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Chris Gotterup wins Sony Open, $1.6 million prize. Full field payouts

Chris Gotterup found success in Hawaii on Sunday, Jan. 18, winning the Sony Open, the first tournament victory of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule.

Gotterup shot a 16-under-par for the tournament at the Waialae Country Club to earn the $1.6 million top prize from the $9.1 million purse total.

Ryan Gerard (-14) and Patrick Rodgers (-13) finished second and third, respectively, among the 75-player tournament field.

Nick Taylor, who won the 2025 event in a playoff, shot a 9 under for the tournament to finish in a tie for 13th.

Here’s what every golfer in the tournament earned based on their finish:

LEADERBOARD: Final results from 2026 Sony Open

Prize Pool breakdown for 2026 Sony Open Championship

  • 1. Chris Gotterup, -16, $1,638,000
  • 2. Ryan Gerard, -14, $991,900
  • 3. Patrick Rodgers, -13, $627,900
  • T4. Jacob Bridgeman, -12, $409,500
  • T4. Robert MacIntyre, -12, $409,500
  • T6. Taylor Pendrith, -11, $287,105
  • T6. Daniel Berger, -11, $287,105
  • T6. Lee Hodges, -11, $287,105
  • T6. Davis Riley, -11, $287,105
  • T6. Harry Hall, -11, $287,105
  • T11. Jake Knapp, -10, $220,675
  • T11. Si Woo Kim, -10, $220,675
  • T13. Pierceson Coody, -9, $163,041
  • T13. Sudarshan Yellamaraju, -9, $163,041
  • T13. Hideki Matsuyama, -9, $163,041
  • T13. S.H. Kim, -9, $163,041
  • T13. Nick Taylor, -9, $163,041
  • T13. Kevin Roy, -9, $163,041
  • T19. Dan Brown, -8, $111,839
  • T19. Russell Henley, -8, $111,839
  • T19. Chandler Phillips, -8, $111,839
  • T19. Ben Griffin, -8, $111,839
  • T19. John Parry, -8, $111,839
  • T24. Patton Kizzire, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Maverick McNealy, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Bud Cauley, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Kensei Hirata, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Jordan Spieth, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, -7, $72,475
  • T24. Corey Conners, -7, $72,475
  • T31. Séamus Power, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Michael Kim, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Brice Garnett, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Sahith Theegala, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Ren Yonezawa, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Sam Stevens, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Dylan Wu, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Takumi Kanaya, -6, $49,898
  • T31. Ricky Castillo, -6, $49,898
  • T40. J.J. Spaun, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Mac Meissner, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Denny McCarthy, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Tom Hoge, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Adam Scott, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Kurt Kitayama, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Vince Whaley, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Vijay Singh, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Alex Smalley, -5, $31,522
  • T40. Adam Svensson, -5, $31,522
  • T50. Aaron Rai, -4, $22,404
  • T50. Emilio Gonzalez, -4, $22,404
  • T50. Rico Hoey, -4, $22,404
  • T50. Zac Blair, -4, $22,404
  • T50. David Ford, -4, $22,404
  • T55. Zecheng Dou, -3, $20,748
  • T55. Matthieu Pavon, -3, $20,748
  • T55. Webb Simpson, -3, $20,748
  • T55. Haotong Li, -3, $20,748
  • T55. Doug Ghim, -3, $20,748
  • T55. Matt McCarty, -3, $20,748
  • T61. Zach Johnson, -2, $19,929
  • T61. Tom Kim, -2, $19,929
  • T61. Brian Harman, -2, $19,929
  • T61. Nick Dunlap, -2, $19,929
  • T61. Johnny Keefer, -2, $19,929
  • T66. Keith Mitchell, -1, $19,110
  • T66. Jordan Smith, -1, $19,110
  • T66. Mark Hubbard, -1, $19,110
  • T66. Joe Highsmith, -1, $19,110
  • 70. Zach Bauchou, E, $18,655
  • T71. Chad Ramey, +1, $18,382
  • T71. William Mouw, +1, $18,382
  • 73. Kota Kaneko, +3, $18,109
  • 74. Billy Horschel, +4, $17,927

What is the next tournament in the PGA Tour event?

The next stop on the PGA Tour is La Quinta, California for The American Express Tournament. The event will take place from Jan. 22-25 and air on ESPN+/Golf Channel.

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Four reasons Indiana will beat Miami — and one reason it won’t

  • Fernando Mendoza gives Indiana a quarterback advantage over Miami’s Carson Beck.
  • Veteran Hoosiers don’t beat themselves with blunders, turnovers or penalties.
  • Miami’s pass rush must be disruptive for chance at national championship game upset.

Someone, alert the 1894 Yale Bulldogs. Wait, I’m afraid that’s not possible. They’ve exited stage.

Anyway, Yale could soon have company in the 16-0 stratosphere if Indiana beats Miami to win the national championship.

Not since 1894 Yale has a major college football team finished 16-0.

North Dakota State finished 16-0 at the FCS level in 2019, but this would be a first for the FBS. The 12-team College Football Playoff makes it so teams can go 16-0.

