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Burger King targets families through movie partnerships in latest stage of turnaround

As Burger King enters the next phase of its turnaround efforts, the fast-food chain is trying to lure families back to its restaurants with colored Whopper buns and kid-friendly movie partnerships.

Starting Tuesday, the Restaurant Brands International chain will sell new menu items inspired by the “live action” remake of “How to Train Your Dragon.” The collaboration is more than just a one-time partnership — it’s part of Burger King’s broader strategy to lift U.S. sales.

“Where we’re really starting to lean in now that we’ve made some progress in both operations and in our restaurants is on a family-first marketing strategy,” Burger King U.S. and Canada President Tom Curtis told CNBC.

Burger King’s U.S. business has been in turnaround mode for more than 2½ years. After falling behind burger rivals McDonald’s and Wendy’s, the company announced plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a comeback strategy to renovate its restaurants, improve its operations and spend on advertising. The chain even bought its largest U.S. franchisee with the goal of accelerating its restaurant remodels.

“We’re finding that there will be chapters to this as we go through time, and right now is this family strategy chapter, where we’ve done enough work and transformed our restaurant operations to the extent that we’re proud of,” Curtis said. “We’re inviting families back in, and we’re finding that we’re getting better retention when they do come back in.”

Curtis said focusing on families gives Burger King the opportunity to attract customers across age cohorts, from millennials to Generation Alpha, which is roughly defined as people born between 2010 and 2025. Plus, parents’ avid use of social media means that word spreads quickly, giving the approach a leg up compared with targeting a single demographic that isn’t as enthusiastic online.

The limited-time themed menu items include the Dragon Flame-Grilled Whopper, with a red and orange marbled bun; Fiery Dragon Mozzarella Fries, made with Calabrian chili pepper breading; Soaring Strawberry Lemonade; and the Viking’s Chocolate Sundae, with Hershey’s syrup and black and green cookie crumbles.

Movie collaborations aren’t anything new for fast food — or Burger King. It was one of the first fast-food chains to lean into movie tie-ins. In 1977, the chain sold “Star Wars” drinking glasses ahead of the film’s release.

McDonald’s wasn’t far behind, following with a Star Trek-themed Happy Meal two years later, kicking off decades of movie, TV and toy tie-ins aimed at kids. More recently, the Golden Arches’ collaboration with “A Minecraft Movie” across more than 100 markets sold out within two weeks in the U.S., about half the time earmarked for the promotion.

In Burger King’s more recent past, under Curtis’ leadership, the chain has had two major partnerships: one with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” two years ago and another with the Addams Family franchise, timed for Halloween last year.

Both of those menus featured Whoppers with thematic, colored buns, dyed using natural colorants, like beet juice or ube.

“Not having artificial dyes and colors is something that’s been important to us for a while,” Curtis said.

Burger King use of natural dyes comes as artificial food dyes have come under fire from health-concerned parents. Following a push from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration recently announced plans to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food and drinks.

The two previous collaborations also were Burger King’s top-selling Whopper innovations, based on the number sold, according to Curtis.

“What we found in the Addams Family promotion specifically was, as we dug into the property, traffic was fairly flat, but sales were up,” he said, attributing the sales growth to families, which have a higher average check than a solo diner or a couple.

The expected sales lift from the “How to Train Your Dragon” menu comes at a crucial time for Burger King.

In its most recent quarter, the company’s comeback stumbled. The chain’s U.S. same-store sales slid 1.1%, mirroring an industrywide slump as fears about the economy and bad weather kept diners at home.

But Curtis is confident that Burger King is on the right track, pointing to the chain’s relative outperformance compared with its two biggest competitors: McDonald’s and Wendy’s.

“I know that they’re scrambling, and sometimes, frankly, copying some of the things that we do, which, you know, plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery,” he said. “When we see them doing that, it gives us more conviction to stay on course.”

When the live-action version of “How to Train Your Dragon” hits theaters on June 13, it’s expected to be one of the summer’s big blockbusters. After all, the animated trilogy has grossed more than $1.6 billion worldwide.

Burger King has similar expectations for its menu tie-in.

The past success of the Spider-Verse and Addams Family menu items pushed Burger King to “dramatically” up its forecast for the “How to Train Your Dragon” menu, according to Curtis. And Burger King is also planning on changing its advertising strategy, which could drastically increase demand for the Dragon Flamed-Grilled Whoppers.

“In the past, we would just kind of associate ourselves with the movie property, but we wouldn’t necessarily advertise the association — you’d just see it and hear about it in social media,” Curtis said.

The promotion is supposed to run through early July, but in case Burger King burns through its supply in just three weeks, the chain is prepared to monitor what locations have run out of the menu items. That’s a lesson it learned during its Spider-Verse promotion, when it had to launch a tracker on its website to help customers find the coveted Whopper.

As it learns from every experience, Burger King is planning to dive deeper into franchise partnerships, betting that the extra effort will drive long-term loyalty for the brand.

