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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump used his image as a successful New York businessman to become a celebrity, a reality television star and eventually the president. Now he will get to revel in one of the most visible symbols of success in the city when he rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday as he’s also named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Trump is expected to be on Wall Street to mark the ceremonial start of the day’s trading, according to four people with knowledge of his plans. He will also be announced Thursday as Time’s 2024 Person of the Year, according to a person familiar with the selection. The people who confirmed the stock exchange appearance and Time award were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It will be a notable moment of twin recognitions for Trump, a born-and-bred New Yorker who at times has treated the stock market as a measure of public approval and has long-prized signifiers of his success in New York’s business world and his appearances on the covers of magazines — especially Time. Trump was named the magazine’s Person of the Year in 2016, when he was first elected to the White House. He had already been listed as a finalist for this year’s award alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, X owner Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kate, the Princess of Wales. Time declined to confirm the selection ahead of Thursday morning’s announcement. “Time does not comment on its annual choice for Person of the Year prior to publication,” a spokesperson for the magazine said Wednesday. The ringing of the bell is a powerful symbol of U.S. capitalism — and a good New York photo opportunity at that. Despite his decades as a New York businessman, Trump has never done it before. It was unclear whether Trump, a Republican, would meet with New York’s embattled mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, who has warmed to Trump and has not ruled out changing his political party. Adams has been charged with federal corruption crimes and accused of selling influence to foreign nationals; he has denied wrongdoing. Trump himself was once a symbol of New York, but he gave up living full-time in his namesake Trump Tower in Manhattan and moved to Florida after leaving the White House. CNN first reported Wednesday Trump’s visit to the stock exchange and Politico reported that Trump was expected to be unveiled as Time’s Person of the Year. The stock exchange regularly invites celebrities and business leaders to participate in the ceremonial opening and closing of trading. During Trump’s first term, his wife, Melania Trump, rang the bell to promote her “Be Best” initiative on children’s well-being. Last year, Time CEO Jessica Sibley rang the opening bell to unveil the magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year: Taylor Swift. After the Nov. 5 election, the S&P 500 rallied 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,508 points, or 3.6%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 3%. All three indexes topped records they had set in recent weeks. The U.S. stock market has historically tended to rise regardless of which party wins the White House, with Democrats scoring bigger average gains since 1945. But Republican control could mean big shifts in the winning and losing industries underneath the surface, and investors are adding to bets built earlier on what the higher tariffs, lower tax rates and lighter regulation that Trump favors will mean. Trump has long courted the business community based on his own status as a wealthy real estate developer who gained additional fame as the star of the TV show “The Apprentice” in which competitors tried to impress him with their business skills. He won the election in part by tapping into Americans’ deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable to meet the needs of the middle class. The larger business community has applauded his promises to reduce corporate taxes and cut regulations. But there are also concerns about his stated plans to impose broad tariffs and possibly target companies that he sees as not aligning with his own political interests. Trump spends the bulk of his time at his Florida home but was in New York for weeks this spring during his hush money trial there. He was convicted, but his lawyers are pushing for the case to be thrown out in light of his election. While he spent hours in a Manhattan courthouse every day during his criminal trial, Trump took his presidential campaign to the streets of the heavily Democratic city, holding a rally in the Bronx and popping up at settings for working-class New Yorkers: a bodega, a construction site and a firehouse. Trump returned to the city in September to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Manhattan tower and again in the final stretch of the presidential campaign when he held a rally at Madison Square Garden that drew immediate blowback as speakers made rude and racist insults and incendiary remarks. At the stock exchange, the ringing of the bell has been a tradition since the 1800s. The first guest to do it was a 10-year-old boy named Leonard Ross, in 1956, who won a quiz show answering questions about the stock market. Many times, companies listing on the exchange would ring the bell at 9:30 a.m. to commemorate their initial offerings as trading began. But the appearances have become an important marker of culture and politics — something that Trump hopes to seize as he’s promised historic levels of economic growth. The anti-apartheid advocate and South African President Nelson Mandela rang the bell, as has Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone