Author: Ravi Shankar

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aeternum Resources (OTC: AETND) (“Aeternum Resources” or the “Company”), a company aiming to become a highly strategic supplier of critical minerals, today announced that it has rehabilitated an eight-kilometre access road at its Gyel project in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The completion of this restoration allows for the delivery of heavy machinery, and further development of essential infrastructure for the project site.

The access road is now able to accommodate trucks that can deliver large shipping containers. The Company can begin receiving essential mining equipment that has been constructed to specification such as the dredger and processing equipment for the gravity separation plant. The access road also further enables civil construction for the gravity separation plant and of electrical lines needed for the plant. The plant is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2027.

About Aeternum Resources

Aeternum Resources, Inc. (OTC: AETND) seeks to become a highly strategic supplier of critical minerals.  Its first project is a planned mine located in the Jos Plateau in Nigeria that will focus on the production of tin, niobium, tantalum and other metals.

Led by a management team with a track record of designing, building and commissioning mineral-processing plants in Africa, and supported by independent geological and metallurgical consultants, Aeternum Resources’ goal is to develop multiple assets globally and create a diversified revenue stream from several critical minerals.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively “Forward-looking Statements”), including, without limitation, statements regarding: the capabilities and sufficiency of the access road; development and completion of the gravity separation plant; the potential development of and production of critical minerals from the Gyel project; the potential acquisition and development of and production from additional critical minerals projects; potential revenue streams; and the Company’s goals, objectives, plans and expectations. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will, may, could or might occur in the future are Forward-looking Statements. The words “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “could”, “might”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “intend”, “believe”, “target”, “budget”, “plan”, “strategy”, “goals”, “objectives”, “projection” or the negative of any of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify Forward-looking Statements, although these words may not be present in all Forward-looking Statements.

Forward-looking Statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company.

Forward-looking Statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual events or results to differ materially from those discussed in the Forward-looking Statements, and even if events or results discussed in the Forward-looking Statements are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things: critical minerals may not exist on the Company’s projects in economic quantities; additional financing requirements; current and future indebtedness; the Company’s history of losses and negative operating cash flow; the Company may be unable to complete the acquisitions of the Gyel and Nkamouna projects; required regulatory approvals may not be obtained or maintained; absence of mineral resources, mineral reserves and technical report summaries; uncertainty of historic resource estimates; risks inherent in the exploration and development of mineral projects; metal price fluctuations; currency fluctuations; fluctuations in other costs; political and country risks, including the risks of doing business in Nigeria and Cameroon; the Company’s ability to bring properties into a state of commercial production; the impact of tariffs or trade barriers; the impact of pandemics; the ability to identify, acquire and integrate accretive projects and businesses; stock price volatility; environmental risks ; and other risk factors described in the documents filed or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be viewed at www.sec.gov.

These factors should be considered carefully, and investors should not place undue reliance on the Forward-looking Statements. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions or results to differ materially from those described in the Forward-looking Statements, there may be other factors that cause actions or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.

Although the Company believes any forward-looking statements in this presentation are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations and assumptions in such statements will prove to be correct. Any Forward-looking Statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any Forward-looking Statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

Contact:
info@aeternumresources.com

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CERRITOS, Calif., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Starling Oncology, Inc. (“STLN”) (NASDAQ: STLN) a pioneer in value-based community oncology care, today announced that the company will release its third quarter 2026 financial results on Thursday, November 5, 2026, to be followed by a conference call the same day at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing 1-800-347-6865 or, for international callers, 1-203-518-9757, and referencing Conference ID: STARLING. A replay will be available approximately three hours after the call and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921, or for international callers, 1-412-317-6671. The passcode for the replay is 11162885. The replay will be available until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

Interested investors and other parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investors.starlingoncology.com/.

About Starling Oncology, Inc.

Founded in 2007, Starling Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: STLN) is advancing oncology by delivering highly specialized, value-based cancer care in the community setting. Formerly known as The Oncology Institute, Starling Oncology offers cutting-edge, evidence-based cancer care to a population of approximately 2.2 million patients including clinical trials, transfusions, and other care delivery models traditionally associated with the most advanced care delivery organizations. With over 400 employed and network clinicians and over 100 clinics and network locations of care across five states and growing, Starling Oncology is coordinating cancer care for the better. For more information visit www.starlingoncology.com. Please follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or Bluesky.  

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100% increase on first semi-annual common shares dividend

$150 million common and preferred shares repurchase authorization

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TEN, Ltd. (NYSE: TEN) (the “Company”) following the conclusion of the Company’s Strategy Meeting, the Company today announced that in January 2027 it will distribute its first semi-annual dividend of $1.00 per share to common shareholders with payment and record dates to be announced in due course.

This represents a 100% increase compared to the 2026 first semi-annual payment.

In addition, TEN announced its authorization to repurchase up to $150 million of common and preferred shares. The timing of any share purchases, the prices and the exact number of shares to be purchased will be dependent on market conditions.

ABOUT TEN LTD.
Founded in Bermuda in 1993 and celebrating 33 years as a public company, 24 of which on the NYSE, TEN is one of the first and most established public shipping companies in the world. TEN’s diversified pro-forma energy fleet currently consists of 80 vessels, totaling approx. 10.4 million dwt.

ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. TEN undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

For further information, please contact:

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
George Saroglou
President & COO
+30210 94 07 710
gsaroglou@tenn.gr

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+212 661 7566
ten@capitallink.com

New cloud-delivered service brings advanced AI guardrails and inspection to FortiGate firewalls, backed by continued FortiAIGate innovation

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

Fortinet^® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the new FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service, delivering AI-specific inspection and guardrails to FortiGate customers through a cloud-delivered service. Organizations gain deeper visibility into AI activity and stop AI threats and data exposure through the Fortinet solutions they already use. Ongoing innovation in FortiAIGate powers these capabilities with high-performance AI guardrails, expanded access and compliance controls, shadow AI and agent visibility, and technology from the recent acquisition of Virtue AI.

