PALO ALTO, Calif., September 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Aragon Research, Inc. today announced the publication of its second annual Aragon Research Globe for Strategic Response Management (SRM), 2026. The research reveals a fundamental transformation in how organizations manage complex customer-facing requests, shifting rapidly from reactive AI assistants toward fully autonomous, agentic AI.

The new report, "The Aragon Research Globe for Strategic Response Management, 2026," evaluates 14 key technology providers in a market that is expanding beyond RFP automation to cover security questionnaires, RFIs, and complex sales bids.

"The era of simple AI assistants is over. We are now entering the age of the AI coworker, where autonomous agents manage complex, multi-step tasks without constant human oversight," said Jim Lundy, CEO and Lead Analyst of Aragon Research. "Organizations that fail to adopt these agentic workflows will struggle to keep pace with the volume and speed of modern business. The future of winning bids and building customer trust lies in leveraging a centralized, continuously managed knowledge base powered by intelligent automation."

The report outlines several key findings critical to modern enterprises. First, the 2026 generation of SRM technology features autonomous AI agents capable of coordinating across departments, gathering siloed data, and managing response workflows from opportunity intake to final submission. Second, leading platforms are replacing static content libraries with automated, real-time single sources of truth that dynamically update from successful, completed response data. Finally, while drafting speed was once the primary selling point, organizations now use SRM to improve bid accuracy, regulatory compliance, and strategic win rates.

Aragon Research evaluated 14 providers in the report. Listed in alphabetical order, the vendors included are AutoRFP, Conveyor, DeepStream, Docubee, Fairmarkit, Keelvar, Loopio, PandaDoc, Proposify, QorusDocs, Responsive, RocketDocs, Tribble, and Upland.

To read the complete analysis and see how these vendors are positioned across our Leaders, Contenders, Innovators, and Specialists categories, please visit the Aragon Research website at aragonresearch.com.

About Aragon Research

Aragon Research is the leading independent research and advisory firm that provides business and IT executives with the actionable insights they need to navigate technology's ever-evolving impact. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Aragon Research works with executives at every level to help them make better technology and strategy decisions. For more information, visit www.aragonresearch.com.

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Historic preservation leaders gather to celebrate the 2026 awardees at the first National Preservation Summit in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At a gathering of more than 500 preservation leaders in Washington, D.C., this evening, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded eight recipients with its esteemed National Preservation Awards. The annual awards program—the industry's highest honor— recognizes distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations that enrich and honor their communities through dynamic preservation practices.

"I'm thrilled to commence our first National Preservation Summit by celebrating the eight recipients of the 2026 National Preservation Awards," said Brent Leggs, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "These trailblazing individuals and exemplary projects show us all how historic preservation can revitalize communities, enhance economic opportunities, and protect our nation's cultural vitality."

The National Preservation Awards began more than six decades ago when the National Trust first established its marquee Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award in 1960 to focus public attention on superlative achievements and to create incentives for preservation. Sixty-six years later, the National Preservation Awards are bestowed annually in six distinct categories. Since 2012, the awards program has included a slate of honors named for the late preservationist Richard H. Driehaus and the eponymous Driehaus Foundation.

"We are delighted to join the National Trust for Historic Preservation in celebration of this year's remarkable awardees," said Lynn Osmond, President and Executive Director of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. "These three winning projects reflect the vision, creativity, and commitment it takes to ensure the places that tell our nation's stories are preserved for generations to come."

The 2026 National Preservation Awards recipients include:

- Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award: Dr. Elizabeth Alexander (New York, NY). Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, scholar, and cultural advocate who currently serves as president of the Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities in the United States. A nationally recognized thought leader on race, justice, and American society, she has held distinguished professorships at Yale and Columbia Universities, and previously served as the director of Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation. Dr. Alexander is the author or co-author of sixteen books, including most recently Signals Across Vast Distances, and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She composed and delivered the poem "Praise Song for the Day" for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration, and among her many honors she has been recognized as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.

- Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award: San Diego County Administration Center Renovation (San Diego, CA). The County of San Diego's rehabilitation of the 315,000+ square foot County Administration Center (CAC) represents an extraordinary act of civic stewardship. In 2019, aging systems and seismic limitations threatened public operations and the building's historic fabric. The County chose preservation over demolition and replacement, and after seven years and more than twenty phases of fully occupied renovation the County was able to protect one of America's most significant Great Depression-era civic landmarks. Since its dedication in 1938 through President Frank D. Roosevelt's federal public works program, the CAC has continuously served as the administrative center of County governance—an uncommon continuity among large historic civic buildings nationwide.

- Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award: American Lofts at Silo City (Buffalo, NY). American Lofts at Silo City demonstrate how preservation can extend beyond traditional building types to engage the monumental infrastructure that shaped America's industrial history. Developed between 1905 and the 1940s, the American Grain Complex is an intact group of grain processing and shipping buildings that helped establish Buffalo as the largest grain port in the world. American Lofts introduced a permanent residential population to Silo City for the first time through adaptive reuse, transforming an abandoned 230,000 square foot industrial facility into 168 residential units with ground-floor commercial space. The project, supported by Federal and New York State Historic Tax Credits alongside affordable housing financing, provides a replicable preservation model for cities grappling with the future of their aging industrial infrastructure.

- Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award: Oregon Supreme Court Rehabilitation (Salem, OR). The meticulously rehabilitated 1914 Oregon Supreme Court Building is one of only two LEED Gold-certified historic base isolated (earthquake resistant) buildings in the nation, and the first in Oregon. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, and State Law Library, the three-story building features terra cotta, marble, and mahogany, with an abundance of classical detailing, a grand staircase, and a historically significant Povey Brothers stained-glass laylight in the courtroom. The design and construction of a project that disconnects an existing building from its site and allows it to move independently during an earthquake, all while preserving historic materials and features, required extraordinary design and engineering, exacting execution, and creative problem solving.

- National Trust/Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (San Antonio, TX). Through an extraordinary partnership among the National Park Service, youth-serving AmeriCorps programs, community partners, and local supporters, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park has advanced the preservation of one of the nation's most significant cultural landscapes. Five San Antonio Missions, including The Alamo, were formed around historic acequias—three century-old irrigation systems that remain essential to the integrity of the UNESCO World Heritage Site today. Facing mounting pressures from urban development, stormwater impacts, and deferred maintenance, the Park and its partners have leveraged more than $2 million in funds since 2022 to restore and maintain these historic waterways while reclaiming mission farmlands for active agricultural use. Preserving these acequias has ensured that the Missions continue to deliver the oldest water right in Texas, sustaining the cultivation of crops that feed the community and strengthen public understanding of the cultural traditions that shaped San Antonio.

- Trustees' Award for Organizational Excellence: Historic New England (Haverhill, MA). Historic New England is the nation's oldest and largest regional preservation organization, stewarding 38 diverse historic properties across 5 states—from rural farmsteads and urban residences to industrial complexes and designed landscapes—while maintaining one of the country's most significant collections of material culture and historic archives. Established in 1910, Historic New England has advanced preservation through rigorous stewardship, civic engagement, financial integrity, inclusive leadership, and innovative programming. For more than a century, Historic New England has safeguarded the architecture and stories of New England. Today, it stands as a national model for how preservation organizations can lead in the 21st century.

- Trustees' Emeritus Award for Historic Site Stewardship: Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. (Arthurdale, WV). For more than four decades, Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. (AHI) has demonstrated exceptional stewardship of the nation's first New Deal homestead community. Established under Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, Arthurdale fell into decline and neglect in the 1940s following its return to private ownership. In 1985, a group of determined volunteer residents formed AHI to restore the town, transforming it into a vibrant heritage campus. By connecting visitors to the stories of the original homesteaders, embracing a more inclusive interpretation of the site's history, and keeping traditional crafts alive, AHI has established Arthurdale as a nationally significant site.

- John H. Chafee Trustees' Award for Excellence in Public Policy: National Trust Advisors. Now celebrating their 60th year of service, National Trust Advisors are an influential network of volunteer preservation leaders whose advocacy, expertise, and leadership have helped shape preservation policy and strengthened the National Trust for Historic Preservation's impact nationwide. Since the program's founding in 1966, Advisors have advanced preservation priorities at the federal, state, and local levels while helping broaden the field to include more inclusive storytelling, innovative policy solutions, and new approaches to community engagement.

About the National Trust for Historic Preservation

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately-funded nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities maintain and enhance the power of historic places. Chartered by Congress in 1949 and supported by partners, friends, and champions nationwide, we help preserve the places and stories that make communities unique. Through the stewardship and revitalization of historic sites, we help communities foster economic growth, create healthier environments, and build a stronger, shared sense of civic duty and belonging.

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Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) and Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (SAFCo), join GenZero on the Steering Committee, while Amazon, Bain & Company, and Temasek Trust join the growing industry alliance to support credible demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and SAF certificates in Asia.

SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Fuel Forward (GFF), launched by GenZero and the World Economic Forum (WEF) in May 2025 to scale demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), today announced an expanded partnership structure and new members as it enters its next phase of market activation.

Announced during Green Markets Day at New York Climate Week, the expansion marks GFF's shift from building market awareness and procurement readiness to facilitating greater corporate action and participation in SAF and SAF certificates (SAFc) transactions across Asia.

GFF welcomed the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) and the Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (SAFCo) to its Steering Committee (SteerCo), alongside founding SteerCo member GenZero. The expanded SteerCo combines investment, demand-aggregation, procurement and market-development expertise as GFF works to translate growing corporate interest in SAF into credible and scalable demand.

Building this demand is particularly important for aviation decarbonisation in Asia, where much of the sector's future growth is expected. SAF supply remains constrained by its premium over conventional jet fuel and production capacity that is still developing. Stronger and clearer demand signals can encourage investment in new supply and help lower the cost of SAF adoption.

SAFc can provide these demand signals at scale by enabling companies to support the use of SAF and claim the associated emission reductions towards their climate targets, even where direct access to physical SAF is limited or impossible. To support the development of a robust SAFc market in Asia-Pacific, GFF will work with industry, policymakers and standards bodies to establish a trusted framework for corporate engagement.

Frederick Teo, Chief Executive Officer, GenZero, said: "Given the growth of aviation in the Asia-Pacific, the region has a critical role in decarbonising aviation globally. There is tremendous potential to develop technologies in SAF, source feedstock, build production capacity and drive adoption. Corporate ambition to address air travel emissions can direct financing into scaling SAF adoption through the purchase of SAF certificates. Green Fuel Forward aggregates corporate participation into credible, collective demand large enough to meaningfully support production growth across the region. The expertise that GMA and SAFCo bring in demand aggregation, procurement, and market development strengthens Green Fuel Forward's broad membership base to translate corporate readiness into concerted market action."