You’re up, Indiana.

After the Hoosiers (15-0) routed Alabama and Oregon in playoff games by a combined score of 94-25, it’s no surprise they’re an 8.5-point favorite against Miami (13-2).

Here are four reasons Indiana will win this game and finish 16-0, and one reason it won’t:

Why Indiana football will beat Miami in CFP national championship

Indiana shows no weakness

Try to find one. Alabama couldn’t. Oregon, either. Ask Illinois what Indiana’s weakness is. The Illini lost, 63-10, to Indiana.

The Hoosiers are sturdy at the lines of scrimmage. They’re explosive at the skill positions. That includes wide receivers who are as sure-handed as they come. Linebacker Aiden Fisher provides the defense with a dependable, veteran anchor. In the secondary, D’Angelo Ponds is as good of a cornerback as there is in college football.

To beat Indiana, you must meet good with good, because there’s no bad spots on this team.

“There’s not a weakness in their game,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said after the Peach Bowl. “They run the ball well. They stop the run well. They throw the ball well. They defend the pass well. They’re great on special teams.”

Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the quarterback yet.

Hoosiers have QB advantage in Fernando Mendoza

Difficult to choose what to like most about Fernando Mendoza’s game as Indiana’s quarterback. Is it the accuracy? The pinpoint timing of his throws? His poise? His leadership?

Maybe, it’s as simple as this: He rarely throws incompletions.

In two playoff games, Mendoza has more touchdown passes (eight) than incompletions (five). That’s an incredible stat.

His 41-to-6 touchdown-to-interception ratio for the season nudges him toward a passer rating that leads the nation.

Miami’s Carson Beck delivered his best performance of the playoff in his last game, a semifinal win against Mississippi. But, he’s still a bit Jekyll and Hyde. You don’t know what to expect from Beck.

You know what you’re going to get from Mendoza, a quarterback who’s been better than any this season. As Miami coach Mario Cristobal put it, Mendoza’s Heisman Trophy recognition was “well-deserved.”

Indiana football doesn’t beat itself

Indiana won’t help out its opponent by committing a barrage of blunders or mental errors. The Hoosiers rank among the nation’s least-penalized teams. (Miami tilts toward the upper-end of the penalty spectrum.)

In a can’t-believe-this-is-real stat, Indiana has not lost a fumble since the season opener against Old Dominion. The wide receivers don’t drop passes. Kicker Nico Radicic is money.

When Indiana blocked a punt against Oregon, that sort of hammered home that the Hoosiers win in the cracks and the crevices. If there’s an X-factor to gain, they’ll find it.

As defensive lineman Mario Landino put it, the team’s mindset boils down to three letters. DYJ. Do Your Job.

They do it well.

Indiana can force Carson Beck into mistakes

Miami rallied with a seven-game win streak thanks in part to Beck limiting miscues in the back half of the season. Beck threw four interceptions in a loss to Louisville and two more in a loss to SMU on Nov. 1. Since then, he’s thrown only two interceptions.

Indiana is a threat to reinfect Beck with the interception bug. The Hoosiers have intercepted at least one pass in 12 of 15 games. Ponds’ pick-six on the first play of the Peach Bowl set a menacing tone.

For Miami to have a chance, Beck must continue to limit mistakes, as he did throughout the first three rounds of the playoff. Indiana’s defense is equipped to force him into a rough night.

One reason Indiana might lose to Miami

Miami’s defense is tremendous

Ohio State and Iowa had two of the best defenses Indiana faced this season. They were the only teams to limit Indiana to 20 points or fewer.

Miami’s defense showed its ferocity in playoff wins against Texas A&M and Ohio State. Its defensive line is filled with disruptors, including the two-headed monster of Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor. Those guys haunt quarterbacks. Fortunately for Indiana, Carter Smith is one of the nation’s best offensive tackles. He can’t block everyone.

Mendoza hasn’t gone against a pass rush as good as Miami’s — namely, because there is no pass rush as good as Miami’s, although Indiana’s isn’t far behind.

Miami’s Keionte Scott is a game-changing defensive back. His pick-six helped fuel the upset of Ohio State. For Miami to have a chance, it must make Mendoza hear footsteps and harass him. A defensive touchdown wouldn’t hurt, either.

When is CFP national championship game?

  • Date: Monday, Jan. 19
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

The 2026 CFP national championship game between No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Monday, Jan. 19.

Where is CFP national championship game?

  • Location: Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

The 2026 CFP national title game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which is coincidentally the home stadium for the Hurricanes. The venue is also home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.

How to watch CFP national championship game:

  • TV channel: ESPN
  • Streaming: ESPN app | Fubo (free trial)

The CFP national championship game will air live on ESPN. Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app or Fubo, which offers a free trial. ESPN2 will have an alternative viewing with ‘Field Pass with ‘The Pat McAfee Show,” while ESPNU will have a ‘Film Room’ telecast.

Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network’s senior national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on X @btoppmeyer.

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A catch during Rams-Bears caused some Josh Allen INT deja vu

Deja vu?