with his castmates from the film “The Expendables.” So, too, have the actors Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner for an “Avengers” movie and the Olympians Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. In 1985, Ronald Reagan became the first sitting U.S. president to ring the bell. “With tax reform and budget control, our economy will be free to expand to its full potential, driving the bears back into permanent hibernation,” Reagan said at the time. “We’re going to turn the bull loose.” The crowd of traders on the floor chanted, “Ronnie! Ronnie! Ronnie!” The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed in 1985 and 1986, but it suffered a decline in October 1987 in an event known as “Black Monday.” ___ Long reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.UConn, football coach Jim Mora agree to contract extension through 2028Adobe Stock Drops as Revenue Forecast Disappoints - Investopedia

Walker's 20 help IU Indianapolis knock off Trinity Christian 106-49This is the endgame to a saga that has been playing out for most of Biden’s tenure: the tension between the administration’s goal of improving public services and its habit of catering to public-service unions. It would be an exaggeration to say that public dissatisfaction with government services played a major role in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. But the incoming administration’s fixation with government efficiency, however misguided, will certainly play a role going forward. No controversy surrounded federal workers going remote in 2020, during the pandemic, and as Biden was inaugurated in January 2021. But over the next few months, vaccines became widely available, and Americans returned to tourism, business travel and office work. By March 1, 2022, when Biden delivered the State of the Union, the clear desire was to return to normal. “It’s time for America to get back to work and fill our great downtowns again with people,” Biden said. “The vast majority of federal workers will once again work in person.” Yet it never happened. The White House issued various directives, and every political appointee I know was routinely in the office (and routinely complaining about the absence of so many civil servants making their jobs harder). But despite this widespread discontent among his own appointees, Biden never got the workers back. One reason is that civil servants overwhelmingly view the return-to-office push as a bad-faith political stunt designed to assuage critics in Congress or provide economic benefits to cities. The belief that regular presence in an office is beneficial, expressed by many managers in the private sector, doesn’t have much traction. The larger issue is that return-to-work policies need to be bargained collectively with the unions representing federal workers. The job of union leaders is to win concessions for their members, so they argue that requiring an in-office presence is burdensome and pointless. That lets them maximize financial concessions or whatever else in exchange for going to in-person work. Biden officials generally treated this collective bargaining situation as an external constraint on their ability to manage the federal workforce. But the president’s own appointees controlled the National Labor Relations Board. It’s of course appropriate that a dramatic shift in working conditions should be subject to collective bargaining. But we all lived through the pandemic and saw what happened: Employers made a dramatic shift to remote work as a result of a public health emergency. The idea that this should have also created a new bargaining chit for public-sector unions doesn’t make sense. If the White House really couldn’t persuade the NLRB to treat this more sensibly, it could have tried to work with Congress to make a statutory change to require common-sense policies. But the Biden administration didn’t do that, either. The president told the public he was going to bring federal workers back and then didn’t, because of deference to labor unions. Under Trump, America is going to get the polar-opposite approach to remote work. Instead of policies that balance the collaborative benefits of time in office with the recruiting and retention benefits of flexibility, the new regime doesn’t really care about public-sector performance and wants to purge the “deep state” of professionalism and perceived political enemies. To that end, being as strict as possible — in the hope that career civil servants will quit — will serve Trump’s ends. That’s unfortunate. The option of working remotely at least some of the time has real value to both workers and employers. Pretending that Zoom doesn’t exist would be absurd. Prudent members of Congress should push back against efforts, already apparent among the president-elect’s allies, to use return-to-work as a hammer to destroy state capacity. For Democrats, there will always be some friction between serving the public’s interest in efficient government services and its own interest in accommodating its supporters in public unions. These interests are not often aligned. Successful Democratic presidents, such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, were especially attentive to the ways in which teachers unions could be impediments to improving public education, and made a point of standing up to them. Biden — and Biden-era Democrats — generally prioritized coalition management over such concerns. That’s why they made COVID-era work policies permanent as a giveaway to civil-service unions. It’s a decision Democrats will come to regret, as Trump now wields the very real shortcomings of the status quo as a pretext for dismantling systems that Americans very much need.

