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Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 29.The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays are tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven series.Johnson is a minority owner of the Dodgers as part of the Guggenheim Baseball Management ownership group.The group purchased the team in 2012.

Earlier in the day, Johnson had posted on social media about the importance of Game 5.

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Platinum and palladium have their own unique drivers, but both are basking in gold’s glow in 2025.

Of the two, platinum has been the biggest winner in 2025. The price of the precious metal briefly hit a year-to-date high of US$1,725 per ounce on October 16, a 90 percent increase from the start of the year. Although it’s since experienced a pullback below the US$1,600 level, the platinum price remains at 12 year highs.

As for palladium, its price was up nearly 80 percent by October 16 to reach its 2025 peak of US$1,630 per ounce. It too has fallen back since then, currently sitting at the US$1,430 level.

What’s next for platinum and palladium after those price runs? In its annual Precious Metals Investment Focus report, published on October 25, Metals Focus outlines key supply and demand trends, as well as its outlook for prices.

Platinum market reflecting more than gold’s shine

Platinum is no doubt benefiting from strong investor demand for precious metals. But the metal’s robust supply and demand fundamentals are also at play, according to Metals Focus analysts.

Aboveground inventories of platinum remain tight, while future mine production is bogged down in operational challenges. “In Southern Africa, outages and heavy rainfall have disrupted production, while North America is undergoing restructuring,” notes the report.

On the demand side, platinum usage from the jewelry sector has posted significant gains this year, especially in China. As the price of gold skyrockets, platinum jewelry has become a much more attractive alternative. Investment flows into platinum exchange-trade products in China and the US are another key demand driver for the metal this year.

Platinum and palladium prices.

Chart via Metals Focus, Bloomberg.

While platinum prices are at levels not seen in 12 years, palladium prices are only experiencing a two year high.

“Palladium has also benefited at the margin, but remains a laggard, with a more lacklustre fundamental outlook limiting investor enthusiasm,” according to Metals Focus.

2026: Platinum bull, palladium bear

Platinum prices will continue to benefit from the overall upward trend in precious metals prices for the remainder of 2025 and well into 2026. The ongoing supply deficit in the platinum market is also highly price-supportive.

Metals Focus is forecasting a third consecutive physical platinum deficit for this year, totaling 415,000 ounces as platinum mine output is expected to decline by 6 percent year-on-year.

Demand is projected to fall by 4 percent largely due to lower output in the glass and automotive sectors.

Platinum’s supply deficit is expected to continue into 2026 and grow to an estimated 480,000 ounces as mine supply falls by 2 percent to a 12 year low (excluding 2020). “With few new projects coming online after years of underinvestment, mine supply is undergoing structural decline,” the report’s authors note.

This will be happening at the same time as an expected 1 percent rebound in demand, buoyed by renewed industrial usage, specifically out of the glass and chemical sector in China.

Even so, Metals Focus cautions that demand out the automotive and jewelry sectors is likely to contract.

The trend toward electrification is the auto industry may have slowed, but it’s still expected to erode platinum demand, especially as catalytic converter manufacturers shift back to more cost-effective palladium.

Metals Focus is forecasting a 2026 average platinum price of US$1,670 per ounce, up 34 percent over the previous year.

Platinum and palladium price outlook.

Chart via Metals Focus, Bloomberg.

Looking over to palladium, Metals Focus has a more bearish view.

The firm is projecting palladium prices to average US$1,350 in Q4 2025, falling to US$1,150 by Q4 2026. Although the palladium market has been in a physical deficit for the past few years, that deficit is expected to shrink from 566,000 ounces in 2024 to 367,000 ounces in 2025 before narrowing even further to 178,000 ounces in 2026.

The same structural issues plaguing platinum are also of course weighing on palladium mine supply, which is forecast to fall by 3 percent in 2026. However, secondary supply is projected to increase by 10 percent as recycling activity recovers.

Overall, total palladium supply is expected to grow by 1 percent for the year. At the same time, demand for palladium is set to decline by just over 1 percent in 2026 on a drop from the automotive sector.

Investor takeaway

Both platinum and palladium are considered precious metals based on their rarity and use in jewelry fabrication and physical bullion. As such, they both are known to benefit when investor sentiment for safe-haven gold is high.

However, not all precious metals are precious to investors at the same time — just ask silver. Industrial usage of these metals is a much bigger driver of demand compared to the investment space. For 2026, it’s platinum that will continue to ride gold’s rally and provide investors with plenty of upside based on its strong fundamentals.

Securities Disclosure: I, Melissa Pistilli, currently hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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Standard Uranium Ltd. (TSXV: STND,OTC:STTDF) (OTCQB: STTDF) (FSE: 9SU0) (‘Standard Uranium’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that it has closed the final tranche (the ‘Final Tranche’) of its non-brokered private placement (the ‘Offering’) for gross proceeds of $1,513,500. When combined with earlier tranches, the Company has raised gross proceeds of $3,337,400 in connection with the Offering through the issuance of 15,598,750 non-flow-through units (each, an ‘NFT Unit’) at a price of $0.08 per NFT Unit and 20,895,000 flow-through units (each, an ‘FT Unit’) at a price of $0.10 per FT Unit.

The Company anticipates the net proceeds raised from the Offering will be used for the exploration of the Company’s Saskatchewan uranium projects and for working capital purposes.

In connection with closing of the Final Tranche, the Company issued 15,135,000 FT Units at a price of $0.10 per FT Unit. Each FT Unit consists of one common share of the Company issued as a flow-through share within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a ‘Warrant‘). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.15 at any time on or before October 28, 2027.

In connection with closing of the Final Tranche, the Company paid finders’ fees of $69,360 and issued 693,600 non-transferable share purchase warrants (each, a ‘Finders’ Warrant‘) to certain arms-length parties who assisted in introducing subscribers to the Offering. Each Finders’ Warrant is exercisable on the same terms as the Warrants. All securities issued pursuant to the Final Tranche, and any shares that may be issuable on exercise of any Warrants or Finders’ Warrants, are subject to a statutory hold period until March 1, 2026.

The Company also clarifies that in connection with completion of the first tranche of the Offering on September 16, 2025, a finders’ fee in the amount of $3,000 and 37,500 Finders’ Warrants was paid to Alpha Bronze, LLC, an arms-length party. In connection with completion of the second tranche of the Offering on September 24, 2025, a finders’ fee in the amount of $3,000 and 30,000 Finders’ Warrants was paid to 2506153 Alberta Inc., a company controlled by David Lin, an arms-length party. For further information concerning the first and second tranche of the Offering, readers are encouraged to review the news releases issued by the Company on September 16, 2025 and September 24, 2025.

About Standard Uranium (TSXV: STND,OTC:STTDF)

We find the fuel to power a clean energy future

Standard Uranium is a uranium exploration company and emerging project generator poised for discovery in the world’s richest uranium district. The Company holds interest in over 233,455 acres (94,476 hectares) in the world-class Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. Since its establishment, Standard Uranium has focused on the identification, acquisition, and exploration of Athabasca-style uranium targets with a view to discovery and future development.

Standard Uranium’s Davidson River Project, in the southwest part of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, comprises ten mineral claims over 30,737 hectares. Davidson River is highly prospective for basement-hosted uranium deposits due to its location along trend from recent high-grade uranium discoveries. However, owing to the large project size with multiple targets, it remains broadly under-tested by drilling. Recent intersections of wide, structurally deformed and strongly altered shear zones provide significant confidence in the exploration model and future success is expected.

Standard Uranium’s eastern Athabasca projects comprise over 42,384 hectares of prospective land holdings. The eastern basin projects are highly prospective for unconformity related and/or basement hosted uranium deposits based on historical uranium occurrences, recently identified geophysical anomalies, and location along trend from several high-grade uranium discoveries.