“We’re doing a couple more of them than we have in the past,” Curtis said. “We’ve got one toward the end of the year that we’re very, very excited about … and we’re getting some lined up for next year as well. In every one of those, we’ll go all in.”

Disclosure: Comcast owns CNBC and Universal Studios, the producer and distributor of “How to Train Your Dragon.”

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Speaker Johnson reaches tentative deal with blue state Republicans to boost cap on SALT deduction

House Speaker Mike Johnson has reached a tentative deal with blue state Republican lawmakers to boost the cap on state and local tax deductions, or SALT, to $40,000 in President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘big, beautiful bill,’ Republican sources confirmed to Fox News late Tuesday. 

The proposed cap – which is up from $30,000 – would be per household for taxpayers making less than $500,000 per year. 

 It remains unclear whether GOP hardliners who oppose raising the SALT cap deductions will sign off on the measure. 

The tentative agreement, first reported by Politico and confirmed by Fox News, comes as House GOP factions have been engaged in high-stakes debates on taxes, Medicaid, and green energy subsidies while crafting the president’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’

SALT deduction caps primarily benefit people living in high-cost-of-living areas like New York City, Los Angeles, and their surrounding areas. 

Republicans representing those areas have framed raising the SALT deduction cap as an existential issue, arguing that a failure to address it could cost the GOP the House majority in the 2026 midterms. 

Meanwhile, Republicans representing lower-tax states are largely wary of raising the deduction cap, believing that it incentivizes blue states’ high-tax policies. 

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. 

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Dems warn House Republicans will pay price at ballot box for passing Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

– As House GOP leaders advance President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ toward a floor vote this week, Democrats, who are in the minority, are sounding a warning.

‘We’re going to hold Republicans accountable and there will be a price to pay,’ Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington State, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, emphasized as she pointed to next year’s midterm elections during a Fox News Digital interview.

Republicans are holding onto an extremely razor-thin majority in the chamber right now, and Democrats only need a three-seat pickup to win back the House majority in the 2026 elections.

Additionally, they view the sweeping and controversial GOP-crafted measure stocked full of Trump’s second-term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and the debt limit – which is currently making its way through numerous votes and hurdles in the House – as political ammunition.

‘This is a terrible piece of legislation,’ DelBene argued.

Democrats from across the party are shining a spotlight on the Republicans’ restructuring of Medicaid, the nearly 60-year-old federal government program that provides health insurance for roughly 71 million adults and children with limited incomes.

‘Let’s be clear, all Republicans are talking about right now is how many people and how fast they’re going to take away healthcare. They have these huge cuts to Medicaid, 14 million people lose healthcare across the country, and they’re talking about how fast they can do that,’ DelBene charged on Tuesday.

She claimed that House Republicans are ‘all blindly following the president and going to blindly follow him off the cliff.’

Rep. Ted Lieu of California, another member of the House Democrat leadership, argued as he took questions from reporters that the bill ‘has the largest cut to healthcare in U.S. history.’

The cuts to Medicaid, being drafted in part as an offset to pay for extending Trump’s 2017 tax cut law, which is set to expire later this year, include a slew of new rules and regulatory requirements for those seeking coverage. Among them are a new set of work requirements for many of those seeking coverage.

‘When you go across the country and talk to folks, folks are outraged, and they’re scared. They’re scared about the cuts to healthcare, not only cutting 14 million people off of healthcare but then raising costs beyond that for everyone and things like rural hospitals closing,’ DelBene argued. ‘This would have devastating impacts across the country. This is policy that Republicans are fighting for, cutting nutrition health programs so that families don’t even have healthy food.’

House Republicans push back against the Democrats’ attacks and say what they are doing is putting an end to waste, fraud and abuse currently in the Medicaid system, so the program can work for the public in the way that it was intended.

They call any talk that they are cutting aid to mothers, children, people with disabilities and the elderly a ‘flat out lie.’

DelBene countered, saying, ‘we’re not buying the argument because what we’ve seen in committee, what they’ve written down on paper is massive cuts in healthcare and all to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest in our country. This isn’t a bill about helping working families. This bill is devastating for working families.’

However, her counterparty, Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Fox News Digital in a statement that ‘Republicans are ending waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid so the most vulnerable get the care they need.’

Additionally, Hudson argued that ‘Democrats are lying to protect a broken status quo that lets illegal immigrants siphon off billions meant for American families. We’re strengthening Medicaid for future generations by protecting taxpayers and restoring integrity.’

Dating back to last year’s presidential campaign, Trump has vowed not to touch Medicaid. On Tuesday, as he made a rare stop on Capitol Hill to meet behind closed doors with House Republicans in order to shore up support for the bill, Trump’s message to fiscally conservative lawmakers looking to make further cuts to Medicaid was ‘don’t f— around with Medicaid.’

While there are divisions between Republicans over Medicaid, and a chasm between the two major parties over the longstanding entitlement program, there is one point of agreement – this issue will continue to simmer on the campaign trail in one form or another long after the legislative battles on Capitol Hill are over.

