• MindWave is developing and commercially providing the infrastructure behind an ecosystem centered on MindChain, MindWaveDAO and $NILA.
• MindChain serves as the EVM-compatible Layer 2, while purpose-built industry networks provide specialized environments for real-world applications.
• $NILA connects network utility, staking, participation and governance, giving the ecosystem an economic and community layer.

Blockchain adoption has increasingly moved beyond the question of whether businesses can use digital assets. The more important question is what infrastructure can support those applications as they become more complex and specialized.

That is where MindWave Innovations (NYSE American: APUS) is positioning its business.

Rather than building around a single application or token, MindWave’s newly defined ecosystem is structured around four interconnected components: MindWave as the infrastructure provider, MindChain as the underlying blockchain, MindWaveDAO as the community and governance layer, and $NILA as the utility and governance token.

At the center is MindChain, an EVM-compatible Layer 2 designed to serve as the shared blockchain foundation for the ecosystem. The network uses Ethereum as its settlement and finality anchor while incorporating validator infrastructure, bridges, developer tooling and application-specific network capabilities.

That architecture is important because MindChain is not intended to serve every application through a one-size-fits-all environment. Instead, the network can support purpose-built industry networks with configurable parameters designed around specific use cases.

The company’s current framework identifies four initial areas: InsurTech, ClimateTech, AdTech and real-world assets (“RWA”). Each operates as an industry-specific environment built on the broader MindChain foundation. BlockAssure, ALCI Credit, WavePlus and Nexus serve as flagship implementations within those respective networks.

This creates a structure that can be viewed less as a collection of disconnected blockchain projects and more as an ecosystem built in layers. MindChain provides the underlying infrastructure; industry networks organize that infrastructure around specific sectors; and applications use those networks to deliver products and services.

$NILA provides another layer to the model.

The token is designed as the utility and governance token of the MindWave ecosystem. On MindChain, $NILA is specified as the native gas token for the main network, while its broader functions include staking and delegation, validator-related participation, application utility and governance voting through MindWaveDAO.

MindWaveDAO, meanwhile, serves as the ecosystem coordination layer. $NILA holders can participate in governance proposals involving ecosystem initiatives, builder programs, resource allocations and other development priorities. Importantly, the company’s materials distinguish DAO governance from corporate governance: holding $NILA does not represent equity or shareholder rights in MindWave Innovations or independent companies within the ecosystem.

The ecosystem also incorporates a contribution model intended to connect commercial activity with continued development. Companies participating in the framework commit 25% of qualifying revenue generated through MindChain and its industry networks toward MindWaveDAO ecosystem and $NILA development. The stated objective is to create a cycle in which adoption generates resources for further ecosystem development, which can in turn support additional adoption.

For investors, that structure offers a different way to view MindWave’s opportunity. The company’s story is not simply about developing another blockchain or creating another digital token. It is about building an infrastructure layer where blockchain applications, industry-specific networks, validators, developers and community governance can operate within a connected ecosystem.

MindWave’s execution will ultimately determine whether that architecture can attract meaningful applications, network activity and commercial adoption. But with MindChain providing the foundation, specialized Subnets creating environments for different industries, MindWaveDAO coordinating the ecosystem and $NILA connecting utility with participation and governance, the company is positioning APUS around the infrastructure that can support the next stage of blockchain adoption.

For more information, visit the company’s website at MindWaveInnovations.com.

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• In a recent InvestorNews column, metals market analyst Jack Lifton discussed Greenland’s rare earth projects, noting Greenland Mines’ positioning in the space.
• The column arrives at a pivotal moment for the company, which closed its acquisition of Sarfartoq on September 1, 2026.
• After finalizing the acquisition, the company completed a substantial field program that advances the next phase of drilling, technical work and district-scale exploration.

As Western governments and manufacturers work to reduce their reliance on Chinese rare earth supply, Greenland has emerged as one of the most closely watched frontiers. The island hosts significant deposits of the magnet metals essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and defense systems. Yet as one veteran industry analyst recently observed, a promising deposit is only the first step toward a functioning mine. Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) is central to that discussion, with its newly acquired Sarfartoq project featured prominently in his assessment of Greenland’s prospects.

In a recent InvestorNews column, metals market analyst Jack Lifton, co-chair of the Critical Minerals Institute, compared two of Greenland’s rare earth projects. He weighed GRML’s Sarfartoq against Critical Metals Corp.’s Tanbreez project and argued that the differences start with the rocks themselves.

Sarfartoq’s ST1 zone hosts bastnäsite and monazite, minerals the industry already knows how to process. Tanbreez relies on eudialyte, a silicate that has been difficult to treat because it can form silica gel. Critical Metals recently reported encouraging test results on that problem, though Lifton noted its refinery economics remain preliminary.

Lifton’s larger point is that chemistry is only part of the test. Any Greenland mine needs access, power, shipping, housing and trained workers, and each must be designed, funded and built. “In Greenland, a workable process is only one requirement,” he wrote, also noting that monazite can contain thorium, which calls for careful measurement and a credible waste plan. Greenland restricts mining where uranium exceeds 100 parts per million. Lifton emphasized that monazite’s presence alone does not mean Sarfartoq breaks those rules.