A day ago, the Denver Broncos were able to celebrate advancing to the AFC championship game courtesy of a controversial interception from Ja’Quan McMillan. One day later, the Chicago Bears thought they were able to recreate that play in the fourth quarter.

Unlike the AFC divisional round game, the ruling on the field was that Adams completed the process of the catch and was down by contract, nullifying the interception.

It was a bang-bang play, but unlike Brandin Cooks, Adams wasn’t falling to the ground at the time of the catch.

NBC’s rules expert, and former NFL referee, Terry McAulay said that Adams clearly completed the process of the catch. He added that the receiver had the ball long enough to complete the third act, also known as a football move, after getting two feet down.

Since Adams’ knee was down after the football move, that was enough for him to be down by contact, something that didn’t come into play with the Cooks situation on Jan. 17.

The Rams were able to take advantage of the ruling in their favor, scoring a touchdown with Kyren Williams just a few plays later to take a 17-10 lead over the Bears.

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Sun Summit Minerals

Investor Insight

Sun Summit Minerals is targeting the delineation of a multi-million-ounce gold-silver resource at its flagship JD project. With strategic positioning in an emerging consolidation hotspot, compelling valuation metrics, and a track record of discovery, Sun Summit is primed to deliver substantial value creation in the coming quarters.

Overview

Sun Summit Minerals (TSXV:SMN,OTCQB:SMREF) is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on developing its district-scale gold and copper projects in British Columbia.

The company has completed its 2025 exploration programs at the flagship JD Project and its inaugural exploration program at the Theory Project, located in the Toodoggone District.

Complementing JD and Theory is the company’s Buck project, a large, bulk-tonnage gold-silver system near Houston, BC, with an initial NI 43-101 resource estimate and significant exploration upside.

With capital in hand, a five-year exploration permit secured, and a camp established at JD, Sun Summit is executing a focused strategy to build scale, unlock resource potential and drive shareholder value. Under the leadership of its new CEO, the company has re-focused its strategy with a sharpened vision, a strengthened technical and leadership team, and a portfolio of high-quality, strategically located assets positioned to drive long-term shareholder value.

Company Highlights

  • Tiered Exploration Strategy: Sun Summit Minerals is advancing a focused portfolio in British Columbia with its flagship JD Project in the Toodoggone District as the primary discovery driver, supported by early-stage exploration at the nearby Theory Project, and complemented by the Buck Project in central BC, a strategic asset with a published mineral resource estimate.
  • Strategic Location: Sun Summit’s assets are located in well-established and mining-friendly regions of British Columbia. The flagship JD project and early-stage Theory Project are situated in the prolific Toodoggone district—home to Thesis Gold and Centerra’s Kemess Mine, while Buck lies in Central BC near the Blackwater, Huckleberry, and Equity Silver mines.
  • Potential for Multiple Expansion: Trading at approximately US$38/oz gold equivalent (EV/oz) based on Buck alone, with no value currently ascribed to the JD Project, the company represents a deep value opportunity compared to its next-door neighbour, Thesis Gold, which trades at approximately US$136/oz. Success at the drill bit from ongoing exploration at JD could support a higher valuation over time.
  • Experienced, Capital Markets-Savvy Leadership: CEO Niel Marotta brings 30 years of capital markets acumen, including experience from Fidelity and Orezone. The broader team includes senior geologists and advisors with decades of success in gold discoveries and mine development in BC.
  • Positioned for Consolidation: With majors like Freeport, Centerra, and Skeena investing heavily in adjacent properties, Sun Summit’s flagship JD Project is strategically located and advancing at the right time in the Lassonde Curve to benefit from industry-wide M&A and consolidation trends.

Key Projects

JD & Theory Projects

The JD & Theory projects span more than 25,000 hectares in the heart of the Toodoggone mining district in north-central BC, one of Canada’s most prospective belts for epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold systems. The district is home to Thesis Gold’s Ranch and Lawyers deposits (4.6 Moz gold equivalent, C$700 million market cap), Centerra’s Kemess underground development, and TDG Gold’s Shasta-Baker project. Infrastructure around the project includes hydroelectric grid access, the nearby Sturdee airstrip and all-season roads.

Results from the 2025 drill campaign at Creek Zone

The JD project hosts a 4.5 km mineralized corridor, known as Creek-Finn, with multiple underexplored targets showing evidence of both high-grade veins and broad disseminated gold systems. Historic and recent drill highlights include:

  • 2.1 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 122.5 m including 121 g/t gold over 1.5 m (CZ-24-004)
  • 11.7 g/t gold over 22 m including 61.2 g/t gold over 4 m (CZ97-008)
  • 7.3 g/t gold over 35.7 m including 215.4 g/t gold over 1 m (JD95-0472)

The Creek Zone features high-grade epithermal veins within broader disseminated zones, supported by strong IP anomalies and gold-in-soil results up to 12.2 g/t gold. The Finn Zone hosts near-surface mineralization with extensive historical drilling (~270 holes) and is open in all directions. Other targets include McClair (porphyry copper), East McClair (copper-gold skarn) and Moosehorn.

