Toronto – October 31, 2026 -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American: HSLV) presented its development plan for the Corani Silver Project to Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori and Minister of Energy and Mines Guillermo Shinno Huamaní in Lima on October 6, 2026. The meeting took place at the Palacio de Gobierno.

ARLINGTON, Va. – October 31, 2026 -- The 100 largest US cooperatives reported combined revenue of $309 billion in 2025, according to the annual NCB Co-op 100 report released by National Cooperative Bank (NCB). NCB describes the report as the only annual publication that tracks cooperative business performance across multiple sectors.

WIESBADEN – October 30, 2026 -- Germany's gross domestic product rose 0.2% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with the second quarter, on a price-, seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported.

Year-on-year output climbs 1.3% in price-adjusted terms

GDP was 1.3% higher than in the third quarter of 2025 on a price-adjusted basis. Adjusted for both price and calendar effects, the increase was 1.2%.

The economy had already expanded in the first half of 2026, so the third quarter extends a run of growth.

Osnabrück – October 30, 2026 -- Thorsten Schulze and Falk Lindemann will jointly run publisher BruneMettcker from Nov. 1, 2026, consolidating management of regional newspaper houses in Norden, Weener and Wilhelmshaven under one leadership pair, the NOZ/mh:n Group said.

Loerts-Sabin retires from operations at age 70

Helmut Loerts-Sabin, managing director of BruneMettcker in Wilhelmshaven, is stepping back from day-to-day business. The group describes the handover as a planned succession.

WIESBADEN – October 30, 2026 -- The number of employed people living in Germany was unchanged in September 2026 on a seasonally adjusted basis, at about 45.60 million, but sat 211,000 (0.5%) below the level of a year earlier, according to preliminary Destatis figures.

The adjusted monthly change was -4,000 people (0.0%). From January to August 2026, employment had fallen by an average of 19,000 people per month, so the September reading marks a pause in that pace of decline.

TORONTO – October 30, 2026 -- Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) reported a top intercept of 1.33 m at 116.41 g/t gold and 0.47% copper at its Breccia East zone in Spain. The hole sits within a 4.17 m interval grading 39.85 g/t Au and 0.34% Cu (DDH 26BX1094). The results come from 53 drill holes completed across the El Valle-Boinás and Carlés deposits in the second half of fiscal 2026, ended September 30, 2026.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Only 17 percent of German CFOs report measurable value from AI initiatives, while 70 percent expect measurable benefits within two years, according to Deloitte's latest CFO Survey. The poll covered more than 120 finance chiefs at large German companies between September 10 and October 2.

TORONTO – October 29, 2026 -- Agnico Eagle Mines reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $1,353 million ($2.67 per share) and free cash flow of $852 million ($1.68 per share), driven by a realized gold price of $4,264 per ounce.

Adjusted net income was $1,324 million, or $2.62 per share. Cash provided by operating activities reached $1,755 million, or $3.47 per share.

Catamarca – October 29, 2026 -- Rio Tinto has formally opened its Fénix 1B expansion and Sal de Vida operation in Argentina's Catamarca province after a combined investment of around $1.4 billion, adding 25,000 tonnes of annual lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) capacity once fully ramped up.

Yantai – October 29, 2026 -- Translators and journalists from China, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Morocco and Russia toured Yantai in Shandong Province from October 11 to 13, 2026, visiting a biopharmaceutical producer and an intelligent-manufacturing company as part of a city-promotion program.