For Greenland Mines, the column arrives at a pivotal moment. The company closed its acquisition of Sarfartoq on September 1, 2026, following approval from the government of Greenland. It paid $20 million in cash and $15 million in securities value for Neo North Star Resources, the project’s owner.

That deal kept a processing partner close. Neo Performance Materials became a strategic shareholder and holds offtake rights for up to 60% of future Sarfartoq ore or concentrate. That material would be processed at Neo’s Silmet rare earth separation facility in Estonia.

The deposit also has meaningful scale. ST1 holds an Indicated resource of 6.9 million tons grading 1.60% total rare earth oxides, plus 5.3 million tons of Inferred resources at 0.96%. Neodymium and praseodymium, the key magnet metals, make up about 84% of the in-concentrate basket value.

An independent Initial Assessment put the high-case pre-tax net present value at about $2.05 billion, with a 118.6% internal rate of return. Excluding Inferred resources, those figures fall to $1.49 billion and 92.7%. The high case is a sensitivity scenario; it assumes a 15% higher basket price, 15% lower operating costs, and 20% lower capital costs. The company cautions that the study is preliminary and that no mineral reserves have been estimated.

Greenland Mines reports that at 2025 consumption levels, ST1’s planned annual output would equal about 34% of all reported NdPr oxide refined outside China. ST1 also covers well under 1% of the license area. This is an illustrative comparison only and depends on final production, but it illustrates potential impact. Five additional known rare earth occurrences remain largely untested, but the company is moving to test that upside. It has applied for a new 262-square-kilometer license east of Sarfartoq. If approved, the move would expand the project’s position to about 454 square kilometers.

Funding addresses another issue Lifton raised. In late September, Greenland Mines raised more than $42 million from existing investors at $12 per share, noting that it is funded through its 2027 milestones. It also completed an early-stage mapping and sampling program at Sarfartoq. 

“Now it’s about execution,” said Greenland Mines President Bo Møller Stensgaard. “At Sarfartoq, we closed the acquisition on September 1 and within weeks completed a substantial field program that advances the next phase of drilling, technical work and district-scale exploration. I’m proud of what this team has accomplished — and even more excited about what comes next. This is the pace and discipline we intend to bring to every asset in the Greenland Mines portfolio.”

All of this work points toward a Pre-Feasibility Study. These are the steps that begin to answer the practical questions Lifton says will separate deposits from mines. Greenland Mines also sees a wider regional role. Its North Atlantic strategy envisions linking Greenland resources with downstream processing and logistics in Iceland. That approach targets the infrastructure gap that Arctic projects face.

“Sarfartoq’s mineral distribution is a real point in its favor,” concluded Lifton, who said he was watching, while reserving judgment on either company’s production timetable. “In Greenland, a workable process is only one requirement. The developer that can combine it with infrastructure, skilled people, financing and lasting local support will have the more valuable achievement: a dependable rare earth mine.”

For Greenland Mines, familiar minerals, a processing partner and fresh capital provide a head start. Turning that head start into a dependable mine is the work now under way.

For more information about the company, visit www.GreenlandMines.com.

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• Earth Science Tech operates several subsidiaries, including real estate and asset management company Avenvi LLC
• Avenvi boasts expertise across various segments of the real estate industry, including identifying development opportunities and facilitating end-user property acquisitions
• Avenvi also manages investments on behalf of ETST and provides the critical physical infrastructure for ETST’s expanding pharmacy operations

Earth Science Tech (OTCQB: ETST), a strategic holding company that brings together innovative businesses across the healthcare, pharmacy, technology and telemedicine, real estate, and consumer products spaces, operates Avenvi LLC, a real estate and asset management arm. Like its parent company, Avenvi is diversified, boasting expertise across various segments of the real estate industry and representing ETST’s diversification into hard assets.

Avenvi has developed a strong portfolio of real estate assets, primed for development, and provides financing solutions to purchasers of properties it develops. “This strategic positioning allows Avenvi to engage in the real estate market at every stage, from identifying development opportunities to facilitating end-user property acquisitions,” explains ETST in an SEC filing (https://ibn.fm/f9Fj4). As such, Avenvi serves as a distinct vehicle for hard-asset wealth generation.

Avenvi also manages investments on behalf of ETST, using a disciplined capital allocation approach focused on non-dilutive growth. It, for instance, manages Earth Science Tech’s share repurchase program, which management views as a long-term growth strategy. ETST began its common stock repurchase program on January 29, 2024, and had repurchased over 20.8 million shares of common stock by August 20, 2025 (https://ibn.fm/NVTxW), and over 6.9 million shares since April 1, 2025, through June 15, 2026 (https://ibn.fm/ODvn5).

“Extending and increasing this [common stock repurchase] program is a direct reflection of our confidence in ETST’s future and our unwavering commitment to our shareholders,” said Giorgio R. Saumat, CEO and Chairman of the Board.