The two-minute timeout. The transfer portal as de facto free agency. Collectives generating name, image and likeness (NIL) money for athletes becoming like a payroll. The impending arrival of revenue sharing. It didn't take long for Belichick to envision how a college program should look based on his own NFL experience. "I do think there are a lot of parallels," Belichick said. And that's at least partly why the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is now taking over at North Carolina. Years of rapid change at the have only increased the professionalization of college football across the country, with schools adjusting staffing to handle growing duties once seemingly more fitting for a pro team. UNC just happens to be making the most audacious of those bets, bringing in a 72-year-old who has never coached in college and asking him to build what amounts to a mini-NFL front office. But plenty could follow. "I really think there's going to be some of those guys that maybe don't have a job in the NFL anymore," Kansas State general manager Clint Brown said, "and now that this is going to be structured in a way where there is a cap that that's going to be something they're interested in." A changing college course The rapid changes in college athletics have fueled that, notably with players able to transfer and play right away without sitting out a year and be paid through NIL endorsement opportunities in the past five years. Recruiting is now just as much about bringing in veteran talent through the portal as signing recruits out of high school, mirroring the NFL with free agency and the draft, respectively. And a bigger change looms with revenue sharing, the result of a $2.78 billion legal settlement to antitrust lawsuits. Specifically, that model will allow the biggest schools to establish a pool of about $21.5 million for athletes in the first year, with a final hearing in that case set for April 2025. It will be up to schools to determine how to distribute that money and in which sports, though football's role as the revenue driver in college sports likely means a prominent cut everywhere as a direct parallel to a professional team's salary cap. Throw all that together, and it's why coaches are adjusting their staffs like Florida's Billy Napier interviewing candidates to be the Gators' general manager. "We're built to do it now," Napier said. "The big thing here is that we're getting ready to be in a business model. We have a cap. We have contracts. We have negotiation. We have strategy about how we distribute those funds, and it's a major math puzzle. "We're going to build out a front office here in the next couple of months, and it's primarily to help us manage that huge math problem," Napier added. "There'll be a ton of strategy around that. I'm looking forward to it." Still, that also explains why Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule, the former head coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers, said: "This job as a head coach is a juggernaut. There's way more to do here than I had to do in the NFL." The value of a hire And it explains why the Tar Heels are betting on Belichick to be the right fit for today's changing climate. "If I was 16 of 17 years old, a coach who came at you and won how many Super Bowls? And he said, 'Come play for me,'" said New York Giants offensive lineman Joshua Ezeudu, now in his third year out of UNC. "I mean, that's pretty hard to turn down now, especially in this day and age, he's telling you to come play for him and he's offering you some money, too. I mean, you can't go wrong with that choice." The timing worked for UNC with Belichick, who was bypassed for some NFL openings after leaving the New England Patriots last year and instead spent months taking a closer look at the college game. Those conversations with coaches — some in the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences, he said Thursday — made him understand how the changes in college aligned with his pro experience. "College kind of came to me this year," Belichick said. "I didn't necessarily go and seek it out." And his mere presence in Chapel Hill makes a difference, with athletic director Bubba Cunningham saying his "visibility" would likely allow the team to raise prices for advertising such as sponsorships and signage. Belichick is also hiring Michael Lombardi, a former NFL general manager and executive, as the Tar Heels' general manager. Cunningham also said the plan is for Belichick to continue his appearances on former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning's "Manningcast" broadcasts during Monday Night Football as well as ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" — all giving the coach the chance to promote himself and the program. Investing in football Yet these steps to reshape football at North Carolina comes with a rising price. Belichick will make $10 million per year in base and supplemental pay, with the first three years of the five-year deal guaranteed, according to a term sheet released by UNC on Thursday. That's roughly double of former coach Mack Brown, whose contract outlined about $4.2 million in base and supplemental salary before bonuses and other add-ons. Additionally, Belichick's deal includes $10 million for a salary pool for assistant coaches and $5.3 million for support staff. That's up from roughly $8.1 million for assistants and $4.8 million for support staff for the 2022 season, according to football financial data for UNC obtained by The Associated Press. And those figures from 2022 under Brown were already up significantly from Larry Fedora's tenure with the 2017 season ($4 million for assistant coaches, $2.3 million for support staff). There is at least one area where the Tar Heels are set for Belichick's arrival: facilities. UNC spent more than $40 million on its football practice complex with an indoor facility (2018) as the biggest project, while other projects include $3 million in upgrades to the locker room and weight room (2019), $14.5 million on renovations to the Kenan Football Center (2022), even $225,000 on Brown's former office (2021). Now it's up to Belichick to rethink the approach to football here for the changing times. "We're taking a risk," Cunningham said. "We're investing more in football with the hope and ambition that the return is going to significantly outweigh the investment." AP Sports Writers Tom Canavan in New Jersey; Mark Long in Florida; and Eric Olson in Nebraska; contributed to this report.