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China accuses US of ‘turning space into a warzone’ with Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense project

China is concerned by President Donald Trump’s proposal for a new U.S. missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, which is designed to protect against adversarial attacks on America.  

Golden Dome has a ‘strong offensive nature and violates the principle of peaceful use in the Outer Space Treaty,’ Chinese Foreign Minister Mao Ning said Wednesday. 

‘The project will heighten the risk of turning space into a war zone and creating a space arms race, and shake the international security and arms control system,’ Mao said. ‘We urge the U.S. to give up developing and deploying global anti-missile system.’

Both China and Russia have placed offensive weapons in space, like anti-satellite capabilities that could potentially be used to try to take the U.S. offline, American intelligence officials have warned.  

However, China said it was the U.S. that was ‘obsessed’ with offensive space dominance. 

‘The U.S., by putting itself first, and being obsessed with pursuing absolute security, violates the principle of, and diminishes, the security for all and undermines the global strategic balance and stability,’ Mao said.

‘China is gravely concerned about this,’ she added. ‘We urge the U.S. to give up developing and deploying the global anti-missile system at an early date and take concrete actions to enhance strategic mutual trust between major countries and safeguard global strategic stability.’ 

Trump laid out a broad overview of the Golden Dome plan from the White House on Tuesday, projecting the cost figure at $125 billion. The current government funding bill working its way through Congress includes an initial $25 billion to kick off the project. 

Trump also offered an ambitious timeline for the project to be completed before he leaves office. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment on China’s reaction. 

The Kremlin, meanwhile, said the Golden Dome project could prompt talks on strategic arms control between Russia and the U.S. 

The U.S. withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, citing Russian violations which Moscow denied. 

‘Now that the legal framework in this area has been destroyed, and the validity period has expired, or deliberately, let’s say, a number of documents have ceased to be valid, this base must be recreated both in the interests of our two countries and in the interests of security throughout the planet,’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

China’s space-based targeting capabilities have ‘grown most impressively’ in recent years, according to Space Force Vice Chief Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, with hundreds of satellites now dedicated to tracking U.S. assets in orbit. He called China’s rapid advances ‘mind-boggling’ during a hearing on Capitol Hill last month and said the U.S. was at risk of losing its dominance in orbit.

Weeks before that, Space Force Vice Chief of Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein revealed that China has been practicing satellite ‘dogfighting,’ a sign of its growing ability to conduct complex operations in orbit.

Space Force has observed ‘five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,’ he said.

‘That’s what we call dogfighting in space,’ Guetlein said. ‘They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to conduct on-orbit operations from one satellite to another.’

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Biden family misled public, concealed details on son Beau’s cancer diagnosis, new book says

Former President Joe Biden and his late son actively chose to conceal details and misled the public regarding Beau Biden’s cancer diagnosis while he served as attorney general of Delaware, a new book claims. 

The book, ‘Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,’ said that the Biden family wanted to keep Beau Biden’s cancer diagnosis a secret and misled the media about his condition. The nonfiction book, authored by journalists Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios, was released Tuesday. 

The revelation comes just after former President Biden announced Sunday he had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer. The former president’s office later said Tuesday he had never received a prostate cancer diagnosis. 

‘Beau’s cancer treatment also demonstrated the Biden’s capacity for denial and the lengths they would go to to avoid transparency about health issues, even when the person in question is an elected official, in this case the sitting attorney general of Delaware,’ the book alleges. 

The book details how Beau collapsed in the summer of 2013 during a family vacation and that he subsequently faced surgery to remove a brain tumor. By the fall, Beau started to reduce his public appearances and media interviews. 

‘In September, Biden and Beau’s team internally debated how much to disclose about Beau — the vice president’s son and a state’s top law enforcement officer — but ultimately said nothing,’ the book said. ‘In November, Beau told a local reporter he had been given a ‘clean bill of health.’’

Months later, in February 2014, a neurologist revealed that a ‘small lesion’ was removed from Beau’s brain — even though the former president later shared the tumor was larger than a golf ball. 

Beau continued to serve as attorney general of Delaware as he received treatments all over the country. He would enter hospitals using the name George Lincoln, according to the book. 

The book details that Beau’s wife, Hallie, told others she remained confused regarding why Beau’s declining health was kept under wraps, since the public would have likely provided support. However, Joe and Beau remained against sharing details with the public, the book said. 

Hallie did not immediately respond to Fox News Digita’s request for comment. 

Additionally, the book said that the then-vice president ordered his staffers to ‘mislead’ the media regarding his whereabouts as vice president. While his team would say he was departing Washington and going to Delaware on weekends, the vice president would also travel to Houston to be with Beau, who was receiving treatment there. 

‘Publicly acknowledging Beau’s illness would make it a reality,’ the book said. ‘It was them against the world.’ 

A spokesperson for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Beau died of a glioblastoma brain tumor in May 2015 at the age of 46. 

‘Original Sin’ details the 2024 election cycle and how former President Biden’s team allegedly orchestrated a cover-up to hide just how severely his mental faculties had suffered. 