The synergies between Avenvi and ETST also extend to the other subsidiaries under the ETST umbrella. Avenvi houses the standalone Mister Meds compounding pharmacy in Texas and provides the critical physical infrastructure for ETST’s expanding pharmacy operations. (ETST operates compounding pharmacies under the RxCompoundStore.com LLC, Mister Meds LLC, and Meduvo LLC brands.)

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.EarthScienceTech.com.

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• SuperQ reports that its Super Edge(TM) tactical optimization platform met 100% of evaluation benchmarks during a live operational exercise at the Bush Combat Development Complex in Texas.
• The exercise evaluated real-time logistics optimization, tactical routing, communications resilience and integration with existing military systems.
• The results provide a real-world demonstration of SuperQ’s technology as the company advances its broader hybrid-computing ecosystem, including Super(TM), Super OS(TM) and its in-development Super Nova(TM) system.

Quantum computing’s long-term potential extends well beyond research laboratories, with applications ranging from supply-chain optimization and financial modeling to cybersecurity and national defense. However, translating advanced computing capabilities into practical, real-world applications remains a central challenge for the industry.

SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) (OTCQB: QBTQF) recently announced a significant development in that effort, reporting that its Super Edge(TM) tactical optimization platform met all evaluation criteria during a live U.S. military exercise at the Bush Combat Development Complex (“BCDC”) in Texas.

In an October 1, 2026, press release, SuperQ announced that it had received the official evaluation report for the exercise and was publicly releasing the report and associated performance metrics. According to the company, Super Edge achieved 100% completion of the primary operational benchmarks under the conditions tested, without latency or operational downtime.

The announcement provides a new dimension to SuperQ’s technology strategy, demonstrating how its hybrid quantum-classical optimization capabilities are being evaluated in an operational environment beyond conventional research and development settings.

Putting Hybrid Computing to the Test

The exercise took place at Texas A&M University’s RELLIS Campus and was organized through the Canada Q-Branch Dual-Use Accelerator, with support from Global Affairs Canada. SuperQ previously identified itself as the only Canadian technology company deployed in the international exercise.

The evaluation placed Super Edge in simulated tactical scenarios involving real-time logistics optimization, contested communications and rapid deployment at the operational edge. According to the company’s latest announcement, the platform maintained routing performance under simulated network degradation and bandwidth-constrained conditions. The release also highlighted one-click integration with legacy military command systems and autonomous field units.

These capabilities address practical challenges facing defense organizations, where operational plans may need to change rapidly as conditions evolve and where field personnel and command centers must coordinate despite communications constraints.

Super Edge is designed to operate on devices used by field personnel, gathering telemetry and returning position reports. The centralized Super(TM) platform can then use incoming information to calculate routing and deployment options.

The exercise’s significance lies in the opportunity to evaluate this architecture under simulated operational conditions. SuperQ says the results met all primary evaluation benchmarks, although the announcement should be understood in the context of the specific scenarios and criteria covered by the exercise rather than as proof of performance across every possible military environment.

From Defense Applications to Broader Commercial Opportunities

While the exercise focused on defense applications, SuperQ’s announcement also connects the results to a wider commercial strategy.

The company describes its technology as a hybrid-computing ecosystem that combines quantum processing with classical high-performance computing. Rather than relying on a single computing architecture, its platform is designed to route computational workloads among classical optimization solvers, graphics processing units (“GPUs”) and quantum processing units (“QPUs”), depending on the problem being addressed.

Super(TM), the company’s commercialized platform, is designed to help enterprises, government agencies and research institutions address complex optimization and cybersecurity challenges. Its applications include logistics, supply-chain resilience, energy management and other environments where decisions must account for multiple variables and constraints.

The company also offers Super PQC (TM), its post-quantum cybersecurity suite, which addresses the emerging need to prepare digital infrastructure for potential future attacks from quantum computers. SuperQ says the optimization capabilities demonstrated through Super Edge are part of the broader technology foundation supporting its platform and cybersecurity offerings.

The potential relevance extends beyond defense. Logistics providers, infrastructure operators and enterprises face many of the same underlying computational challenges: allocating resources efficiently, adapting to changing conditions and maintaining reliable operations when systems are under pressure.

Although each application has distinct requirements, the ability to coordinate computing resources and rapidly generate updated solutions is a common thread connecting these markets.

Building Toward an Integrated Quantum-Computing Ecosystem

The field exercise comes as SuperQ continues to develop the infrastructure intended to support its longer-term hybrid-computing ambitions.

In development is Super OS(TM), an operating system designed to coordinate CPUs, GPUs and quantum processors within a unified execution environment, and Super Nova(TM), a modular hybrid quantum computer intended to run Super OS natively.

SuperQ has announced that Super Nova’s quantum hardware layer is being developed at the University of Waterloo’s Digital Quantum Matter Lab under the supervision of Professor Matteo Mariantoni. The company is also expanding its technical team in areas including quantum chip design, device fabrication, cryogenics and hardware-software orchestration.

Super Nova is intended to bring quantum processors and classical computing resources together in an integrated, on-premises system. SuperQ’s stated goal is to reduce some of the cost, infrastructure and interoperability barriers that can make advanced computing difficult for enterprises and research institutions to deploy.