Fortinet’s broad FortiGate footprint gives organizations a simpler path to adopt advanced AI security through the infrastructure they already use. Customers can enable the FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service without deploying and managing separate AI security infrastructure, making advanced AI security accessible to a broader set of organizations. Customers with more advanced security, privacy, and sovereignty requirements can deploy FortiAIGate directly in their own environment for greater control over how and where AI traffic and data are processed.

“Organizations need AI security that can scale with how quickly AI is being adopted across the enterprise,” said Michael Xie, Founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer at Fortinet. “By extending advanced AI inspection and guardrails through FortiGate, we are making AI security available through the infrastructure customers already use. FortiAIGate provides the foundation for this broader strategy, giving customers flexibility in how they deploy and consume AI security based on their cost, performance, privacy, and sovereignty requirements.”

Cloud-Delivered AI Security through Fortinet Infrastructure

With the FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service, FortiGate customers gain deeper visibility into AI activity and stop AI-specific threats and sensitive data exposure through infrastructure they already use. FortiAIGate-based guardrails inspect prompts and data in real time and enforce security, compliance, and data protection policies across interactions with agents, large language models (LLMs), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools.

The service goes beyond existing Fortinet capabilities for discovering shadow AI usage and applying data loss prevention (DLP) policies to AI traffic. It extends protection beyond identifying AI use and sensitive data movement to inspecting the content of AI interactions and masking sensitive data without adding new infrastructure to deploy and manage.

Context-Aware AI Security for Applications and Agents

With AI moving into production, LLMs and autonomous agents gain access to sensitive data, business applications, and critical workflows. Traditional security tools inspect IPs, signatures, and payloads, but they do not assess prompts and responses for potential threats. AI-specific threats hide in prompts, model responses, and MCP tool communications and can trigger harmful tool calls, API calls, and autonomous agent actions.

FortiAIGate addresses these risks by providing a real-time control point between AI applications and models, analyzing interactions, and enforcing policy in real time based on the model, application, user role, and business context. Organizations can:

• Stop AI attacks and data leaks in real time: Apply multilayered AI guardrails across prompts, model responses, MCP tool calls and responses, API activity, and agent actions. Dynamic inspection covers text, images, audio, video, and code, delivering industry-leading low latency and minimal false positives. Expanded DLP detects 35 types of personally identifiable information (PII) and confidential data, allowing organizations to alert, deny, or redact that sensitive information before exposure.
• Enforce usage policies and control AI spending: Set model permissions, budgets, spend limits, and rate limits by organization, workspace, project, or user. Administrators are alerted as spending nears a limit and requests are blocked once spending exceeds it. Malicious prompts and Denial-of-Wallet attacks are blocked before they consume tokens or GPU compute. Intelligent routing directs each request to the right model based on content, policy, and cost, with no application re-architecture.
• Govern AI across teams: Dedicated workspaces give teams and business units their own policies, models, logs, roles, and permissions under centralized visibility and control.
• Simplify compliance and auditability: Add more than 50 predefined policies with one click, spanning AI governance frameworks, data privacy laws, industry regulations, and security frameworks. Customize each policy, and give auditors detailed logs of every prompt, output, and tool call.
• Gain visibility into AI agents: See which agents are operating across the business and how they interact with enterprise applications, APIs, tools, data, and MCP servers.
• Maintain data sovereignty and deployment flexibility: Self-host FortiAIGate on-premises or in your cloud, on Kubernetes with NVIDIA GPUs. Prompts, responses, data, and logs stay inside your environment.

Reducing AI Security Complexity for Enterprises

Across cloud-delivered and self-hosted deployment options, Fortinet gives organizations a more unified approach to securing AI without adding disconnected tools and operational complexity.

“FortiAIGate takes an elegant approach to a complex problem,” said Will Townsend, Chief Analyst at LoneStar Advisory & Research. “Rather than asking customers to manage separate tools for AI security, governance, cost, and agent visibility, Fortinet is bringing these capabilities together in a single gateway. The rapid integration of Virtue AI technology further strengthens that story by improving the guardrails and performance customers need as they move AI into production.”

Together, FortiAIGate and the FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service connect AI inspection and runtime controls with Fortinet capabilities spanning network, application, cloud, data, identity, and security operations. Organizations gain a more consistent approach to managing AI risk across users, applications, models, agents, and infrastructure while meeting performance, privacy, regulatory, and sovereignty requirements.

Additional Resources

• Read more about FortiAIGate.
• Download the FortiAIGate solution brief.
• Read about the Fortinet AI-Native Security Fabric.
• Learn about the Fortinet Open Ecosystem.
• Visit fortinet.com/trust to learn about Fortinet innovation, collaboration partners, product security processes, and enterprise-grade products.
• Read about how Fortinet customers are securing their organizations.
• Learn about Fortinet’s commitment to product security and integrity, including its responsible product development and vulnerability disclosure approach and policies.
• Follow Fortinet on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Subscribe to Fortinet on our blog or YouTube.

Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere our customers need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a Over one million lifetime customers trust Fortinet’s solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organizations from both the public and private sectors, including Computer Emergency Response Teams (“CERTs”), government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organization, develops and utilizes leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog or FortiGuard Labs.

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., (OTCQB: CERO) (“CERo” or the “Company”), an innovative cellular immunotherapy company advancing engineered T cell therapeutics designed to engage phagocytic mechanisms, announces that Fred Hutch Cancer Center (“Fred Hutch”) in Seattle, Wash., has been activated as a clinical trial site for the Company’s Phase 1 clinical trial of CER-1236, CERTAIN-T.