The book is one of several that detail Biden’s decision to run in 2024 and assert the dramatic decline of his cognitive function.

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US officials delayed warning public about heart inflammation risk from COVID shot: report

U.S. health officials knew about the risks of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines but downplayed the concern and delayed informing the public about the risks of taking the jab — that is according to a new Senate report released by Sen. Ron Johnson Wednesday.  

Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has been investigating the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. Earlier this year, he subpoenaed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records relating to COVID-19 vaccine safety data and communications about the pandemic. 

The interim report, spanning 55 pages, obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, revealed that Biden administration officials ‘withheld crucial health information from the Subcommittee and the public.’ 

Since 2021, Johnson has sent more than 70 oversight letters, which he says were ‘either completely ignored or inadequately addressed.’ 

The report highlights the records Johnson has obtained pursuant to the subpoena from the new, Trump administration-led health agency. Specifically, the report focuses on HHS’ awareness of and response to cases of myocarditis—a type of heart inflammation—following COVID-19 vaccination.

Johnson’s report says the 2,473 pages of records he obtained ‘contain evidence of the Biden administration’s efforts to downplay and delay warning the public about the risks of myocarditis associated with the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.’ 

The report points to records from May 2021, in which health officials at HHS discussed whether to issue a formal warning about myocarditis.

According to the report, the formal warning about myocarditis was initially going to be distributed nationwide as a Health Alert Network message, which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is CDC’s ‘primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories.’ 

However, Johnson’s report said that health officials at CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ‘ultimately decided against issuing a formal HAN and, instead, posted ‘clinical considerations’ on CDC’s website about myocarditis.’ 

‘Based on the subpoenaed records the Subcommittee has received to date, as well as public FOIA documents, this interim report will highlight records and present a timeline showing U.S. health officials knew about the risk of myocarditis; those officials downplayed the health concern; and U.S. health agencies delayed informing the public about the risk of the adverse event.’ 

The report also highlights the Israeli Ministry of Health notifying officials at the CDC in February 2021 of ‘large reports of myocarditis, particularly in young people, following the administration of the Pfizer vaccine.’ 

The report also highlights documents showing CDC officials discussing ‘safety signals’ for myocarditis with mRNA vaccines in April 2021 based on Defense Department and Israeli data, but ‘still not taking immediate steps to warn the public.’ 

Documents obtained by Johnson also show CDC officials communicating with Moderna and Pfizer representatives about the risks. 

Johnson also obtained ‘draft meeting notes from late May 2021 exchanged between U.S. public health officials which included the question: ‘Is VAERS signaling for myopericarditis now?,’ and the answer: ‘For the age groups 16-17 years and 18-24 years, yes.’’ 

‘VAERS’ is an acronym for the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. 

‘Rather than provide the public and health care providers with immediate and transparent information regarding the risk of myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, the Biden administration waited until late June 2021 to announce changes to the labels for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines based on the ‘suggested increased risks’ of myocarditis and pericarditis,’ the report states. ‘Even though CDC and FDA officials were well aware of the risk of myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination, the Biden administration opted to withhold issuing a formal warning to the public for months about the safety concerns, jeopardizing the health of young Americans.’ 

The report added that the Biden administration’s decision ‘to downplay the COVID-19 vaccine health risks and delay warning the public about cardiac-related adverse events associated with the mRNA vaccines jeopardized the public’s health.’ 

According to the report, as of April 25, 2025, VAERS reported 38,607 deaths and more than 1.6 million ‘adverse events worldwide associated with the administration of COVID-19 injections.’ 

Of the more than 38,000 deaths, the report said 25% occurred on Day 0, 1, or 2 following injection, compared to ‘2,663 deaths reported to VAERS associated with the flu vaccine over a period of 35 years.’ 

‘No other reports of adverse events associated with any other drug or vaccine even come close to these statistics,’ the report states. ‘And yet, those who oversaw the development and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines continue to insist it is safe and effective, without providing the data to prove their claims.’ 

Johnson’s report demands that the ‘full extent’ of the Biden administration’s ‘failure to immediately warn the public about all COVID-19 vaccine adverse events must be completely exposed.’ 

‘The American people fund the federal health departments and agencies with their hardearned tax dollars,’ the report states. ‘The information developed by these departments and agencies belong to the American people, and should be made fully and transparently available.’ 

The report states that as ‘the roadblocks are removed and more documents that have been hidden and withheld for years become available, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will provide transparency and let the American public see what is their right to see.’ 

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Anteros Identifies High-Grade Copper-Gold Targets at the Strickland VMS Property, Newfoundland

Anteros Metals Inc. (CSE: ANT) (‘Anteros’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to report results from recent assessment work at its 100% owned Strickland VMS Property (‘Strickland’ or the ‘Property’) in southwestern Newfoundland. The work focused on the digitization and interpretation of multi-element geochemical data from historic trenching, advancing drill targeting efforts on this underexplored polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide (‘VMS’) system.