Sun Summit Minerals has completed its 2025 21-hole, 6,864 -meter drill program, successfully intersecting gold mineralization in all holes. The results have defined a northwest-trending, structurally controlled zone measuring approximately 750 meters by 300 meters and extending to a vertical depth of around 150 meters. The zone remains open both along strike and at depth, highlighting significant potential for further expansion. A five-year permit secured in April 2025 provides exploration continuity through 2030.

Sun Summit can earn 100 percent of the JD project by making staged cash/share payments and completing work commitments through 2029. Following the completion of its 2025 exploration program, the company closed an $11.5 million financing on December 23, 2025, fully funding the 2026 exploration program and strengthening its ability to advance the earn-in without near-term dilution.

Buck Project

The 100 percent owned Buck project spans 52,000 hectares and is located near key deposits, including Artemis Gold’s Blackwater (8 Moz gold), Imperial’s Huckleberry copper mine, and Newmont’s historic Equity Silver mine. Buck features near-surface bulk-tonnage gold-silver mineralization with porphyry copper-molybdenum potential at depth.

In February 2025, Sun Summit published its inaugural NI 43-101 mineral resource:

  • Indicated: 1.15 Mt @ 0.519 g/t gold equivalent (19,100 oz)
  • Inferred: 52.2 Mt @ 0.489 g/t gold equivalent (820,400 oz)

Mineralization remains open in all directions.

Buck is considered a strategic asset providing leverage to rising gold prices and future transaction potential, but currently receives minimal capital allocation as JD is prioritized.

Sun Summit can earn 100 percent of the JD project by making staged cash/share payments and completing work commitments through 2029. With ~C$6 million earmarked for the project this year alone, Sun Summit is expected to fulfill its 2025 and 2026 earn-in obligations without additional equity raises.

Management Team

Niel Marotta – Chief Executive Officer and Director

Niel Marotta has three decades of capital markets experience, including a successful tenure at Fidelity (FMRCo.), where he managed the top-performing Select Gold Fund and oversaw >$1 billion in AUM. He was previously VP at Orezone Resources, where he helped lead its C$350 million acquisition by IAMGOLD. Marotta has raised over $1 billion in financing and is driving Sun Summit’s transition from a legacy explorer to a discovery-focused value generator.

Brian Lock – Executive Chairman

A veteran of the mining industry with 40+ years of executive experience, Brian Lock has led multiple public companies, including Castle Peak Mining and Scorpio Gold. His expertise spans project development, M&A and corporate governance.

Waseem Javed – Chief Financial Officer

A seasoned mining CFO, Waseem Javed ensures disciplined capital deployment and financial controls. His experience spans junior explorers and mid-tier producers across Canada and the US.

Ken MacDonald – VP Exploration

Ken MacDonald is a registered professional geologist with over 30 years in mineral exploration and permitting in BC. Formerly with the BC Mines Branch and multiple juniors, he leads Sun Summit’s technical programs and NI 43-101 compliance.

Christopher Leslie – Technical Advisor

An expert in porphyry and epithermal systems, Christopher Leslie led the discovery of the 8 Moz Blackwater deposit while at Richfield Ventures, and later served as VP exploration for Tower Resources. He was instrumental in advancing the JD-Theory project during its prior ownership.

Robert D. Willis – Senior Advisor

Founder of several successful exploration companies, including Pioneer Metals and Manhattan Minerals, Robert Willis has 35+ years of technical and executive experience across North and South America.

Terry Salman – Strategic Advisor

Founder of Salman Partners and one of Canada’s most influential mining financiers, Terry Salman has backed dozens of successful juniors over a 40-year career in mining investment banking.

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Transition Metals

Investor Insight

Transition Metals offers investors exposure to discovery-driven upside across critical and precious metals through a proven project generator model, a diversified Canadian asset portfolio, and a capital-efficient strategy designed to minimize dilution while retaining meaningful discovery and monetization leverage.

Overview

Transition Metals (TSXV:XTM) is a Canada-based, multi-commodity exploration company focused on the discovery of critical and precious metals exclusively within Canada’s most prospective and stable mining jurisdictions. The company has assembled a diversified portfolio of exploration projects spanning platinum group metals, nickel, copper, gold, silver and uranium, providing broad exposure to commodities central to electrification, decarbonization and long-term resource security.

Operating under a disciplined project generator model, Transition advances early-stage assets through geoscience-driven exploration before strategically bringing in partners to participate in funding drilling and development. This approach allows the company to preserve capital, limit shareholder dilution and retain upside through royalties, milestone payments and equity interests, while maintaining operatorship and technical control during key exploration phases.

Transition’s portfolio includes flagship assets such as the Saturday Night/Sunday Lake PGM projects near Thunder Bay, the Gowganda Gold project in Ontario and the Pike Warden polymetallic system in Yukon, alongside a pipeline of additional opportunities across Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Led by an award-winning technical team with a proven discovery record, the company is positioned to create shareholder value through discovery, disciplined capital management and strategic asset monetization within a secure, Canada-focused footprint.