Kim Carnahan, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Green Market Activation, said: "We know that book and claim and demand aggregation can drive new investment and grow the supply of high-integrity SAF. We are thrilled to be joining the Green Fuel Forward SteerCo to bring this model to Asia, ensure it complements existing global initiatives like the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance, and steer it toward real-world contracting that scales SAF uptake in one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world."

Seow Hui Tan, Chief Executive Officer, SAFCo, said: "As Asia-Pacific's aviation sector continues to grow, the region has a unique opportunity to lead the next phase of sustainable aviation growth. Singapore's early leadership in advancing SAF policy demonstrates how practical regulations, trusted governance, and market-based mechanisms can accelerate SAF adoption while maintaining environmental integrity. Beyond supporting Singapore's national SAF ambitions, SAFCo's expertise, processes, systems, and market infrastructure being developed through the SAF policy can help lay the foundations for a credible and scalable voluntary SAF and SAF certificate market across Asia-Pacific. Through Green Fuel Forward, we look forward to working with partners to strengthen corporate participation, build market confidence, and accelerate the development of a trusted regional SAF ecosystem."

With added institutional expertise and a broader corporate buyer base, GFF is better positioned to help companies move from learning about SAFc to evaluating and participating in procurement opportunities. By aggregating demand and strengthening connections among buyers, market intermediaries and suppliers, GFF aims to create a stronger commercial foundation for SAF growth in Asia.

As GFF moves from capacity-building towards supporting more pragmatic action, WEF will hand over the secretariat function of the initiative to the SteerCo. WEF played an important role in the initiative's formative year, helping to shape the platform, convene stakeholders, build momentum, and strengthen the understanding of the SAF market.

Pedro Gomez, Head, Industry Agenda, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, said: "With GenZero and dozens of private sector companies, we launched Green Fuel Forward to spark interest in SAF in the Asia-Pacific region. One and a half years later, this collective effort has shown that the local SAF market is maturing fast, and more corporates are planning to take pragmatic action and invest in the sector. The World Economic Forum looks forward to seeing this momentum transform into credible demand as GenZero and the new SteerCo take over the strategic leadership of the campaign, bringing experience from transactions that can really scale the impact of Green Fuel Forward in the coming years."

New members broaden the alliance

Alongside the expanded SteerCo, GFF has recently welcomed Amazon, Bain & Company, and Temasek Trust as new members, broadening the group of companies seeking to accelerate the shift towards lower-carbon aviation. Temasek Trust also joins as a catalytic contributor, providing funding to offset procurement costs and help SAF adoption. GFF's total membership now stands at 48.

GFF's members span three key groups: companies with significant business-travel footprints; companies with substantial logistics and air-cargo operations; and international corporations looking to decarbonise their value chains in Asia.

Corporate interest in SAF is growing, but buyers continue to face practical barriers to procurement. Questions remain around how SAF certificate purchases can be reported under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, while buyers may also have limited visibility of credible regional supply and lack dedicated in-house procurement capabilities.

Through GFF, participating companies can better understand the SAF market, explore credible procurement pathways, and stay updated on accounting and reporting for SAFc. Catalytic funding, including cost offsets and co-matching for select first-time buyers, can also help lower cost barriers and support early participation.

Sam Israelit, Chief Sustainability Officer, Bain & Company, said: "Business travel is the largest share of Bain's carbon footprint, and sustainable aviation fuel is central to our science-based path to net zero. Having been among the first corporate buyers of SAF certificates through the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance and the First Movers Coalition, joining Green Fuel Forward is a natural next step: it brings that commitment to Asia-Pacific, where aviation's growth - and the opportunity to decarbonise it - is greatest. We look forward to helping build the credible, aggregated demand that will catalyse new SAF supply across the region."

Ryan Tan, Head, Planet Collaborative, Temasek Trust, said: "Aviation is a carbon-intensive sector that is an integral part of the carbon footprint of many companies, such as through business travel and value chains. This makes SAF certificates an important entry point for collective action. Through Green Fuel Forward, Temasek Trust is participating as both a member and catalytic funder to lower barriers for other companies and facilitate demand for SAF. This reflects our commitment to catalysing practical, scalable solutions for tangible climate impact."

About Green Fuel Forward

Founded by GenZero and the World Economic Forum in 2025, Green Fuel Forward (GFF) is an initiative designed to scale corporate demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the Asia-Pacific region. While continuing to build capacity and increase awareness of SAF certificates, in its second year, GFF will explore more structured procurement of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc), enabling corporate buyers to participate in SAF markets and address their aviation-related Scope 3 emissions. The initiative complements ongoing work by international standards bodies to advance the use of book-and-claim mechanisms, while contributing to global aviation decarbonisation. Through demand aggregation, capacity building and policy engagement, GFF aims to provide clear demand signals required to lower barriers to SAF adoption, strengthen market confidence and ultimately, catalyse new investments into SAF production across Asia-Pacific.

For more information, visit https://genzero.co/initiatives/green-fuel-forward.

About GenZero

GenZero is an investment platform company focused on accelerating decarbonisation globally. Founded by Temasek, it seeks to deliver positive climate impact alongside long-term sustainable financial returns by investing in opportunities with the potential to be nurtured into impactful and scalable solutions.

