SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Deltek, the specialist ERP and project management software provider serving architecture, engineering, and consulting firms, has consolidated its product portfolio under a unified intelligent platform designed to deliver speed, transparency, and control across the full project lifecycle. The platform integrates AI orchestration, enterprise resource planning, professional services automation, and human capital management into a single environment, enabling project-based organizations to manage every phase from business development through financial close. This consolidation marks a structural shift from point-solution deployments to a governed, AI-augmented operating model, with direct implications for how project firms procure and configure their technology stack.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Nobel Resources Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange-listed Canadian exploration company trading under the ticker NBLC, is advancing the Cuprita Project - a 1,000-hectare copper exploration asset in Chile's Atacama Region - after identifying a new mineralized porphyry copper system at the site. The company holds an option to earn 100% ownership of Cuprita, which sits within Chile's Paleocene Porphyry Copper Belt between two world-class deposits, El Salvador and Inca de Oro. The discovery of surface copper oxide mineralization, hydrothermal breccias, and porphyritic dykes, combined with strong geophysical signatures, positions Cuprita as a high-priority target for follow-on drilling and resource delineation. For investors and junior mining peers, the asset's location in a proven tier-1 jurisdiction materially reduces permitting and geological risk relative to comparable projects in frontier markets.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - CGI Inc., one of the world's largest IT and business consulting firms, is marking its 50th year in operation with a sharpened strategic focus on AI-powered enterprise software delivery, quantum computing readiness, and outcome-based value creation for clients across government, banking, health, manufacturing, and energy sectors. Founded in 1976, CGI now operates a global delivery model built around intellectual property-based solutions, managed IT services, and end-to-end business consulting. The firm's current positioning centers on converting AI ambition into measurable return on investment, a shift that separates execution-capable consultancies from those still in the assessment phase.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Abbott's biosimilars medicines business is accelerating access to advanced biologic cancer therapies across emerging markets, where today only 0.1% of new biologic medicines are launched compared to 2%-3% penetration in developed markets. The disparity matters because emerging-market countries account for 57% of new cancer diagnoses globally and 65% of cancer deaths each year. Biosimilars - high-quality copies of approved biologic medicines with no meaningful difference in quality, safety, or efficacy - represent Abbott's core mechanism for closing that gap. With global cancer cases projected to climb from 20 million annually to more than 35 million by 2050, the business and public health stakes of biosimilar adoption are substantial.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Abbott's Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder and Similac nutritional products played central roles in the care of Havana Caouette, a premature infant born at 30 weeks who spent 76 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) before discharge. The case illustrates how catheter-based cardiac closure devices and fortified infant nutrition formulas work in combination to address the compounding clinical challenges premature births typically generate. For neonatal care teams and hospital procurement officers, the case reinforces the operational value of having minimally invasive cardiac intervention tools available within the NICU setting.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Umicore reported full-year 2025 results showing adjusted EBITDA of €847 million, a 24.0% margin, and adjusted EBIT of €579 million - a 21% year-on-year increase - as its CORE strategy, launched in March 2025, drove measurable earnings recovery across foundation businesses including Catalysis, Recycling, and Specialty Materials. Group revenues reached €3.6 billion, up 3% versus 2024, while free operating cash flow hit €524 million and net debt closed the year at €1.4 billion, representing a 1.60x LTM EBITDA ratio. The results confirm that capital discipline and structural cost measures more than offset foreign exchange headwinds and inflation pressure. Battery Cathode Materials reached adjusted EBITDA break-even, a meaningful recovery milestone in a segment still navigating EV industry slowdown.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Umicore has restructured its capital deployment strategy through 2028, cutting planned capital expenditure by €1.4 billion versus its previous plan while targeting adjusted EBITDA of €1.0-1.2 billion and a cumulative free cash flow of €1.0-1.2 billion by 2028. The pivot places strict cost discipline at the center of the group's recovery strategy, with Battery Cathode Materials redesigned as a standalone value-recovery operation and the three foundation businesses-Catalysis, Recycling, and Specialty Materials-repositioned as the primary cash engines. The recalibration follows a formal Battery Materials strategy review presented by CEO Bart Sap and the Executive Leadership Team at Umicore's Capital Markets Day.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Umicore operates one of the most formalized cobalt responsible sourcing programs in the materials sector, built on a four-step due diligence process that traces every lot of cobalt raw material to the mine level - a standard the company established as an industry first in 2004 when it became the first company globally to exclude artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) cobalt entirely from its supply chain. With more than 65% of global annual cobalt supply originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and 15-20% of Congolese cobalt produced by ASM operations, Umicore's framework addresses persistent risks - child labor, human rights abuses, and unsafe working conditions - that remain structurally embedded in the cobalt supply chain.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Umicore, the Brussels-listed materials technology and recycling group, maintains structured provisions and ongoing remediation programs to address legacy pollution inherited from predecessor mining and smelting companies Union Minière and Vieille-Montagne, whose combined operating history spans more than 125 years. The company frames this environmental liability as a core governance responsibility, allocating dedicated financial reserves annually audited under applicable accounting standards. Remediation scope and timelines are complex, and Umicore acknowledges the work ahead remains substantial. The approach carries direct implications for investors, regulators, and communities adjacent to legacy industrial sites.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 13, 2026 - Umicore's Hoboken refinery in Belgium has completed a multi-decade environmental and operational transformation that repositioned one of the world's largest metal recycling facilities from a source of community health concern to a benchmark for sustainable industrial co-existence. With origins dating to 1887, the site now processes several hundred thousand tons of materials annually, extracting more than 20 metals through closed-loop processes that directly address global raw material scarcity - a strategic pivot with measurable consequences for battery supply chains, urban mining economics, and industrial permitting models across Europe.