The company’s strategy therefore spans multiple stages of the computing stack: Super Edge for tactical and distributed environments, Super for optimization and cybersecurity applications, Super OS for computing orchestration, and Super Nova for dedicated hybrid quantum hardware.

The distinction between these technologies is important. Super Edge’s reported performance in a live exercise represents a development in the company’s current software capabilities, while Super OS and Super Nova remain in development.

A Practical Step Toward Wider Adoption

For the quantum-computing industry, the transition from technical promise to practical utility depends on more than advances in quantum hardware alone. Software integration, reliability, accessibility and the ability to address specific operational problems are also important parts of that process.

SuperQ’s latest announcement offers a concrete example of how the company is pursuing that transition. By reporting that Super Edge met all evaluation criteria in a live U.S. military exercise, the company is highlighting its efforts to demonstrate hybrid optimization in a demanding operational setting.

The longer-term opportunity will depend on how these capabilities translate into commercial adoption, additional deployments and the continued development of SuperQ’s broader technology ecosystem.

As the company advances its software platform, operating system and planned hybrid quantum hardware, the defense exercise adds a real-world testing milestone to its effort to bring quantum and classical computing together for practical applications across defense, critical infrastructure and enterprise markets.

For more information, visit www.SuperQ.co.

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• BTQ provides public-market exposure to a trusted quantum infrastructure platform spanning hardware-rooted post-quantum security, quantum-secure networks and quantum computing technologies.
• The company is advancing multiple technologies toward commercialization, with QSSN surpassing 100,000 mainnet transactions, MIMIQ in commercial distribution and QCIM progressing through semiconductor validation and productization.
• QCIM addresses a company-identified $1 trillion post-quantum cryptography semiconductor market opportunity by 2035 with a crypto-agile architecture designed to adapt as cryptographic standards evolve.
• The July 2026 acquisition of QPerfect added a wholly owned quantum computing platform with commercially deployed MIMIQ software and additional technologies spanning digital twins and fault-tolerant computing.
• BTQ has established strategic and commercial relationships across banking, semiconductors, quantum computing and infrastructure as it works to move its technology portfolio from validation toward commercial deployment.

BTQ Technologies (NASDAQ: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ) is a quantum technology company developing trusted infrastructure for the transition from classical networks to the quantum era. Its platform spans hardware-rooted post-quantum security, quantum-secure financial and blockchain networks, and technologies for building, testing and deploying quantum computing systems.

BTQ organizes its technology around three interconnected layers: Silicon Networks, which establish hardware-rooted security and cryptographic agility; Blockchain Networks, which extend quantum-safe infrastructure to digital money and decentralized networks; and Quantum Accelerated Networks, which provide software, emulation, validation and deployment technologies for quantum systems. Together, these layers form the company’s “Building Trusted Quantum” strategy.

BTQ is advancing a portfolio of technologies designed to address both the near-term transition to post-quantum security and the longer-term development of trusted quantum infrastructure. Through its internal development programs, strategic collaborations and wholly owned QPerfect subsidiary, the company is working to translate its technical capabilities into commercial products and customer deployments.

The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Products and Technology Portfolio

QCIM

Quantum Compute-in-Memory (“QCIM”) is BTQ’s crypto-agile cryptographic accelerator architecture and the foundation of its Silicon Networks strategy. Designed as synthesizable soft IP, QCIM supports classical and post-quantum cryptographic functions in a compact, low-power architecture that can be integrated across ASICs, FPGAs, secure elements and connected devices.

BTQ is advancing QCIM through a global semiconductor development roadmap. In collaboration with ICTK, the company completed the design of a security chip combining QCIM with ICTK’s VIA PUF(TM) technology to provide cryptographic acceleration alongside hardware-derived device identity and authentication. BTQ and ITRI also completed an initial technical milestone validating QCIM within a TSMC 28-nanometre design environment and demonstrating accelerated execution of operations associated with FIPS 203, 204 and 205.

Quantum Secure Systems & Networks

Quantum Secure Systems & Networks (“QSSN”) is BTQ’s post-quantum infrastructure platform for regulated digital money and institutional settlement, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

QSSN surpassed 100,000 transactions processed on mainnet during Q2 2026 and was selected as a core post-quantum technology provider for a South Korean bank-led KRW stablecoin proof of concept involving iM Bank and Finger. BTQ is developing QSSN around advisory and integration fees, recurring validator-node licensing and transaction-based validation fees.

QPerfect

QPerfect is BTQ’s wholly owned quantum computing subsidiary and a central component of its Quantum Accelerated Networks strategy. Based in Strasbourg, France, QPerfect develops software and technologies for quantum emulation, digital twins, validation and fault-tolerant quantum computing. Its principal technologies include MIMIQ(TM), Digital Twin and Quantum Logic Unit (“QLU(TM)”).