Driven by a common purpose to decarbonise for future generations, GenZero recognises the need for a holistic and integrated approach to achieve a net zero world.

PARKE BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Parke Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: PKBK) today announced the declaration of a $0.20 per share cash dividend, payable on October 16, 2026, to its stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 2, 2026.

The Board anticipates paying cash dividends on a quarterly basis, subject to determination and declaration by the Board of Directors, which will take into account a number of factors, including the financial condition of the Company and the Bank, and any applicable legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Company. If paid, such dividends may be reduced or eliminated in future periods.

Parke Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in January 2005, while Parke Bank commenced operations in January 1999. Parke Bancorp and Parke Bank maintain their principal offices at 601 Delsea Drive, Washington Township, New Jersey. Parke Bank conducts business through a branch office in Northfield, New Jersey, two branch offices in Washington Township, New Jersey, a branch office in Galloway Township, New Jersey, a branch office in Collingswood, New Jersey, a branch in center city Philadelphia and a branch in Chinatown in Philadelphia. Parke Bank is a full service commercial bank, with an emphasis on providing personal and business financial services to individuals and small-sized businesses primarily in Gloucester, Atlantic and Cape May counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania. Parke Bank's deposits are insured up to the maximum legal amount by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Parke Bancorp's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "PKBK".

This release may contain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors; our ability to maintain a strong capital base; our ability to continue to pay a dividend in the future; our ability to enhance shareholder value in the future; our earnings and shareholders' equity; and the possibility of additional corrective actions or limitations on the operations of Parke Bancorp and Parke Bank being imposed by banking regulators, therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Parke Bancorp, Inc. does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligations to publicly release the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such circumstance.

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Phase 2 bench-scale testwork program demonstrates a compelling opportunity for a more simplified and selective processing pathway to produce a variety of high purity caesium based chemical products from Shaakichiuwaanaan'spollucite concentrate.

MONTREAL, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- September 23, 2026 – Sydney, Australia

The Company continues to work with Koch Technology Solutions ("KTS"), part of Koch Inc., in evaluating downstream processing pathways to produce value-added caesium chemical products.

The results of the recent Phase 2 testwork program have successfully demonstrated a pathway for the production of multiple caesium products.

KTS's proprietary technology could significantly simplify and lower the costs of producing a wide variety of high-purity caesium products from pollucite.

Follow-up testwork program is now being designed and is anticipated to be expanded to include a complete bench-scale proof-of-concept with production of marketable samples.

Pollucite concentrate generated from the ongoing BerryPick Program will underpin the next phase of the testwork with KTS (see press release, September 8, 2026).

The Company continues to advance discussions with strategic caesium players downstream, including deepening its existing relationship with KTS, for future chemical processing opportunities.

Caesium and tantalum are anticipated co-products at Shaakichiuwaanaan, with the potential for future revenue to be credited against the cost of lithium production. A Preliminary Economic Assessment, targeted for Q4 2026, will provide the first economic evaluation of the caesium credit.

PMET Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "PMET") (TSX: PMET) (ASX: PMT) (OTCQX: PMETF) (FSE: R9GA) is pleased to report results from its Phase 2 bench-scale caesium testwork program completed by Koch Technology Solutions ("KTS"), part of Koch Inc., on pollucite concentrate from its Shaakichiuwaanaan Project, host to the world's largest pollucite-hosted caesium pegmatite Mineral Resource and one of the world's largest lithium pegmatite Mineral Reserves1.

The Company continues to evaluate downstream opportunities beyond pollucite concentrate production at site to potential "value-added" caesium chemicals, produced with strategic partners with chemical expertise to maximize value from its globally significant caesium resource. The KTS proprietary process offers an attractive and compelling process route for caesium extraction from pollucite concentrate into marketable chemical products, potentially capturing more economic value from the caesium resource. This program further develops the potential process pathway.

Koch Technology Solutions Caesium Extraction Testwork Program

The program was carried out under a testwork arrangement with KTS, announced on April 15, 2026. KTS, part of Koch Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the world, develops, commercializes, and licenses critical minerals extraction technologies. The arrangement with KTS allows the Company's testwork program to leverage demonstrated capabilities in engineering, development, and commercialization of critical minerals extraction technologies.

Following completion of Phase 1 (see news release dated July 12, 2026), the Phase 2 bench-scale program advanced by KTS was designed to assess the application of their proprietary flowsheet technology that uses highly selective media. The approach targets simplification of the existing, more conventional caesium recovery methodology by significantly increasing selectivity for caesium, which would allow for much of the impurity removal stage(s) to be bypassed. In contrast, existing approaches require additional stages to obtain the desired caesium product purity. If successful, the approach using KTS's proprietary flowsheet offers an opportunity to significantly lower the cost of recovery into a final high-purity caesium product.

Theresults of the recent bench-scale testwork have successfully established the potential for a wide variety of caesium end-products to be produced by the KTS process, demonstrating high selectivity for caesium and a much-reduced impurity profile. Further work is required to validate the process through to marketable samples; however, the confirmation of high selectivity for caesium using Shaakichiuwaanaan pollucite concentrate, is a significant milestone.