Standard Uranium’s Sun Dog project, in the northwest part of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, is comprised of nine mineral claims over 19,603 hectares. The Sun Dog project is highly prospective for basement and unconformity hosted uranium deposits yet remains largely untested by sufficient drilling despite its location proximal to uranium discoveries in the area.

For further information contact:
Jon Bey, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman
Suite 3123, 595 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V7X 1J1
Tel: 1 (306) 850-6699
E-mail: info@standarduranium.ca

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains ‘forward-looking statements’ or ‘forward-looking information’ (collectively, ‘forward-looking statements’) within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the intended use of proceeds from the Offering.

Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements contained herein. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Certain important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are highlighted in the ‘Risks and Uncertainties’ in the Company’s management discussion and analysis for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025.

Forward-looking statements are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies that may cause the Company’s actual financial results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied herein. Some of the material factors or assumptions used to develop forward-looking statements include, without limitation: the future price of uranium; anticipated costs and the Company’s ability to raise additional capital if and when necessary; volatility in the market price of the Company’s securities; future sales of the Company’s securities; the Company’s ability to carry on exploration and development activities; the success of exploration, development and operations activities; the timing and results of drilling programs; the discovery of mineral resources on the Company’s mineral properties; the costs of operating and exploration expenditures; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous populations; availability of increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities); uncertainties related to title to mineral properties; assessments by taxation authorities; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Any forward-looking statements and the assumptions made with respect thereto are made as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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Osisko Metals Incorporated (the ‘ Company ‘ or ‘ Osisko Metals ‘) ( TSX: OM,OTC:OMZNF ; OTCQX: OMZNF ; FRANKFURT: 0B51 ) is pleased to announce new drill results from the Gaspé Copper Project, located in the Gaspé Peninsula of Eastern Québec.

Osisko Metals CEO Robert Wares commented: ‘These latest results continue to confirm and expand our resource model with several long continuous intersections of copper and molybdenum mineralization in the core of the deposit. The new drilling keeps deepening the deposit and again confirms its southern extension with holes 30-1119 and 30-1124. We are excited about the growth of our project, especially within the context of a fundamental rising metal market where copper spot price is rapidly approaching US$5/lb, silver is at US$47/oz and molybdenum is holding steady at over US$30/lb.’

New analytical results are presented below (see Table 1), including 33 mineralized intercepts from nine new drill holes. Infill intercepts are located inside the 2024 MRE model ( see November 14, 2024 news release ), and are focused on upgrading inferred mineral resources to measured or indicated categories, as applicable. Expansion intercepts are located outside the 2024 MRE model and may potentially lead to additional resources that will be classified appropriately within the next MRE update. Some of the reported intercepts have contiguous shallower infill as well as deeper expansion (noted on Table 1 below as ‘Both’). Maps showing hole locations are available at www.osiskometals.com .

Highlights:

  • Drill hole 30-1107
    • 592.0 metres averaging 0.33% Cu (0.46 CuEq) (infill and expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1112
    • 868.5 metres averaging 0.23% Cu (0.30 CuEq) (infill and expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1114
    • 142.1 metres averaging 0.39% Cu (0.47 CuEq) (expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1116
    • 565.5 metres averaging 0.22% Cu (0.29 CuEq) (infill and expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1119
    • 46.4 metres averaging 1.10% Cu (1.25 CuEq) (expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1122
    • 760.5 metres averaging 0.24% Cu (0.30 CuEq) (infill and expansion)
  • Drill hole 30-1124
    • 200.5 metres averaging 0.32% Cu (0.37 CuEq) (expansion)
    • 203.2 metres averaging 0.37% Cu (0.39 CuEq) (expansion)

Table 1: Infill and Expansion Drilling Results

DDH No. From (m) To (m) Length (m) Cu % Ag g/t Mo % CuEq* Type**
30-1107 8.3 133.0 124.7 0.20 1.71 0.21 Infill
And 166.5 360.0 193.5 0.16 1.35 0.18 Infill
And 411.0 1003.0 592.0 0.33 1.68 0.032 0.46 Both
(including) 411.0 666.4 255.4 0.32 1.78 0.030 0.45 Infill
(including) 666.4 1003.0 336.6 0.33 1.60 0.033 0.46 Expansion
And 1043.7 1076.2 32.5 0.18 1.55 0.044 0.35 Expansion
30-1112 133.5 205.5 72.0 0.13 1.29 0.006 0.16 Infill
And 250.5 1119.0 868.5 0.23 1.45 0.019 0.30 Both
(including) 250.5 702.0 451.5 0.24 1.50 0.014 0.30 Infill
(including) 702.0 1119.0 417.0 0.21 1.40 0.024 0.31 Expansion
30-1113 62.0 90.0 28.0 0.19 0.85 0.19 Infill
And 147.0 186.0 39.0 0.15 0.68 0.15 Infill
And 501.0 543.0 42.0 0.47 2.14 0.026 0.58 Infill
And 743.0 769.0 26.0 0.16 1.89 0.013 0.22 Expansion
30-1114 2.5 56.0 53.5 0.25 2.80 2.80 Infill
And 121.5 145.5 24.0 0.19 2.01 0.21 Infill
And 607.5 633.0 25.5 0.68 6.52 0.158 1.32 Infill
And 808.5 950.6 142.1 0.39 1.50 0.019 0.47 Expansion
30-1116 55.0 157.0 102.0 0.25 2.11 0.27 Infill
And 205.5 771.0 565.5 0.22 1.86 0.017 0.29 Both
(including) 205.5 674.7 469.2 0.22 2.02 0.016 0.29 Infill
(including) 674.7 771.0 96.3 0.21 1.07 0.020 0.30 Expansion
And 802.5 840.0 37.5 0.15 1.12 0.036 0.29 Expansion
And 886.0 993.0 107.0 0.22 0.94 0.023 0.31 Expansion
And 1016.8 1050.0 33.2 0.30 2.01 0.012 0.35 Expansion
And 1084.7 1110.3 25.6 0.25 1.45 0.022 0.34 Expansion
30-1119 28.0 165.0 137.0 0.33 2.56 0.34 Infill
And 195.2 211.5 16.3 0.51 3.24 0.53 Expansion
And 253.6 307.5 53.9 0.25 2.54 0.023 0.35 Expansion
And 421.6 468.0 46.4 1.10 5.08 0.032 1.25 Expansion
(including) 454.0 461.5 7.5 5.35 18.2 0.165 6.08 Expansion
And 490.5 519.0 28.5 0.61 2.91 0.63 Expansion
30-1121 No significant results
30-1122 46.0 129.0 83.0 0.19 1.97 0.20 Infill
And 154.5 174.0 19.5 0.14 1.75 0.16 Infill
And 376.5 1137.0 760.5 0.24 1.71 0.015 0.30 Both
(including) 376.5 680.9 304.4 0.23 1.64 0.017 0.30 Infill
(including) 680.9 1137.0 456.1 0.24 2.82 0.014 0.31 Expansion
30-1124 14.0 69.0 55.0 0.19 1.90 0.20 Expansion
And 92.0 292.5 200.5 0.32 2.43 0.009 0.37 Expansion
And 416.3 619.5 203.2 0.37 2.81 0.39 Expansion

* See explanatory notes below on copper equivalent values and Quality Assurance/Quality Controls.
** ‘Both’ indicates drill holes that have contiguous shallower infill as well as deeper expansion intercepts.

Discussion

Drill hole 30-1107, located on top of Copper Mountain near the center of the 2024 MRE model, cut three mineralized intervals including 592.0 metres averaging 0.33 % Cu, 1.68 g/t Ag and 0.032% Mo (which includes 336.6 metres of depth expansion), extending mineralization in this area to a vertical depth of 1003 metres.