Company Highlights

  • Multi-commodity exploration company with a portfolio of projects and royalties, covering gold, nickel, copper, platinum group metals (PGM), cobalt, tungsten and more located in mining-friendly jurisdictions across Canada
  • Flagship PGM exposure at the Saturday Night/Sunday Lake projects in the Thunder Bay region
  • Discovery-focused project generator model designed to minimize shareholder dilution while maximizing exploration leverage
  • Strong treasury position complemented by marketable securities, milestone payments and royalty interests
  • Proven management team with multiple industry discovery awards and a long track record of value creation
  • Exposure to critical metals themes supported by government funding, flow-through incentives and secure jurisdictions

Key Projects

Saturday Night / Sunday Lake (Ontario)

The Saturday Night and adjacent Sunday Lake projects form one of the most compelling emerging PGM exploration stories in the Thunder Bay region. The properties are associated with early-stage Midcontinent Rift-related mafic-ultramafic intrusions, analogous in age and style to major North American PGM-Ni-Cu deposits such as Eagle (Michigan), Tamarack (Minnesota) and Thunder Bay North (Ontario). Sunday Lake hosts thick, laterally extensive zones of PGM mineralization, while drilling at Saturday Night has confirmed a large rift-related intrusion with basal PGM-Ni-Cu mineralization. Ongoing and planned drilling is focused on expanding the mineralized footprint and testing the basal contact geometry, positioning the project as a potential district-scale PGM system.

Gowganda (Ontario)

Gowganda is a 100-percent-owned, 87 sq km gold project in the historic Gowganda silver-cobalt camp, where Transition reports it made a gold discovery in 2010 less than 1 km from a paved highway. The company describes a widespread gold mineralized system over ~1.25 km of strike, with “visible gold at surface” and highlights including 97 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 40 cm (channel sample) and drill highlights including 2.4 g/t gold over 7.1 m and 82.5 g/t gold over 0.4 m (within 35 m of surface).

Dessert Lake (Northwest Territories)

Dessert Lake is a strategic uranium exploration opportunity in a large, underexplored basin that shares geological similarities with the Athabasca Basin, which hosts a significant portion of the world’s high-grade uranium deposits. Transition holds the exclusive right to stake claims and is seeking a partner to advance the district-scale opportunity, noting prospective settings along the Wopmay fault and along the basal unconformity/crustal fault intersections.

Pike Warden (Yukon)

Pike Warden is a large polymetallic project situated on the northern margin of the Bennett Lake Caldera, one of the largest collapsed caldera complexes in Canada. Pike Warden is an emerging epithermal gold-silver/porphyry copper system near the Yukon–BC border, ~70 km southwest of Whitehorse, where Transition retains the option to earn 100% of the 41 sq km property. Transition reports 25+ zones of gold-silver-copper-molybdenum-lead mineralization identified to date and sampling highlights up to 48.1 g/t gold, 11,270 g/t silver, 7.49 percent copper, 2.37 percent molybdenum and 59.6 percent lead, with recent work and targeting supported by geophysics and systematic sampling.

Jolly (Ontario)

Jolly Gold is a large, 100-percent-owned and optioned land package covering the western extension of the Beardmore–Geraldton greenstone belt, with multiple undrilled occurrences of high-grade gold mineralization. The company highlights major and splay structures intersecting favourable stratigraphy, describing the target as a camp-scale exploration opportunity.

Cryderman (Ontario)

Cryderman is a gold project in the Shining Tree West camp located along the Ridout Deformation Zone and sits 55 km east of IAMGOLS’s Côté gold project and 16 km west of Aris Gold’s Juby gold project. It is a gold-mineralized system over ~500 m of strike hosted in N–S trending, multi-phase quartz-carbonate veins. The company reports channel sample highlights including 9.15 g/t gold over 1.07 m (with additional high-grade sub-intervals).

Maude Lake (Ontario)

The Maud Lake project is a high-tenor nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM magmatic sulphide system located ~10 km north of Schreiber, Ontario. Transition reports surface sampling up to 6.23 percent nickel, 0.719 percent copper, 0.085 percent cobalt, and 1.042 g/t PGM (platinum+palladium+gold), and notes drilling that intersected a semi-continuous zone of magmatic sulphides near the base of a gabbroic intrusion including 20.01 m averaging 0.33 percent nickel and 0.28 percent copper (including 4 m averaging 0.61 percent nickel and 0.52 percent copper).

Homathko (British Columbia)

Homathko is a high-grade, drill-ready gold prospect exposed by receding glaciers in British Columbia, with an interpreted lode gold system traced along ~1.5 km of strike and grab sample highlights up to 87 g/t gold.

Island Copper (Ontario)

Island Copper is an IOCG (iron oxide copper-gold) opportunity north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with Transition reporting two separate mineralized showings along Highway 556. Recent samples and historical drill holes returned values up to 9 percent copper.