The pollucite concentrate (~6 kg) used as feed for the KTS caesium extraction testwork program was produced by X-Ray Transmission (XRT) ore sorting of drill core material from the Vega Caesium Zone at the CV13 Pegmatite (see news release dated October 9, 2025) and assayed 12% Cs2O (Figure 1)

Next Steps

A follow-up testwork program is now being designed and is anticipated to comprise a complete bench-scale proof-of-concept for the processing of pollucite concentrate from Shaakichiuwaanaan through to gram quantities of marketable caesium products (e.g., caesium formate, caesium carbonate), as well as an initial assessment of OPEX-CAPEX. This program will utilize a larger quantity of concentrate, which is currently targeted to be produced from the ongoing BerryPick Program (see news release dated September 8, 2026).

The pollucite sample collection methodology undertaken in the BerryPick program is designed to produce >500 kg to potentially >1 tonne of pollucite concentrate to support ongoing development and downstream caesium chemical testwork initiatives. This includes future chemical testwork programs with Koch Technology Solutions, as well as with others as the Company furthers its engagement with strategic partners in the caesium industry downstream (see news release dated April 15, 2026).

In addition to being one of the largest lithium-tantalum pegmatite Mineral Resources2 and lithium pegmatite Mineral Reserves3 globally, the Property also hosts the world's largest in-situ pollucite-hosted caesium pegmatite Mineral Resource, comprising 0.69 Mt at 4.40% Cs2O (Indicated) and 1.70 Mt at 2.40% Cs2O (Inferred). The CV13 Pegmatite, host to the caesium Mineral Resource, is located 3 km along trend from the CV5 Pegmatite, which is situated approximately 13 km south of the regional Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructure corridor, and is accessible year-round by road.

About Caesium

Mineral deposits of pollucite-hosted caesium are very rare globally and represent the most fractionated component of LCT pegmatite systems, which are effectively the only known primary economic source of caesium supply. Economic deposits of caesium pegmatite are typically on a smaller scale of 10 kt to 350 kt in size compared to deposits of lithium pegmatite that typically range in the millions of tonnes in size (10 Mt to over 100 Mt).

The market for caesium compounds and metals is niche and largely opaque because it is not publicly traded like copper or gold, but rather through private bi-lateral and term contracts. Further, product prices vary depending on their contained caesium form, purity, and end-product use. As an example, caesium carbonate (Cs2CO3≥99%) as an indicative spot price currently trades at around US$250/kg (excluding VAT, Price Sourcing – Shanghai Metal Markets (SMM)4

Caesium is currently supply constrained, with only limited sources supplying the global market. A discovery at the size, grade, and scale of Shaakichiuwaanaan has the potential to be a primary source of supply for global markets over the long-term. This includes existing applications for caesium in oil/gas drilling, medical imaging, emissions reduction, atomic clocks and precision GPS navigation, as well as new and potentially growing applications in the terrestrial solar panel industry. Caesium has been found to play a vital role in significantly improving next generation solar panel efficiency, stability, and life span. Additionally, the use of caesium in lithium-ion batteries to improve performance is actively being explored through use as an additive in certain cathode, anode, and electrolyte chemistries.

About Koch Technology Solutions.

Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) is a global leader in technology development, commercialization and licensing. KTS works with owners, developers, and investors in the process, manufacturing and critical minerals sectors to solve complex technical and investment challenges before large capital is committed, helping clients make confident decisions from early concept through EPC-ready design. With a global network and rich history of domain experience and expertise, KTS gains additional strength from its position within Koch Engineered Solutions (KES). This backing enhances our ability to partner with companies developing chemical process technologies, create attractive licensing solutions for commercial deployment, and bring the next generation of technologies to the market.

For further information, please contact us at [email protected] or by calling +1 (604) 279-8709, or visit www.pmet.ca. Please also refer to the Company's continuous disclosure filings, available under its profile at www.sedarplus.ca and www.asx.com.au, for available exploration data.

Qualified/Competent Person

The technical and scientific information in this news release that relates to the Mineral Resource Estimate, exploration, and metallurgical results for the Company's properties is based on, and fairly represents, information compiled by Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), and member in good standing with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (Geologist Permit number 01968), and with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (member number 87868). Mr. Smith has reviewed and approved the related technical information in this news release.

Mr. Smith is an Executive and Vice President of Exploration for PMET Resources Inc.

WTE MIAMI TO EMBRACE AI-POWERED TECHNOLOGY AS IT SHAPES THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL TRADE

For the first time, WTE Miami will utilize Fairfest's SnapCard AI technology, bringing AI-powered matchmaking to the show.

MIAMI, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WTE Miami is putting artificial intelligence into action, introducing AI-powered matchmaking for attendees while bringing industry experts together to explore how the technology is transforming travel.

Taking place October 27–28 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, WTE Miami will incorporate SnapCard AI, Fairfest's AI-powered matchmaking app, for the first time. The technology allows attendees to describe the business connections they are seeking in their own words, helping identify relevant matches across the show. With 26 NTOs and CVBs confirmed to date, SnapCard AI will connect attendees with destinations and tourism organizations aligned with their business interests.

At OTM 2026, SnapCard AI attracted 7,291 active users from 140 countries, representing 42% adoption despite limited dedicated promotion. 82% of exhibitors secured meetings through the platform, while meeting requests increased 97% year over year.

"SnapCard AI is the first matchmaking platform I've used that genuinely feels built for how people actually do business. Bringing it to WTE Miami alongside programming exploring AI in travel means we're not just talking about the future of this industry—we're putting it to work on the show floor," said Simon Press, Managing Director International, Fairfest Media.