Jacob Appelbaum, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, and a physician at Fred Hutch is the principal investigator at the Fred Hutch clinical trial site.

Chris Ehrlich, CERo Therapeutics CEO said, “The outstanding quality and stellar reputations of our clinical trial sites is a tribute to the work our team has already completed to date and further validation of the excitement that the science is already generating. We are gratified to be working with these important institutions and welcome the team at Fred Hutch to our clinical trial team. We look forward to continuing to provide updates as the trial progresses.”

CERo previously reported findings from six patients treated in the first two cohorts of CERTAIN-T. All three patients in the second cohort completed the 28-day dose-limiting toxicity assessment without a DLT. In its June 2026 update, the Company reported that the observed safety profile remained consistent with earlier findings of no cytokine release syndrome, immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, DLTs or treatment-related severe adverse events during the DLT assessment window. Preliminary investigator observations noted clinical improvement in two patients; however, formal response assessments remain ongoing, are based on a limited number of patients, and no definitive safety or efficacy conclusions can be drawn at this time. One patient with refractory AML subsequently underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation 71 days after CER-1236 infusion, though the transplant course and longer-term outcome remain under evaluation. The study protocol has been amended to include MDS and myelofibrosis.

Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington state and also serves as UW Medicine’s cancer program.

About the CERTAIN-T Trial

The first-in-human, multicenter, open-label Phase 1/1b CERTAIN-T study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary clinical activity of CER-1236 in patients with hematologic malignancies. The study initially enrolled patients with acute myeloid leukemia (“AML”), including relapsed/refractory AML, measurable residual disease AML, and newly diagnosed TP53-mutated AML, and the protocol has since been amended to include transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndromes (“TD-MDS”), high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (“HR-MDS”), and post-JAK inhibitor myelofibrosis (“MF”). Primary endpoints include safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints include pharmacokinetics and measures of clinical response, including overall response rate (“ORR”), complete response (“CR”), composite complete response (“cCR”), and measurable residual disease (“MRD”).

About CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. is an innovative immunotherapy company advancing the development of engineered T cell therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The Company’s proprietary approach to T cell engineering is designed to integrate characteristics of innate and adaptive immunity into a single therapeutic construct intended to engage multiple immune mechanisms against cancer. CERo refers to these engineered cells as Chimeric Engulfment Receptor T cells (“CER-T”).

The Company’s lead investigational product candidate, CER-1236, is being evaluated in hematologic malignancies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the clinical development, safety profile, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics, therapeutic potential, and future evaluation of CER-1236; the progression, design, and enrollment of the CERTAIN-T trial; planned cohort expansion and dose escalation; and the Company’s development strategy and objectives. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.

Certain risks that could cause actual results to differ are set forth in CERo’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the documents incorporated by reference therein. The risks described in CERo’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are not exhaustive. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. CERo undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact:

Chris Ehrlich
Chief Executive Officer
chris@cero.bio

Investors:

CORE IR
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XEMD marked its four-year milestone earlier this year and has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). BondBloxx cites sound emerging markets (EM) fundamentals and recommends “maintaining shorter duration to help mitigate interest rate volatility.”

CHICAGO, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, BondBloxx will ring the Cboe Global Markets closing bell, celebrating the firm’s partnership with Cboe and the continued growth of the BondBloxx JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets 1-10 Year Bond ETF (XEMD).

Launched four years ago, XEMD has recently surpassed $1 billion in assets under management, contributing to BondBloxx’s growth of over $8.5 billion in total assets.

BondBloxx continues to see compelling opportunities in emerging markets debt, with the potential for attractive income and diversification beyond traditional U.S. fixed income. XEMD provides efficient exposure to U.S. dollar-denominated emerging markets sovereign bonds without direct foreign currency risk. The fund spans countries, regions, and economic drivers, including commodity exporters, nearshoring beneficiaries, and EU-linked economies. Its focus on the 1- to 10-year segment results in lower interest rate sensitivity than many broad EM bond strategies, offering a more precise, shorter-duration approach to emerging markets debt.

“At BondBloxx, our mission has always been to bring better tools and deeper insights to fixed income investing, and that extends beyond U.S. bond markets,” said Leland Clemons, Founder and CEO of BondBloxx. “XEMD is a great example, giving investors predictable, differentiated exposure to emerging markets debt with a shorter-duration approach that mitigates interest rate volatility. In an environment of higher rates, elevated inflation uncertainty, and shifting yield curves, we believe that kind of precision can be particularly valuable.”

The closing bell ceremony will take place at 3:15 PM CT at the Chicago Board of Trade building in Chicago.

For more information about XEMD, visit the fund page on the BondBloxx website.

About BondBloxx

BondBloxx Investment Management Corporation (“BondBloxx”) is the first ETF issuer to focus solely on fixed income, offering a range of exposures spanning U.S. Treasuries, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds, tax-aware strategies, and private credit. To learn more about BondBloxx’s fixed income-first mission, visit BondBloxxETF.com. BondBloxx is a registered investment adviser and only transacts business in states where it is properly registered or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements.

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Disclosures

Carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund’s prospectus or, if available, the summary prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting bondbloxxetf.com. Read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

There are risks associated with investing, including possible loss of principal. Fixed income investments are subject to interest rate risk; their value will normally decline as interest rates rise. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk, the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of that bond to decline.

Investing in emerging markets involves risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions not associated with investments in U.S. securities and instruments or investments in more developed international markets; Loss due to foreign currency fluctuations, or geographic events that adversely impact issuers of foreign securities.

