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Abacus Announces New Addition to Board of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 17, 2026) - Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation (TSXV: AME) ("Abacus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Adrian King is joining the Board of Directors. Dr. King has been an advisor to the board and management of Abacus since late 2020 and is thus very familiar with the Company.Dr King retired in 2020 as Head of Global Exploration after 35 years with Teck Resources, where he spent extended periods in exploration and...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 17, 2026) - Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation (TSXV: AME) ("Abacus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Adrian King is joining the Board of Directors. Dr. King has been an advisor to the board and management of Abacus since late 2020 and is thus very familiar with the Company.","length":377,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Dr King retired in 2020 as Head of Global Exploration after 35 years with Teck Resources, where he spent extended periods in exploration and exploration management based in London, Brussels, Santiago, Spokane and Vancouver. He held roles with increasing responsibility covering projects of all stages from generative through to evaluations, commercial and resource-reserve definition (greenfield and brownfield), working together with teams on multiple continents. He was involved in several discoveries, notably in Greenland, Turkey (Biga peninsular) and Alaska (Red Dog Camp). Adrian holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK. and has authored and co-authored several scientific papers.","length":731,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""I am very pleased that Adrian has consented to formally join our board," commented Paul G. Anderson, President and CEO of Abacus. "I have known Adrian for many years, and he possesses a unique skillset as an exploration geologist. His advice has been invaluable as an advisor over the past few years, and I look forward to our continuing collaboration."","length":374,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company currently has interests in two significant porphyry copper projects. The Ajax copper-gold Joint Venture, located near Kamloops, British Columbia is a partnership between Abacus and base metal major KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. ("KGHM"). Abacus holds a 20% interest in Ajax, carried through to production, with KGHM holding the remainder and acting as operator on the project.","length":391,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Ajax Project contains significant quantities of copper and gold, within a NI 43-101 Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 426 Mt at 0.29% Cu, 0.19 g/t Au and 0.39 g/t Ag. Contained metal is in the order of 2.7 billion lbs Cu, 2.6 million oz Au and 5.3 million oz Ag. T...