WTE Miami's AI-focused conference programming will include "AI Solutions for the Travel Industry," featuring Grace Van Hollebeke of Tern and an invited Google speaker; "AI for Travel Professionals," an MPI Certification Course led by Tim Luepke of MPI Academy; and "AI in Tourism," a keynote from Karen Ring of Sabre Corp. exploring AI's impact on travelers and the travel industry.

WTE Miami will take place October 27–28, 2026, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. To register, visit WTE Miami today.

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Olivia Forbis

About WTE Miami

WTE Miami is an international B2B travel trade event connecting destinations, tourism organizations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, travel technology companies and tourism suppliers with qualified travel buyers across the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2026 edition is expected to welcome 500+ exhibitors, 7,000 travel trade professionals, 500 hosted and VIP buyers, and 10,000+ pre-scheduled B2B meetings. Organized by Fairfest Media, WTE Miami takes place October 27–28, 2026, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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Compact, high-density optical connectivity technology advances next-generation CPO systems for AI and data-center networks

MALAGA, Spain, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Furukawa Electric and Lightera today announced that Snap-Beam™ Connector, Compact, Detachable Optical Connector for PIC Integration, developed by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., has won the Fibre Infrastructure Innovation Award at the ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards 2026. Furukawa Electric was recognized for its innovation in optical connectivity technology supporting next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) and high-capacity optical communications infrastructure.

The award-winning Snap-Beam Connector is designed to provide compact, detachable optical connectivity between photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and optical fibers in CPO systems. By enabling high-density optical I/O in a small footprint, the technology supports the practical implementation of next-generation AI infrastructure and high-performance data-center networks.

The Snap-Beam Connector is currently being exhibited at the Lightera booth 1058 during ECOC 2026. In addition, Furukawa Electric will present the latest progress of the technology during the ECOC 2026 Technical Conference on Thursday morning 11:15 – 11:30AM Conference Room 2.2. The presentation will introduce an 8 × 40-channel gang connector utilizing Snap-Beam technology, enabling simultaneous connection of 320 optical channels for CPO applications.

About Snap-Beam Connector

Snap-Beam Connector is a compact, detachable optical connector technology developed by Furukawa Electric for PIC and CPO applications. The technology combines expanded-beam optical coupling, easy and automatic connection utilizing magnets, and reflow compatibility to enable high-density optical interconnections with low insertion loss and excellent usability.

Related Information

- ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards 2026 [ecocexhibition.com]

- Previous Snap-Beam™ Connector Press Release [furukawaelectric.com]

About Lightera

Lightera is a global leader in optical fiber and connectivity solutions. Built on a legacy of expertise in optical science, we provide high-performance solutions that enable faster, more reliable, and sustainable connections for businesses, communities, and industries worldwide.

With operational headquarters in Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A., Lightera serves customers across telecommunications, enterprise, industrial, generative AI, data centers, 5G/6G, utilities, medical, aerospace, defense, and sensing markets.

Lightera is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a pioneer in advancing the next generation of infrastructure through integrated solutions in connectivity, information, energy, and mobility, to create a safe, peaceful, and sustainable world.

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The Instinct-to-Instinct model that is the talk of Silicon Valley presents too small a future for personal AI. With Fulcra's multiplayer capabilities, people can get agent to agent collaboration without having to lock-in to any AI model.

BOSTON, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulcra Dynamics, the company behind the best user-owned context backend for AI agents, today announced the capacity for universal agent to agent communications across peers and groups. Now anyone using any agent harness (Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, OpenClaw, etc) can connect with Fulcra to enable inter-agent communication. This solution enables any user on any platform to instantly connect their agent with that of another person to manage complex interpersonal tasks like scheduling dinner or meetings, project planning, and more.

This represents a step-change from the current understanding of agent to agent communications. Today, many people have experienced "multiplayer" or agent-to-agent person communications primarily through the app Instinct wherein instinct agents can talk to other Instincts agents. Fulcra believes that approach is philosophically wrong as it creates lock-in to a model and way of operating that limits choice while creating security and trust concerns.

Instead, Fulcra developed its agentic communication system to encourage people to participate with the compatible agent of their choice including Hermes, Claude and OpenClaw. Therefore, people choose the level of security acceptable to them with toolset and UX that's best fit for their life. Asking people to switch agents to communicate is monopolistic by nature. Allowing interoperability with any agent encourages personal agency aligned to whatever agentic talents most align with the tasks at hand and needs of the human.

"Instinct showed people that agent to agent communication can dramatically improve some aspects of our lives," said Michael Tiffany, CEO and co-founder of Fulcra Dynamics. "But, locking in users provides a short term sugar rush that will ultimately crash when people realize they want and need more interoperability. I want freedom with my agent choices and I believe everyone deserves the freedom to choose their own agents AND the capacity to communicate between them. That's why we built this universal feature in Fulcra."

Agent to Agent Communication (Multiplayer mode) + Contextual Data Sharing in Expansive Groups

Fulcra provides more solutions for users than multiplayer mode (agent to agent communication). The product is also a context-focused infrastructure layer that stores data, normalizes it and puts it on a timeline. Therefore, the platform has a normalized, AI-native system for understanding data and changes to that data. Agents query Fulcra to find changes in context and then, with instruction, they can use those changes to accomplish tasks. That cycle can be driven by human-agent workflows or agent-to-agent workflows. This system supercharges agent to agent communication.