MIMIQ is QPerfect’s most commercially mature product and enables users to design, test and validate quantum algorithms in virtual quantum computing environments. The platform is being commercialized through enterprise licensing, on-premises deployments and third-party distribution. QPerfect is also developing a hardware-accurate Digital Twin of the aQCess neutral-atom quantum computing platform with the University of Strasbourg and CESQ, while QLU is focused on technologies for fault-tolerant neutral-atom quantum computing.

Other Technologies

Bitcoin Quantum is BTQ’s post-quantum blockchain initiative, designed to demonstrate how Bitcoin and other decentralized networks can migrate toward post-quantum security. BTQ completed an internal security audit during Q2 2026, engaged Boosty Labs for an external audit and brought mining and hosting infrastructure to mainnet readiness.

BTQ’s portfolio also includes One-Shot Signatures (“OSS”), a quantum-native cryptographic research program using single-use quantum secret keys designed to address future security and authentication requirements.

Market Opportunity

BTQ is targeting several large markets that the company believes will be affected by the transition to post-quantum security and quantum computing. Its investor materials identify more than $30 trillion in payments and digital money associated with QSSN, more than $15 trillion in secure silicon for devices associated with QCIM, approximately $3 trillion in digital asset value at risk associated with Bitcoin Quantum, and a $280 billion quantum compute platform market associated with QPerfect.

BTQ separately identifies the post-quantum cryptography semiconductor market as a $1 trillion market opportunity by 2035. The company’s broader addressable markets span financial services, digital assets, telecommunications, defense, industrial systems, IoT, AI devices and other connected infrastructure.

Leadership Team

Olivier Roussy Newton, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, is an entrepreneur and technology executive who founded DeFi Technologies and HIVE Digital. He scaled both companies to multibillion-dollar market capitalizations and nine-figure annual revenue.

Chris Tam, President & Head of Innovation and Director, is an AI engineer with a Master of Engineering in Software Engineering and experience spanning machine learning, blockchain, data engineering and quantum technologies.

Lonny Wong, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer, has more than 30 years of experience in public practice, with extensive public-company experience across audit and assurance, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting and related areas.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.BTQ.com.

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• Multiple factors contribute to changes in healthcare financing.
• Market Street’s different platforms provide capital markets and advisory guidance.
• With more than $3 billion in completed transactions, Market Street provides advisory and capital markets services for healthcare financings.

Healthcare and diagnostics operators are facing consolidation pressure, reimbursement uncertainty and more selective sponsors all at once. In that environment, how a capital raise is structured can matter as much as the business behind it. Market Street Capital is a boutique capital markets and financial advisory firm that works with established middle-market businesses navigating pivotal moments in their development, focusing on companies with enterprise values from $10 million to $1 billion.

Reimbursement is the first reason healthcare financing looks different right now. Clinical laboratories offer a clear example. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, signed Feb. 3, delayed Medicare lab fee schedule cuts through 2026. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), payments for affected tests may decline beginning in 2027, subject to a statutory phase-in cap of 15% per test per year through 2029; CMS published preliminary 2027 rates in September 2026, with final rates pending. The American Clinical Laboratory Association has said roughly 800 tests are exposed.

Uncertainty like this complicates underwriting. Healthcare-focused lenders dig deeper into revenue sources, separating Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance and private pay. They also weigh reimbursement rate changes and management agreement structures when assessing collateral and downside scenarios.

Fragmented subsectors are consolidating as operators seek scale. In diagnostics, national chains bring outcomes data at scale to payer negotiations. Regulatory and administrative burdens also weigh more heavily on small labs, which may favor larger operators. The pattern extends beyond labs. Physician medical groups accounted for 46% of first-quarter health services deal volume, up from 37% a year earlier, and private equity drove most deal flow through platform add-ons.

Sponsors remain active but are more discerning. Healthcare private equity posted record disclosed deal value above $191 billion in 2025. PwC nonetheless characterizes the first half of 2026 as a selective, conviction-led market, with buyers favoring reimbursement visibility, margin durability and execution readiness. Deal volume softened even as value held up. Contracted payer relationships and recurring revenue command the strongest pricing, while material investigations or audit findings may affect valuation or transaction execution.

Those conditions may affect healthcare financing. Lenders may consider reimbursement diversification and documented compliance controls. Healthcare accounted for roughly 22% of U.S. direct lending issuance through March 2026, the largest share of any sector, but RSM cautions that the easy phase of private credit in healthcare has passed. Lenders expect new deals to carry lower leverage and stronger protections. Depending on cash flow, collateral and investor requirements, a financing may combine senior debt with mezzanine financing or minority equity.

Healthcare diligence can involve sector-specific review. Alongside standard financial review, buyers and lenders scrutinize payer contracts, analyze payer mix and denial rates, and map financial relationships against the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. That review matters because potential compliance risks may carry over with the business in an acquisition.

This is where Market Street Capital fits. Its Debt Capital Markets & Specialty Lending practice works with middle-market clients seeking financing from banks, private credit funds, insurance companies and specialty finance providers. It advises on senior debt, unitranche and mezzanine financing, and asset-based lending tied to receivables. Its Private Equity Raises practice advises on growth funding and recapitalizations involving private equity, family offices and institutional capital. Securities placement services, where applicable, are provided through Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. No capital raise or transaction outcome is assured.

