Author: Ravi Shankar

Three exclusive webshops now available on WEMIX PLAY, where players can spend PLAY tokens, AMBER tokens and WEMIX coins on character skins and in-game item packages

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WEMADE and its flagship blockchain gaming platform, WEMIX PLAY, today officially launched Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush globally on Android. Developed by LightCON CO., LTD., the Web3 version of the hit casual roguelike tower defense game Hellsquad Rrrush! now features a player-driven token economy. The launch simultaneously opens three exclusive Stone Rush webshops on WEMIX PLAY.

The original Web2 title gained immediate acclaim by reaching No. 1 on Google Play’s Top Games chart within three days of release and accumulating over 1 million downloads. Set in a world where Hell is under human invasion, players step into the role of Commander to assemble squads of cute yet lethal demons, build various squad combinations around the right Specializations and Treasures, and defend the gates against relentless waves of enemies.

In Stone Rush, Hexstone Mine Wars, the game’s territory-control mode, powers a two-tier currency loop* designed to bridge active gameplay with real-world token utility:

• HELLSHARD: The in-game bridge currency mined directly from captured Hexstone shafts. Players can spend HELLSHARD on essential progression items or convert it into HELLSTONE.
• HELLSTONE: The gateway to the wider WEMIX ecosystem. Commanders can exchange HELLSTONE for WEMIX coins, trade it, or convert it back into HELLSHARD to reinvest directly in squad growth and high-tier equipment.

Alongside the global launch, WEMADE has opened three dedicated webshops on WEMIX PLAY, offering exclusive content denominated in different tokens:

• PLAY Shop: Players can purchase exclusive character skins with PLAY tokens, the platform’s primary utility token, which can also be used in PLAY webshops across multiple titles on WEMIX PLAY. Each skin provides a passive bonus stat boost to the Commander’s demon squad.
• AMBER Shop: AMBER, the pre-registration reward token, can be used in this webshop to acquire specialized in-game item packages.
• WEMIX Shop: The same selection of in-game item packages available in the AMBER webshop can be purchased with WEMIX coins in this webshop.

Available in one-time, daily, weekly, and monthly options (limited to one purchase per cycle), package inventories are identical across the AMBER and WEMIX shops. This allows players to seamlessly pay with either pre-registration AMBER rewards or WEMIX earned by converting in-game HELLSTONE.

Global pre-registration for Stone Rush, which opened on August 27, closes with today’s launch. AMBER tokens, PLAY tokens and exclusive character skins earned through the pre-registration, Community Milestone and Referral programs will be distributed within the next two weeks (subject to change). Tokens will be airdropped to each player’s active WEMIX PLAY wallet, and skins will be issued as coupon codes to the WEMIX PLAY inbox.

Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush is available now on Android. Download it via the Google Play Store or WEMIX PLAY.

*Note: To support long-term economic stability, currency conversions are subject to daily individual and server-wide limits.

About Hellsquad Rrrush!
Hellsquad Rrrush! is a fast-paced casual roguelike tower defense game developed by LightCON CO., LTD. Combining strategic unit positioning, roguelike upgrades, and wave-defense gameplay, the game puts players in command of cutesy yet deadly demon squads defending the gates of Hell against invading forces. After gaining immediate acclaim by claiming the No. 1 spot on Google Play’s Top Games chart within days of its launch, the title expands into Web3 with Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush, introducing Hexstone Mine Wars, blockchain tokenomics, and asset ownership powered by WEMIX PLAY.

About WEMADE
WEMADE is the only company combining over two decades of AAA game development success with a fully operational, game-proven blockchain ecosystem-built entirely on its proprietary Layer-1 mainnet, WEMIX3.0. Known for global hits such as The Legend of Mir, MIR4, NIGHT CROWS and Legend of YMIR, WEMADE is leading the industry in seamlessly integrating gameplay, tokenomics, NFTs, stablecoin payments, and blockchain infrastructure. Through WEMIX PLAY, WEMADE delivers a unified digital economy where players, creators, and investors can own, trade, and benefit from digital assets-powering the next generation of interactive entertainment and driving the evolution of Web3 gaming. For more information, please visit https://wemade.com.

