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ValOre Metals 2026 New Year's Message from CEO Nick Smart
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValO...
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[{"type":"text","content":"ValOre Metals 2026 New Year’s Message from CEO Nick Smart\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre” or  “the Company”; TSX-V: VO, OTCQB: KVLQF, Frankfurt: KEQ0); today provided a message from the CEO to the shareholders highlighting key milestones achieved in 2025 and outlining the Company’s growth strategy for the year ahead. Dear Shareholders and ValOre Community, As we turn the page on 2025 and look ahead to a new year, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past few months and lay out why I am so energised about the year ahead. 2025 has been a year of growth and transition for ValOre Metals. We continued to develop our flagship Pedra Branca PGE project in Brazil, completed a Trado® auger drilling program completed at the Esbarro deposit, received approval of Final Exploration Reports for key mineral claims, marking a major regulatory advancement and commenced a metallurgical testwork program with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. It also marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter for me, as I stepped into the role of Chief Executive Officer from October 2025. Click here for a video overview from our site visit in November 2025. The year ahead promises even more opportunity, as we recently signed up the well-regarded engineering company Lycopodium as lead process engineering consultant in support of our Pedra Branca project. The addition of Lycopodium’s experienced team and project knowledge significantly strengthens our development pathway as we build on and expand our metallurgical testwork, underway with the University of Cape Town and progress towards licencing applications and a Preliminary Economic Assessment, to be published later in the year. Equally importantly, we are progressing ValOre’s broader strategy to capture new opportunities in the critical and precious metals space, with a focus on some of the most prospective regions of Brazil. We have an ambitious goal - to transition from a pure exploration focus and become an integrated precious-metals producer. Market conditions are competitive, but also full of possibility for disciplined companies with high-quality assets, experienced teams and an agile approach. That is exactly how I see ValOre: a lean, active explorer & ...