Sovereign debt, or public debt, is money that national governments borrow to finance investments.

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice, a recommendation, or an offer to sell or solicit any security or financial product. Inherent in any investment is the risk of loss.

BondBloxx Investment Management Corporation (“BondBloxx”) is a registered investment adviser. BondBloxx ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC.

New Performance Dashboard feature is designed to help golfers learn a course before they play it, see how other golfers approach it and compare their rounds on course leaderboards

Free course-discovery and social features aim to expand GameGolf’s audience and support adoption of its hardware and subscription platform.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Game Your Game, Inc. (Nasdaq: GYGY) (“Game Your Game” or the “Company”), an AI-powered sports performance technology company, today announced the launch of Explore Golf Course (“Explore”), a new feature in the GameGolf KZN AI™ Performance Dashboard that lets golfers search golf courses in the Company’s database of more than 36,000 mapped golf courses, explore them hole by hole, and see how other golfers have played them.

Explore is the first new feature introduced since the full commercial availability of GameGolf KZN AI™ on September 23, 2026, which is an initial step toward the social play and course management capabilities the Company has planned for the platform. Explore is available now in the web-based Performance Dashboard to anyone with a GameGolf account, which is free to create at gamegolf.com or in the GameGolf KZN AI app (iOS and Android).

“Every golfer can relate to that feeling you get when you step on the first tee of a course you’ve never played,” said Soumya Das, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Game Your Game. “Explore is designed to help you see what you’re up against before you tee off, and once you’ve played it, there’s always a number on the leaderboard to chase next time.”

Know a Course Before You Play It

Explore is designed to help golfers manage their game on courses they have never played. Using the Company’s hole-by-hole course mapping, golfers can study a course’s layout and hazards before they arrive, see how other golfers have played it, and compare those scores, stats and handicaps with their own.

From Course Search to Course Leaderboards

Explore is designed to give golfers a complete picture of a course before, during and after they play it. The feature is expected to bring together:

• Course search by country, city or course name, showing the number of holes and whether each course is ready to play with GameGolf KZN AI™
• A hole-by-hole view of each course, with satellite imagery and the course’s best-played round mapped shot by shot
• A “Best Played” leaderboard showing the top five golfers on each course and their rounds, with hole and round scores, driving distance, greens in regulation, fairways hit, scrambling, sand saves and putts
• An “Activities” feed of everyone who has played the course, where golfers can view and comment on rounds and see personal bests set there, such as a golfer’s longest drive or most birdies in a round
• “Courses Nearby” feature, highlighting other courses in the area
• “Request a Course” feature, letting golfers submit a course they play to be mapped and added

Golfers will be able to choose whether each round is posted publicly or kept private. The GameGolf KZN AI app will identify the course a golfer is playing from their GPS location.

Built on Mapped Courses and Real Rounds

Each course in Explore is mapped using the Company’s proprietary course-mapping system, which geofences the key areas of every hole, including tee boxes, fairways, putting greens, bunkers, water hazards and out-of-bounds areas. When golfers request a course, the Company’s in-house mapping team adds it to our database using the same system, so the course library is designed to grow with the golfers who use it.

Leaderboards and activity draw on rounds recorded with GameGolf KZN AI™ and previous generations of the GameGolf product suite, which together account for an estimated 300 million shots recorded.

Connecting Golfers, Courses and Coaches

By making Explore available to anyone with a free GameGolf account, the Company aims to introduce more golfers to its broader hardware and subscription platform. Course discovery, shared rounds and leaderboards are designed to encourage ongoing engagement, support adoption of GameGolf KZN AI™ device and strengthen membership retention over time.

Available Now

Explore is available today in the web-based GameGolf KZN AI™ Performance Dashboard to anyone with a GameGolf account. Accounts are free to create at gamegolf.com or in the GameGolf KZN AI app for iOS and Android.

To get started, visit https://gamegolf.com.

About Game Your Game, Inc.

Game Your Game, Inc. (Nasdaq: GYGY) is an AI-powered sports performance technology company. The Company develops and markets the GameGolf KZN AI™ platform — an integrated golf performance ecosystem of proprietary shot-tracking hardware and subscription-based software solutions. The platform leverages advanced GPS tracking, embedded neural network technology, and AI-powered analytics to provide golfers of all skill levels with real-time insights, on-course strategy recommendations, and personalized performance data. Game Your Game’s technology has been adopted by golfers in more than 140 countries, with over 36,000 golf courses mapped and an estimated 300 million shots tracked across the lifetime of its platform. The Company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit www.gameyourgame.com. Altus Sports Group, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Game Your Game, Inc., was formed to build a connected platform for the sports business across talent representation, athlete branding and sports marketing. For more information, visit www.altus-sports.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Endeavor Bancorp (OTCQX: EDVR) (the “Company” or “Bancorp”), the holding company for Endeavor Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $2.12 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $1.89 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2026, and $1.73 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2025. All financial results are unaudited.

“Endeavor delivered another strong quarter, with record net income, continued improvement in operating efficiency and strong net interest income,” said Julie Glance, CFO. “Deposit growth and a lower loan-to-deposit ratio strengthened our liquidity and funding position, while non-performing loans declined from the prior quarter and capital levels remained strong. These results position us well as we continue investing in our clients, team and long-term growth.”

Results for the third quarter of 2026 included a $525,000 provision for credit losses, reflecting continued prudent credit risk management. This compared to a $651,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2026, and a $396,000 provision for credit losses in the third quarter of 2025. Core pre-tax earnings, excluding taxes and loan loss provisions, were $3.54 million in the third quarter of 2026, an increase of $240,000, or 7.3%, compared to $3.30 million in the preceding quarter, and up $687,000, or 24.0%, from $2.86 million in the third quarter of 2025.