Prior to its public listing, Anteros commissioned the compilation, digitization, and 3D geological modelling of the Strickland VMS system in 2023 and 2024. This foundational work established a strong understanding of Property’s geology, alteration, and structure, and enhanced the understanding of multiple mineralized zones along a 1.4 kilometre trend (Figure 1). Since going public, Anteros has advanced the project through targeted follow-up, focusing on geochemical vectoring and priority zone refinement. The 2025 program confirmed compelling indicators of feeder-style alteration and mineralization in underexplored zones and highlighted several new high-priority exploration targets.

Mineralization Highlights:

  • Feeder-style alteration and mineralization confirmed: Compilation of 95 multi-element assays from 2012 trenching, integrated with historical drill data in 3D models, is helping to vector toward the potential VMS core and optimize future drill targeting.
  • Copper Zone: Now a high-priority target, with historical trench sampling returning up to 3.7% Cu and 3.25 g/t Au over 1 metre (Cu-C1, Table 1), alongside elevated cobalt and intense alteration – features consistent with VMS feeder conduits.
  • Gold Zone: Historical trenching returned 1-metre intervals up to 3.2% Cu and 1.32 g/t Au (Au-C1, Table 1), with alteration and elemental ratios indicating proximity to a hydrothermal center. This zone has never been drill-tested.
  • Main Zone and Main Extension: Historical trench samples demonstrate elevated Pb-Zn-Ag over extended strike lengths, consistent with stratiform VMS-style mineralization.

Table 1: Select 2012 Historical Trench Intercepts1 from Key Mineralized Zones

TRENCH ID ZONE FR. (m) TO (m) INT. (m) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Au-C1 Gold 1.20 6.40 5.20 0.84 0.35 0.10 75.6 0.77
including Gold 5.40 6.40 1.00 3.20 0.50 0.35 131.0 1.32
Cu-C0 Copper 0.00 19.00 19.00 0.62 0.11 0.41 7.3 0.14
including Copper 0.00 5.00 5.00 1.65 0.09 0.08 13.3 0.32
including Copper 4.00 5.00 1.00 4.20 0.16 0.20 33.4 0.79
including Copper 7.00 12.00 5.00 0.30 0.33 1.42 9.9 0.11
Cu-C1 Copper 1.00 6.00 5.00 1.91 0.05 0.03 26.6 1.83
including Copper 2.00 3.00 1.00 3.70 0.05 0.01 43.2 3.25
Cu-C2 Copper 4.00 10.00 6.00 0.38 0.27 0.28 13.4 0.74
Cu-C3 Copper 0.00 4.00 4.00 0.69 0.40 0.25 42.9 0.26
M-C1 Main 0.00 4.00 4.00 0.03 2.05 3.96 262.6 0.30
M-C2 Main 2.20 5.20 3.00 0.03 1.19 0.24 123.5 0.16
M-C3 Main 0.00 2.20 2.20 0.04 1.93 0.13 452.9 0.31
MX-C1 Main Extension 0.00 3.75 3.75 0.10 2.10 3.86 152.2 0.06
MX-C2 Main Extension 0.00 1.40 1.40 0.11 5.14 8.95 311.6 0.40

1Trench intercepts are historic and may not be representative of true width

Figure 1: Property Location, Geology, and Mineralized Zones

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‘The presence of multiple, mineralized zones along an over 1 kilometre trend indicates a significant VMS system,’ said Trumbull Fisher, Anteros CEO. ‘Specifically, the underexplored feeder-style alteration and high-grade gold-copper intervals of the Copper and Gold Zones have emerged as immediate exploration priorities.’

Next Steps

Building on the promising results to date, Anteros is planning a focused exploration program that includes:

  • Field verification of historical trench and drill collar locations to validate spatial accuracy
  • Integration of additional multi-element geochemistry into 3D models to refine and prioritize drill targets
  • Hyperspectral and induced polarization (‘IP’) surveying to image alteration halos and sulphide concentrations at depth
  • Diamond drilling of the Copper and Gold Zones, which remain largely untested despite returning high-grade trench results

About The Property

Strickland is held 100% by Anteros and is located approximately 85 kilometres south of Stephenville, within the Exploits Subzone of the prolific Dunnage Zone in central Newfoundland – an area renowned for hosting world-class VMS deposits. The Property hosts seven documented zones of copper (‘Cu’), lead (‘Pb’), zinc (‘Zn’), silver (‘Ag’), gold (‘Au’) mineralization along a 1.4 kilometre trend.

Mineralization at Strickland is interpreted to represent a bimodal-felsic (Kuroko-type) VMS system. Documented sulphide mineralization includes sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, and pyrite in high-grade polymetallic horizons-positioning the Property within the scope of Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy.

