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PolarX Hits 14.1% Copper Grades at Caribou Dome, Alaska

Anchorage – – September 16, 2026 -- PolarX Limited (ASX: PXX; OTCQB: PXXXF) reported assay results showing copper grades as high as 14.1% over multi-metre intervals from its Caribou Dome Project in Alaska, part of the Alaska Range Joint Venture with Northern Star Resources Limited.

Drill hole CD26-007 returns 24.8 metres at 9.8% copper

Hole CD26-007 intersected 24.8m grading 9.8% Cu and 14.5g/t Ag from 2.4m depth, including a higher-grade section of 4.4m at 14.1% Cu and 16.9g/t Ag from 11.7m. A separate interval within the same hole returned 4.9m at 13.6% Cu and 20.4g/t Ag from 6.6m.

Hole CD26-004 delivers 22.6 metres at 8.1% copper near surface

CD26-004 intersected 22.6m at 8.1% Cu and 13.5g/t Ag starting from 3.7m, including 5.8m at 12.4% Cu and 21.3g/t Ag from 11.1m. Additional narrower intercepts were logged in holes CD26-003 and CD26-006, ranging from 3.2% to 3.5% Cu.

Oil Majors Pour $20 Billion Into Pipelines, Producing Assets as Hormuz Risk Spikes

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Oil Majors Pour $20 Billion Into Pipelines, Producing Assets as Hormuz Risk Spikes

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Brent crude settled at $101.21 a barrel on September 9, its highest close since May 22, after a 3.4% gain as fighting between the United States and Iran escalated in the Persian Gulf, while West Texas Intermediate settled at $96.05. Roughly a fifth of the world's seaborne crude normally transits the Strait of Hormuz, and the market is now pricing the risk that it will not. Against that backdrop, four transactions worth roughly $20 billion combined have moved capital into existing pipelines, storage and producing wells rather than new drilling.

Fermi's Largest Shareholder Demands Independent Review of Sale Options

Dallas – September 16, 2026 -- Toby R. Neugebauer, together with Vicksburg Investments Management LLC and the Melissa A. Neugebauer 2020 Trust, has filed a formal SEC Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal demanding Fermi Inc. (Nasdaq: FRMI) retain an independent, nationally recognized investment bank to review the full range of extraordinary transactions available to the company, including a full-value sale or majority recapitalization. The Fermi Founder Parties, who hold approximately 22% of shares outstanding, submitted the proposal September 10 ahead of the company's October 30 Annual Meeting, following a letter to the Board on September 9 and a detailed presentation on September 10.

Waters CEO Udit Batra to Speak at J.P. Morgan Conference Sept. 23

Milford, Mass. – September 16, 2026 -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) will have President and CEO Udit Batra, Ph.D., participate in a fireside chat at the J.P. Morgan U.S. All Stars Conference on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

Batra to address investors at 7:00 AM Eastern Time session

The fireside chat is scheduled for 12:00 PM BST (GMT+1), equivalent to 7:00 AM Eastern Time, on September 23, 2026.

Live webcast will run through Waters Investor Relations site

Waters will stream the session live via the 'Events & Presentations' section of its Investor Relations website. A replay will remain accessible for 90 days following the event.

Wealth Management Industry Awards Draw Record 1,392 Nominations for 2026

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Wealth Management Industry Awards Draw Record 1,392 Nominations for 2026

NEW YORK – – September 16, 2026 -- Wealth Management crowned the winners of its 2026 Industry Awards before more than 600 executives at Cipriani 42nd Street, capping a program that drew a record 1,392 nominations from 508 unique companies.

Nominations climb nearly four-fold since program launch

The 2026 field represented a 15% jump from 1,210 nominations in 2025 and nearly four times the 350 submissions logged in the inaugural 2015 edition. Finalists numbered 315 unique companies competing across 107 categories, with almost 40% of entries recognizing entirely new initiatives.

CINC Systems Launches Community Intelligence, Cites $1.13M in AI Savings

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CINC Systems Launches Community Intelligence, Cites $1.13M in AI Savings

Duluth, Ga. – September 16, 2026 -- CINC Systems has unveiled Community Intelligence, a platform-wide AI standard the company says has already helped clients save more than 36,000 hours and $1.13 million in labor costs year to date across invoice, budget and board packet workflows.

Client research shows 79% want one connected platform, 45% prioritize context-aware AI

The announcement, made at CINC Up 2026 in Chicago last week, follows CINC's 2026 client survey in which 79% of respondents said they want a single connected platform rather than fragmented tools. When asked what they want from AI specifically, 45% selected context-aware intelligence, ranking it above any other AI approach tested.

Nscale Names Ex-OpenAI Executive Fidji Simo to Board

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Nscale Names Ex-OpenAI Executive Fidji Simo to Board

London – September 16, 2026 -- Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, has appointed Fidji Simo, former CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Simo brings two decades of consumer-tech scaling experience to Nscale's board

Simo most recently led business and product teams at OpenAI responsible for delivering the company's research to end users, and continues to advise the firm. Before OpenAI, she served as CEO and Chair of Instacart, guiding the company to profitability and through its 2023 public listing. She previously spent a decade at Meta, where she headed the Facebook App overseeing News Feed, Video, Groups, Marketplace and Ads, and earlier led mobile advertising products. She began her career at eBay and currently sits on Shopify's board of directors.

Crown Holdings Breaks Ground on $550M-Budget India Can Plant

Unnao, India -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) broke ground on September 9, 2026 on its first beverage can manufacturing facility in India, a plant designed to produce approximately 2.2 billion aluminum beverage cans annually once operational.

Two-line plant in Uttar Pradesh targets 2027 startup

The facility, located in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, was first announced in April 2026 and will feature two production lines. Operations are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2027, positioning Crown to serve both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage segments in the market.

Eloxx Doses First Patients in Phase 2b Alport Syndrome Trial

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Eloxx Doses First Patients in Phase 2b Alport Syndrome Trial

Arlington, Mass. – – September 16, 2026 -- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELOX) has dosed the first two patients in the EXACT Study, a Phase 2b trial evaluating its investigational drug exaluren in patients with nonsense mutation Alport syndrome (NMAS), a rare kidney disease with no FDA-approved therapy targeting its genetic cause.

Trial targets 24 patients with a 16-week placebo-controlled start

The global, randomized, delayed-start Phase 2b trial will enroll 24 patients carrying nonsense mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4, or COL4A5 genes. The initial 16-week placebo-controlled portion measures the drug's effect on structural podocyte changes via foot process effacement, assessed through kidney biopsies in non-U.S. pediatric patients and all adult participants.

AFSP Advocates Press Congress on $549.6M Lifeline Funding Push

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AFSP Advocates Press Congress on $549.6M Lifeline Funding Push

Washington – September 16, 2026 -- Seventeen Volunteer Advocates from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will meet with members of Congress from September 16-18 to push for sustained federal funding and pending legislation on suicide prevention, arriving weeks after Congress passed the Youth Poisoning Protection Act (H.R. 1442/S. 289), which now awaits presidential signature.

Advocates from 14 states demand $549.6 million for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The delegation, sponsored for a second year by AFSP's Illinois chapter during National Suicide Prevention Month, is lobbying for robust funding of the 988 Lifeline at $549.6 million, a $38 million allocation for the CDC's Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CSP), and $2.548 billion for the National Institute of Mental Health.