Income Statement
Higher interest income and disciplined funding costs drove improved earnings for the third quarter of 2026. Total interest income on loans and bank deposits and investments was $12.9 million, an increase of $525,000, or 4.2%, compared to the $12.4 million earned in the preceding quarter, while total interest expenses increased modestly by $53,000 during the same timeframe. Net interest income was $9.1 million in the third quarter of 2026, which was a 5.5% increase compared to the preceding quarter and a 17.9% increase compared to the third quarter of 2025.

The Company’s net interest margin was 4.41% in the third quarter of 2026, unchanged from the prior quarter and a 32 basis point increase compared to 4.09% in the third quarter of 2025. The yield on total earning assets during the third quarter of 2026 was 6.30%, compared to 6.37% in the preceding quarter, and 6.47% in the third quarter of 2025. The cost of funds decreased to 2.04% in the third quarter, compared to 2.12% in the second quarter of 2026, and decreased compared to 2.53% in the third quarter of 2025.

“Our net interest margin remained stable in the third quarter and expanded 32 basis points year-over-year,” said Dan Yates, CEO. “Disciplined balance sheet management supported a 4.41% net interest margin, reflecting our continued emphasis on long-term stability.”

Non-interest income was $298,000 in the third quarter of 2026, a decrease of $59,000 or 16.5% compared to the second quarter of 2026, and a decrease of $103,000, or 26.0% compared to the third quarter of 2025.

Non-interest expense was $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2026, an increase of $174,000 compared to the second quarter of 2026, and an increase of $584,000 compared to the third quarter of 2025. Operating efficiency continued to improve, with the efficiency ratio declining to 62.1%, compared with 63.2% in the second quarter and 64.7% in the third quarter of 2025.

The Company’s annualized return on average equity for the third quarter of 2026 was 12.28% an increase compared to the second quarter of 2026 at 11.40% and decreased compared to 13.58% in the third quarter of 2025. The annualized return on average assets for the third quarter of 2026 was 1.01% compared to the preceding quarter at 0.95%, and increased compared to 0.90% for the third quarter of 2025.

Balance Sheet
Total assets increased by $11.9 million, or 1.5%, during the third quarter of 2026 to $835.0 million at September 30, 2026, compared to $823.0 million at June 30, 2026, and increased $74.7 million, or 9.8%, compared to September 30, 2025. Balance sheet liquidity remains strong with cash balances of $147.8 million, which represents 17.7% of total assets as of September 30, 2026. The Company’s investment securities increased $1.3 million during the third quarter of 2026 to $36.4 million as of September 30, 2026, representing 4.4% of total assets. Total available borrowing capacity through the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve discount window totaled $231.2 million as of September 30, 2026.

Total loans outstanding decreased $19.9 million, or 3.0%, during the quarter to $644.9 million at September 30, 2026, compared to $664.8 million three months earlier, and increased $12.3 million, or 1.9% when compared to $632.6 million a year earlier. Payoffs of $47.6 million, as clients completed, sold or refinanced their projects, exceeded the new loan production of $28.5 million, which was led by our core C&I and CRE lending.

“Many of the loans that paid off were seasoned, lower yielding credits, creating an opportunity to redeploy capital into new lending at current market rates, a shift we expect to benefit net interest margin over time. Our deposit based also continued to expand, providing a reliable source of funding as loan demand increases,” said Steve Sefton, President.

“Our record quarterly earnings demonstrate the continued strength of Endeavor’s business model and our team’s focus on disciplined execution. While loan payoffs exceeded new production during the quarter, our growing deposit base, strong liquidity and capital position provide a solid foundation to support future growth. We remain focused on expanding relationships with Southern California businesses through our differentiated consultative banking approach,” said Yates.

Endeavor recently added Carlos Donis, SVP Orange County Team Leader & Relationship Manager, to lead the Bank’s expansion into Orange County.

Total non-performing loans decreased to 0.36% of the total loans as of September 30, 2026, compared to 0.45% as of June 30, 2026. Net charge-offs totaled $826,000 during the third quarter of 2026, compared with net loan recoveries of $52,000 in the second quarter of 2026 and net loan recoveries of $8,000 in the third quarter of 2025.

The provision for credit losses was $525,000 in the third quarter of 2026, compared to $651,000 in the second quarter of 2026, and $396,000 in the third quarter of 2025. The total allowance for credit losses balance decreased to $10.6 million, or 1.65% of total loans, at September 30, 2026 compared to $10.9 million at June 30, 2026.

Total deposits increased by $6.2 million, or 0.9%, during the third quarter of 2026 to $731.2 million at September 30, 2026, compared to $725.0 million three months earlier, and increased $52.9 million, or 7.8%, when compared to $678.3 million a year earlier. Excluding wholesale deposits, which declined during the quarter, core relationship deposits grew approximately $18.4 million, or 2.6%, with noninterest-bearing deposits at $272 million, or 37.2% of total deposits, compared to $265.0 million at June 30, 2026. The loan to deposit ratio was 88.2% at September 30, 2026, compared to 91.7% at June 30, 2026, and 93.3% as of September 30, 2025. “Prudent deposit base management, supported by strong customer relationships, increased total deposits and strengthened our funding position during the third quarter of 2026,” said Glance. “This growth in core deposits over the preceding quarter and year-over-year provides a stable, cost-effective source of funding as we continue to support our customer’s needs.”

As a participant in reciprocal deposit placement networks, the Bank offers customers access to FDIC insurance coverage on deposit balances in excess of the standard $250,000 limit while maintaining the customer relationship at the Bank. The Company continues to utilize a conservative level of wholesale funding, wholesale deposits totaled $31.8 million, representing 4.2% of total deposits at September 30, 2026, compared to $44.7 million, or 6.2% of total deposits, at June 30, 2026. At September 30, 2025, wholesale deposits totaled $44.6 million, or 6.6%.