In 1981, D.R. Prince of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. reported the following historical mineral inventories:

  • 260,000 tonnes at 195 g/t Ag and 5.25% combined Pb and Zn at the Main Zone,
  • 15,000 tonnes at 480 g/t Ag and 2% combined Pb+Zn at the Silver Hill Zone, and
  • 750,000 tonnes at 2% combined Pb+Zn at the Main Extension Zone

(Source: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., Internal Report, Geofile #011O/16/0139)

These estimates are considered historical in nature and were not prepared using current Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (‘CIM’) Definition Standards. A Qualified Person has not completed sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources, and Anteros is not treating them as current mineral resources. The Company considers these estimates relevant to the extent that they indicate the presence of significant mineralization and support continued exploration.

The reliability of the estimates is uncertain due to the age of the data, incomplete documentation of estimation methods, and the lack of modern QA/QC protocols. The original report does not provide specific cut-off grades, metal price assumptions, or a description of the estimation methodology. To verify or upgrade these estimates to current standards, Anteros would need to complete field validation of historic trench and drill collar locations, resample archived or in situ material using modern analytical methods, apply current QA/QC protocols, and complete a compliant geological model that supports estimation in accordance with CIM Definition Standards.

Since acquiring the Property in March 2022, Anteros has completed comprehensive digital compilation and geological modelling of historical data including airborne and ground geophysics, geological mapping, geochemistry, and over 7,000 metres of historical drilling and trenching.

More at www.anterosmetals.com/strickland.

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jesse R. Halle, P.Geo., an independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (‘NI 43-101’).

About Anteros Metals Inc.

Anteros is a multimineral junior mining company applying data science and geological expertise to identify and advance critical mineral opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Company is currently focused on advancing four key projects across diverse commodities and development horizons. Immediate plans for their flagship Knob Lake Property include bringing the historical Fe-Mn Mineral Resource Estimate into current status as well as commencing baseline environmental and feasibility studies.

For further information please contact or visit:

Email: info@anterosmetals.com | Phone: +1-709-769-1151
Web: www.anterosmetals.com | Social: @anterosmetals

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Chris Morrison
Director

Email: chris@anterosmetals.com | Phone: +1-709-725-6520
Web: www.anterosmetals.com/contact

16 Forest Road, Suite 200
St. John’s, NL, Canada
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release may contain ‘forward-looking information’ and ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All information contained herein that is not historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements herein include but are not limited to statements relating to the prospects for development of the Company’s mineral properties, and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to business, market and economic risks, uncertainties and contingencies that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by forward looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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Radisson Expands Drill Program at O’Brien Gold Project and Outlines Drilling Priorities

Radisson Mining Resources Inc. (TSXV: RDS) (OTCQB: RMRDF) (‘Radisson’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce an expansion and extension of its current drill exploration program at its 100%-owned O’Brien Gold Project (‘O’Brien’ or the ‘Project’) located in the Abitibi region of Québec. This program expansion follows the recent completion of Radisson’s successful C$12 million financing and ongoing drilling that is demonstrating significant gold mineralization below the historic mine workings and the Project’s current Mineral Resources.

Exploration priorities will be as follows:

  • An additional 30,000 to 40,000 metres of drilling. Approximately 18,000 metres of the new drilling will be completed in 2025 on top of the already budgeted 22,000-metre 2025 program. The balance of the new drilling will be completed in 2026. A fourth rig will be added to the Project in June;
  • Expansion of the successful strategy of drilling beneath the historic O’Brien mine and the East O’Brien area of new Mineral Resources, to a depth of up to 2 kilometres (Figure 1);
  • Continuance of the successful strategy of pilot holes and multiple wedges to give clusters of intercepts within the favourable Piché formation with an objective of achieving a drill-hole density appropriate, at a minimum, for a future Inferred Mineral Resource;
  • Stepping back and looking at broader exploration opportunities, including separate deep exploratory holes beneath the historic Thompson-Cadillac mine located west of the O’Brien mine. This will be the first drilling conducted at Thompson-Cadillac since 2020 and its first deep drilling ever.

Matt Manson, President & CEO, commented: ‘Since late last year, we have been achieving consistent success with our ‘proof-of-concept’ strategy of drilling below the existing Mineral Resources at the O’Brien Gold Project with large step-outs. In particular, we are excited by what is developing with our drilling below the historic O’Brien mine workings, where multiple drill-holes have intersected high-grade gold within a large zone of multiple veins with good continuity. In Figure 2 we highlight the amount of coarse visible gold currently being logged in this drilling, both within holes with published assay results and those for which assay results are still pending. At this moment, we are in the process of greatly increasing the known scope of gold mineralization at O’Brien with each new hole. We believe an exploration target of between 3 and 4 million ounces is a reasonable objective for the Project should the style of mineralization we are seeing continue to our exploration horizon of 2,000 metres depth.’

Matt Manson continued: ‘Consequently, we are announcing today a considerably expanded effort to target these new areas of mineralization with additional deep drilling. In this news release we provide a discussion of the techniques we are using: pilot holes, wedges and directional drilling; and we provide a discussion of the context of our exploration: that O’Brien should not be considered a bespoke curiosity with impressive but localised high-grade gold, but is instead a broader system of mineralization with significant scale potential.’