Drill hole 30-1112, located on the western flank of Copper Mountain, cut two mineralized intervals including 868.5 metres averaging 0.23 % Cu, 1.45 g/t Ag and 0.019% Mo (which includes 417.0 metres of depth expansion), extending mineralization in this area to a vertical depth of 1119 metres.

Drill hole 30-1113, located on the western margin of the 2024 MRE model, cut multiple intersections of mineralization, 26 to 42 metres thick and distributed in ‘layer cake’ fashion from surface to a vertical depth of 769 metres, confirming the current limit of the 2024 MRE model at this location.

Drill hole 30-1114, located near the eastern margin of the 2024 MRE model, cut multiple intersections of mineralization distributed in ‘layer cake’ fashion from surface to a vertical depth of 950 metres, including 142.1 metres averaging 0.39 % Cu, 1.50 g/t Ag and 0.019% Mo (expansion).

Drill hole 30-1116, located on top of Copper Mountain near the center of the 2024 MRE model, cut six mineralized intervals including 565.5 metres averaging 0.22 % Cu, 1.86 g/t Ag and 0.017% Mo (which includes 96.3 metres of depth expansion), extending mineralization in this area to a vertical depth of 1110 metres.

Drill holes 30-1119 and 30-1124, both located immediately south of the southern margin of the 2024 MRE model, cut multiple intersections of mineralization, including 46.4 metres averaging 1.10 % Cu, 5.08 g/t Ag and 0.032% Mo near and including the E Zone skarn horizon (30-1119) and 203.2 metres averaging 0.37% Cu and 2.81 g/t Ag (30-1124). These intersections extend mineralization to a vertical depth of 619 metres within the southern expansion of the deposit, which remains open towards Needle Mountain East.

Drill hole 30-1121, located 50 metres east of the 2024 MRE model, did not intersect significant mineralization as expected, once again confirming the current eastern limit of the resource model.

Drill hole 30-1122, located on the western flank of Copper Mountain, intersected three mineralized intervals, including 760.5 metres averaging 0.24% Cu, 1.71 g/t Ag and 0.015% Mo (which includes 456.1 metres of depth expansion), extending mineralization in this area to a vertical depth of 1137 metres.

Mineralization at Gaspé Copper is of porphyry copper/skarn type and occurs as disseminations and stockworks of chalcopyrite with pyrite or pyrrhotite and minor bornite and molybdenite. One prograde and at least five retrograde vein/stockwork mineralizing events have been recognized at Copper Mountain, which overprint earlier, bedding replacement skarn and porcellanite-hosted mineralization throughout the Gaspé Copper system. Porcellanite is a historical mining term used to describe bleached, pale green to white potassic-altered hornfels. Subvertical stockwork mineralization dominates at Copper Mountain whereas prograde bedding-parallel mineralization, that is mostly stratigraphically controlled, dominates in the area of lower Copper Mountain, Needle Mountain, Needle East, and Copper Brook. High molybdenum grades (up to 0.5% Mo) were locally obtained in both the C Zone and E Zone skarns away from Copper Mountain.

The 2022 to 2024 Osisko Metals drill programs were focused on defining open-pit resources within the Copper Mountain stockwork mineralization ( see May 6, 2024 MRE press release ). Extending the resource model south of Copper Mountain into the poorly-drilled prograde skarn/porcellanite portion of the system subsequently led to a significantly increased resource, mostly in the Inferred category ( see November 14, 2024 MRE press release ).

The current drill program is designed to convert the November 2024 MRE to Measured and Indicated categories, as well as test the expansion of the system deeper into the stratigraphy and laterally to the south and southwest towards Needle East and Needle Mountain respectively. The November 2024 MRE was limited at depth to the base of the L1 skarn horizon (C Zone), and all mineralized intersections below this horizon represent potential depth extensions to the deposit, to be included in the next scheduled MRE update in Q1 2026.

All holes are being drilled sub-vertically into the altered calcareous stratigraphy which dips 20 to 25 degrees to the north. The L1 (C Zone) the L2 (E Zone) skarn/marble horizons were intersected in most holes, as well as intervening porcellanites that host the bulk of the disseminated copper mineralization.

Table 2: Drill hole locations

DDH No. Azimuth (°) Dip (°) Length (m) UTM E UTM N Elevation
30-1107 0.0 -90.0 1089.0 316191.0 5426207.0 739.3
30-1112 65.0 -88.0 1149.0 315863.0 5426398.0 700.0
30-1113 0.0 -90.0 999.0 315400.0 5426334.0 592.5
30-1114 0.0 -90.0 1071.0 316500.0 5426260.0 641.6
30-1116 0.0 -90.0 1152.0 316283.0 5426222.9 728.1
30-1119 230.0 -85.0 711.0 316190.0 5425725.0 561.2
30-1121 0.0 -90.0 873.0 316679.0 5425914.0 596.4
30-1122 0.0 -90.0 1152.0 315900.0 5426327.0 695.7
30-1124 0.0 -90.0 642.0 316215.0 5425601.0 560.0


Explanatory note regarding copper-equivalent grades

Copper Equivalent grades are expressed for purposes of simplicity and are calculated taking into account: 1) metal grades; 2) estimated long-term prices of metals: US$4.25/lb copper, $20.00/lb molybdenum, and US$24/oz silver; 3) estimated recoveries of 92%, 70%, and 70% for Cu, Mo, and Ag respectively; and 4) net smelter return value of metals as percentage of the price, estimated at 86.5%, 90.7%, and 75.0% for Cu, Mo, and Ag respectively.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Bernard-Olivier Martel, P. Geo. (OGQ 492), an independent ‘qualified person’ as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (‘NI 43-101’).

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Mineralized intervals reported herein are calculated using an average 0.12% CuEq lower cut-off over contiguous 20-metre intersections (shorter intervals as the case may be at the upper and lower limits of reported intervals). Intervals of 20 metres or less are not reported unless indicating significantly higher grades . True widths are estimated at 90 – 92% of the reported core length intervals.

Osisko Metals adheres to a strict QA/QC program for core handling, sampling, sample transportation and analyses, including insertion of blanks and standards in the sample stream. Drill core is drilled in HQ or NQ diameter and securely transported to its core processing facility on site, where it is logged, cut and sampled. Samples selected for assay are sealed and shipped to ALS Canada Ltd.’s preparation facility in Sudbury. Sample preparation details (code PREP-31DH) are available on the ALS Canada website. Pulps are analyzed at the ALS Canada Ltd. facility in North Vancouver, BC. All samples are analyzed by four acid digestion followed by both ICP-AES and ICP-MS for Cu, Mo and Ag.

About Osisko Metals

Osisko Metals Incorporated is a Canadian exploration and development company creating value in the critical metals sector, with a focus on copper and zinc. The Company acquired a 100% interest in the past-producing Gaspé Copper mine from Glencore Canada Corporation in July 2023. The Gaspé Copper mine is located near Murdochville in Québec s Gaspé Peninsula. The Company is currently focused on resource expansion of the Gaspé Copper system, with current Indicated Mineral Resources of 824 Mt averaging 0.34% CuEq and Inferred Mineral Resources of 670 Mt averaging 0.38% CuEq (in compliance with NI 43-101). For more information, see Osisko Metals’ November 14, 2024 news release entitled ‘Osisko Metals Announces Significant Increase in Mineral Resource at Gaspé Copper’. Gaspé Copper hosts the largest undeveloped copper resource in eastern North America, strategically located near existing infrastructure in the mining-friendly province of Québec.

In addition to the Gaspé Copper project, the Company is working with Appian Capital Advisory LLP through the Pine Point Mining Limited joint venture to advance one of Canada s largest past-producing zinc mining camps, the Pine Point project, located in the Northwest Territories. The current mineral resource estimate for the Pine Point project consists of Indicated Mineral Resources of 49.5 Mt averaging 5.52% ZnEq and Inferred Mineral Resources of 8.3 Mt averaging 5.64% ZnEq (in compliance with NI 43-101). For more information, see Osisko Metals June 25, 2024 news release entitled ‘Osisko Metals releases Pine Point mineral resource estimate: 49.5 million tonnes of indicated resources at 5.52% ZnEq’. The Pine Point project is located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, NWT, close to infrastructure, with paved road access, an electrical substation and 100 kilometres of viable haul roads.