About WEMIX PLAY
WEMIX PLAY is the world’s leading blockchain gaming platform, offering one of the most diverse portfolios of blockchain-powered games globally. The platform integrates NFTs, tokenomics, payment systems, webshops, an NFT marketplace, and community features-creating a unified ecosystem where players can truly own, trade, and benefit from digital assets. As the flagship of the WEMIX ecosystem, WEMIX PLAY delivers a seamless, immersive gaming experience-empowering players, creators, and investors to participate in decentralized digital economies and shaping the future of interactive entertainment. For more information, please visit https://wemixplay.com/.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f4636e29-0fd8-445d-b71f-6a7fe7099c02

CONTACT: For media enquiries, please contact:
pr@wemix.com

Three exclusive webshops now available on WEMIX PLAY, where players can spend PLAY tokens, AMBER tokens and WEMIX coins on character skins and in-game item packages

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WEMADE and its flagship blockchain gaming platform, WEMIX PLAY, today officially launched Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush globally on Android. Developed by LightCON CO., LTD., the Web3 version of the hit casual roguelike tower defense game Hellsquad Rrrush! now features a player-driven token economy. The launch simultaneously opens three exclusive Stone Rush webshops on WEMIX PLAY.

The original Web2 title gained immediate acclaim by reaching No. 1 on Google Play’s Top Games chart within three days of release and accumulating over 1 million downloads. Set in a world where Hell is under human invasion, players step into the role of Commander to assemble squads of cute yet lethal demons, build various squad combinations around the right Specializations and Treasures, and defend the gates against relentless waves of enemies.

In Stone Rush, Hexstone Mine Wars, the game’s territory-control mode, powers a two-tier currency loop* designed to bridge active gameplay with real-world token utility:

• HELLSHARD: The in-game bridge currency mined directly from captured Hexstone shafts. Players can spend HELLSHARD on essential progression items or convert it into HELLSTONE.
• HELLSTONE: The gateway to the wider WEMIX ecosystem. Commanders can exchange HELLSTONE for WEMIX coins, trade it, or convert it back into HELLSHARD to reinvest directly in squad growth and high-tier equipment.

Alongside the global launch, WEMADE has opened three dedicated webshops on WEMIX PLAY, offering exclusive content denominated in different tokens:

• PLAY Shop: Players can purchase exclusive character skins with PLAY tokens, the platform’s primary utility token, which can also be used in PLAY webshops across multiple titles on WEMIX PLAY. Each skin provides a passive bonus stat boost to the Commander’s demon squad.
• AMBER Shop: AMBER, the pre-registration reward token, can be used in this webshop to acquire specialized in-game item packages.
• WEMIX Shop: The same selection of in-game item packages available in the AMBER webshop can be purchased with WEMIX coins in this webshop.

Available in one-time, daily, weekly, and monthly options (limited to one purchase per cycle), package inventories are identical across the AMBER and WEMIX shops. This allows players to seamlessly pay with either pre-registration AMBER rewards or WEMIX earned by converting in-game HELLSTONE.

Global pre-registration for Stone Rush, which opened on August 27, closes with today’s launch. AMBER tokens, PLAY tokens and exclusive character skins earned through the pre-registration, Community Milestone and Referral programs will be distributed within the next two weeks (subject to change). Tokens will be airdropped to each player’s active WEMIX PLAY wallet, and skins will be issued as coupon codes to the WEMIX PLAY inbox.

Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush is available now on Android. Download it via the Google Play Store or WEMIX PLAY.

*Note: To support long-term economic stability, currency conversions are subject to daily individual and server-wide limits.

About Hellsquad Rrrush!
Hellsquad Rrrush! is a fast-paced casual roguelike tower defense game developed by LightCON CO., LTD. Combining strategic unit positioning, roguelike upgrades, and wave-defense gameplay, the game puts players in command of cutesy yet deadly demon squads defending the gates of Hell against invading forces. After gaining immediate acclaim by claiming the No. 1 spot on Google Play’s Top Games chart within days of its launch, the title expands into Web3 with Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush, introducing Hexstone Mine Wars, blockchain tokenomics, and asset ownership powered by WEMIX PLAY.