Now agents using Fulcra can not only communicate but they can do so with the relevant contextual information about the lives of the humans they represent. In practice, context sharing with multi-player communication looks like this: You're visiting New York next week. Your Hermes agent knows you want to see Sarah and notices an evening that could work. With your permission, it asks her agent about dinner. Sarah needs to be home early. You're staying downtown. The agents find somewhere you'd both enjoy, close enough for her to get home on time, and bring you a plan to approve. Then your afternoon meeting runs late. Your agent knows that moving dinner an hour later would make it impossible for Sarah, even if her calendar looks empty. The agents find another evening that works and bring you a revised plan to approve. Fulcra gives the agents shared situational awareness. They can consult the current plan and discover changes through context the participants choose to share. Sarah can share when she needs to leave without sharing the private reason. Being in a group doesn't give everyone access to everything her agent knows.

Agent to Agent Communication (Multiplayer mode) + Contextual Data Sharing + With Groups

Agent to agent communications using Fulcra can extend easily to more people, which is where harness lock-in becomes even more complicated. Every peer is not going to create a new agent account on a platform like Instinct, in order to communicate. For some it creates security and trust risks, while for others it's a matter of comfort. With Fulcra groups can expand effortlessly, without harness switching, and importantly, the inter-group context sharing can improve the experience of sharing over time.

In practice, multi-player communication with context sharing in groups looks like this: Sarah wants to bring David. He's heard plenty about agents. He hasn't found a reason to start using one. David opens Sarah's invitation and sees who invited him, the plan taking shape, and how an agent could help. The invitation helps him get started with an agent of his own and returns him to the plan already underway. His agent asks what it needs to help: whether that evening works, perhaps a food preference. He can answer directly and connect more context as it becomes useful. He gets dinner arranged with friends and an agent that has already done something for him. The next invitation builds on that experience. With their permission, their agents remember the place they liked and the preferences that made the evening work. A later trip creates another opportunity to get together. The agents can notice it and suggest a plan.

"The AI agent market is changing too quickly for users to build their lives around one agent," said Brandon Creighton, CTO of Fulcra Dynamics. "Today's best agent may not be tomorrow's best agent. Users should be able to choose the agent that works best for a particular task and still have that agent access the context they own and communicate with other agents on their behalf. We believe in a future where agents should be interchangeable, where use cases are expandable, and where everyone has choice."

How Multiplayer Mode (Agent to Agent Communication) Works

Multiplayer mode is a shared, permissioned space where agents can communicate and coordinate while their users remain in the agents they already use. There is no new chat account or agent identity to create. Fulcra brokers the exchange and gives each agent access only to the context and actions its owner has explicitly authorized.

For those interested in trying Fulcra, follow these steps:

- Direct your agent to: https://www.fulcradynamics.com/product/start-for-free

- Then when installed, prompt your agent to: "Use Fulcra to schedule dinner with >."

- Ask your agent to invite your friends. Each invitation helps its recipient join the plan through their own agent, or get started with one if they haven't yet.

- From there, the process happens autonomously with each friend coordinating directly with their agent and the agents coordinating on your behalf.

In the future, you can pick up exactly where you left off but with your agents will have more information than ever before.

While dinners were the primary examples used, this model of working can apply to anything from a kid's birthday party, to work events, retreats, travel planning, and more workplace based examples around meeting planning, prep and orchestration.

Other potential applications include:

- Travel: Agents coordinate dates, budgets, preferences and itineraries across travelers.

- Projects: Agents coordinate tasks, documents, deadlines and decisions across team members.

- Households: Agents coordinate bills, schedules and shared responsibilities.

- Business: A customer's agent communicates with a business's agent to answer questions or complete transactions.

- Product development: Agents interview stakeholders and synthesize input before a launch.

How Multiplayer Mode Works When You Want to Switch Agents Using Fulcra

With Fulcra, your context belongs to you. You decide which agents can use it and what other people can see. You can revoke access, change agents or take your context with you. Anytime you leave an agent, you can revoke its privileges and you can connect another agent to Fulcra instead. When you do so, all your past interactions are accessible and it can pick up in planning, coordinating, and conversing seamlessly.

In practice, if you wished to leave Instinct to go to a more secure platform, you could do so at any time by connecting your Instinct agent with Fulcra. Fulcra can then capture all your secure conversations. When you go to a new agent, point it at your Fulcra account, and it can activate any in progress work or conversations instantly.

In practice, multi-player communication with context sharing in groups when one person switches agents looks like this: David switches agents, but thanks to Fulcra he keeps the preferences and work he has saved. His new agent can review the past actions and still make plans with Sarah. She doesn't need to switch anything.

"We want the people building alternatives to Instinct to build with us," said Tiffany. "Make an agent people love. Let it work with the agents their friends love. I think that gives all of us a much bigger opportunity than trying to recruit everyone into separate networks."

Fulcra Stats and Features - Built with Security in Mind, and Freedom at Heart.

Fulcra was built over four years by a team of security-focused technology professionals who built VeraCode and Human. Together they are responsible for building the solutions that protect more than 30% of the internet from bot traffic. Fulcra's features include:

- Unified, User-Owned Context API: Fulcra aggregates data from any source into a single API that the user owns and controls, giving any permissioned agent a common point of access instead of forcing one-off integrations per tool.

