General Industry

Taipei – October 14, 2026 -- The 2026 Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) recorded more than 50,000 visits over three days, with attendees from 64 countries, before concluding on September 19.

Twelve government agencies co-organize three-pavilion expo

TIE ran under the theme "AI-Powered Innovation | Driving a Sustainable Future". It was co-organized by 12 government agencies and included three pavilions plus an Invention Competition Area. Exhibits covered energy, cybersecurity, healthcare and disaster prevention, with an emphasis on practical applications and industry adoption.

Innovation Economy Pavilion targets semiconductors and smart manufacturing

The Innovation Economy Pavilion showcased technologies in semiconductors, smart manufacturing, net-zero sustainability and precision health, along with emerging cross-sector applications. It focused on how AI can address industry needs.

Perth – October 14, 2026 -- Sun Silver Limited (ASX: SS1; OTCQX: SSLVF) recovered 84.5% of silver and 83.6% of gold within 24 hours in cyanide leach testwork on its Maverick Silver Project in Nevada, strengthening the case for a tank-leach/CIL processing route alongside heap leach.

Sample 1 test delivers peak recoveries within 48 hours

The top result came from Sample 1 (LT15), run at a P80 53μm grind with 5,000 ppm initial and 2,500 ppm maintained sodium cyanide and no lead nitrate. Head assay recoveries were 84.5% for silver and 83.6% for gold, with peak recoveries indicated between 0 and 48 hours. Most recoverable metal in the test was extracted in the first 24 hours.

Interim solution assays for Sample 1 pointed to higher extraction at 24 and 48 hours than the reported figures, which are calculated from final head assay grades. The company notes that interim extractions are indicative point-in-time calculations, not final recoveries.

Toronto – October 14, 2026 -- i-80 Gold Corp. (NYSE: IAUX, TSX: IAU) has reprioritized its Nevada pipeline to make the Mineral Point open pit its next major development project, ahead of the Granite Creek open pit, while keeping its target of 150,000 to 200,000 ounces of annual gold production from 2028.

Mineral Point moves to the front of the growth queue

The company calls Mineral Point its most valuable project. Its March 2025 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlined potential annual production of about 280,000 gold equivalent ounces over a 17-year mine life. The project hosts a large gold-silver oxide resource and would add a large-scale open pit heap leach operation.

Hong Kong – October 13, 2026 -- Fosun International (HKEX: 00656) won five awards at The Asset Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026, moving up from Gold to the Platinum Award in the main category.

The Hong Kong-listed group also took four single-category prizes: Best in Disclosure & Transition, Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility, Best Initiative in Social Responsibility and Best Sustainability Team. The Asset is an Asia-Pacific financial publication.

Fosun's MSCI ESG rating reaches AAA and its Hang Seng rating rises to AA+

Fosun's MSCI ESG Rating now stands at the highest tier, AAA. Its Hang Seng Sustainability Rating moved from AA- to AA+, and it joined the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index. It has been a constituent of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index for seven consecutive years.

Irving – October 12, 2026 -- The American Conference Board of Directors voted unanimously to admit James Madison University (JMU) as a full member, with competition to begin no later than July 1, 2028. The deal adds media inventory to the conference's existing platform and raises distributions for current members.

Six-part review preceded the vote

JMU submitted a formal written application, after which the conference ran a due diligence process covering six areas: institutional and academic alignment; competitive strength and trajectory; institutional investment; financial sustainability and member value; brand, media value and fan engagement; and geography and operational fit. The conference also commissioned a quantitative media-value study examining market characteristics, audience performance, fan engagement and competitive performance.

Atlanta – October 12, 2026 -- Scientific Games has won a 2026 Communitas Award for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility. The award, in the Ethical and Environmental Responsibility: Green Initiatives category, recognizes a project that recycles wooden shipping pallets in Germany with the v. Bodelschwingh Foundations Bethel, one of the country's largest social service organizations.

Scientific Games donated hundreds of lottery pallets to the Bethel project

The pallets were used to ship lottery scratchcards to German lotteries. Because the untreated wood no longer goes to landfill, it is turned into birdhouses and toys. Members of the disabled community make the items by hand at Bethel's Kracks Workshop.

Bethel sells the finished items in its retail shop. The revenue supports the organization's programs, workshop operations and future initiatives for people with disabilities.

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX: HSLV) has completed its plan of arrangement to acquire all shares of Bear Creek Mining Corporation (TSXV: BCM), issuing 36,225,457 of its own common shares and making Bear Creek a wholly owned subsidiary.

Highlander Silver pays 0.1175 of its shares for each Bear Creek share

Under the arrangement, completed under Division 5 of Part 9 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), each Bear Creek share was exchanged for 0.1175 Highlander shares. Highlander acquired 308,302,938 Bear Creek shares in total. Immediately before closing it held 50,000,000 shares, or about 13.95% of the outstanding stock, and its stake now stands at 100%.

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American: HSLV) has appointed Poonam Puri as an independent director, effective immediately.

Puri brings tenured law and governance credentials from Osgoode Hall

Puri is a tenured Professor of Law and Research Chair in Corporate Governance at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. She is also a corporate lawyer and Affiliated Scholar at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, LLP. Her specialties are corporate law, corporate governance and capital markets regulation.

She is a member of the Order of Ontario. Her honors include the Institute of Corporate Directors Fellowship Award, the Ontario Law Society Medal and the Royal Society of Canada's Yvan Allaire Medal. She graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Harvard Law School.

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Shareholders of Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American: HSLV) approved every item on the agenda at the company's annual meeting, including the election of all six director nominees.

Shareholders elect all six nominees to the Highlander Silver board

Each of the six nominees put forward in the Management Information Circular dated May 12, 2026, was elected. The company published a summary of the director election results alongside its announcement.

Davidson & Company LLP stays on as Highlander Silver's auditor

Shareholders re-appointed Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as auditors for the coming year. They also authorized the board to fix the auditors' remuneration.

President and CEO Daniel Earle, who also sits on the board, signed the announcement on behalf of the company. Arun Lamba, Vice President Corporate Development, is the designated information contact.

Limassol, Cyprus – October 09, 2026 -- NuxGame has launched native tournaments, leaderboards and wager races on its casino platform, letting operators run competitions on any game from any provider without studio approvals. The feature is available to real-money and sweepstakes casino operators from launch.

NuxGame replaces studio-run tournaments with an operator-owned engine

Most iGaming tournament mechanics are run by individual game studios, which limits operators to providers that offer them and to the terms those providers set. NuxGame's engine puts rules, prize tables and point rates in the operator's hands across any mix of providers in its library.