Figure 1: The O’Brien Gold Project, from Thompson-Cadillac/West O’Brien in the west through the O’Brien Mine to East O’Brien in long section and plan view, with current Mineral Resources.

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Drilling Context: O’Brien Mineral Resources, Cut-offs and Future Mineral Resources

The 2023 NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (‘MRE‘) for the O’Brien Gold Project (‘Technical Report on the O’Brien Project, Northwestern Québec, Canada’ effective March 2, 2023) comprises 0.50 million ounces of Indicated Mineral Resources (1.52 million tonnes at 10.26 g/t Au), and 0.45 million ounces of Inferred Mineral Resources (1.60 million tonnes at 8.66 g/t Au). This estimate utilizes a 4.5 g/t Au bottom cut-off, at US$1,600 per oz Au with a C$:US$ exchange of 1.25, and 85% metallurgical recovery, amongst other assumptions. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Historic production at the O’Brien Mine between 1926 and 1957 is estimated at 0.59 million ounces from 1.2 million tonnes at 15.25 g/t Au.

Figure 2: Pilot hole and wedge clusters in the O’Brien Mine and East O’Brien Areas in the west to and Trend #3 in East O’Brien. Illustrates logged instances of visible gold in both published drill holes and completed drill holes with assays pending.

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In Radisson’s view, both the 2023 MRE and the historic mining represent ‘high-graded’ estimates of actual gold content in their respective volumes. In the March 2023 Technical Report for the MRE, sensitivity estimates based on alternate cut-off grades were presented. Using a 3.0 g/t Au cut-off, the Indicated Mineral Resources sensitivity was 0.58 million ounces (2.12 million tonnes at 8.46 g/t Au) and the Inferred Mineral Resource sensitivity was 0.68 million ounces (3.67 million tonnes at 5.79 g/t Au), increases of 15% and 53% respectively in contained ounces over the MRE at a 4.5 g/t Au cut-off grade.

Radisson believes that the O’Brien Project should be evaluated on the basis of a lower cut-off grade, yielding more ounces in more tonnes with greater continuity at lower average grades. Radisson’s disclosure of drill results since 2024 has been based on an assumed cut-off grade of 3 g/t Au for intercepts with mineral resource potential, and Figures 1 and 2 graphically illustrate the MRE at multiple cut-offs including 3 g/t Au. With this view, and given the recent successful drilling below the current MRE and the historic mine, Radisson believes the exploration potential of the Project is between 3 and 4 million ounces should the current density of gold mineralization, in ounces per vertical metre, continue to a nominal exploration horizon of 2,000 metres depth.

By the end of the current program, Radisson will have completed an additional 80,000-90,000 metres of new drilling since the publication of the 2023 MRE. At this time the Company will assess the completion of an updated Mineral Resource estimate. To this end, current and future drilling will be designed to attain a drill-hole density appropriate, at a minimum, to an Inferred Mineral Resource.

Drilling Approach: Deep Pilot Hole + Wedge Drilling in O’Brien’s Core Area

Radisson’s deep drilling program employs a cost-effective and time-efficient strategy that leverages both wedge and directional drilling to generate multiple branches intersecting the prospective Piché Group formation. A full-time directional drilling team is integrated with contract drillers, enhancing precision in targeting and increasing operational flexibility. Drill-hole trajectories are monitored daily to ensure accurate deviation and allow for real-time adjustments. This system provides significant optionality for subsequent branches, enabling Radisson to adapt targets without compromising the integrity of the pilot hole for future exploration.

The O’Brien project has long been known for its occurrence of coarse gold. To address the challenges this presents in sample representativity, where for example, conventional fire assay may under-report grade by missing so-called ‘nuggets’, Radisson has implemented a screen metallics assay method in intervals containing or proximal to visible gold. As part of ongoing efforts to improve assay reliability and scalability, the Company will soon begin testing PhotonAssay technology. This next-generation technique offers a more advanced and comprehensive solution to the coarse gold challenge by enabling rapid, non-destructive analysis of larger sample volumes.

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Disclosure of a scientific or technical nature in this news release was prepared under the supervision of Mr. Richard Nieminen, P.Geo, (QC), a geological consultant for Radisson and a Qualified Person for purposes of NI 43-101. Mr. Nieminen is independent of Radisson and the O’Brien Gold Project.

About Radisson Mining

Radisson is a gold exploration company focused on its 100% owned O’Brien Gold Project, located in the Bousquet-Cadillac mining camp along the world-renowned Larder-Lake-Cadillac Break in Abitibi, Québec. The Bousquet-Cadillac mining camp has produced over 25 million ounces of gold over the last 100 years. The Project hosts the former O’Brien Mine, considered to have been Québec’s highest-grade gold producer during its production. Indicated Mineral Resources are estimated at 0.50 million ounces (1.52 million tonnes at 10.26 g/t Au), with additional Inferred Mineral Resources estimated at 0.45 million ounces (1.60 million tonnes at 8.66 g/t Au). Please see the NI 43-101 ‘Technical Report on the O’Brien Project, Northwestern Québec, Canada’ effective March 2, 2023 and other filings made with Canadian securities regulatory authorities available at www.sedar.com for further details and assumptions relating to the O’Brien Gold Project.