About WEMADE
WEMADE is the only company combining over two decades of AAA game development success with a fully operational, game-proven blockchain ecosystem-built entirely on its proprietary Layer-1 mainnet, WEMIX3.0. Known for global hits such as The Legend of Mir, MIR4, NIGHT CROWS and Legend of YMIR, WEMADE is leading the industry in seamlessly integrating gameplay, tokenomics, NFTs, stablecoin payments, and blockchain infrastructure. Through WEMIX PLAY, WEMADE delivers a unified digital economy where players, creators, and investors can own, trade, and benefit from digital assets-powering the next generation of interactive entertainment and driving the evolution of Web3 gaming. For more information, please visit https://wemade.com.

About WEMIX PLAY
WEMIX PLAY is the world’s leading blockchain gaming platform, offering one of the most diverse portfolios of blockchain-powered games globally. The platform integrates NFTs, tokenomics, payment systems, webshops, an NFT marketplace, and community features-creating a unified ecosystem where players can truly own, trade, and benefit from digital assets. As the flagship of the WEMIX ecosystem, WEMIX PLAY delivers a seamless, immersive gaming experience-empowering players, creators, and investors to participate in decentralized digital economies and shaping the future of interactive entertainment. For more information, please visit https://wemixplay.com/.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f4636e29-0fd8-445d-b71f-6a7fe7099c02

CONTACT: For media enquiries, please contact:
pr@wemix.com

Vaisala Indigo Supervisor helps data centers scale environmental monitoring by enabling up to 100 measurement points to be managed as a single system. As monitoring requirements grow, the challenge is shifting from measurement coverage to operational scalability.

Environmental monitoring must scale with AI infrastructure

As data centers scale to support growing AI workloads, environmental monitoring infrastructure must keep pace. Higher computing densities and accelerated construction schedules are increasing the need for environmental measurements throughout data centers, including data halls, technical spaces, support areas, and other critical locations, while leaving less time for installation, commissioning, and maintenance.

As monitoring requirements grow and measurement networks expand, operators need ways to deploy, standardize, and maintain environmental monitoring across facilities without adding complexity or slowing project timelines.

From sensors to systems: a new approach to environmental monitoring

To address this need, Vaisala today introduced the Vaisala Indigo Supervisor, a solution designed to simplify environmental monitoring in data centers by shifting from managing individual sensors to managing measurement networks as a unified system.

The solution enables up to 100 measurement points to be managed as a single system through a local touchscreen interface and integrated into a building management system (BMS) through a single standardized connection.

The Indigo Supervisor reflects a broader industry shift toward modularity and system-level environmental monitoring. As data center infrastructure expands, operators increasingly need solutions that can be deployed consistently across sites, scaled over time, integrated into building management systems, and managed efficiently throughout their lifecycle.

Designing infrastructure for the next generation of data centers

“AI is accelerating data center growth at a pace that is changing how supporting infrastructure is deployed, managed, and scaled,” said Anu Kätkä, Product Line Manager for HVAC and Critical Buildings at Vaisala.

“When a facility contains dozens or hundreds of measurement points, environmental monitoring can no longer be managed one sensor at a time. Operators need a system-level approach to environmental monitoring that can be commissioned efficiently, maintained without disrupting operations, and scaled consistently as capacity expands.”

Meeting the demands of modern data center infrastructure

The Indigo Supervisor complements Vaisala’s growing data center offering. Together, these capabilities support the reliable and efficient operation of increasingly dense and rapidly expanding data center infrastructure.

While designed with the scalability requirements of modern data centers in mind, the Indigo Supervisor is equally suited to any environment where environmental monitoring must be managed efficiently across multiple sensing locations, including cleanrooms, greenhouses, cold storage facilities, laboratories, and industrial process environments.

