• VR Resources outlined progress on its farm-out of the Empire and Silverback copper-nickel-PGM-gold projects in Ontario to private Athos Metals.
• VR expects to hold 9.9% of the resulting issuer once Athos completes a go-public transaction tied to the asset deal.
• The VTEM+ airborne EM and magnetic survey over the Empire district is complete; final processed data are due by end-July 2026.
• Follow-up drilling is planned for late summer or early fall 2026, pending integration of the airborne results with existing data.
• TSXV issued conditional acceptance for the transaction on April 23, 2026; Athos’ NI 43-101 report was cleared on May 26, 2026.

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