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa doesn't want to take chances with his family's safety, so the Miami Dolphins’ star quarterback hired personal security when one of his cars was broken into about a year ago. "(It was) a little too close for my comfort with my family being in the house,” Tagovailoa said Wednesday. “So we got personal security to take care of all of that. When we're on the road, we've got someone with my wife, got someone also at the house, surveying the house.” Tagovailoa, speaking days after the home of Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow was broken into while the Bengals were playing a Monday night game at Dallas, also noted his security is armed, "so I hope that if you decide to go to my house, you think twice.” Burrow's home was the latest targeted in a string of burglaries of pro athletes' homes in the U.S., which included the homes of Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. Mahomes' and Kelce's homes were broken into in October, prompting the NFL to issue a security alert to teams and the players' union warning that the houses of numerous pro athletes were “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups," according to a memo previously obtained by The Associated Press. Law enforcement officials noted these groups target the homes on days the athletes have games. Players were told to take precautions and implement home security measures to reduce the risk of being targeted. Tagovailoa's personal security has been in place since long before this string of break-ins. No one was injured in the Monday night break-in at Burrow's home, but it was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. In the NBA , Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis had his home broken into Nov. 2 and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr.’s home was burglarized on Sept. 15 while he was at a Minnesota Vikings game. Portis had offered a $40,000 reward for information, and the NBA later issued its own memo revealing that the FBI has connected some burglaries to “transnational South American Theft Groups” that are “reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices.” Some of the groups have conducted extensive surveillance on targets, including attempted home deliveries and posing as grounds maintenance or joggers in the neighborhood, according to officials. Tagovailoa, who just signed an extension with the Dolphins last offseason, said he doesn't necessarily feel like a target, "but I wouldn't want to play the chances with my family and kids sleeping, my wife sleeping, me sleeping at the house.” AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

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TORONTO, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NexGold Mining Corp. ( TSXV: NEXG; OTCQX: NXGCF ) (“ NexGold ”) and Signal Gold Inc. (TSX: SGNL; OTCQB: SGNLF) ( “ Signal Gold ”) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the previously-announced transaction pursuant to which, among other things, NexGold acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Signal Gold (the “ Signal Shares ”) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “ Arrangement ”). The Arrangement combines the two companies to create a top near-term gold developer advancing NexGold’s Goliath Gold Complex Project (“ Goliath Project ”) in Northern Ontario and Signal Gold’s Goldboro Gold Project (“ Goldboro Project ”) in the historic Goldboro Gold District in Nova Scotia. Kevin Bullock, President, CEO and Director of the combined company, stated: “Today we have created a stronger and larger company with two cornerstone assets that we believe are near-term gold development projects. We have also strengthened the balance sheet, and now have a great opportunity to create immense value for our combined shareholder base. We extend our thanks to shareholders, stakeholders and our Rightsholders that will help us realize our vision. With this transaction, NexGold is primed to move forward on our path to development.” Mr. Bullock continued: “I would like to thank the outgoing members of the Signal Gold board of directors for their diligence and hard work in moving us towards this next phase.” Pursuant to the Arrangement, former Signal Gold shareholders received 0.1244 of a NexGold common share (each whole share, a “ NexGold Share ”) in exchange for each Signal Share held. NexGold issued approximately 31.9 million NexGold Shares to former Signal Gold shareholders, prior to taking into consideration any of the financings connected to the Arrangement, representing approximately 70% and 30% of the issued and outstanding NexGold Shares, respectively, on a fully-diluted in-the-money basis and without taking into account any securities of NexGold issued in connection with the Arrangement. As of the completion of the Arrangement, there are 142,246,958 NexGold Shares outstanding. Board of Directors and Senior Management of Combined Company Mary-Lynn Oke (a former Signal Gold director) and Kevin Bullock have joined the NexGold Board of Directors (the “ Board ”). Reporting to the Board, the combined company will be managed by Kevin Bullock as President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Wyeth as Chief Operating Officer and Orin Baranowsky as Chief Financial Officer. Jim Gowans, Chairman of NexGold, stated: “I am excited for the path forward for NexGold, a company that I believe has two of the most advanced gold projects in Canada, with significant exploration potential and an excellent team in place capable of delivering on a clear path to being a multi-asset producer. With the recently announced Benefits Agreement with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq, the first of its kind in the Province of Nova Scotia, NexGold has demonstrated a commitment to building meaningful relationships towards mutual benefits with the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia in a responsible, respectful and sustainable manner.” Mr Gowans continued: “I would like to welcome Kevin and Mary-Lynn to the Board and would like to thank Michele Ashby for her contributions to the Board as Chair of the Compensation Committee and Jeremy Wyeth, who will be taking on the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer responsible for the successful delivery of the Goliath and Goldboro Projects. I’d also like to thank Morgan Lekstrom, who will continue on as a Director, for his instrumental leadership and contributions to the creation of NexGold, creating a clear vision and strong path forward to being one of the next Canadian mid-tier gold companies”. Debt Restructuring NexGold and Signal Gold are also pleased to announce the completion of a restructuring of the two entities’ respective debt facilities (the “ Debt Restructuring ”), significantly reducing the debt profile of the combined entity going forward. Signal Gold’s outstanding credit facility of approximately US$20.8 million with Nebari and NexGold’s US$6.2 million facility with Extract Capital (“ Extract ”) have been repaid in connection with the Arrangement. Under the Debt Restructuring, NexGold has entered into a new US$12.0 million facility with Nebari, which has a 30-month term with an interest rate of 11.4%, payable monthly in arrears and secured against both the Goliath and Goldboro Projects. Under the facility, existing Signal Gold warrants associated with the prior Nebari facility were cancelled, and 3,160,602 new NexGold warrants were issued to Nebari with an exercise price of $1.00 per NexGold Share with a term of 30 months. In addition, Nebari has paid NexGold US$6.0 million for a 0.6% net smelter return royalty (the “ Royalty ”) on the Goldboro Project, which includes a 100% buy-back right for the first 30 months at NexGold’s option. If the Royalty is not repurchased during the 30-month period, then the Royalty rate shall increase to 2.0%. The new Nebari facility and Royalty, together with a US$4.0 million equity placement with Nebari and certain proceeds from the Signal Gold subscription receipt financing, as well as existing working capital, were used to retire the existing Nebari and Extract debt. Steven Bowles, Managing Director of Nebari, stated: “We have been monitoring the progress of the Goliath Project for many years and have been a partner with Signal in advancing the Goldboro Project. We are very pleased to continue this relationship with NexGold as they progress the development of both of their advanced projects. The experience and dedication of the combined teams demonstrated throughout Nebari’s due diligence during the merger process between NexGold and Signal provides us with a great deal of confidence in the organization’s ability to execute on its development plans and are excited to add another asset in a Tier-One mining jurisdiction to our growing portfolio.” Advisory Shares In connection with the Arrangement, Fiore Management and Advisory Corp. was issued 638,334 NexGold Shares in consideration for advisory services provided to NexGold. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. will be issued NexGold Shares as partial consideration for financial advisory services provided to Signal Gold in connection with the Arrangement. The number of NexGold Shares to be issued will be determined based on NexGold’s closing share price today and disclosed in NexGold’s material change report to be filed in connection with the closing of the Arrangement. Delisting of Signal Shares The Signal Shares are expected to be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange (“ TSX ”) and OTCQB Venture Market (“ OTCQB ”) at the close of business on December 16, 2024 and Signal Gold intends to submit an application to cease to be a reporting issuer and to otherwise terminate its public company reporting requirements as soon as possible thereafter. About NexGold Mining Corp. NexGold Mining Corp. is a gold-focused company with assets in Canada and Alaska. NexGold’s Goliath Gold Complex (which includes the Goliath, Goldlund and Miller deposits) is located in Northwestern Ontario. The deposits benefit substantially from excellent access to the Trans-Canada Highway, related power and rail infrastructure and close proximity to several communities including Dryden, Ontario. For information on the Goliath Project, refer to the technical report, prepared in accordance with NI 43–101, entitled ‘Goliath Gold Complex – NI 43–101 Technical Report and Prefeasibility Study’ and dated March 27, 2023, with an effective date of February 22, 2023, led by independent consultants Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. The technical report is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca , on the OTCQX at www.otcmarkets.com and on NexGold’s website at www.nexgold.com . NexGold will be advancing the Goldboro Gold Project in Nova Scotia, a significant growth project