Key facts

• Host unit for Vaisala daisy-chained compact measurement probes
• Supports up to two independent probe chains with up to 50 probes per chain
• Compatible with Vaisala XMP10, HMP110, HMP113 and TMP115 probes.
• Supports commissioning through web-based tools
• Probe replacement through the touchscreen interface
• Provides local dashboards, measurement visibility, alert management and calibration information
• Integrates with building management systems through Modbus TCP
• System configuration can be exported as CSV to support commissioning and multi-site deployment
• Expected availability: Early 2027

More information for the media

Miia Lahti
Communications Partner, Industrial Measurements, Vaisala
miia.lahti (at) vaisala.com

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence for climate action. We equip our customers with devices and data to improve resource efficiency, drive energy transition, and care for the safety and well-being of people and societies worldwide. With over 90 years of innovation and expertise, we employ a team of close to 2,500 experts committed to taking every measure for the planet. Vaisala series A shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
www.vaisala.com

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• Vaisala Indigo Supervisor

Vaisala Indigo Supervisor helps data centers scale environmental monitoring by enabling up to 100 measurement points to be managed as a single system. As monitoring requirements grow, the challenge is shifting from measurement coverage to operational scalability.

Environmental monitoring must scale with AI infrastructure

As data centers scale to support growing AI workloads, environmental monitoring infrastructure must keep pace. Higher computing densities and accelerated construction schedules are increasing the need for environmental measurements throughout data centers, including data halls, technical spaces, support areas, and other critical locations, while leaving less time for installation, commissioning, and maintenance.

As monitoring requirements grow and measurement networks expand, operators need ways to deploy, standardize, and maintain environmental monitoring across facilities without adding complexity or slowing project timelines.

From sensors to systems: a new approach to environmental monitoring

To address this need, Vaisala today introduced the Vaisala Indigo Supervisor, a solution designed to simplify environmental monitoring in data centers by shifting from managing individual sensors to managing measurement networks as a unified system.

The solution enables up to 100 measurement points to be managed as a single system through a local touchscreen interface and integrated into a building management system (BMS) through a single standardized connection.

The Indigo Supervisor reflects a broader industry shift toward modularity and system-level environmental monitoring. As data center infrastructure expands, operators increasingly need solutions that can be deployed consistently across sites, scaled over time, integrated into building management systems, and managed efficiently throughout their lifecycle.

Designing infrastructure for the next generation of data centers

“AI is accelerating data center growth at a pace that is changing how supporting infrastructure is deployed, managed, and scaled,” said Anu Kätkä, Product Line Manager for HVAC and Critical Buildings at Vaisala.

“When a facility contains dozens or hundreds of measurement points, environmental monitoring can no longer be managed one sensor at a time. Operators need a system-level approach to environmental monitoring that can be commissioned efficiently, maintained without disrupting operations, and scaled consistently as capacity expands.”

Meeting the demands of modern data center infrastructure

The Indigo Supervisor complements Vaisala’s growing data center offering. Together, these capabilities support the reliable and efficient operation of increasingly dense and rapidly expanding data center infrastructure.

While designed with the scalability requirements of modern data centers in mind, the Indigo Supervisor is equally suited to any environment where environmental monitoring must be managed efficiently across multiple sensing locations, including cleanrooms, greenhouses, cold storage facilities, laboratories, and industrial process environments.

Key facts

• Host unit for Vaisala daisy-chained compact measurement probes
• Supports up to two independent probe chains with up to 50 probes per chain
• Compatible with Vaisala XMP10, HMP110, HMP113 and TMP115 probes.
• Supports commissioning through web-based tools
• Probe replacement through the touchscreen interface
• Provides local dashboards, measurement visibility, alert management and calibration information
• Integrates with building management systems through Modbus TCP
• System configuration can be exported as CSV to support commissioning and multi-site deployment
• Expected availability: Early 2027

More information for the media

Miia Lahti
Communications Partner, Industrial Measurements, Vaisala
miia.lahti (at) vaisala.com

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence for climate action. We equip our customers with devices and data to improve resource efficiency, drive energy transition, and care for the safety and well-being of people and societies worldwide. With over 90 years of innovation and expertise, we employ a team of close to 2,500 experts committed to taking every measure for the planet. Vaisala series A shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
www.vaisala.com

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• Vaisala Indigo Supervisor

New AI-enabled, risk intelligence platform consolidates risk and insurance data, helping clients improve visibility, program efficiency, stakeholder reporting and decision-making

LONDON, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Willis, a WTW business (NASDAQ: WTW), today launches RiskIQ Nexus, a new risk intelligence platform designed to help organizations bring risk and insurance data together in one place. This gives risk managers faster access to the information and insights they need to understand their programs, prepare for renewals and make more informed risk and insurance decisions.

