The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing an agreement dated Oct. 19, 2025, between AUQ Gold Mining Inc. and arm's-length parties. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the company may acquire a 100-per-cent interest in Lac Crystal copper-polymetallic project, located in the Gaspe peninsula in Quebec.

By way of consideration, the company will make a staged cash payment of $40,000 and issue 60,000 shares to the vendors. The vendors will retain a 2-per-cent net smelter return royalty, of which the company has the right to repurchase three tranches of 0.5 per cent for $500,000 each.

For further details, please refer to the company's news release dated Oct. 20, 2025.