For further information on this news release, visit www.osiskometals.com or contact:

Don Njegovan, President
Email: info@osiskometals.com
Phone: (416) 500-4129

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains ‘forward-looking information’ within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves predictions, expectations, interpretations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often, but not always, using phrases such as ‘expects’, or ‘does not expect’, ‘is expected’, ‘interpreted’, ‘management’s view’, ‘anticipates’ or ‘does not anticipate’, ‘plans’, ‘budget’, ‘scheduled’, ‘forecasts’, ‘estimates’, ‘potential’, ‘feasibility’, ‘believes’ or ‘intends’ or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results ‘may’ or ‘could’, ‘would’, ‘might’ or ‘will’ be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information and are intended to identify forward-looking information. This news release contains forward-looking information pertaining to, among other things: the tax treatment of the FT Units; the timing of incurring the Qualifying Expenditures and the renunciation of the Qualifying Expenditures; the ability to advance Gaspé Copper to a construction decision (if at all); the ability to increase the Company’s trading liquidity and enhance its capital markets presence; the potential re-rating of the Company; the ability for the Company to unlock the full potential of its assets and achieve success; the ability for the Company to create value for its shareholders; the advancement of the Pine Point project; the anticipated resource expansion of the Gaspé Copper system and Gaspé Copper hosting the largest undeveloped copper resource in eastern North America.

Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management, in light of management’s experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, including, without limitation, assumptions about: the ability of exploration results, including drilling, to accurately predict mineralization; errors in geological modelling; insufficient data; equity and debt capital markets; future spot prices of copper and zinc; the timing and results of exploration and drilling programs; the accuracy of mineral resource estimates; production costs; political and regulatory stability; the receipt of governmental and third party approvals; licenses and permits being received on favourable terms; sustained labour stability; stability in financial and capital markets; availability of mining equipment and positive relations with local communities and groups. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information are set out in the Company’s public disclosure record on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) under Osisko Metals’ issuer profile. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

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Multiple Rock Samples Returned Grades Exceeding 1,000 g/t Silver

Silver47 Exploration Corp. (TSXV: AGA,OTC:AAGAF) (OTCQB: AAGAF) (‘Silver47’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to report results from a property-wide soil geochemical survey and rock sampling program from its wholly owned Adams Plateau Project located in south-central British Columbia.

Highlights:

  • Extensive Coverage: Over 5,000 soil samples were collected over an approximate 35 km2 area with a focus on infilling and expanding the historical soil grids. Over 90 rock samples were also collected expanding surface mineralization.

  • High Grades Present: Multiple rock samples returned grades exceeding 1,000 g/t Ag (see table 1). Highlights Include:

    • 3,156 g/t silver equivalent* (2,310 g/t Ag, 1.7% Zn and 20.0% Pb**)

    • 2,154 g/t silver equivalent* (1,230 g/t Ag, 5.4% Zn and 20.0% Pb**)

    • 2,109 g/t silver equivalent* (835 g/t Ag, 13% Zn and 20.0% Pb**)

  • Anomalies locally extend zones with strong historic drilling results:

    • 4.8 m at 1,393 g/t silver equivalent* (348 g/t Ag, 0.72 g/t Au, 8.5% Zn, 18.8% Pb) in hole DH76-11.

    • 3.66 m at 468 g/t silver equivalent* (180 g/t Ag, 2.4% Zn, 5.7% Pb) in hole DH81-12.

  • Robust Anomalies: Numerous multi-element soil anomalies are defined and represent high-priority targets for further work including drill testing (see figure 1).

  • Unlocking New Search Space: Both the soil geochemical survey and rock sampling program are initial steps in pinpointing drill targets and unlocking a multi-km search space.

  • Red Mountain Assays Pending: Assays remain pending for 8 holes from the summer drill program at the Red Mountain Project, Alaska.

*Notes: g/t=grams per tonne; AgEq=silver equivalent; ZnEq=zinc equivalent; m=metres; Ag=silver; ‎Au=gold; Cu=copper; Zn=zinc; Pb=lead; 1ppm=1 g/t. Equivalencies are calculated using ratios with metal prices of US$2,750/tonne Zn, US$2,100/tonne Pb, US$8,880/tonne Cu, US$1,850/oz Au, and US$23/oz Ag and metal recoveries are based on metallurgical work returned of 90% Zn, 75% Pb, 70% Cu, 70% Ag, and 80% Au. Silver Equivalent (AgEq g/t) = [Zn (%) x 47.81] + [Pb (%) x 30.43] + [Cu (%) x 119] + [Ag (g/t) x 1] + [Au (g/t) x 91.93

**20.0% is the upper limit for Pb using method OG62. Further overlimit testing was not completed on samples >20.0% Pb

Galen McNamara, CEO, stated: Our work on the Adams Plateau Project represents an important step towards defining drill targets and realizing the full potential of this road-accessible project. The extensive surface mineralization on the Project is very encouraging and underscores the prospectivity of the Eagle Bay assemblage. Concurrently, the Company is looking forward to announcing its plans for a winter drill program at the Mogollon Project which will be guided by a set of precisely planned drill holes along the Queen Vein.’

Executive Chairman, Gary R. Thompson, stated: We are excited to have firmed up the widespread polymetallic mineralization at the Adams Plateau Project with great new results. Silver47 has a busy fall- winter planned with assays pending for 8 holes from the summer drill program at the Red Mountain VMS Project, Alaska and fall-winter drilling ramp-up on the Mogollon Silver-Gold Project, New Mexico.’

Figure 1. Plan Map of Adams Plateau Project

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Table 1. Sampling result highlights

Target Sample
Number
Sample
Type
Ag (g/t) Au (g/t) Zn (%) Pb (%) Cu (%) AgEq* (g/t)
Lucky-Elsie J039530 Outcrop 2310 1.66 1.7 20.0 0.04 3156
Lucky-Elsie J039524 Float 1230 0.58 5.4 20.0 0.04 2154
Lucky-Elsie J039775 Outcrop 835 0.49 13.0 20.0 0.01 2109
Lucky-Elsie J039529 Outcrop 635 1.29 6.9 15.9 0.05 1574
Lucky-Elsie J039766 Outcrop 505 0.96 7.7 20.0 0.01 1570
Lucky-Elsie J039776 Outcrop 367 0.61 4.6 10.5 0.04 967
Lucky-Elsie J039773 Outcrop 188 1.41 5.5 4.9 0.03 733
Lucky-Elsie J039772 Outcrop 115 0.91 4.9 4.6 0.08 583
Lucky-Elsie J039771 Outcrop 108 0.75 1.4 3.2 0.01 343
Lucky-Elsie J039790 Outcrop 102 1.09 8.6 5.0 0.19 785
Lucky-Elsie J039789 Outcrop 102 0.90 5.8 5.1 0.24 648
Lucky-Elsie J039540 Float 79 1.12 2.1 2.1 0.30 380
Lucky-Elsie J039528 Float 53 1.28 6.5 1.4 0.12 535
Lucky-Elsie J039525 Outcrop 35 1.59 2.0 1.2 0.04 319
Lucky-Elsie J039769 Outcrop 15 0.15 22.5 0.6 0.01 1124
Spar J039509 Outcrop 344 0.12 9.0 11.4 0.12 1144
Spar J039758 Outcrop 150 0.62 2.7 8.9 0.06 613
Spar J039756 Outcrop 147 0.27 2.4 5.6 0.60 528
Spar J039760 Outcrop 49 0.20 3.7 1.5 0.12 300
Spar J039757 Outcrop 44 0.05 9.3 1.5 0.11 553
Spar J039759 Outcrop 28 0.03 3.5 1.4 0.24 269
Wad J039788 Outcrop 195 0.74 3.2 1.9 2.91 819