Part of WTW’s leading RiskIQ ecosystem, Nexus helps organizations consolidate policy, premium, loss, exposure and other risk and insurance information from multiple sources into a single, connected view. Its AI capabilities support multi-language document ingestion and enable users to query and analyze their data more intuitively, turning information into decision-ready reporting and insights.

Many organizations continue to manage critical risk and insurance information across multiple systems, spreadsheets and data sources, creating challenges around visibility, governance and decision-making. Nexus addresses these pain points by reducing administrative burden and supporting more efficient programs and stakeholder reporting.

The platform also provides a foundation for deeper, scalable risk and insurance analysis, enabling clients to quickly access information such as insurance spend, insurer participation, policy details, program structures and upcoming renewals. Its AI-enabled querying helps organizations explore and interrogate their data in detail and answer practical day-to-day questions including:

• What insurance do we have in place?
• What is our total cost of risk?
• How much are we spending on insurance?
• Which insurers are we using?
• Where are our latest policy documents?
• How has our program changed since the last renewal?

By bringing this information together, Nexus helps clients strengthen renewal discussions, improve oversight of risk and insurance programs, and respond more effectively to requests from finance teams, C-suite leaders and other stakeholders. It also helps users move beyond static reports to generate decision-ready insights, while Willis consultant specialists can help clients interpret and act on them.

Importantly, Nexus is broker agnostic. It can incorporate risk and insurance information beyond Willis placements, including non-placement data, enabling organizations to create a more complete view of their programs. This helps stakeholders work from a single source of truth, while keeping data confidential and protected, with access limited to client-approved users.

John Merkovsky, Global Head of Risk & Analytics at Willis, said: “Risk managers shouldn’t have to spend hours pulling information from spreadsheets, emails and shared drives just to answer key questions about their risk and insurance portfolio. Nexus puts that information at their fingertips, helping clients quickly establish what insurance they have in place, who they buy from, what they spend and how programs are changing over time. Its AI-enabled querying and analysis will help clients move from information to insight and action more quickly, driving better risk decisions and much greater value.”

Nexus forms part of Willis’ continued investment in technology, analytics and digital solutions that strengthen client decision-making and enhance the delivery of risk and insurance services. As the platform evolves, it will provide additional ways for clients to understand and act on their risk and insurance data.

Nexus is being rolled out to clients globally as part of Willis’ recently announced Propel initiative and its expanding digital client experience.

About WTW

At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success—and provide perspective that moves you. Learn more at www.wtwco.com

Media Contacts
Jo Barrett	jo.barrett@wtwco.com
Lauren Ryan	lauren.ryan@wtwco.com

New AI-enabled, risk intelligence platform consolidates risk and insurance data, helping clients improve visibility, program efficiency, stakeholder reporting and decision-making

LONDON, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Willis, a WTW business (NASDAQ: WTW), today launches RiskIQ Nexus, a new risk intelligence platform designed to help organizations bring risk and insurance data together in one place. This gives risk managers faster access to the information and insights they need to understand their programs, prepare for renewals and make more informed risk and insurance decisions.

Part of WTW’s leading RiskIQ ecosystem, Nexus helps organizations consolidate policy, premium, loss, exposure and other risk and insurance information from multiple sources into a single, connected view. Its AI capabilities support multi-language document ingestion and enable users to query and analyze their data more intuitively, turning information into decision-ready reporting and insights.

Many organizations continue to manage critical risk and insurance information across multiple systems, spreadsheets and data sources, creating challenges around visibility, governance and decision-making. Nexus addresses these pain points by reducing administrative burden and supporting more efficient programs and stakeholder reporting.

The platform also provides a foundation for deeper, scalable risk and insurance analysis, enabling clients to quickly access information such as insurance spend, insurer participation, policy details, program structures and upcoming renewals. Its AI-enabled querying helps organizations explore and interrogate their data in detail and answer practical day-to-day questions including:

• What insurance do we have in place?
• What is our total cost of risk?
• How much are we spending on insurance?
• Which insurers are we using?
• Where are our latest policy documents?
• How has our program changed since the last renewal?