For more information on Radisson, visit our website at www.radissonmining.com or contact:

Matt Manson
President and CEO
416.618.5885
mmanson@radissonmining.com

Kristina Pillon
Manager, Investor Relations
604.908.1695
kpillon@radissonmining.com

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Hempalta Provides Update on Strategic Transition, Plant Closure, FCC Loan, and Carbon Credit Progress

Hempalta Corp. (TSXV: HEMP) (‘Hempalta’ or the ‘Company’), a Canadian-based innovator in nature-based carbon credits, today provided an update on its ongoing corporate transformation and operational milestones.

As part of its previously announced strategic shift to focus exclusively on its high-growth carbon credit business, Hempalta has completed the wind down and closure of its processing facility in Calgary. The facility has now been vacated and decommissioned.

FCC Loan Update

In connection with the plant closure, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Hempalta Processing Inc. (‘HPI‘) has received a notice of default from Farm Credit Canada (‘FCC‘) in respect of the Company’s obligations under its existing loan agreement and related security (the ‘Default‘). The notice cites technical defaults arising from the cessation of operations and FCC’s determination that there is a material adverse change. No monetary payment default has occurred to date.

Equipment Sales

In connection with the Default, and further to the previously announced marketing of the Company’s turn-key industrial hemp processing line, including biochar processing equipment (the ‘Equipment‘), the Company is pleased to announce that HPI has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement (the ‘Purchase Agreement‘) with an arm’s length third party for sale of the Equipment for cash consideration of USD$1,150,000 (the ‘Purchase Price‘) (the ‘Transaction‘). The Purchase Agreement includes the payment of a fifty percent deposit of USD$575,000 upon signing, and remains subject to standard closing conditions including but not limited to the receipt of necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals (the ‘Approvals‘), and receipt of the balance of the Purchase Price. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, certain insiders have signed voting support agreements in respect of shareholder approval of the Transaction.

Proceeds from the Transaction will be used to satisfy the outstanding amounts owed to FCC to satisfy the Default, and are also expected to be used to reduce outstanding corporate liabilities and strengthen the Company’s balance sheet. The Company expects to call its annual and special shareholders meeting to approve the Transaction and annual items in due course.

Carbon Credit Update

Hempalta is pleased to report continued growth and progress in its carbon credit business:

  • For the 2024 crop year, approximately 29,000 tonnes of CO₂ sequestration have been calculated using the Company’s AI-powered MRV (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) platform. These credits are currently in final verification with Control Union, and once issued, will bring the Company’s total verified credits to over 44,000 tonnes when combined with the previously announced 15,325 credits issued for 2023.

Upcoming Industry Event Participation

Hempalta also announced its participation in Carbon Unbound East Coast, taking place May 21-22, 2025, in New York City. The Company will be showcasing its innovative hemp-based carbon credit methodology and actively engaging with global carbon buyers and partners.

‘We continue to execute on our focused carbon-first strategy while responsibly managing the wind down of legacy operations,’ said Darren Bondar, CEO of Hempalta. ‘We are continuing to advance our carbon credit platform, and seeing clear momentum in both our sequestration volumes and industry engagement.’

About Hempalta

Hempalta Corp. (TSXV: HEMP) is a nature-based carbon credit provider utilizing industrial hemp’s potential to sequester carbon. Through its subsidiary Hemp Carbon Standard Inc. (HCS), the Company develops methodologies and supports farmers in monetizing regenerative farming practices. In addition to HCS, through its subsidiary Hempalta Processing Inc., the Company retains its established hemp-based product lines for licensing, supporting a balanced portfolio that addresses modern sustainability needs.

Learn more at www.hempalta.com or contact Investor Relations at invest@hempalta.com.

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Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding: the anticipated benefits of the sale of the Equipment; the timing and closing of the Transaction; the receipt of necessary Approvals; ; the Company’s ability to execute its carbon credit initiatives; the settlement of the outstanding Default with FCC; the demand for carbon credits increasing; the ability of the Company to successfully scale the Hemp Carbon Standard platform; any future financing of the Company; and the Company’s future business development activities.

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Actual results may vary from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks, including, but not limited to: General economic conditions and conditions in the capital markets; Regulatory risks relating to approvals required by securities regulators or other governing bodies; Risks associated with debt financing, including repayment obligations; Market risks affecting the voluntary carbon credit market and demand for nature-based carbon credits; Risks affecting the closing of the Transaction and the satisfaction of outstanding conditions; Operational risks, including the ability to successfully implement the Hemp Carbon Standard at scale; Risks associated with future financings and the terms available for such financings; Weather and environmental factors affecting the ability of farms to grow industrial hemp; Risks related to Other risks detailed in the Company’s continuous disclosure filings available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

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