MALAGA, Spain, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightera today announced that its Multicore Fiber (MCF) technology is featured in the OIF multi-vendor interoperability demonstration on stand 2126 at ECOC 2026, highlighting continued progress toward practical deployment of Space Division Multiplexing (SDM) technologies.

The demonstration brings together technologies from across the optical ecosystem to show how emerging solutions can operate in multi-vendor environments. Lightera's participation builds on its continued development of MCF technology designed to increase transmission density by enabling multiple optical channels within a single fiber.

"Lightera is pleased to support both the 500-meter and 50 KM MCF demonstrations, utilizing its 4 core, 125 µm clad diameter MCF featuring 40 µm pitch and ITU-T G.657.A2 cores. The Lightera MCF reduces fiber count by 75% compared to conventional SMF, reducing weight and space requirements by up to 4 times. As network capacity requirements continue to grow, industry collaboration will be critical to advancing next-generation optical technologies," said John George, Senior Director, Global Business Development. "This demonstration is an important step in building the ecosystem needed to move Multicore Fiber toward future network deployment."

Lightera continues to advance MCF across fiber design, transmission, connectivity and splicing technologies, working with industry partners to accelerate development of the broader MCF ecosystem.

About OIF Demonstration

OIF Demonstrates Industry-Wide Interoperability at Scale at OFC 2026, Advancing Energy Efficiency, Performance and Capacity for AI-Era Data Center Networks

OIF returns to OFC 2026 with a live, multi-vendor Interoperability Demonstration featuring 40 member companies showcasing how OIF-driven interoperable networking solutions enable scalable, energy-efficient networks for AI-era data center environments. The Demo highlights interoperability across 800ZR, 400ZR, Multi-span Optics, Common Electrical I/O (CEI) CEI-448G, CEI-224G, Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS), Co-Packaging, Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) and more. Visit OIF at booth #2017. Learn more: https://www.oiforum.com/meetings-events/oif-ofc-2026/

About Lightera

Lightera is a global leader in optical fiber and connectivity solutions. Built on a legacy of expertise in optical science, we provide high-performance solutions that enable faster, more reliable, and sustainable connections for businesses, communities, and industries worldwide.

With operational headquarters in Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A., Lightera serves customers across telecommunications, enterprise, industrial, generative AI, data centers, 5G/6G, utilities, medical, aerospace, defense, and sensing markets.

Lightera is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a pioneer in advancing the next generation of infrastructure through integrated solutions in connectivity, information, energy, and mobility, to create a safe, peaceful, and sustainable world.

Please visit lightera.com

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Organizers can now let riders and drivers register through Track Rabbit while collecting payment however works best for their event — cash, Venmo, PayPal, their own card reader, or any other method.

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Track Rabbit, the marketing-based event registration, member management, and administrative e-commerce platform for automotive enthusiasts and the motorsport industry, has announced another new flexible payment option for event organizers. The feature lets organizers use Track Rabbit for registration, member management, and event operations while collecting payment outside the platform's built-in processing — with cash, Venmo, PayPal, their own card reader, or whatever system best suits their event.

Built for How Grassroots Events Actually Run

Not every event is a professional race weekend with a full-time finance team. Cars & coffee meetups, car club cruise-ins, local track days, car shows, and other social automotive and motorsport gatherings often collect money informally — a cash gate fee, a Venmo request, a PayPal.me link. This new feature lets those organizers run their full event through Track Rabbit — registration, communication, rosters, and more — without forcing their payment collection into a single system.

Key Benefits Include:

- Payment Flexibility – Accept cash, Venmo, PayPal, your own card reader, or any other method that suits the event, with no requirement to route payments through a single processor.

- Lower Barrier to Entry – Smaller and informal organizers can use Track Rabbit's full registration and event management tools without setting up merchant payment processing.

- Same Registration Experience – Riders and drivers still register and manage their information through Track Rabbit; only the payment step happens outside the platform.

- Organizer Control – Organizers decide how and when payment is collected and can track who has paid on their own terms.

A small registration platform fee is all it takes to use this feature as part of Track Rabbit's comprehensive platform — no separate pricing tiers, no extra setup.

Organizers who prefer to keep using an outside registration system can still list their event on Track Rabbit for free. Track Rabbit already lists thousands of events every year, giving organizers extra visibility with no cost or commitment to move registration over.

"Our vision has always been to support the entire automotive and motorsport industry — grassroots track days and social events included, not just the professional side. This new option opens up new opportunities to those organizers to utilize everything our platform offers for tracking, collaboration, and more, while continuing to run payment exactly as they always have." — Tori Drach, Director of Operations at Track Rabbit.

View new client pricing at https://www.trackrabbit.com/pricing.

About Track Rabbit

Track Rabbit™ is a marketing-based event registration, member management, and administrative e-commerce platform for automotive enthusiasts and the motorsport industry. Through modern technology and features, the platform is designed to keep users engaged and connected, increase revenue and decrease costs for leading tracks, clubs, schools, and others who run events or manage memberships. The platform is just one of many leveraged offerings within the ALIVE brand and is managed by a team of experts that partner with clients to build their business utilizing both features within the technology and through sister platforms, solutions, and services.

Visit www.trackrabbit.com to learn more.

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