By bringing this information together, Nexus helps clients strengthen renewal discussions, improve oversight of risk and insurance programs, and respond more effectively to requests from finance teams, C-suite leaders and other stakeholders. It also helps users move beyond static reports to generate decision-ready insights, while Willis consultant specialists can help clients interpret and act on them.

Importantly, Nexus is broker agnostic. It can incorporate risk and insurance information beyond Willis placements, including non-placement data, enabling organizations to create a more complete view of their programs. This helps stakeholders work from a single source of truth, while keeping data confidential and protected, with access limited to client-approved users.

John Merkovsky, Global Head of Risk & Analytics at Willis, said: “Risk managers shouldn’t have to spend hours pulling information from spreadsheets, emails and shared drives just to answer key questions about their risk and insurance portfolio. Nexus puts that information at their fingertips, helping clients quickly establish what insurance they have in place, who they buy from, what they spend and how programs are changing over time. Its AI-enabled querying and analysis will help clients move from information to insight and action more quickly, driving better risk decisions and much greater value.”

Nexus forms part of Willis’ continued investment in technology, analytics and digital solutions that strengthen client decision-making and enhance the delivery of risk and insurance services. As the platform evolves, it will provide additional ways for clients to understand and act on their risk and insurance data.

Nexus is being rolled out to clients globally as part of Willis’ recently announced Propel initiative and its expanding digital client experience.

About WTW

At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success—and provide perspective that moves you. Learn more at www.wtwco.com

Media Contacts
Jo Barrett	jo.barrett@wtwco.com
Lauren Ryan	lauren.ryan@wtwco.com

Founded by His Excellency Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi, Al Majlis Group targets government and private sector organizations in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates and HOLMDEL, N.J. , Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB), today announced a strategic partnership with Al Majlis Group, the Dubai-based public affairs and advisory group founded by H.E. Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi.

Under the partnership, BIO-key and Al Majlis Group will work together to bring BIO-key’s identity security platform to government and private sector organizations across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The collaboration pairs Al Majlis Group’s advisory expertise and regional standing with BIO-key’s biometric authentication and IAM technology. The first phase will focus on a joint approach to a select group of priority organizations in the region.

The partnership leverages Al Majlis Group’s established role in strategic advisory, public affairs and government relations across the Gulf and builds on BIO-key’s existing distribution channels to introduce its identity-first approach to organizations where trust and security are paramount.

“We are pleased to partner with BIO-key, a company with more than three decades of experience in securing digital identity. We look forward to helping organizations in the region benefit from technology of this caliber,” said H.E. Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Al Majlis Group.

“Al Majlis Group brings a depth of regional understanding and trusted relationships that few firms in the Gulf can match. Together, we can help government and enterprise organizations in the UAE and Saudi Arabia move toward authentication that is tied to the individual, deployable on premises or in the cloud, and built for highly regulated environments,” said Nicholas Prinz, Regional Director of Middle East & Africa, BIO-key International.

“Identity has become one of the most critical foundations of cybersecurity. As governments and organizations across the Gulf region accelerate their digital transformation, protecting who can access systems, applications and sensitive information is becoming as important as protecting the infrastructure itself, “ added Alex Rocha, Managing Director BIO-key International.

“Our partnership with Al Majlis Group strengthens BIO-key’s ability to support this strategy across key markets including Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These markets are investing heavily in digital government, critical infrastructure and connected services, creating an increasing need for trusted, resilient and locally relevant identity security.

“By combining Al Majlis Group’s regional expertise and relationships with BIO-key’s biometric-centric IAM technology, we can help organizations move beyond traditional passwords and vulnerable authentication methods toward identity-bound, phishing-resistant authentication that can be deployed across cloud and on-premises environments. This is not simply authentication; we are establishing trusted digital identity as a fundamental layer of cybersecurity and digital resilience across the region,” Mr. Rocha concluded.

About Al Majlis Group (www.majlisarabia.com)
Al Majlis Group is headquartered in Dubai and provides strategic advisory, public affairs and government relations services across the Gulf and emerging markets. The group is led by H.E. Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, and a former member of the UAE Federal National Council.

