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Miata Metals Signs MOU with the Okanisi People in Suriname and Provides Project and Corporate Updates
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miata Metals Corp. (TSX.V: MMET) (OTCQX: MMETF) (FSE: 8NQ) (“Miata” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Okanisi People through their Okanisi Development Fund (“ODF”), for its Sela Creek Gold Project (“Sela Creek” or the “Project”) in Suriname. The Okanisi (Ndyuka) Maroon People are one of the major Maroon communities in Suriname. They live mainly along the Tapanahony R
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