Wollaston (Saskatchewan)

Wollaston Copper is a >30 sq km property in north-central Saskatchewan south of the Athabasca Basin, where Transition describes two sediment-hosted base metal target opportunities. The company cites historic drilling by Noranda (1990) including 10.82 m grading 0.25 percent copper and 7.4 m grading 0.49 percent copper (both within 40 m of surface), and a separate zinc showing with 17.0 m grading 2.52 percent zinc and 4.0 m grading 7.18 percent zinc, within the Wollaston Supergroup.

Pipestone (Ontario)

Pipestone is a 33 sq km gold project in the Porcupine camp ~25 km north of Timmins, covering ~13 km of interpreted strike extension of the Pipestone structure (one of two main structural breaks recognized in the Timmins camp). The property is subject to a participating joint venture with Gowest Gold, with provisions for dilution to a 2 percent NSR (with a 1 percent buyback for $1 million).

Bancroft (Ontario)

Bancroft is a southern Ontario nickel-coper-cobalt-PGM greenfield land package that has benefited from ~$5 million in exploration expenditures and includes drilling intersections of 5.05 m averaging 1.98 g/t PGM and 60 m of 1.34 g/t PGM. It comprises 2,789 hectares of mining claims and is located less than a 2-hour drive from Toronto.

Management Team

Scott McLean – President, CEO and Co-founder

Scott McLean has over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration and corporate leadership. He spent 23 years with Falconbridge Limited where he was involved in the discovery of the Nickel Rim South deposit in Sudbury, Ontario. For this work, he was named Prospector of the Year (2004) by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada. McLean is responsible for corporate vision, capital structure, governance and investor relations, and also serves as an executive director of SPC Nickel Corp.

Greg Collins – Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder

Greg Collins is a professional geologist with more than 25 years of experience across gold and base metals exploration, resource estimation, mine planning, operations and management. His career spans Canada and international jurisdictions. Collins is a founding partner and COO of Transition Metals and is also CEO of Canadian Gold Miner.

Carmelo Marrelli – Chief Financial Officer

Carmelo Marrelli is a chartered professional accountant and principal of The Marrelli Group of Companies. He acts as CFO for a number of public issuers on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange and CSE, bringing financial, governance and regulatory expertise. Marrelli holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Bill Stormont – Business Development

Bill Stormont is a capital markets executive with experience in institutional equity (buy-side, sell-side and fund management), investor relations and stakeholder engagement. He has served in equity analyst and institutional sales roles, worked as a European equity fund manager, and supports business development, partnerships and strategic communications for Transition Metals. Stormont holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

Tom Hart – Chief Geologist

Tom Hart is an award-winning geologist with over 40 years of exploration experience across government and industry, including Inco and the Ontario Geological Survey. He specializes in lode gold and base metal systems and has expertise in soil, till and rock analytical methods. Hart was co-recipient of the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association’s Discovery of the Year Award (2004).

Benjamin Williams – Exploration Manager Geologist

Benjamin Williams has more than 10 years of geological experience and has been with Transition Metals since 2018. He obtained a BSc with Honours in Geology from Saint Mary;s University, Halifax, followed by Graduate work at Carleton University in Ottawa, where his work focused on igneous petrology and isotope geochemistry. Prior to joining Transition Metals, Mr. Williams worked in collaboration with the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, as a Senior Mapping and Research Assistant, where he conducted various value-added mapping and isotopic research programs on Neoarchean volcanic belts within the Slave Craton, with a focus on VMS-style mineralization.

Sarah Reese – Project Geologist

Sarah Reese is a geological engineer with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from Queen’s University. She contributes to field programs and geological interpretation, while developing her professional expertise through ongoing education and field experience.

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Armory Mining Provides Corporate Update

(TheNewswire)

 

Vancouver, B.C. January 19, 2026 TheNewswire – Armory Mining Corp. (CSE: ARMY) (OTC: RMRYF) (FRA: 2JS) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Armory’) a resource exploration company focused on the discovery and development of minerals critical to the energy, security and defense sectors, is pleased to provide an update on exploration activity scheduled through Q2, 2026.

 

Ammo Gold-Antimony Project

 

In December 2025 the Company announced it has engaged Castello Q Exploration Corp to carry out an initial phase one work program at its 100% owned Ammo Antimony-Gold project, located in Nova Scotia, Canada.

 

Ammo is 3,092-hectare exploration package that completely surrounds and is contiguous to the historical West Gore antimony-gold mine.  West Gore produced both antimony and gold in the years leading up to World War I.  The ground has since changed hands multiple times, and is currently held by Military Metals Corp.

 

West Gore was a significant producer during World War One, with production shipped to England.  Records document nearly 32,000 metric tons of production between 1914-1917, yielding over 7,000 metric tons of antimony concentrate grading 46%.
Total gold recovered up to 1917 was 6,861 ounces. Limited work was conducted in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s by several companies along with the Nova Scotia government*.


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Figure 1: Map showing Armory’s Ammo Project surrounding the historical West Gore antimony-gold mine

 

The initial work program is expected to consist of data compilation, prospecting and reconnaissance, to identify favorable geology, followed by detailed surface sampling and geophysics to determine priority drill targets. The Company plans to budget up to $656,000 CDN for the initial phase of exploration.  

