• Barksdale completed remaining payments to Tusk to secure 100% ownership of the San Javier IOCG copper-gold project in Sonora, Mexico.
• Final consideration: C$ 227,500 cash payment, issuance of 4,550,000 shares, consolidation of remaining concessions tied to the 2020 deal.
• Resampling of 2007 drill rejects returned high-grade gold, including 9 meters at 3.464 g/t Au in hole SJ07-64.
• Additional intercepts included 12 meters at 1.084 g/t Au; four of five resampled holes showed multiple gold intervals.
• Work started to assess a potential gold resource update alongside the existing copper-only NI 43-101 resource used in the January 2024 PEA.

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