The firm’s broader investment banking platform addresses consolidation directly. Its Mergers & Acquisitions team handles sell-side and buy-side advisory, including work for private equity sponsors building platforms. Market Street’s valuation capabilities support transaction planning and capital events.

The firm also maintains a syndication network of more than 8,000 investors, family offices, venture capital firms and banks and highlights its access to private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers. Such relationships may assist in identifying counterparties with relevant mandates. With more than $3 billion in completed transactions, Market Street offers capital markets and advisory services relevant to healthcare financings.

Healthcare capital raises demand more layered diligence and more selective sponsor targeting than most middle-market sectors. Reimbursement exposure, compliance history and payer concentration all shape what lenders will extend and what sponsors will pay. Market Street Capital offers advisory services addressing capital markets and sector-specific financing considerations.

For more information about the company, visit www.MarketStreetCP.com.

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Nothing in this article is tax, legal or accounting advice. Readers should consult their own advisers.

Market data and third-party information are from sources believed to be reliable but have not been independently verified. No representation is made as to accuracy or completeness. Statements about financing structures and transaction outcomes are general in nature; no financing or transaction outcome can be assured. Any investment in securities is illiquid and speculative and is subject to a risk of loss, including a risk of the total loss of principal. Market Street Capital and its associated persons may have conflicts of interest, including transaction-based compensation, in connection with the services described.

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• Gold had an extraordinary run, trading above $5,000 an ounce earlier this year and projected to remain above $5,000 at year end.
• Lahontan Gold announced a definitive agreement to acquire Emergent Metals Corp., a transaction that would consolidate Lahontan’s ownership of the Santa Fe West property to 100%.
• “The acquisition of Emergent Metals represents another important step in Lahontan’s disciplined growth strategy,” says company founder.

Gold is trading near historic highs, and investors are looking for developers who can turn that price strength into real ounces in the ground. Dual-listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and OTCQB, Lahontan Gold (TSX.V: LG) (OTCQB: LGCXF) (FSE:Y2F) is one of those developers, advancing a package of gold and silver projects in Nevada’s Walker Lane trend. The company recently took a significant step toward that goal, consolidating ownership of a key project and eliminating royalty obligations along the way.

The precious metal has had an extraordinary run. Spot prices broke above $5,000 an ounce for the first time in January 2026, then briefly topped $5,500 before pulling back. By mid-September, gold was trading near $4,300 an ounce.

Central bank buying has been the biggest driver of that rally. The World Gold Council has tracked record-setting purchases from central banks, alongside strong demand for gold-backed ETFs and safe-haven flows tied to geopolitical tension. Goldman Sachs has raised its 2026 year-end price target to $5,400 an ounce, while Morgan Stanley has pointed to $5,200.

That price backdrop changes the math for gold developers. Projects that were once marginal at lower prices can become economic, and companies with defined resources and a path to production tend to draw more investor attention. Nevada’s Walker Lane, a mineral-rich trend that has produced gold for more than a century, is one of the regions benefiting most from that renewed interest.

Lahontan Gold Corp. sits squarely inside that trend. In September, the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire Emergent Metals Corp., a transaction that would consolidate Lahontan’s ownership of the Santa Fe West property to 100%, further strengthening its position at the Santa Fe Mine project in Nevada.

The transaction gives Lahontan full ownership of its West Santa Fe project. It also eliminates a 1% net smelter return royalty on that property, along with a matching royalty on 27 adjacent York claims. The deal adds the New York Canyon project, which sits directly along the southern boundary of the Santa Fe Mine, bringing Lahontan’s total Walker Lane land package to more than 93 square kilometers.

Lahontan is also picking up additional assets through the deal, including a promissory note and equity stake tied to Emergent’s prior sale of its Golden Arrow property, along with a portfolio of gold royalties in Quebec and a package of leased mining claims in Nevada. An independent fairness opinion from Evans & Evans Inc. found the consideration fair to Emergent shareholders, and Emergent’s board has unanimously recommended the deal.

“The acquisition of Emergent Metals represents another important step in Lahontan’s disciplined growth strategy,” said Lahontan Gold founder, chair, CEO and president Kimberly Ann. “This transaction consolidates our ownership of West Santa Fe, eliminates royalties at both West Santa Fe and the York claims at Santa Fe, adds the strategically important New York Canyon project to our regional-scale Walker Lane land package, and provides Lahontan with additional royalties, claims and other assets.”

The company’s growth strategy centers on the Santa Fe Mine, a past-producing operation that yielded 359,202 ounces of gold and 702,067 ounces of silver between 1988 and 1995, according to Nevada Bureau of Mines records cited in the release. The project currently carries a NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource of 1,195,000 gold-equivalent ounces, plus an inferred resource of 1,190,000 gold-equivalent ounces. Santa Fe sits alongside three other projects in Lahontan’s Nevada portfolio: West Santa Fe, Moho and Redlich.