 

Preliminary work is underway regarding data collection and analysis.  The Company will provide an update on the proposed work programs over the next few weeks.

* Source: NI 43-101 Technical Report, Battery Metals Corp, Mark S. King, P. Geo., Michael C. Corey, P. Geo., May 25, 2021

 

Note: The Company considers historical data at West Gore to be relevant. Readers are cautioned that the Company has not independently verified the information, and notes that the mineralization on this property may not be indicative of the mineralization on the Company’s property.

 

Candela II Lithium Deposit

 

The Company also issued an update in early December 2025, regarding its Candela II lithium brine project located in the Incahuasi Salar, Salta Province, Argentina.

 

The Company is moving forward on a scoping study which will enhance development of the Candela II project.  A scoping study will evaluate both technical viability and economic potential of the deposit.  The project has been advanced by the Company with exploration drilling and has an inferred resource of 457,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate in-situ. This resource estimate was completed by WSP Australia*.  

 

The current lithium carbonate price is up 30% since the start of the year to a new two-year high, which brings the significance of the project into focus, and priority, for Armory.

 

The location of the project is within what is referred to as the ‘Lithium Triangle’, a section of South America that stretches among Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Ganfeng Lithium, China’s largest producer of the battery metal, has the adjacent concession to Candela II, and a production well approximately 9.8km away.  Rio Tinto and Power Minerals (PNN) are also located nearby.

 

*The Candela II Lithium Brine Project contains a National Instrument 43-101 mineral resource estimate (‘MRE’) completed by WSP Australia Pty. Ltd. (see Spey Resources Corp. news dated September 26th, 2023).   

 

Technical information in this news release regarding Candela II has been previously published and was reviewed and approved at the time by Phillip Thomas, BSc Geol MBM, FAusIMM (CPVal), MAIG who is a Qualified Person under the definitions established by the National Instrument 43-101.

About Armory Mining Corp

Armory Mining Corp. is a Canadian exploration company focused on minerals critical to the energy, security and defense sectors. The Company controls an 80% interest in the Candela II lithium brine project located in the Incahuasi Salar, Salta Province, Argentina. In addition, the Company controls 100% interest in both the Ammo antimony-gold project located in Nova Scotia and the Riley Creek antimony-gold project located in British Columbia.

 

Qualified Person

 

Harrison Cookenboo, Ph.D., P. Geo., an independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.

 

Contact Information

 

Alex Klenman

CEO & Director

alex@armorymining.com

 

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as the term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy of accuracy of this news release.   This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the Company’s securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The Company’s securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘1933 Act’) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the  1933 Act) unless registered under the  1933 Act  and applicable  state  securities  laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

 

Forward-looking statements:

 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the intended use of funds. The words ‘expects,’ ‘anticipates,’ ‘believes,’ ‘intends,’ ‘plans,’ ‘will,’ ‘may,’ and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that its expectations as reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to, political and regulatory risks in Canada, operational and exploration risks, market conditions, and the availability of financing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

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NFL playoff picks: Will Rams knock off Bears on Sunday night?

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is regarded as the best weekend of the season by some fans. Four games over two days, two of them including the regular season’s best teams − insomuch as one might regard the No. 1 postseason seeds as the best squads.

Saturday, the Denver Broncos, the top seed in the AFC, will host the Buffalo Bills in a rematch from the 2024 wild-card round − Josh Allen and Co. cruising best then-rookie Bo Nix and the Broncos 31-7. In the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks will meet for the third time (and second in three weeks) − the ‘Hawks returning to action at Lumen Field following their bye.

Sunday afternoon, the New England Patriots will try to advance to their first AFC championship game in seven years − by beating a red-hot Houston Texans squad hoping to get that for for the first time. Ever. The final matchup of the weekend quartet will pair the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears, who will square off in the postseason for the first time in 40 years − since the legendary ’85 Bears shut out the Rams at Soldier Field.

Which teams will qualify for the NFL’s version of the Final Four? Our experts make their selections:

(Odds provided by BetMGM)

Divisional round picks, predictions, odds

  • Bills at Broncos
  • 49ers at Seahawks
  • Texans at Patriots
  • Rams at Bears
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White (and blue) smoke: Giants, Harbaugh finalize five-year deal

Blue and white smoke is finally emanating from East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The New York Giants and John Harbaugh have finally completed a five-year deal to make him the team’s next head coach, per multiple reports, days after Harbaugh and the club had agreed to join forces. His package is expected to be worth in the neighborhood of $100 million, according to multiple reports.

“This is the New York Giants,” Harbaugh told ESPN. “I’m proud and honored to the head coach of this historic franchise, and especially excited to work with the Mara and Tisch families. But most of all, I can’t wait to get started with the great players on this football team to see what we can accomplish together.”

Per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, a news conference is expected to occur Tuesday. Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen, who retained his job despite Brian Daboll’s firing during the just completed season, are expected to have a ‘cooperative setup.’