Shareholders’ equity increased to $68.2 million at September 30, 2026, compared to $66.6 million at June 30, 2026, and $51.0 million at September 30, 2025. Tangible book value per share increased to $15.46 at September 30, 2026, compared to $15.11 three months earlier and $14.21 one year earlier.

Capital
The Bank’s Tier 1 leverage ratio was 11.54% as of September 30, 2026, compared to 11.82% as of June 30, 2026. The Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 12.08% as of September 30, 2026, compared to 11.76% as of June 30, 2026, and increased from 10.32% as of September 30, 2025. The total risk-based capital ratio was 13.33% as of September 30, 2026, and 13.02% as of June 30, 2026. All capital ratios remained well above regulatory minimums for the third quarter of 2026.

About Endeavor Bancorp
Endeavor Bancorp, the holding company for Endeavor Bank, is primarily owned and operated by Southern Californians for Southern California businesses and their owners. The bank’s focus is local: local decision-making, local board, local founders, local owners, and relationships with local clients in Southern California.

Headquartered in downtown San Diego in the Symphony Towers building, the Bank also operates a loan production and executive administration office in Carlsbad, a branch office in La Mesa, and a loan production office in Riverside. In addition, the Bank maintains production teams throughout Southern California. Endeavor Bank provides traditional business banking services across a broad spectrum of industries and specialties. Unique to the bank is its consultative banking approach that partners our business clients with Endeavor Bank’s senior management. Together, we build strategies and provide resources that solve problems, plan for the future, and help clients’ efforts to grow revenues and profits. Endeavor Bancorp trades on the OTCQX^® Best Market under the symbol “EDVR.” Visit www.endeavor.bank for more information.

Endeavor Bank is rated by Bauer Financial as Five-Star “Superior” for strong financial performance, the top rating given by the independent bank rating firm. DepositAccounts.com awarded Endeavor Bank an A rating.

EDVR Shareholders
With many of our shareholders transferring their EDVR shares to their brokerage companies, along with ongoing trading taking place, Bancorp may not have the most current shareholder contact information. If you are an EDVR shareholder and would like to receive information via a more timely method, please complete the Shareholder Communication Preference Form on our website: https://www.bankendeavor.com/investor-relations so we can keep you updated on EDVR news, and invite you to various shareholder networking events throughout the year. 

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements,” as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of the Company’s directors and executive officers (collectively, “Management”), as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company’s Management. All statements regarding the Company’s business strategy and plans and objectives of Management of the Company for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect” and “intend” and words or phrases of similar meaning, as they relate to the Company or the Company’s Management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations (“cautionary statements”) are loan losses, rapid and unanticipated deposit withdrawals, unavailability of sources of liquidity, additional regulatory requirements that may be imposed on community banks or banks generally, changes in interest rates, loss of key personnel, lower lending limits and capital than competitors, regulatory restrictions and oversight of the Company, the secure and effective implementation of technology, risks related to the local and national economy, the effect on customers, changes in real estate values, the Company’s implementation of its business plans and management of growth, loan performance, interest rates, and regulatory matters, the effects of trade, monetary and fiscal policies, inflation, and changes in accounting policies and practices. Based upon changing conditions, if any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
(In thousands of dollars, except for ratios and per share amounts)
Unaudited
		September 30, 2026				June 30, 2026				September 30, 2025
		(Consolidated)				(Consolidated)				(Consolidated)
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
Interest income		$	12,942			$	12,417			$	12,169
Interest expense			3,887				3,834				4,487
Net interest income			9,055				8,583				7,682
Provision for credit losses			525				651				396
Net interest income after loss provision			8,530				7,932				7,286
Non-interest income			298				357				401
Non-interest expense			5,809				5,635				5,225
Income before tax			3,019				2,653				2,461
Federal income tax expense			572				488				467
State income tax expense			331				280				269
Net income		$	2,116			$	1,885			$	1,725
Core pretax earnings*		$	3,544			$	3,304			$	2,857
*excludes taxes and provision for loan losses
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
Number of shares outstanding (000s)*			4,411				4,410				3,587
*Adjusted for May 2026 Stock Dividend
Earnings per share, basic		$	0.48			$	0.43			$	0.42
Earnings per share, diluted		$	0.44			$	0.40			$	0.36
Book Value per share		$	15.46			$	15.11			$	14.21
BALANCE SHEET DATA
Assets		$	834,962			$	823,048			$	760,213
Investments securities			36,406				35,103				31,557
Total loans, net of unearned income			644,921				664,829				632,573
Allowance for Credit Losses			10,646				10,919				8,912
Total deposits			731,196				724,988				678,300
Borrowings			26,868				26,844				26,770
Shareholders’ equity			68,187				66,649				50,979
Loan to Deposit ratio			88.20	%			91.70	%			93.26	%
Wholesale Deposits to Total Deposits			4.20	%			6.17	%			6.57	%
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA
Average assets		$	827,009			$	794,589			$	758,125
Average total loans, net of unearned income			648,874				659,737				620,851
Average total deposits			726,146				696,483				676,209
Average shareholders’ equity			68,341				66,358				50,420
ASSET QUALITY RATIOS
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		$	826			$	(52	)		$	(8	)
Net (charge-offs) recoveries to average loans			0.13	%			-0.01	%			-0.01	%
Non-performing loans as a % of loans			0.36	%			0.45	%			0.21	%
Non-performing assets as a % of assets			0.28	%			0.37	%			0.17	%
Allowance for loan losses as a % of total loans			1.65	%			1.64	%			1.41	%
Non-performing assets as a % of allowance for loan losses			22.07	%			27.58	%			14.87	%
FINANCIAL RATIOSSTATISTICS
Annualized return on average equity			12.28	%			11.40	%			13.58	%
Annualized return on average assets			1.01	%			0.95	%			0.90	%
Net interest margin			4.41	%			4.41	%			4.09	%
Efficiency ratio			62.10	%			63.19	%			64.65	%
CAPITAL RATIOS
Tier 1 leverage ratio — Bank			11.54	%			11.82	%			10.15	%
Common equity tier 1 ratio — Bank			12.08	%			11.76	%			10.32	%
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio — Bank			12.08	%			11.76	%			10.32	%
Total risk-based capital ratio — Bank			13.33	%			13.02	%			11.54	%
TCE/TA *			8.17	%			8.10	%			6.71	%
Tangible Book Value per Share		$	15.46			$	15.11			$	14.21
*Non-GAAP financial measure.
Unaudited financials 2026