Lahontan’s stated objectives for 2026 include completing an updated preliminary economic assessment for Santa Fe, advancing mine permitting with construction targeted for 2027 and drilling toward a maiden resource estimate at West Santa Fe by year-end. Combined with the elimination of royalty payments and a larger, consolidated Nevada land position, the Emergent transaction gives Lahontan a stronger platform to advance that plan, right as gold prices continue to reward developers who can move toward near-term production.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LahontanGoldCorp.com.

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• Silynxcom recently received two purchase orders for Silynxcom’s CLARUS In-Ear Headset products totalling approximately $400,000, are from a leading global defense company.
• The primary importance of the orders, designated for a European army, is that they reflect continued demand from European defense customers.
• The orders show Silynxcom’s strong relationship with a leading global defense company and a growing reputation among European forces.

Silynxcom (NYSE American: SYNX), a manufacturer and developer of ruggedized tactical communication and hearing-protection devices, as well as other gear and accessories, recently announced that it received two consecutive purchase orders from a leading global defense company, totalling around $400,000 (https://ibn.fm/mfabV).

These orders were for Silynxcom’s CLARUS In-Ear Headset system family of products, and the systems are designated for a European army. The CLARUS system is a fully modular tactical communication system that offers hearing protection, situational awareness, an in-ear microphone, and several advanced features like drone detection.

Speaking about these orders, Nir Klein, the CEO of Silynxcom, said that “We believe these two consecutive orders reflect both the strength of our relationship with a leading global defense company and the growing recognition among European defense forces of Silynxcom’s ability to deliver reliable, mission-critical communication solutions that enhance operational effectiveness and soldier safety.”

He also added that “We are proud that our systems continue to be deployed by European armed forces, and we view these orders as a further step in our expanding presence across European markets. Our in-ear platform is increasingly being evaluated by military and defense organizations globally, as customers seek combat-proven communication solutions.”

About Silynxcom Ltd. (NYSE American: SYNX)

Silynxcom is a developer and manufacturer of ruggedized tactical communication and hearing-protection systems designed for use in a variety of demanding environments. This includes the military, law enforcement, riot control, shooting sport, and industrial settings. Silynxcom has its roots in sound science and acoustics, and designs products that combine hearing protection, clear communication, and environmental awareness in one system.

For more information, visit Silynx’s website at https://silynxcom.com.

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Goldsmith spent nearly 21 years at EY, including serving as an audit partner from 2018 to 2026, covering oversight of more than 20 public and private company audits, SEC reporting, and financial controls.

He will also join BOXABL’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, while outgoing Audit Committee Chair Morris A. Davis remains a member of the Audit Committee.

The appointment follows recent finance leadership additions Larry King as CFO and Heather Clayton as chief accounting officer.

BOXABL (NASDAQ: BXBL), an innovative technology company transforming the housing market with its modular building systems, has appointed former EY audit partner Timothy Goldsmith, CPA, as a director and chair of its Audit Committee, adding public-company accounting and regulatory experience as the factory-built housing company expands its financial and governance structure (https://ibn.fm/HKa2M).

The appointment took effect September 24, 2026. Goldsmith will also serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Morris A. Davis, who previously chaired the Audit Committee, will remain on it as a member.

Goldsmith’s appointment is the latest in a series of finance and governance additions at BOXABL, which began trading on NASDAQ under the ticker BXBL in July after completing its business combination with FG Merger II Corp. The company recently named Larry King chief financial officer and Heather Clayton chief accounting officer.

Goldsmith spent nearly 21 years at EY, most recently as an audit partner between 2018 and 2026. During that period, he oversaw more than 20 complex audits of public and private companies and led a team of more than 30 audit executives. His work included companies with annual revenue ranging from $200 million to more than $3 billion.

His technical experience spans U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, International Financial Reporting Standards, SEC and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requirements, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. He also worked on merger and acquisition accounting, business combinations and consolidated financial reporting.

Earlier in his career, Goldsmith served in EY’s Assurance and Advisory practice and worked as a U.S. SEC capital markets and professional practice senior in Hong Kong. In that role, he advised on cross-border transactions and initial public offerings involving U.S. operations.

The background is relevant as BOXABL strengthens the internal processes expected of a listed company. Audit committees oversee financial reporting and the relationship with external auditors, while governance committees typically address board composition and related policies. Goldsmith’s experience advising audit committees and boards gives him direct familiarity with those responsibilities.

BOXABL founder and co-CEO Paolo Tiramani said the appointment reflects the company’s focus on financial discipline as it scales. “Tim’s two decades at EY, including years spent advising audit committees and boards at public companies across manufacturing, gaming and hospitality, make him exactly the kind of governance partner we need as we scale,” said Tiramani. “Combined with the strength Larry and Heather will bring to our finance team, this appointment reflects how seriously we’re taking the discipline and rigor that come with being a public company.”

Goldsmith said he intends to work with management and the board to build the governance foundation required at this stage. “BOXABL is tackling one of the country’s most pressing challenges, the shortage of affordable housing, with a genuinely innovative manufacturing model. Having spent nearly 21 years in public accounting, I understand how important strong financial controls and governance are for a company at this stage of growth, especially one that has recently gone public. I’m looking forward to working with the board and management team to help build that foundation as BOXABL scales,” said Goldsmith.