 

*Notes: g/t=grams per tonne; AgEq=silver equivalent; ZnEq=zinc equivalent; m=metres; Ag=silver; ‎Au=gold; Cu=copper; Zn=zinc; Pb=lead; 1ppm=1 g/t. Equivalencies are calculated using ratios with metal prices of US$2,750/tonne Zn, US$2,100/tonne Pb, US$8,880/tonne Cu, US$1,850/oz Au, and US$23/oz Ag and metal recoveries are based on metallurgical work returned of 90% Zn, 75% Pb, 70% Cu, 70% Ag, and 80% Au. Silver Equivalent (AgEq g/t) = [Zn (%) x 47.81] + [Pb (%) x 30.43] + [Cu (%) x 119] + [Ag (g/t) x 1] + [Au (g/t) x 91.93]

Adams Plateau Project

The road accessible Adams Plateau Project is located approximately 100 km north-east of Kamloops, British Columbia. Sediment-hosted polymetallic massive sulfide mineralization (silver, copper, gold, zinc and lead) at Adams Plateau is hosted within the prospective Eagle Bay assemblage. The project has excellent infrastructure including extensive road network from past logging activity, power and rail-lines and services are nearby.

Work in 2025 comprised project-wide soil and rock geochemical surveys (Figure 1). Grid-based soil sampling (5,002 samples) was designed to infill and expand on previous surveys aimed at covering the entirety of the prospective Eagle Bay assemblage across the project. Prospecting and rock sampling (83 samples) was also completed near previously reported high-grade soil and rock anomalies.

Results and highlights from 2025 rock sampling program include:

  • Lucky-Elsie: High-grade mineralization at the Lucky-Elsie area is characterized by a northeast-southwest trending 1.5 km zone of massive to semi-massive sulfide lenses, following the main foliation, which dips to the northwest. Grab samples from the trend returned up to 2,310 g/t Ag with 20.0% Pb and 1.7% Zn (J039530) and 1,230 g/t Ag with 20.0% Pb and 5.4% Zn (J039524, Figure 2 and Table 1).

  • Spar-Ex: High-grade mineralization at the Spar-Ex area is hosted in siliceous and graphitic phyllites of the Eagle Bay Assemblage with sulfides consisting of pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite. Semi-massive lenses are localized along folds and are locally thickened to approximately 3 m along a strike length of at least 365 meters. Grab samples from the area returned up to 344 g/t Ag with 11.4% Pb and 9.0% Zn (J039509) and 150 g/t Ag with 8.9% Pb and 2.7% Zn (J039758, Figure 2 and Table 1).

Results and highlights from the 2025 soil geochemical survey include:

  • Wad-Second (North): Approximately 2 km north of the WAD-Second showing, a northeast trending Pb-Zn-Cu soil anomaly was defined and underlain by the prospective Johnson Lake Unit of the Eagle Bay assemblage. The 500 m by 1,000 m multi-element anomaly is located on the western limb of the property-scale antiform.

  • Wad-Second (East): A second, northeast-southwest trending, approximately 1 km long, Ag-Pb-Zn soil anomaly was defined approximately 1 km east of WAD-Second showing. This soil anomaly is underlain by metamorphic rocks of the Eagle Bay assemblage.

  • Mosquito King East: A significant coincident Cu-Pb-Zn soil anomaly was outlined 1 km east of the Mosquito King occurrence, trending approximately north-south. The anomaly is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Eagle Bay assemblage.

  • King Tut East: A significant Pb-Zn soil anomaly with a lesser Ag-Cu anomaly was defined 1 km east of the King Tut occurrence on the contact of sedimentary rocks of the Eagle Bay assemblage and a quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusion. The anomalous zone near the hinge of a significant property-scale, north-south trending antiform.

  • Spar: A northeast-southwest trending Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu soil anomaly, approximately 1 km SW of the Spar occurrence was defined. The anomaly is underlain by prospective rocks of the Eagle Bay assemblage. The orthogonal orientation of the anomaly with respect to the underlying stratigraphy suggest a structural control on mineralization rather than stratabound.

Next Steps

These new rock and soil geochemical results together with the extensive historical geochemical database will be used to refine high-priority drill targets. The recently granted 5-year multi-year area-based (‘MYAB’) exploration permit provides the Company authorization to drill test many of the targets across the project area.

Quality Assurance & Quality Control

Rock and soil samples were bagged onsite and delivered to ALS Minerals Laboratories in Kamloops, British Columbia. ALS Kamloops / North Vancouver is certified with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada.

Rock samples were prepared (CRU-31, SPL-31 and PUL-31) and then analysed for 48 elements by ICP-MS on a 0.25-gram aliquot using a four-acid digestion (method ME-MS61). Gold was analyzed by fire assay on a 30-gram aliquot with an AA finish (Au-AA23). Overlimit samples (e.g. Ag, Cu, Pb & Zn) were re-analyzed using an ore-grade, four-acid digestion and ICP-AES finish (method ME-OG62).

Soil samples were field dried in a temperature-controlled field tent in camp before being shipped to the ALS lab. The samples were then screened to -180 microns (SCR-41) analysed using an aqua regia digestion followed by an ICP-MS finish (method ME-MS41). Gold was analyzed on a 25-gram aliquot with an ICP-MS finish (Au-ST43).

Technical Disclosure

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Galen McNamara, P. Geo., the CEO of the Company and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

The historical drill results reported herein are from work conducted by previous operators. The Company has not verified the historical data and such data should not be relied upon.

References

1 Diamond Drilling Report on the Spar Group 1, Kamloops Mining Division, Gutrath, Gordon Charles, 1976.
2 Geology of the Adams Plateau Property, Kamloops Mining Division, Dickie, G., 1983.

About Silver47 Exploration

Silver47 Exploration Corp is a mineral exploration company, focused on uncovering and developing silver-rich deposits in North America. The Company is creating a leading high-grade US-focused silver developer with a combined resource totaling 236 Moz AgEq at 334 g/t AgEq inferred and 10 Moz at 333 g/t AgEq Indicated. With operations in Alaska, Nevada and New Mexico, Silver47 Exploration is anchored in America’s most prolific mining jurisdictions. For detailed information regarding the resource estimates, assumptions, and technical reports, please refer to the NI 43-101 Technical Report and other filings available on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca. The Company trades on the TSXV under the ticker symbol AGA and OTCQB under the ticker symbol AAGAF.

For more information about the Company, please visit www.silver47.ca and see the Technical Report filed on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and titled ‘Technical Report on the Red Mountain VMS Property Bonnifield Mining District, Alaska, USA with an effective date January 12, 2024, and prepared by APEX Geoscience Ltd.’

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Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions, including, without limitation: that historical information is reliable; that future exploration activities will proceed as currently anticipated; that permits, equipment, personnel and contractors will be available on commercially reasonable terms; and that current commodity prices, labour availability, cost and regulatory frameworks will remain consistent with management’s expectations. Although management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: the risk that historical data may prove to be inaccurate or unverifiable; that exploration results may not support further work or drilling; that exploration activities may be delayed, restricted or not carried out as planned; that permits may be delayed or revoked; operational, technical and geological risks inherent in mineral exploration; changes in commodity prices, capital markets, economic conditions, regulatory developments and stakeholder relations; and the other risks set out in the Company’s public disclosure record under its profile on www.sedarplus.ca.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements except as required by applicable securities laws. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may differ materially.

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Group Eleven Resources Corp. (TSXV: ZNG,OTC:GRLVF) (OTCQB: GRLVF) announced today that it will be participating in the 51st Annual New Orleans Investment Conference at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside November 2 – 5, 2025. Bart Jaworski, CEO, will be presenting on Monday, November 3rd, and is looking forward to networking with investors during the Conference.