Endeavor Bancorp Contact Information:
(858) 230.5185
Dan Yates, CEO
dyates@bankendeavor.com

(858) 230.4243
Steve Sefton, President
ssefton@bankendeavor.com

Preliminary Q3 2026 revenue estimate of C$13.4–C$14.8 million (US$9.5–US$10.5 million), representing 44%–59% sequential growth, as management balances breakeven target with strategic growth opportunities

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech” or the “Company”), a technology solution provider specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, announces that management is targeting 2027 as a potential breakeven year based on an adjusted EBITDA (a non-IFRS measure defined below). This operational target is supported by revenue growth, expansion of its DaaS operations, and anticipated operating efficiencies. In the first half of 2026, the Company reported revenue of C$17.7 million (approximately US$12.6 million). For the third quarter of 2026, the Company announced preliminary revenue estimates of C$13.4 million to C$14.8 million (approximately US$9.5 million to US$10.5 million), while retaining flexibility to pursue strategic growth opportunities.

“We believe ZenaTech is entering an important phase in its development,” said Shaun Passley, Ph.D., CEO of ZenaTech. “During the first half of 2026, we generated more revenue than during all of 2025, and our preliminary third-quarter estimates indicate that our growth trajectory will continue. We believe this expanding revenue base, together with operational efficiencies and acquisition integration, creates an opportunity for operational breakeven during 2027.”

The Company intends to maintain flexibility to invest in acquisitions, defense technologies, international operations, and emerging commercial opportunities that could defer breakeven while potentially generating greater long-term shareholder value.

Second-Quarter and First-Half 2026 Financial Results

Metric	Q2 2026	First Half 2026
Total Revenue	C$9.33 million (US$6.6 million)	C$17.73 million (US$12.6 million)
Year-over-year revenue growth	316%	425%
DaaS revenue	C$8.63 million (US$6.1 million)	C$16.44 million (US$11.7 million)
Net loss	C$22.54 million (US$16.0 million)	C$49.09 million (US$34.8 million)
Operating expenses	C$31.24 million (US$22.1 million)	C$61.21 million (US$43.4 million)

US$ approximate conversions at US$0.709 per C$1.00, except where previously announced by the Company.

First-half revenue exceeded the Company’s reported C$12.9 million (US$9.1 million) of revenue for all of 2025 by approximately 37%. DaaS operations accounted for 93% of first-half 2026 revenue. At June 30, 2026, the Company reported C$34.6 million (US$24.5 million) in cash and marketable securities, C$149.3 million (US$105.9 million) in total assets, and C$91.4 million (US$64.8 million) in shareholders’ equity.

Management recognizes that sustained revenue growth must translate into improved operating efficiency and financial performance. Reported net losses underscore the importance of controlling costs and assessing the returns on future investments.

“Our focus is increasingly on translating revenue growth into improved operating performance while building a technology platform capable of supporting a significantly larger business,” continued Dr. Passley.

Preliminary Third-Quarter 2026 Revenue Estimates

ZenaTech previously announced preliminary, unaudited third-quarter 2026 revenue estimates of C$13.4 million to C$14.8 million. Compared with second-quarter revenue, this implies approximately 44% to 59% sequential revenue growth. Combined with reported first-half results, estimated revenue for the first nine months of 2026 would be approximately C$31.1 million to C$32.5 million (US$22.1 million to US$23.0 million).

These estimates are preliminary, unaudited, and subject to quarter-end close and reporting procedures. The Company also previously reported average organic revenue growth of 27.1% across approximately 20 DaaS locations acquired in 2025, excluding 2026 acquisitions.

Maintaining Flexibility to Capture Growth Opportunities

While management has established 2027 as a target year for breakeven, ZenaTech does not intend to limit strategically attractive investments solely to achieve profitability within a predetermined period. Potential opportunities include:

• Acquisitions of complementary Drone as a Service and technology businesses
• Government and defense drone programs, including testing, certification, and production capabilities
• Expansion into additional international markets
• Commercialization of autonomous drone technologies and AI-driven enterprise SaaS platforms
• Development of new drone-enabled services, analytics, and automation applications

“Achieving breakeven is an important objective, but we are not building ZenaTech for a single financial reporting period,” continued Dr. Passley. “If opportunities emerge to significantly accelerate our growth through acquisitions, government and defense programs, or new technology investments, we may choose to deploy additional capital even if doing so delays our breakeven timeline.

“We believe the appropriate measure of our success will be our ability to create a larger, stronger, and more sustainable business over time. Our capital allocation decisions will be guided by expected long-term returns, financial discipline, and shareholder value creation,” concluded Dr. Passley.

