Corporate announcement

HOUSTON – November 09, 2026 -- Vaalco Energy has won government approval to move into the Second Exploration Phase at Block CI-705 offshore Côte d'Ivoire, committing to drill an exploration well by the end of 2028.

Vaalco completes First Exploration Phase work commitments at CI-705

The company finished the evaluation and interpretation of existing seismic and well data, which made up the First Exploration Phase. Vaalco, listed on the NYSE and the London Stock Exchange under the symbol EGY, said the results encouraged it to progress to the next phase.

Vaalco farmed into CI-705 in March 2025 and became operator with a 70% working interest.

Second phase requires seismic reprocessing, 25% relinquishment and a well by 2028

The Second Exploration Phase commitment has three elements:

Vancouver – November 08, 2026 -- GreenCore Solutions Corp. is rebranding as WeFetch.ai, an AI software maker for AI shopping, with 84 million barcodes across 70 countries now live for AI agent purchases by consumers, retailers and brands.

WeFetch.ai answers for 84 million products and 3.5 million points of sale

The flagship record, gtinfetch.ai, keys each product to its Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). According to the company, it answers only when sources agree and returns "unknown" instead of guessing. It carries 3.5 million points of sale on its own record, and every answer is signed.

Zurich – November 08, 2026 -- Lalique Group chairman and majority shareholder Silvio Denz, who recently turned 70, has begun succession planning for every business division, and says no decision has been made on investor approaches.

Denz rejects a French blog's speculation on the group's future

Lalique Group issued the statement after a speculative report in a French blog that it says contained several inaccurate claims. The company will give no further information beyond the statement for now.

Group receives regular investor inquiries and reviews them

The group regularly receives inquiries from investors and examines them carefully, according to Denz. His guiding principle is that each division's future and its employees' jobs must be secured long term and its heritage preserved. If a project becomes concrete for any division, employees and their representatives will be informed first.

FORT WORTH, Texas – November 07, 2026 -- AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ), a provider of hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions, has released its 2026 Sustainability Report, its sixth consecutive annual edition.

Newsweek named the company one of America's Most Responsible Companies for the fourth consecutive year in 2026. USA Today also listed AZZ among America's 2026 Climate Leaders.

AZZ ties ESG principles to daily operations and long-term strategy

President and CEO Tom Ferguson said the report reflects the company's effort to integrate environmental, social and governance principles into daily operations, corporate culture and long-term strategy. He said it documents progress and ongoing efforts to create value for shareholders, customers, employees and communities.

NEW YORK – November 06, 2026 -- James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) will replace Roku Inc. (NASD: ROKU) in the S&P MidCap 400, effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, November 11, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced.

Fox Corp. completes Roku acquisition, triggering the index change

The swap follows Fox Corp.'s acquisition of Roku. Fox (NASD: FOXA, FOX) is an S&P 500 constituent, and the deal has now closed. The completed transaction removes Roku from the MidCap 400 and opens the slot James Hardie will fill.

James Hardie joins the mid-cap benchmark under a Nov. 11 effective date

The change takes effect before the market opens on November 11. Index-tracking products based on the S&P MidCap 400 will need to reflect the swap by that point, with James Hardie entering and Roku exiting.

Beverly Hills – November 06, 2026 -- Beverly Hills Body Academy (BHBA) has formed as the world's first body contouring academy permanently based in Beverly Hills, with a three-chair leadership team and membership restricted to board-certified and board-eligible plastic surgeons.

Three chairs lead the academy from a Wilshire Boulevard office

Dr. Alfredo Hoyos, pioneer of HD Liposuction, and Dr. Ashkan Ghavami, creator of the S-Curve, serve as Co-Chairmen. Dr. Kiya Movassaghi, past president of The Aesthetic Society, is Scientific Chair. The academy's office is at 9465 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, in the Golden Triangle of Beverly Hills.

The chairs are joined by the BHBA Academy Council: Dr. Adam Rubinstein, Dr. Ali Tehrani, Dr. Al Aly, Dr. Jerry Chidester and Dr. Alexandre Sanfurgo. The Body Contouring Academy LLC operates the academy, and Ewan Mohammed is Founder and CEO.

LAS VEGAS – November 06, 2026 -- CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK), which controls a portfolio of more than 1.8 GW of power, land and data centers across the United States, announced its participation in upcoming investor conferences.

The company said live webcasts, replay information and updated presentations will be available on its investor relations page, where applicable. The announcement did not name the conferences or give dates.

CleanSpark describes itself as a data center developer built on low-cost energy

CleanSpark calls itself a market-leading data center developer. It says its infrastructure runs on globally competitive energy prices and sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship. The company says it monetizes low-cost, high-reliability energy by producing compute.

Chicago – November 04, 2026 -- OppFi Inc. (NYSE: OPFI) will put management in front of investors at three conferences across New York and Nashville between Nov. 11 and Nov. 18, 2026. The Chicago-based digital finance platform works with banks to provide financial products to consumers in the United States.

OppFi schedules two New York appearances before a Nashville fireside chat

Management will attend the KBW Fintech Ecosystem Conference in New York on Nov. 11-12. It will then join the Citizens Financial Services Conference, also in New York, on Nov. 17.

The final stop is the Stephens Annual Investment Conference in Nashville on Nov. 18, where OppFi will hold a fireside chat at 12:30 PM CT.

Las Vegas – November 04, 2026 -- SAFE Structure Designs, LLC, a Las Vegas-based U.S. defense contractor, has launched a redesigned website that organizes its offering into eight specialized divisions covering land, sea, air, infrastructure, defense, critical minerals and autonomous technologies.

The company says the divisions serve commercial, industrial, government and military customers. It also cites a nationwide manufacturing network and a workflow that takes customers from initial concept and engineering through prototyping and manufacturing to final delivery.

MISSISSAUGA – November 02, 2026 -- Cymat Technologies Ltd. (TSXV: CYM) will brief investors on November 4 at 2:00 p.m. EST on a proposed joint venture with KAP Minerals Inc. to produce scandium-aluminum (Sc-Al) master alloy at its Mississauga facility. The webcast, held on Zoom, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with KAP last week.

JV would draw scandium from Kapuskasing mine tailings

The scandium would be recovered through secondary refining of surface tailings at a phosphate mine in Kapuskasing, Ontario, which KAP plans to rehabilitate. Transportation, energy and building infrastructure for the refining facility are already in place, which Cymat expects to deliver a low-cost process for scandium oxide.