The New Orleans Investment Conference gathers some of the world’s brightest and most successful analysts, newsletter writers and investors. This year’s event will highlight all major asset classes, including zinc, silver and copper exploration.

About Group Eleven Resources Corp.

Group Eleven is drilling the most significant mineral discovery in the Republic of Ireland in over a decade. The Company announced the Ballywire discovery in September 2022, demonstrating high grades of zinc, lead, silver, copper, germanium and locally, antimony.

About The New Orleans Investment Conference

The New Orleans Investment Conference is the one place where the world’s most sophisticated investors gather every year to discover new opportunities and strategies, exchange ideas, plan for the coming year and enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded individuals in America’s most fascinating and entertaining city.

Headliners at the New Orleans Conference over the last 50 years have included Lady Margaret Thatcher, former President Gerald Ford, novelist Ayn Rand, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Nobel Prize-winning economists Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Senator Barry Goldwater, Admiral Hyman Rickover, Louis Rukeyser, Sir John Templeton, Lord William Rees-Mogg, Charlton Heston, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Robert Bleiberg, Jack Kemp, William F. Buckley, General Colin Powell, Ron Paul and J. Peter Grace, among hundreds of other notables.

This year’s speakers line-up includes the likes of Matt Taibbi…Rick Rule…Mary Katharine Ham…Danielle DiMartino Booth…Brent Johnson…George Gammon…Peter St. Onge…Viva Frei…Robert Kiyosaki…Peter Boockvar…Jim Bianco…Jim Iuorio…Adam Taggart…Peter Schiff…Adrian Day…Mike Maloney…Alex Green…Dave Collum…Robert Prechter…Robert Helms…Russ Gray…

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  • Deion Sanders has been staying at the team facility since Colorado’s 53-7 loss to Utah.
  • The Buffaloes are 3-5 and need three wins in their final four games to become bowl-eligible.
  • Sanders did not announce any changes to his coaching staff or quarterback lineup following the loss.

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders says he never went back to his house in Colorado after suffering the worst loss of his college coaching career Saturday at Utah.

The Buffaloes got beat 53-7 in Week 9, leading to questions about why and who was responsible for it as his team gets ready to play Saturday night at home against Arizona.

“I feel the worst,” Sanders said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “I haven’t been home yet. I’ve been here every night since. I haven’t been home yet. So that’s how much I care. That’s how much I love it. That’s how much I embody this university, the school, what they’ve done for us.”

So what will he do about what happened?

Sanders didn’t announce any changes to his coaching staff or quarterback lineup. He instead ascribed his team’s performance against Utah to being “one of those days that it just didn’t work.”

“Now guess what?” Sanders said. “Let’s flush the darn toilet, and let’s move on. And that’s what we’ve done. We’ve flushed the toilet and moved on.”

Deion Sanders says ‘don’t say we weren’t prepared’

The Buffaloes are 3-5 and need three wins in their final four regular-season games to become eligible for a postseason bowl game. Arizona is a 4½-point favorite over Colorado, according to BetMGM. And it doesn’t look to be an easy bounce-back game for the Buffs.

The Wildcats are 4-3 this season after suffering two close losses in the last two weeks against No. 10 Brigham Young (8-0) and No. 22 Houston (7-1).

After the Utah game, Sanders said he wanted to know why his team failed in so many areas. Asked on Tuesday about what he learned about those ‘whys,’ Sanders said, “I don’t want to share those.”

Colorado was coming off a bye week and previously played its best game of the season Oct. 11 – a 24-17 win against Iowa State. He insisted his team was prepared to play Utah.

“We’re better than this,” Sanders said. “We really are. There’s no way we could play like that (against Iowa State), the last time you saw us play at home, and then go play like that (at Utah). That don’t add up. So don’t say we weren’t prepared. We were prepared. We just got our butts kicked.

Deion Sanders addresses all the fired coaches

Sanders was asked about all the coaches who have been fired in college football recently, often at the cost of high-priced buyouts. Sanders is 16-17 in three seasons at Colorado and just agreed to a new five-year contract in March that will pay him more than $10 million annually.

“Everyone wants the quick fix, the quick things,” Sanders said. You got mail-order brides, too, right? You get married, you know, right away. You can get a BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift). You could come in here flat, flat as I don’t know what and leave thick as a snicker. … It is a different country that we live in, man. Ain’t nobody got no patience no more. I understand that. And I don’t, either.”

His players seem to know that.

“Even though the season hasn’t gone the way we wanted it to, as long as we stay together, you know, we continue to be a brotherhood, I believe no one can stop us,” Colorado defensive back Preston Hodge said Tuesday.

Sanders also noted again Tuesday said his team is “a different team at night.”

Colorado is 6-12 in games starting at 7:30 ET or later, including 1-7 on the road in Sanders’ three seasons as head coach.

Kickoff on Saturday is set for 7 p.m. ET on FS1.

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LOS ANGELES – They talk a good game about never giving up, about fortitude and makeup and an indescribable cohesion that makes them the “Glue Jays.”

And after a resounding 6-2 victory in World Series Game 4, a result that squared this Fall Classic at 2-2, it’s very clear that the Toronto Blue Jays are more than adept at backing up their words.

Some 18 hours after a gut-punch, 18-inning loss in Game 3, the Blue Jays roared back with a meticulous and carefully-crafted gameplan, toppling the great Shohei Ohtani on both sides of the ball as they scored four runs off the two-way great in six-plus innings.

At the plate, Toronto starter Shane Bieber issued a leadoff walk to Ohtani in the bottom of the first, extending Ohtani’s streak of reaching base to 10 after his stunning four-hit, two-homer, six-walk performance in Game 3.

And then, Bieber and Co. attacked him.

Bieber struck him out in the third and sixth inning, mixing in a blend of knuckle curves, changeups and cutters at Ohtani, keeping the power hitter away from Bieber’s low-90s fastball.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Blue Jays’ own franchise player, put the Blue Jays ahead for good with a two-run homer in the third inning and reached base three times as he continued an epic and powerful postseason.

On paper, the Blue Jays broke serve: Ohtani carried a 2.25 playoff ERA into Game 4, while Bieber failed to escape the third and fourth innings in two of his three playoff starts. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner is also not yet his best self after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2024.

Yet Bieber bobbed and weaved through the Dodger lineup, giving up just four hits and a sacrifice fly to Kiké Hernández in the second inning.

Faced with extremely limited relief pitching resources, Blue Jays manager John Schneider stuck with Bieber just long enough, pulling him with one out in the sixth inning, Toronto clinging to a 2-1 lead and two runners on.

Mason Fluharty, the Blue Jays’ lone semi-trusty lefty reliever, induced a flyout to center from Max Muncy and struck out Tommy Edman on three pitches. Threat over.

And then the dam burst on Ohtani and the Dodgers in the seventh, as Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement finished Ohtani with base hits and Andrés Giménez floated a crucial RBI single into left field for a 3-1 lead.

Bo Bichette and Addison Barger also contributed RBI hits to extend the lead to 6-1, crucial add-ons that made reliever Louis Varland’s adventurous ninth stomachable.

In the end, Schneider leaned on four pitchers: Bieber, Fluharty, veteran starter Chris Bassitt – who contributed two quiet innings – and Varland. The rest of the crew will be reloaded for Game 5, Trey Yesavage vs Blake Snell.

And the Blue Jays clawed back to even footing in a World Series where momentum is elusive, but adhesion lasts.

— Gabe Lacques

Here’s how Game 4 unfolded in Los Angeles:

To the ninth: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1

Jack Dreyer worked in and out of trouble in the top of the eighth and Toronto’s Chris Bassitt completed his second scoreless innings by getting Will Smith to ground into a double play.

