United States and its partners were back in the business of winning, and Beijing would have to recalibrate its assumptions accordingly.

    China may have the ‘upper hand’ after Trump–Xi meeting, former NSC member warns

    Taken together – the Taiwan statement, the South Korea shipbuilding accord, the nuclear-testing post, and the carrier speech – the president’s actions framed the summit before it even began. 

    These were not the actions of a president declaring detente with Beijing. They told Xi that the United States would not arrive as a supplicant seeking stability at any price, nor should America First to be interpreted as ‘America Alone,’ retreating to the Western Hemisphere.

    Instead, President Trump positioned himself at the helm of an American-led order in the Indo-Pacific in which its two most important allies–Japan and South Korea– play leading roles. His message was not isolation but orchestration: America’s strength is amplified through partnership.

    Trump rare earth dispute is

    This approach marks an evolution from President Trump’s first term, when ‘burden-sharing’ often meant brow-beating allies. Now his focus is on empowerment — accelerating allied shipbuilding, missile defense and joint exercises. 

    The summit’s scripted pleasantries – calls for dialogue and vows to ‘manage competition responsibly’ – mattered less than the backdrop: a U.S. president reinforcing alliances, expanding shipbuilding and projecting confidence from ‘100,000 tons of diplomacy’–the deck of an aircraft carrier.

    President Trump will return to Beijing in April for a follow-up summit with Xi – a test of whether his current posture endures. As any student of ‘The Art of the Deal’ knows, Trump’s instinct is to maximize leverage before negotiation. 

    The handshake between Trump and Xi captured that dynamic: a confident Trump leaning into Xi knowing weeks of U.S. maneuvers had strengthened America’s hand in its competition with China. Whether that grip represents a lasting commitment to Indo-Pacific leadership or merely a pause before the next deal remains to be seen.

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    : The House GOP’s campaign arm is wasting no time in linking New York City’s democratic socialist mayor-elect to congressional Democrats facing challenging re-elections in next year’s midterm elections.

    Hours after Zohran Mamdani’s election victory in New York City’s mayoral election, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Wednesday launched a digital ad spotlighting him, which is running in nearly 50 competitive House districts.

    ‘A radical left earthquake just hit America. The epicenter: New York,’ says the narrator in the NRCC spot, which was shared first with Fox News Digital.

    The narrator argues that ‘the new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani built his movement on defunding the police and abolishing ICE. Now the socialists are celebrating. They call it progress. We call it chaos. Bureaucrats instead of doctors. Social workers instead of cops.’

    ‘This is the future House Democrats want, and your city could be next. Stop socialism. Stop Democrats,’ concludes the narrator, under pictures of Mamdani and House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

    Jeffries, the top Democrat in the chamber, endorsed Mamdani last week, nearly four months after Mamdani sent political shockwaves across the nation with his convincing win over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination.

    Since Mamdani’s primary victory, Republicans have repeatedly aimed to make the now-34-year-old Ugandan-born state lawmaker from New York City the new face of the Democratic Party, as they work to characterize Democrats as far-left socialists.

    Mamdani defeated Cuomo and two-time Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s election, making history as the first Muslim and first millennial mayor of the nation’s most populous city.

    He was heavily criticized by Republicans and some Democrats for his far-left proposals to eliminate fares to ride New York City’s vast bus system, make CUNY (City University of New York) ‘tuition-free,’ freeze rents on municipal housing, offer ‘free childcare’ for children up to age 5 and set up government-run grocery stores.

    Mamdani also took incoming political fire over his verbal attacks on Israel, his past critical comments about the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and his proposal to shift certain responsibilities away from the NYPD and focus on social services and community-based programs.

    The digital spot, which is backed by a modest ad buy, will run in 29 Democrat-controlled House districts being targeted by the NRCC.

    The lawmakers in the districts are Josh Harder (CA-09), Adam Gray (CA-13), George Whitesides (CA-27), Derek Tran (CA-45), Dave Min (CA-47), Darren Soto (FL-09), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Frank Mrvan (IN-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), Don Davis (NC-01), OPEN (NH-01), Nellie Pou (NJ-09), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), Dina Titus (NV-01), Susie Lee (NV-03), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Laura Gillen (NY-04), Josh Riley (NY-19), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), OPEN (TX-09), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Julie Johnson (TX-32), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), OPEN (TX-35), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03).

    The ads will also run digitally in 20 Republican-controlled House districts the NRCC expects to be in play in the midterms.

    The lawmakers in those districts are Reps. Nick Begich (AK-AL), OPEN (AZ-01), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), Ken Calvert (CA-41), Gabe Evans (CO-08), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Zach Nunn (IA-03), Tom Barrett (MI-07), OPEN (MI-10), OPEN (NE-02), Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), Mike Lawler (NY-07), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), Rob Bresnahan (PA-08), Scott Perry (PA-10), Scott Perry, (PA-10), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03).

    At full strength, the Republicans hold a 220-215 majority in the House. Democrats need to pick up just three seats to win back the majority.

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