subject to a positive Feasibility Study. For further details, refer to the technical report entitled ‘NI 43-101 Technical Report and Feasibility Study for the Goldboro Gold Project, Eastern Goldfields District, Nova Scotia’ dated January 11, 2022, with an effective date of December 16, 2021. The technical report is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca . On August 3, 2022, the Goldboro Project received its environmental assessment approval from the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment and Climate Change, a significant regulatory milestone, and Signal Gold has now submitted all key permits including the Industrial Approval, Fisheries Act Authorization and Schedule 2 Amendment, and the Mining and Crown Land Leases. The Goldboro Project has significant potential for further mineral resource expansion, particularly towards the west along strike and at depth, and the company has consolidated 28,525 hectares (~285 km 2 ) of prospective exploration land in the Goldboro Gold District. NexGold also owns several other projects throughout Canada, including the Weebigee-Sandy Lake Gold Project JV, and grassroots gold exploration property Gold Rock. In addition, NexGold holds a 100% interest in the high-grade Niblack copper-gold-zinc-silver VMS project, located adjacent to tidewater in southeast Alaska. NexGold is committed to inclusive, informed and meaningful dialogue with regional communities and Indigenous Nations throughout the life of all our Projects and on all aspects, including creating sustainable economic opportunities, providing safe workplaces, enhancing of social value, and promoting community wellbeing. Further details about NexGold are available on NexGold’s website at www.nexgold.com . Contact: Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This news release has been reviewed and approved by Kevin Bullock, P. Eng., President and CEO of NexGold, a "Qualified Person", under National Instrument 43-101 - Standard for Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release includes certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of Canadian and United States securities legislation that is based on expectations, estimates, projections and interpretations as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves predictions, expectations, interpretations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often, but not always, using phrases such as “expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “interpreted”, “management’s view”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”, “estimates”, “potential”, “feasibility”, “believes” or “intends” or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information and are intended to identify forward-looking information. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected delisting of Signal Shares from the TSX and OTCQB and Signal Gold’s application to cease to be a reporting issuer in Canada; expectations regarding the potential benefits and synergies of the Arrangement and the ability of the combined company to successfully achieve business objectives; expectations relating to future exploration, development and production activities; expectations regarding growth potential for NexGold’s operations; and the company’s assessments of, and expectations for, future business activities and operating performance Since forward-looking information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to, the delisting of Signal Shares from the TSX and OTCQB, and Signal ceasing to be a reporting issuer in Canada, may not be on the timing anticipated; the ability of the combined company to realize the benefits and synergies of the Arrangement and the ability of the combined company to successfully achieve business objectives, including integrating the companies or the effects of unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; changes to expectations relating to future exploration, development and production activities, and growth potential for NexGold’s operations; delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects or capital expenditures; the uncertainty of mineral resource, production and cost estimates; health, safety and environmental risks; worldwide demand for gold and base metals; gold price and other commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations; environmental risks; competition; incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions; ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; and changes in legislation, including but not limited to tax laws, royalties and environmental regulations. Actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking information and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking information will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits may be derived therefrom and accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking information. Neither NexGold nor Signal Gold undertakes to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.Yubo, which bills itself as a “live social discovery platform,” has released a new case study showing how they have achieved “100 percent age verification globally – for all users” using tech from . says it uses group livestreaming, messaging, and an intuitive swipe feature to create social communities. Since its founding in France in 2015 as Yellow, the company has amassed 80 million downloads and is used in more than 140 countries. Its target audience is Gen Z, typically considered to be those born after 1997. For social media platforms, skewing young increasingly means contending with , as legislators globally try to curb the proven ways in which social media harms youth. The most high-profile case to date is in Australia, where regulators have passed an banning users under 16 from