Blue Jays score four, lead 6-1 in seventh

LOS ANGELES – The Blue Jays solved Shohei Ohtani on both sides of the ball. Now, they need to find nine more outs to make sure this World Series makes it back to Toronto. 

The bottom of the Blue Jays’ lineup forged a meticulous rally against Ohtani and two relievers, scoring FOUR runs to take a 6-1 lead entering the seventh inning stretch of Game 4 at Dodger Stadium. 

Manager Dave Roberts, with his pitching staff bleary after their 18-inning Game 3 conquest, sent Ohtani out for the seventh nursing a 2-1 lead. But Toronto didn’t let him breathe. 

Lefty-swinging Daulton Varsho greeted him with a single and Ernie Clement doubled him to third, ending Ohtani’s night. Then, in the biggest confrontation of the night, Andrés Giménez won an eight-pitch battle against lefty reliever Anthony Banda, parachuting a single into left field for a 3-1 lead. 

Toronto benefited from a replay reversal after Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined out to third with runners at the corners, and Giménez was initially doubled off first, until the call was overturned. 

Pinch-hitter Ty France delivered an RBI groundout, and then RBI singles by Bo Bichette and Addison Barger off Blake Treinen pushed the Blue Jays comfortably ahead.

Mason Fluharty escapes sixth-inning jam

LOS ANGELES – Shane Bieber delivered for the desperate Blue Jays, and manager John Schneider went for the hook at just the right time. 

Bieber pitched 5 ⅓ innings and left with one out, Freddie Freeman on first and the dangerous Max Muncy at the plate. Schneider opted for his only relatively reliable lefty reliever, and Mason Fluharty got a first-pitch flyout from Muncy, then a three-pitch strikeout of Tommy Edman to end the sixth with the Blue Jays clinging to a 2-1 lead. 

Now, to find nine more outs. 

Schneider’s options from the left side will diminish, as long man Eric Lauer is unavailable and Brendon Little gave up game-winning or game-tying home runs in his past two outings. 

But Fluharty might have gotten them out of the biggest jam of the night. 

To the fifth inning; Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1

LOS ANGELES- Shane Bieber is giving the Blue Jays exactly what they need to get back in this World Series. 

Bieber has given up just two hits through four innings of Game 4, displaying the sort of pitch efficiency necessary to give the Blue Jays length after their brutal 18-inning loss the night before. 

And he even struck out the great Shohei Ohtani, breaking a streak of 10 consecutive times reaching base as the Blue Jays clung to a 2-1 lead entering the fifth inning. 

Bieber threw 18 pitches in each of the first three innings, then needed just 12 to work around a two-out walk to Tommy Edman in the fourth. At 66 pitches, he’s primed to pitch at least into the sixth inning.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. home run puts Blue Jays in front

LOS ANGELES – Yep, the Blue Jays have a superstar of their own. And Vladimir Guerrero Jr. can impact a game significantly even if he only plays one side of the ball. 

Guerrero broke the Blue Jays’ 13-inning scoreless streak in this World Series by wrecking an Ohtani sweeper, sending it 395 feet over the fence in left center field, giving the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead as Game 4 heads to the bottom of the third inning. 

Guerrero’s homer came at a critical juncture of this Series, with the Dodgers drawing first blood after their draining 18-inning win in Game 3. And it provided dividends on Toronto’s plans to get aggressive early in counts against Ohtani, who came in with a 2.25 ERA in two playoff starts this year. 

Kiké Hernández gives Dodgers second-inning lead

LOS ANGELES – You’d think that the Toronto Blue Jays might want to make the hardest-working man in baseball toil a little longer in this, his busiest night of the World Series. 

Instead, the Blue Jays seem intent on ambushing Shohei Ohtani. And so far, that’s made life easy for the two-way superstar. 

Six of the first eight Blue Jays swung at the first pitch against Ohtani, resulting in a seven-pitch second inning and just 26 throws after two innings. Meanwhile, a Max Muncy walk and Kiké Hernández sacrifice fly gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead, the fourth time in as many games they scored first in this Series. 

Ohtani drew a first-inning walk and now has reached base all 10 times he’s batted in two games at Dodger Stadium. Yet on this night, it is Ohtani the pitcher who will bear more scrutiny – and who, despite walking Bo Bichette and giving up a single to Addison Barger in the first inning, has responded perfectly to the challenge so far. 

Shohei Ohtani pitches scoreless first

Less than 18 hours after reaching base nine times in Game 3, Shohei Ohtani took the mound for the Dodgers as the Game 4 starting pitcher and tossed a scoreless first, working around a walk and an infield single to strand two runners.

George Springer injury update

LOS ANGELES — George Springer is not in the Toronto Blue Jays’ Game 4 starting lineup after being considered ‘hour-to-hour’ in the afternoon ahead of Tuesday’s game.

An MRI on Springer’s right side was negative after Game 3 and Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that the team had no plans to replace him on the roster and end his season. Springer was already physically compromised after he was hit on the right knee in the ALCS. Schneider did not divulge the specific nature of the MRI after Game 3.

Infielder Bo Bichette – himself compromised by a knee that kept him sidelined 48 days before the World Series – is starting at designated hitter with Springer out and the lineup had wholesale changes from one to nine.

Position player pitching? It almost happened in Game 3

LOS ANGELES — Just how close did this World Series come to suffering the indignity of a position player pitching in a tied Game 3?

We’ll never totally know thanks to Freddie Freeman’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, but a day later, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts acknowledged there were just two options had the game staggered on to a 19th inning.

It was either Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto – pitching on one day of rest – or utility infielder Miguel Rojas.

Blue Jays lineup today

  1. Nathan Lukes (L) LF
  2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
  3. Bo Bichette (R) DH
  4. Addison Barger (L) RF
  5. Alejandro Kirk (R) C
  6. Daulton Varsho (L) CF
  7. Ernie Clement (R) 3B
  8. Andrés Giménez (L) SS
  9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) 2B

Dodgers lineup today

  1. Shohei Ohtani (L) P
  2. Mookie Betts (R) SS
  3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
  4. Will Smith (R) C
  5. Teoscar Hernández (R) RF
  6. Max Muncy (L) 3B
  7. Tommy Edman (S) 2B
  8. Enrique Hernández (R) LF
  9. Andy Pages (R) CF

Dodgers vs Blue Jays predictions for World Series Game 4

  • Gabe Lacques: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 2
  • Bob Nightengale: Dodgers 7, Blue Jays 4
  • Jesse Yomtov: Blue Jays 5, Dodgers 2
  • Steve Gardner: Blue Jays 7, Dodgers 6
  • Jon Hoefling: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 3

Will Klein becomes Dodgers folk hero

LOS ANGELES — Will Klein woke up a nobody on Monday morning.

He went to bed early Tuesday morning etched in Los Angeles Dodgers lore.

One minute, he’s the last guy left in the Dodgers’ bullpen. The next, he’s shaking hands with legendary Sandy Koufax.

He drives to Dodger Stadium on Monday morning wondering if any of his old friends and coaches even realize he’s playing in the World Series. He leaves Dodger Stadium wondering how in the world so many people have his cell phone number, receiving 500 text messages after being the hero in the Dodgers’ 6-5 18-inning World Series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, and then another 500 messages when he wakes up.

“I woke up this morning still not feeling like last night had happened,’’ Klein said, “so it was, yeah, it was an out-of-body experience.’

World Series Game 4 simulation

How will this year’s World Series play out? Using theDynasty League Baseball online simulation, USA TODAY Sports’ Steve Gardner and DLB designer Mike Cieslinski will pre-play each game to provide some insight into the key matchups and strategy fans can expect to see in the Fall Classic.

Who sang the national anthem Game 4 World Series?

Tinashe performed the American national anthem and Deborah Cox sang the Canadian national anthem before Game 4 of the World Series.

