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Lir Life Sciences Corp. Formerly Blackbird Critical Metals Corp. Announces Closing of Acquisition of Lir Life Sciences Inc.
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Lir Life Sciences Corp. (CSE:SKNY) (formerly Blackbird Critical Metals Corp.) ("Lir Life Sciences" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, further to its news release dated August 14, 2025, that ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Lir Life Sciences Corp. (CSE:SKNY) (formerly Blackbird Critical Metals Corp.) ("Lir Life Sciences" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, further to its news release dated August 14, 2025, that it has completed the acquisition (the "Transaction") of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Lir Life Sciences Inc. ("Lir Inc."), and that trading in the common shares of the Company resumed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") on November 7, 2025, under the ticker symbol "SKNY".","length":609,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Transaction Summary","length":19,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Lir Inc. in consideration for the issuance of 22,312,678 post-consolidated common shares of the Company to the former securityholders of Lir Inc.","length":211,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"In connection with the completion of the Acquisition, the Company also issued 379,000 common shares (the "Admin Fee Shares") to The Back Office Inc., an arm's-length third party, as an administrative fee for services rendered in support of the Acquisition. The Admin Fee Shares are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day under applicable Canadian securities laws.","length":400,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Board and Management Changes","length":28,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company is pleased to announce that Dr. Edward Mills has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Company. Dr. Mills is a globally recognized leader in clinical trials and public health, with over 550 peer reviewed publications in top-tier journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. Over the past two decades, he has led some of the largest and most impactful clinical trials ever conducted, particularly focused on evaluating treatments for diseases affecting low-income populations. His work has earned him multiple prestigious awards in clinical research. Dr. Mills has raised over $1 billion to support clinical research and public health initiatives and is among the most widely published clinical researchers in the world. He holds a PhD in clinical research and two...