About BIO-key International, Inc. (www.BIO-key.com)
BIO-key is revolutionizing authentication and cybersecurity with biometric-centric, multi-factor identity and access management (IAM) software securing access for over forty million users. BIO-key allows customers to choose the right authentication factors for diverse use cases, including phoneless, tokenless, and passwordless biometric options. Its cloud-hosted or on-premise PortalGuard IAM solution provides cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, convenient, and secure access to computers, information, applications, and high-value transactions.

BIO-key Safe Harbor Statement
All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). The words “estimate,” “project,” “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Act. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those included within or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Engage with BIO-key Corporate:

Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BIOkeyInternational/
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/bio-key-international
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Investor Contacts
William Jones, David Collins
Catalyst IR
BKYI@catalyst-ir.com or 212-924-9800

Bid date, 2026-09-29
Auction date	2026-09-29
Settlement date	2026-09-30
Maturity Date	2026-10-07
Nominal amount	471 billion SEK
Interest rate	1.75 %
Bid times	09.30-10.00 (CET/CEST) on the Bid date
Bids are made to phone number	08-696 69 70
Confirmation of bids to e-mail	rbcert@riksbank.se
The lowest accepted bid volume	1 million SEK
The highest accepted bid volume	471 billion SEK
Allocation Time	10.15 (CET/CEST) on the Bid date
Projected minimum liquidity surplus during the term	471 billion SEK
Expected excess liquidity at full allotment	0 billion SEK

Stockholm, 2026-09-29

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HI-VIEW RESOURCES INC. (“Hi-View” or the “Company”) (CSE: GXLD; OTCQB: GXLDF; FSE: B630) announces the application, through staking, of the Sofia East Property in the Toodoggone Gold & Copper District of northern British Columbia. The property is contiguous to Amarc Resources Corp.’s land package and adds the final open piece of Takla Group ground on the Pine trend to the Company’s district-scale portfolio, expanding Hi-View’s Toodoggone land position to 29,603 hectares.

R Nick Horsley, Chief Executive Officer of Hi-View, commented: “Staking Sofia East gives us the last open piece of Takla Group ground on the Pine trend, 10 km from Sofia and 12 km from Pine, where two major trends intersect. As we have advanced majority of our holdings we will continue to acquire low cost projects with the correct geology to continue grass roots exploration of the prolific Toodoggone District. We will review historical data and plan first-pass work.”

Figure 1. Hi-View Resources’ Nub and pending Sofia East properties overlain on the BCGS geology map.
Please click to view image

Sofia East is a single 1,693 ha claim (tenure 1139045) on the eastern flank of the Toodoggone camp about 10 km east of TDG Gold’s Sofia porphyry showing (MINFILE 094E 208), 12km northeast along the “Pine trend” from Amarc’s Pine porphyry deposit, and 1.8 km from the Nub claim. The claim is at relatively low altitude, mostly valley-floor to mid-slope ground of 969 to 1,772 m, gentle slopes, about 32 km from the Sturdee airstrip and 41 km from the Kemess airstrip, in the same helicopter-and-road setting as Nub.

The claim lies within the eastern Stikine terrane belt including Takla Group volcanics and along the contact of a north-trending regional-scale Finlay fault with west-flanking Early Jurassic granodiorite to granite intrusions towards the western portion of the claim boundary. The contacts at that scale however, are schematic and have not been refined over The Property ground. Regionally, northwest-trending normal faults and northeast cross-structures control intrusive emplacement and fluid pathways yet, a north-trending magnetic high anomaly (1^st vertical derivative of magnetic field) within the Takla volcanics infers a northerly-trending control may play an important role in localization of fluids.¹