Toronto Blue Jays World Series appearances

Toronto won World Series championships in 1992 (vs. Braves) and 1993 (vs. Phillies), the previous only times in franchise history the club had reached the Fall Classic since starting play in 1977.

Toronto Blue Jays World Series roster

Pitchers (12): RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Shane Bieber, RHP Seranthony Dominguez, RHP Braydon Fisher, LHP Mason Fluharty, RHP Kevin Gausman, RHP Jeff Hoffman, LHP Eric Lauer, LHP Brendon Little, RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Louis Varland, RHP Trey Yesavage.

Position players (14): C Tyler Heineman, C Alejandro Kirk, INF/OF Addison Barger, INF Bo Bichette, INF Ernie Clement, INF Ty France, INF Andrés Giménez, INF Vladimir Guerrero Jr., INF Isiah Kiner-Falefa, OF Nathan Lukes, OF Davis Schneider, OF George Springer, OF Myles Straw, OF Daulton Varsho.

Los Angeles Dodgers World Series roster

Pitchers (12): LHP Anthony Banda, LHP Jack Dreyer, RHP Tyler Glasnow, RHP Edgardo Henriquez, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Will Klein, RHP Roki Sasaki, RHP Emmet Sheehan, LHP Blake Snell, RHP Blake Treinen, LHP Justin Wrobleski, RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Position, two-way players (14): SS Mookie Betts, OF Alex Call, OF Justin Dean, INF/OF Tommy Edman, 1B Freddie Freeman, INF/OF Kiké Hernández, OF Teoscar Hernández, INF/OF Hyeseong Kim, 3B Max Muncy, DH/P Shohei Ohtani, OF Andy Pages, INF Miguel Rojas, C Ben Rortvedt, C Will Smith.

World Series 2025 schedule

  • Game 1: Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4
  • Game 2: Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 1
  • Game 3: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 (18 innings)
  • Game 4: Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PDT
  • Game 5: Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PDT
  • Game 6: Oct. 31, if necessary
  • Game 7: Nov. 1, if necessary

What time is World Series today? Dodgers vs Blue Jays Game 4

First pitch in Game 4 is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium.

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Two days after allowing Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love to complete 20 straight passes, the Pittsburgh Steelers are acquiring some help in their defensive secondary via the trade market.

The Steelers are trading a sixth-round pick to the New England Patriots for safety Kyle Dugger and a seventh-round pick, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Pittsburgh was leading the NFL in passing yards allowed per game (273.3) through eight weeks in its first season without three-time All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick since 2018. The Steelers also rank in the bottom half of the NFL in EPA (0.167 – 23rd) and success rate (49.2% – 21st) allowed to opponents.

Dugger was a second-round pick for the Patriots in the 2020 NFL Draft and had started in every game he played for New England over the last three seasons.

This year, his first under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the sixth-year veteran has played a career-low 44% of the Patriots’ defensive snaps – though he played 100% of snaps in his last two games healthy in Weeks 6 and 7. Dugger missed New England’s Week 8 win over the Cleveland Browns with a knee injury.

A move to acquire another safety had started to come into focus earlier in the day on Oct. 28. Head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters that the Steelers were working out former Cincinnati Bengals safety Vonn Bell that day.

Moving Dugger was the second trade the Patriots completed on Oct. 28, coming hours after they sent edge rusher Keion White to the San Francisco 49ers.

Kyle Dugger trade details: Steelers acquire Patriots safety

  • Steelers receive: Safety Kyle Dugger, seventh-round pick
  • Patriots receive: Sixth-round pick

New England’s second trade on Oct. 28 sends Dugger to the Steelers one week before the NFL trade deadline, according to multiple reports. The Patriots had sent White, an edge rusher, to the 49ers earlier in the day.

To make room on their roster, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Steelers moved safety DeShon Elliott to injured reserve with a knee injury he suffered in Week 8.

Dugger is the second former Patriots safety to join Pittsburgh’s secondary in 2025. Jabrill Peppers, who played his last three seasons in New England, hit free agency and signed with the Steelers in the offseason.

Kyle Dugger stats

Here are Dugger’s numbers through eight weeks of the 2025 season:

  • Games: 7 (4 starts)
  • Tackles: 17 (7 solo)
  • Passes defensed: 0
  • Interceptions: 0
  • Forced fumbles: 0

In his first season under Vrabel, the Patriots’ new, defensive-minded head coach, Dugger has taken a backseat to Jaylinn Hawkins. Hawkins was originally a fourth-round pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2020 NFL Draft, 97 picks after Dugger.

Dugger could slide into Elliott’s strong safety spot with the Steelers after the latter’s knee injury landed him on injured reserve.

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When the ‘Monday Night Football’ game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals finishes on Nov. 3, it will mark the end of Week 9 and the conclusion of the first half of the regular season.

Through half a season of games, the true postseason contenders will have mostly separated themselves from the rest of the field. The NFL playoff picture will take on a clearer shape. Races for all eight division titles will hit a second gear. Battles for the 14 total playoff spots will come into focus.

If the season ended before Week 9, a couple of surprise teams – the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers – would be enjoying a first-round bye.

But there are still 10 full weeks of action to go, and plenty can still change in that time.

Will the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Commanders and Minnesota Vikings bounce back with their starting quarterbacks getting healthy? Can the Cincinnati Bengals stay on the postseason bubble until quarterback Joe Burrow returns? And will the teams currently leading their divisions hold on?

Only time will tell, but for now, here’s what the NFL playoff picture looks like:

NFL playoff picture

AFC playoff picture

  1. Indianapolis Colts (7-1, AFC South leaders)
  2. New England Patriots (6-2, AFC East leaders)
  3. Denver Broncos (6-2, AFC West leaders)
  4. Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3, AFC North leaders)
  5. Buffalo Bills (5-2, wild card No. 1)
  6. Los Angeles Chargers (5-3, wild card No. 2)
  7. Kansas City Chiefs (5-3, wild card No. 3)

In the hunt: Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3), Houston Texans (3-4), Cincinnati Bengals (3-5), Las Vegas Raiders (2-5), Baltimore Ravens (2-5), Cleveland Browns (2-6), Miami Dolphins (2-6), New York Jets (1-7), Tennessee Titans (1-7).

NFC playoff picture

  1. Green Bay Packers (5-1-1, NFC North leaders)
  2. Philadelphia Eagles (6-2, NFC East leaders)
  3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-2, NFC South leaders)
  4. Seattle Seahawks (5-2, NFC West leaders)
  5. Detroit Lions (5-2, wild card No. 1)
  6. Los Angeles Rams (5-2, wild card No. 2)
  7. San Francisco 49ers (5-3, wild card No. 3)

In the hunt: Chicago Bears (4-3), Carolina Panthers (4-4), Dallas Cowboys (3-4-1), Atlanta Falcons (3-4), Minnesota Vikings (3-4), Washington Commanders (3-5), Arizona Cardinals (2-5), New York Giants (2-6), New Orleans Saints (1-7).

Projected NFL playoff matchups entering Week 9

AFC playoff bracket

  • No. 1 seed Indianapolis Colts (5-1), BYE
  • No. 2 seed New England Patriots (6-2) vs. No. 7 seed Kansas City Chiefs (5-3)
  • No. 3 seed Denver Broncos (6-2) vs. No. 6 seed Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3)
  • No. 4 seed Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) vs. No. 5 seed Buffalo Bills (5-2)

NFC playoff bracket

  • No. 1 seed Green Bay Packers (5-1-1), BYE
  • No. 2 seed Philadelphia Eagles (6-2) vs. No. 7 seed San Francisco 49ers (5-3)
  • No. 3 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-2) vs. No. 6 seed Los Angeles Rams (5-2)
  • No. 4 seed Seattle Seahawks (5-2) vs. No. 5 seed Detroit Lions (5-2)
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