using most social media platforms. In Yubo’s case, there are added stakes. The platform separates users into different “communities” based on age, meaning there’s added incentive to make sure teenage users don’t end up interacting with grizzled men in their 60s – especially when Ofcom says one third of children have lied about their date of birth to be registered as over 18 when accessing . That’s probably why Yubo operates on the principle of safety-by-design. The case study says “the app has a notable track record of rolling out innovative features and policies proactively to mitigate risks and enhance the user experience.” Yoti’s facial age estimation plays a big role in mitigating risk. Integrated with Yubo , it works a bit differently than your standard age estimation scheme (for example, one that guesses a user is over 18 and therefore allowed to access ). In Yubo’s case, users provide a date of birth on sign-up, and Yoti’s analyzes a live in-app selfie video to determine whether the face matches the declared age. Basically, the tool makes sure people are as old as they say they are. That said, it is also an effective age gate, thanks to the high accuracy of Yoti’s facial age estimation across age groups – including whether someone is under or over 13, the legally required age to use Yubo. To date, Yoti has performed more than 290 million for Yubo. The firm says around 87 percent of people are able to successfully verify their age at first attempt. If Yoti can’t find a match in comparing a selfie to a birth date, it moves on to further measures, which can include providing a new live image for review by a Yubo safety specialist. The caution is paying off, both in terms of safety and user satisfaction. The firm claims an October 2024 survey shows that more than 79 percent of Yubo users say they feel more safe on Yubo compared to other social platforms because of the app’s measures. More than 60 percent say age estimation has “a positive impact on their overall user experience on the app.” Beyond being secure in the knowledge that no one is lying about their age, the live video requirement for Yoti’s facial has helped Yubo reduce the number of bots and fake accounts by confirming every account belongs to a real person. Yubo says establishing facial age estimation requirements platform-wide makes it the first social app in the world to have age assurance for 100 percent of its users. It attributes its growth in part to how it puts trust at the center of the user experience, noting how age estimation boosts user engagement and retention by prioritizing safety, trust and satisfaction. Yubo CEO Sacha Lazimi says he is “proud that Yubo’s continued growth after almost a decade in the highly competitive landscape of social apps can stand as a symbol of our philosophy that user safety needs and business objectives do not have to be at odds with one another.” Yoti, meanwhile, announced in a recent blog that it has reached the milestone of for its Digital ID apps. The takeaway message from Yubo and Yoti’s partnership is that, while age assurance measures are often seen as a necessity forced on businesses by draconian looking to stifle growth, they can actually provide firms with strategic advantages. According to Juniper Research, experts have predicted that the number of checks will surpass 70 billion by the end of 2024. Perhaps age assurance is destined to be the Alligator Pear of the twenty-first century: distrusted at first as a little unappealing, but soon embraced everywhere as that versatile and beloved staple, the . | | | | | | |

SAC members award winners in different sports competitionsFormer Spurs midfielder and manager Tim Sherwood has called out Tottenham supporters who want Ange Postecoglou gone, describing the Australian as a “breath of fresh air” the team “needed”. Watch selected NRL, AFL, SSN games plus every F1 qualifying session and race live in 4K on Kayo. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. Sherwood’s passionate message to the Tottenham fan base came after Spurs stunned Manchester City 4-0 at Etihad Stadium in a result that was just as impressive as it was perplexing given the side’s inconsistency this season. Sunday’s shutout was one of a few standout games for Tottenham, including a 3-0 victory at Manchester United, 4-1 triumph over Villa and win against City in the League Cup. Conversely, Spurs also dropped a home game 2-1 to Ipswich before the international break and have also suffered surprise losses to Crystal Palace and Brighton. Those defeats have seen pressure build on Postecoglou, with some fans turning on the Australian who was a revered figure at times in his debut season at the helm. But speaking on Matchday Live on Optus Sport, Sherwood had a very clear message of support for Postecoglou. MORE TOTTENHAM VS CITY NEWS CITY ON THE DECLINE? One word City won’t want to hear as Pep makes big admission ANGE SPEAKS: There is still one flaw Spurs must ‘eradicate’ despite win “I’m pleased for the manager because there’s probably a 50-50 split on Tottenham fans who either want him or amazingly want him out,” Sherwood said. “It’s incredible. Shame on you guys for wanting this guy out. This guy, for me, is a breath of fresh air and what Tottenham needed. “He needs results like this to convince a lot of the fan base that he is the main man. Give him time, give him the money, give him a few transfer windows, he’s got a clear identity — he will win trophies at this football club but he needs to be given time to be able to do it. “Today is a good, good reminder for a lot of those fans who ring up these phone ins demanding the manager out and saying he’s not good enough. Believe me, he is good enough. “He is a top drawer manager who’s got different ideas to the majority of managers in the Premier League.”