Schoen led the coaching search that quickly led the organization to Harbaugh.

Harbaugh led the Baltimore Ravens to 12 playoff berths, AFC North titles and one Super Bowl victory in his 18 seasons in Charm City. His record, including postseason, is 193-124.

The Giants have made the playoffs just twice, winning one wild-card game under Daboll, since winning Super Bowl 46 nearly 14 years ago.

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In bid to succeed brother, Alberto Mendoza experiencing cold truth of college football

  • Alberto Mendoza is the backup quarterback for Indiana, behind his Heisman-winning brother Fernando.
  • Indiana recently signed transfer quarterback Josh Hoover, signaling a challenge for Alberto’s future starting role.
  • Alberto Mendoza intends to compete for the starting job rather than transfer from Indiana.

MIAMI — He sat on a aluminum bleacher with the rest of the forgotten, a full-blown feeding frenzy unloading in front of him.

Everyone wanted a piece of Alberto Mendoza. 

Meanwhile, a larger hoard of media — one not seen at College Football Playoff media day in maybe ever — was hovering around Fernando Mendoza while he sat surrounded at a podium for the elite.

You know him. 

Heisman Trophy winner. Star quarterback. The key to Indiana completing the greatest turnaround in sports history Monday night against Miami in the College Football Playoff championship game. As pure and true since a guy named Tebow.

And the older brother of Alberto, Indiana’s backup quarterback. The guy hanging with the other backups in the bleachers.

This is where the story begins, where a brother trying to find his own way in a sport he loves, dutifully and unflinchingly sitting for an hour — an hour! —  and answering questions about the one player in college football everyone can’t get enough of.

Is Fernando really as perfect as he looks? 

Was Fernando always great at sports? 

If Fernando were an animal in the jungle, what would he be?

But while the deeply vacuous wondered and wandered aloud in the annual menagerie that is CFP media day, an important thing happened to Alberto a couple of weeks ago. 

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti signed TCU quarterback Josh Hoover from the transfer portal for the 2026 season. About as clear a statement as can be made about the future of Alberto. 

The Hoosiers aren’t paying Hoover millions to leave TCU so he can decide a year from now if Alberto is a Tiger or Lion in the jungle. And it’s here where we find the cold, hard truth of the sport. 

There’s a finite clock for starting quarterbacks in the NIL era. Teams and coaches don’t have time to invest two or three years of development.

High-value contracts are made for now, not when it all finally comes together. 

“I get it,” Alberto says. “It’s a business.” 

That doesn’t make it any easier to swallow the reality that he’s a play away from critical minutes against Miami — and who knows how long from becoming the Indiana starter.

He already convinced one NIL gun for hire (see: Fernando) to skip in line ahead of him. He’s not sitting around and letting it happen a second time — or worse, leaving town because of it.  

Mendoza says he will compete with Hoover for the starting job, and says Fernando told him to go win the job instead of waiting. Force Indiana and Cignetti into a difficult decision.

Cignetti, meanwhile, understands the complexities of the situation. It’s a small and growing sample size of the undeniable: inexperienced quarterbacks rarely work in the NIL era. 

The surest, safest way to efficient play from the most important position on the field has quickly become the transfer portal.

Doesn’t matter that Alberto led Christopher Columbus High School in Miami to back-to-back state titles once Fernando left. Doesn’t matter that Alberto brings something different to the offense — his ability to stress defenses with his legs — and has shown rare dual-threat ability in limited backup action this season.

All that matters is the here and now. There’s a reason more than 200 Bowl Subdivision (and another 100 Championship Subdivision) quarterbacks hit the transfer portal when it opened on January 2.

It’s all about the quick fix, with the least amount of the unknown. 

“We’ll see what happens,” Cignetti said. “I like (Alberto) a lot as a player. We’ll see what the future holds.”

There was a moment last month, in what was then the biggest game of the season, that we nearly saw what Indiana had with Alberto. Fernando was drilled by Ohio State edge Caden Curry on the first play of the Big Ten championship game, and Alberto replaced him for a play. 

His first significant snap of the season, and Alberto handed off. But it’s not like he hasn’t shown it this season. 

His numbers are high level, even in mop up time. He plays the part well, with five touchdown passes and runs of 59, 53 and 39 yards. 

He’s not just a guy with clipboard. 

“You get me out there, I can rip it,” Alberto says. “I’m very confident in my ability.”

Meanwhile, back at the circus, the bobblehead bunch is busy asking about six-seven, and if Alberto and Fernando fought as kids. 

Last one from me! Wait, what was I going to ask you again? Oh yeah, social media is ablaze with 2016. What were you doing in 2016?!

“I was, like, 12,” Alberto says.

And just for the record, yeah, they did fight as kids. And yeah, there were times when Alberto got the better of Fernando playing sports.

The last thing he’s going to do is let a high-dollar mercenary run him out of Bloomington. So here’s a better question for the wandering, vacuous masses: 

What if Alberto wins the job, and a multi-million dollar contract sits on the bench? 

Guess who then becomes the story of college football?

For all the right reasons. 

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