2027 Financial Target Considerations

Management expects to focus on increasing revenue from existing operations, improving operating efficiencies, integrating acquisitions, and expanding technology-enabled services. Management’s ability to achieve Adjusted EBITDA breakeven in 2027 remains subject to assumptions and operational variables, including top-line execution, the pace and cost of M&A integration, supply chain conditions, operating expenditure controls, and market acceptance of new commercial technologies. This target represents an internal management planning goal and does not constitute a projection, forecast, or guarantee of future financial performance.

Non-IFRS / Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release refers to Adjusted EBITDA, a financial measure not recognized under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or U.S. GAAP. The Company defines EBITDA as net income or loss before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA further excludes non-cash stock-based compensation, acquisition-related transaction and integration expenses, fair-value adjustments on financial instruments, restructuring costs, and other non-recurring or unusual items as disclosed in the Company’s periodic financial filings.

Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to assess core operating performance, evaluate underlying business trends, and establish internal budgetary targets. It is believed this measure provides investors with supplemental insight into operational results by removing items that are non-operational, non-cash, or non-recurring.

Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, IFRS net loss, operating profit, or cash flows from operating activities. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently, limiting its comparability.

Reconciliation Limitation: The Company has not provided a forward-looking quantitative reconciliation of targeted 2027 Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS measure (Net Income/Loss) because items that reconcile these metrics—including future share-based compensation, tax provisions, transaction-related fair value adjustments, and potential impairment charges—are dependent on future events, volatile, and inherently difficult to predict with reasonable accuracy without unreasonable effort. Consequently, such reconciling information is unavailable at this time, though these items could have a significant and potentially unpredictable impact on future IFRS results.

About ZenaTech

ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) is a technology company that specializes in AI autonomy drone platforms and services to transform commercial, government, and defense sectors. Its subsidiaries include drone manufacturing through ZenaDrone, a global Drone as a Service (DaaS) business, and an enterprise SaaS division. The Company is executing an acquisition-led DaaS strategy to digitize and automate legacy service industries like land surveys and inspections, driving drone-based scalable, recurring revenue growth. With an operating footprint spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, ZenaTech is advancing AI drones for applications such as agriculture and logistics, as well as ISR, cargo, and counter-UAS for U.S. defense and NATO allies. The company is investing in next-generation technologies, including drone swarms, quantum computing, and advanced AI autonomy to capture long-term opportunities in key markets through its R&D initiatives.

About ZenaDrone

ZenaDrone, a subsidiary of ZenaTech, designs and manufactures vertically integrated AI-powered autonomous drone solutions which include machine learning, predictive analytics, and advanced computing technologies, for government, defense, and industrial applications. This includes multifunctional drones for surveying, inspections, logistics, security, and defense applications. Its product portfolio at various stages of development includes the ZenaDrone 1000 for ISR defense and specialized cargo, the IQ Nano for indoor inventory management and security, the IQ Square for outdoor inspections and maintenance, the IQ Quad for land surveying, the IQ Aqua, for underwater applications, and the IQ Octo for precision agriculture. ZenaDrone operates three global manufacturing and assembly facilities in Arizona, Dubai, and Taiwan, and is advancing counter-UAS maritime interceptor drones and an integrated defense system.

Contacts for more information:

Company, Investors and Media:
Linda Montgomery
ZenaTech
312-241-1415

Investors:
Michael Mason
CORE IR
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evolve Royalties Ltd. (“Evolve” or the “Company”) (CSE: EVR; OTCQX: EVRYF) announces that Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”) reported on October 24, 2026, that strike action by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7619 has commenced at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Mine (“HVC Mine”). Teck has further reported that operations at the HVC Mine are currently continuing at a reduced capacity and the impact on overall production will depend on the duration of the labour action. Teck also stated that contingency plans are in place, with a priority on maintaining safety and environmental management during labour action, and that it remains committed to reaching a collective agreement that is fair and reasonable for employees and supports the ongoing viability of the operations.

Evolve owns a 0.51% interest in net profits on the HVC Mine. The Company is closely monitoring developments and will provide further updates as deemed appropriate or as required under Canadian securities laws.

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information about Evolve, please visit www.evolveroyalties.com or contact us:

Joseph de la Plante, President & CEO
jdelaplante@evolveroyalties.com
+1 514 546 1070

ABOUT EVOLVE
Evolve Royalties Ltd. is a copper-focused royalty company engaged in the acquisition and management of high-quality royalty, stream and other similar interests in base and critical metals that sustain both traditional and modern economic activity. The Company’s strategy is to build a diversified portfolio of long-life cash-flowing royalties while maintaining exposure to long-term commodity upside. The Company’s common shares are listed and posted for trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol “CSE: EVR” and on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol “OTCQX: EVRYF”. For more information, please visit: www.evolveroyalties.com or the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Evolve Royalties Ltd.
550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 0A3
www.evolveroyalties.com

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding a strike or other labour action at the HVC Mine, as well as other statements with respect to future events or future performance. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that Evolve expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential”, “scheduled” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Certain forward-looking statements may also constitute “financial outlook” within the meaning of applicable securities laws.

Forward-looking statements, including financial outlook, are based on Evolve’s assumptions and information available as of the date of this news release. Although Evolve 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 forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: labour disruptions may occur at the HVC Mine (and the timing, nature and scope of such disruptions), operations at the HVC Mine may be suspended or otherwise adversely affected, Teck may not be able to successfully negotiate a collective agreement, Teck may not be able to successfully implement its contingency plans, the labour disruptions may have an impact on royalty payments owed to Evolve in respect of the HVC Mine, and other risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2025 as well as other materials available on the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Forward-looking statements and financial outlook in this news release are qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements and are made only as of the date hereof. Evolve expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or financial outlook or the assumptions or factors underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and financial outlook.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.