The company’s operational ambitions center on factory-built housing and its flagship Casita, a 361-square-foot studio unit with a kitchen, bathroom and utilities. BOXABL says the unit folds for transport and unfolds at the final site in under an hour, using a patented folding and shipping approach that it positions as a distinction from conventional modular construction.

The company is also developing stackable and connectable modules intended to form larger homes and multifamily structures. Its manufacturing model is designed to shift a substantial part of construction activity into a factory environment, with the aim of improving consistency and reducing some transportation and on-site installation costs.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Boxabl.com.

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• SuperQ is making quantum computing more accessible through its integrated Super(TM) platform for enterprises, research and government users.
• The company is connecting quantum computing, high-performance computing and AI to address complex optimization, simulation and cybersecurity challenges.
• SuperQ is building toward an integrated quantum-computing ecosystem spanning Super(TM), Super OS(TM) and Super Nova(TM), supported by expanding commercial and technology partnerships.

Quantum computing is moving from research environments toward practical applications, but bringing the technology into mainstream computing infrastructure presents a challenge of its own. Organizations already depend on CPUs, GPUs, high-performance computing and increasingly artificial intelligence, while quantum processors introduce entirely new architectures and methods of computation.

SuperQ Quantum Computing Inc. (CSE: QBTQ) (OTCQB: QBTQF) is positioning itself at the intersection of these technologies, developing an integrated ecosystem designed to connect quantum resources with the classical computing infrastructure enterprises, researchers and governments already rely on.

At the center of that strategy is Super(TM), the company’s flagship hybrid computing platform. Super is designed to combine quantum annealing, gate-based quantum computing and high-performance computing, allowing users to work with CPUs, GPUs and quantum processing units through a unified environment.

The platform is designed to analyze problems, generate and deploy computational models, execute them across available computing resources and present resulting insights to users. Rather than treating quantum computing as an isolated technology, SuperQ is building an environment in which quantum and classical resources can be deployed together according to the requirements of a particular computational problem.

From Software Platform to Computing Infrastructure

Super represents the application layer of SuperQ’s broader architecture, but the company’s strategy extends beyond software.

In July 2026, SuperQ announced Super OS(TM), an operating system designed to orchestrate CPUs, GPUs and quantum processing units through a unified execution fabric. The company is developing Super OS as a control layer capable of connecting heterogeneous computing resources without requiring users to manage each system independently.

That development provides a bridge between SuperQ’s software platform and its hardware ambitions.

At the hardware level, SuperQ is developing Super Nova(TM), a modular hybrid quantum computer designed to run Super OS natively. The system is intended to combine quantum processing with classical computing resources, providing a potential path toward more integrated and flexible deployment of hybrid computing.

The development of Super Nova has also gained a more defined technical foundation. In September 2026, SuperQ announced that the quantum hardware layer is being developed at the University of Waterloo’s Digital Quantum Matter Lab under the supervision of Professor Matteo Mariantoni, a researcher specializing in superconducting quantum physics.

SuperQ is also recruiting additional quantum hardware scientists at the Waterloo lab to work across areas including quantum chip design, device fabrication, cryogenics and hardware-software orchestration.

Together, these efforts represent a progression from an application platform to an orchestration layer and ultimately to dedicated hybrid quantum infrastructure.

Expanding the Quantum Ecosystem

SuperQ is also working to broaden the range of quantum technologies available through its platform.

In March 2026, the company announced a memorandum of understanding with India’s Quanfluence, a photonic quantum technology company, focused on integrating Quanfluence’s quantum random number generator and quantum computing capabilities into Super and pursuing joint global commercialization. The agreement followed a joint demonstration at CES 2026.

The company is simultaneously pursuing commercial applications for its technology in areas where optimization and computational efficiency can have significant economic value, including financial services, enterprise risk, logistics and artificial intelligence.

In May 2026, SuperQ announced a commercial agreement with AI Financial Corporation focused on post-quantum security and compute tokenization, providing a commercial application for the company’s broader hybrid-computing strategy.

These developments illustrate the role SuperQ is seeking to play within the emerging quantum ecosystem: not simply developing a quantum processor but connecting different forms of advanced computing and making them accessible through a common environment.

Building Toward Quantum Utility

Developing that ecosystem requires both technology and resources. In June 2026, SuperQ closed an oversubscribed brokered LIFE financing that generated C$4 million in gross proceeds. The company said the financing would support ongoing technology and commercialization initiatives, including its quantum hardware and operating-system efforts.

The broader architecture can therefore be viewed across three connected layers.

As SuperQ continues developing Super Nova at the University of Waterloo, expanding Super OS and adding new quantum capabilities and commercial relationships to its ecosystem, the company is working toward a model in which quantum and classical computing resources can be deployed together according to the requirements of a particular problem.

The broader objective is to make quantum computing less of an isolated technology and more of a practical component of the next generation of high-performance computing.

For more information, visit www.superq.co.

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