The neighbouring Sofia property has three mineralization styles that make the district position relevant. Low-sulphidation gold-silver veins along the 6 km Griz-Sickle-Quartz Lake trend returned up to 3.5 g/t Au and 33 g/t Ag over 11.6 m. High-sulphidation silica-alunite-illite zones at Alunite Ridge, BS Gold and Alexandra define a 5 km alteration corridor with soils to 0.9 g/t Au and 0.2% Cu.² The Sofia showing itself is potassic-altered quartz monzonite with quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite veinlets, where 2007 drilling by BCGold returned 0.22% Cu and 0.16 g/t Au over 10 m and the 2022 QuestEx program (eleven holes, 4,398 m) returned 100.5 m of 0.16 g/t Au and 0.14% Cu and 117.9 m of 0.26 g/t Au and 0.21% Cu, interpreted as peripheral porphyry mineralization in Takla basalts beside the intrusion.³ Elevated manganese, potassic alteration with secondary biotite and north-northeast vein orientations in that drilling are read as vectors toward a fertile porphyry centre that has not been found, interpreted to lie northeast of the 2022 drill area beneath the Toodoggone River valley.

The Property lies east of the drilled peripheral mineralization, on the projected extension of the Sofia stratigraphy and intrusive setting, in low altitude, covered valley ground of the kind that conceals porphyry centres. It adjoins the JOY project, which hosts the Pine, MEX and AuRORA porphyry deposits and is the northern extension of the Kemess district, and forms a land position with Nub between TDG’s and Amarc’s ground. The geophysical analogue is the northeast-trending magnetic high at Sofia, imaged by the 2015 deep IP as a near-vertical resistive core beneath the magnetic unit with an intensely chargeable cap and truncated on its northeast side by the Toodoggone River fault.⁴ The 2015 IP lines and the 2017 airborne magnetics end 6.5 to 7.5 km west of the claim, The first steps are to confirm the geology on the claim against the BCGS contact, compile the Cazador and QuestEx assessment reports over the area, extend the Nub IP and soil program across the claim, and map its intrusive contacts.⁵

Qualified Person’s Statement
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Nader Mostaghimi, M.Sc., P.Geo. (EGBC #53441), Vice President of Exploration for the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About Hi-View Resources Inc.

Hi-View Resources Inc., a publicly listed mineral exploration company on the Canadian Securities Exchange, is advancing a portfolio of gold, silver, and copper assets in the Toodoggone region of northern British Columbia. The Company’s 100% owned, optioned projects and current claim applications cover more than 29,600 hectares and include the flagship Golden Stranger Project, the Lawyers claims, and the Borealis Project — all designated as high-priority targets. Additional properties under option include Saunders, Black Pearl, Oxide Summit, Nub, Ursus, Garnet, and Harmon Peak.  For more information, please visit Hi-View’s website or review the Company’s filings on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

“R. Nick Horsley”
R. Nick Horsley, CEO

For further information, please contact:

Hi-View Resources Inc.
R. Nick Horsley – CEO
Email: info@hiviewresources.com
Telephone: (604) 343-4337
Website: www.hiviewgold.com

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: 

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 includes statements related to the Incentive Program and the anticipated use of proceed 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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¹ Oneschuk, D., Hayward, N., Fortin, G., and Hickin, A.S., 2024. British Columbia Magnetic Compilation. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 9222; Geoscience BC, Report 2024-09; British Columbia Geological Survey, Open File 2024-08. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.4095/p1xpdd
² TDG Gold Corp. Sofia Property Overview. Retrieved from: https://tdggold.com/projects/sofia/
³ Lustig, G., 2008. Assessment Report on the Sofia Sickle Property. BC Assessment Report #30339. Retrieved from: https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/30339.pdf/ ; QuestEx Gold & Copper Ltd., 2022 Sofia drill program (eleven holes, 4,398 m), as reported by TDG Gold Corp. Retrieved from: https://tdggold.com/projects/sofia/
⁴ Walcott, P.E. and Walcott, A., 2015. Assessment Report on Geophysical Surveying, Sofia Property, Toodoggone Area, for Cazador Resources Ltd. BC Assessment Report #35759. Retrieved from: https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/35759.pdf/
⁵ Walcott, P.E., 2017. Assessment Report on an Airborne Magnetic Survey, Sofia Property, for Cazador Resources Ltd. BC Assessment Report #37222. Retrieved from: https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/37222.pdf/

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Nokia improves network performance and efficiency for Zain KSA across Saudi Arabia

• Deployment delivers real-time, application-level visibility across Zain KSA’s network.
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29 September 2026
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