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Donald Trump said Saturday that a surprise meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Florida was "very productive," days after the incoming US leader rattled Ottawa with a vow to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Trudeau, on an unannounced visit, had been seen smiling Friday as he exited a hotel in West Palm Beach to head to a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Afterward, Trump posted on his Truth Social website that he had had "a very productive meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau." He said the two men had discussed issues including "the Fentanyl and Drug Crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of Illegal Immigration." He added, "Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation of U.S. Families." Trudeau told journalists that he had had an "excellent conversation" with Trump, but did not elaborate. Trump has blamed Canada and Mexico for not stemming an influx of undocumented migrants and he blames them, and China, for drug problems in the United States. Trudeau's trip came after Trump sent shockwaves through the region Monday when he announced 25 percent import tariffs against Canada and Mexico and 10 percent against China if they failed to address the drug and migration problems. Such tariffs could have a devastating impact if imposed. More than three-quarters of Canadian exports, or Can$592.7 billion ($423 billion), went to the United States last year, and nearly two million Canadian jobs are dependent on trade. A Canadian government source had told AFP that Canada was considering possible retaliatory tariffs against the United States. Trudeau was the first foreign leader to meet with the US president-elect. But on Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke to Trump by phone and later ruled out a trade war with the United States. "There will not be a potential tariff war," she told reporters Thursday. Trump later said that Sheinbaum had "agreed to stop migration through Mexico... effectively closing our Southern border." But she said that there would be no closing of the border, stating: "Of course we do not agree with that." Some have suggested Trump's tariff threat was bluster, or an opening salvo in future trade negotiations. But Trudeau rejected those views when he spoke with reporters earlier in Prince Edward Island province. "Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out," Trudeau said. "There's no question about it." amc/jgc/nro/bbk/bfmWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members and several other countries have expressed interest in joining. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system . The dollar represents roughly 58% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves, according to the IMF and major commodities like oil are still primarily bought and sold using dollars. The dollar's dominance is threatened, however, with BRICS' growing share of GDP and the alliance's intent to trade in non-dollar currencies — a process known as de-dollarization. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy." At a summit of BRIC nations in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of “weaponizing” the dollar and described it as a “big mistake.” “It’s not us who refuse to use the dollar,” Putin said at the time. “But if they don’t let us work, what can we do? We are forced to search for alternatives.” Russia has specifically pushed for the creation of a new payment system that would offer an alternative to the global bank messaging network, SWIFT, and allow Moscow to dodge Western sanctions and trade with partners. Trump said there is "no chance" BRIC will replace the U.S. dollar in global trade and any country that tries to make that happen "should wave goodbye to America.” Research shows that the U.S. dollar's role as the primary global reserve currency is not threatened in the near future. An Atlantic Council model that assesses the dollar’s place as the primary global reserve currency states the dollar is “secure in the near and medium term” and continues to dominate other currencies. Trump's latest tariff threat comes after he threatened to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% tax on goods from China, as a way to force the countries to do more to halt the flow of illegal immigration and drugs into the U.S. He has since held a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who said Thursday she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted. 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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollarStrictly Come Dancing fans said they were placing a 'bet' on Sarah Hadland following her latest performance. The actress was back in the ballroom alongside professional dance partner Vito Coppola on Saturday night (November 30). The pair kicked off the quarter-final, which just so happened to be the show's Musicals Week special, and the pair riding high after they danced what was described as the best Rumba of the series so far last weekend - and the pair did not disappoint tonight. They performed a high-energy Charleston to Popular from Wicked, with actress Sarah taking on the role of Glinda, which Ariana Grande is currently playing in the new blockbuster film. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro deals Chris McCausland blow just before quarter final Shirley told them "the lifts were flawless," while Anton Du Beke gushed: "That was abolsutely brilliant. It was so wonderful." Craig then concluded: "Normally I like a charleston to be a bit messier with wild abandon..." he then added a 'however' before saying: "I think you made a very good choice due to character. The amount of detail in there was phenomenal. Bravo. Motsi also told Sarah: "Yes, yes, yes. What a way to open the quarterfinal. The lifts... unbelievable. You did not miss a bit. Thank you for seeing the standard today," before the couple received 38 out of a possible 40 points - including two tens from Shirley and Anton. And Strictly fans quickly flocked to social media as they claimed Sarah had 'sealed' her win with her latest performance. @SophiePetkar said: "If Sarah & Vito don’t win this season of #Strictly I’ll be astonished! They are incredible." @photoquilter1 asked: "Is anyone else placing a bet on Sarah Hadland winning #Strictly?" Sarah and Vito during their Wicked performance @RyanTheSoapking commented: "NOW THAT WAS ICONIC!!! SARAH & VITO ARE HERE TO WIN! WHAT A DANCE! #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing." @mythicalmia posted: "I NEEEEEEED sarah and vito to win this glitterball so bad they are incredible!!! #strictly." @TVqueertiques added: "Sarah: OUR WINNER #strictly #strictlycomedancing." But others think they were robbed of a perfect score. @michellesdowden said: "Sarah & vito were ROBBED of a 40 #strictly." @clairea82151971 commented: "Sarah undermarked again ! Should of got 40 #strictly." @skalovingeek wrote: "How did Sarah and Vito not get a 40?! It was INCREDIBLE #strictly." @eastenderskel added: "Let’s all collectively agree sarah and vito deserved the full 40 for this dance, she SMASHED it. #strictly."

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