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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 4, 2025 / Digital Power Optimization, Inc. (“DPO”), a developer at the intersection of high-density computing and energy infrastructure, today announced the launch of Greenlight Data Centers (“Greenlight”), a new platform focused on accelerating the development of AI-ready data center sites. While DPO continues its work with proof-of-work computing and renewable energy integration, Greenlight will operate independently to deliver energized, entitled, and strategically located AI-ready data center infrastructure where firm power is available and AI demand is growing.

Greenlight was created to address a fundamental breakdown in the infrastructure market: while AI demand has surged, energized land and build-ready sites have lagged far behind. Greenlight solves this disconnect with a power-first model, securing locations that already offer 20 to 100 megawatts (MW) of firm capacity, robust fiber interconnection points, and minimal permitting hurdles, turning underutilized substations and latent energy into operational assets.

“Greenlight Data Centers delivers the rackspace AI builders urgently need, without the delays that typically plague large-scale data center development,” said Alex Stoewer, CEO of Greenlight Data Centers. “By focusing on AI-ready data centers that are 20 to 100 MW in size, we leverage existing electrical infrastructure in regions with excess capacity, places where speed is possible, and energy is available now. We’re not speculating-we’re executing.”

Drawing on years of experience deploying computing infrastructure with utilities and IPPs, the Greenlight team, led by Stoewer, brings a track record of building at the edge of innovation. As co-founders of DPO, Greenlight’s leadership has previously deployed data centers across the U.S., directly connected to wind, solar, hydro, and gas generation assets. This work has created trusted partnerships with power providers and local co-ops, setting the stage for this next chapter focused on AI.

Greenlight’s sites are located in markets with high concentrations of renewable power and where high-density compute can be deployed quickly. The company’s development process, branded as NextSight, takes projects from site control to notice-to-proceed in months, not years. The model is simple: deliver energized, entitled, and AI-optimized infrastructure faster than anyone else.

“We’ve been building data centers in overlooked places with excess power since 2020,” said Andrew Webber, CEO of DPO and Chairman of Greenlight Data Centers. “Hyperscalers have snapped up nearly every available large utility footprint on the grid. Opportunities are available, but they are fragmented and located outside of major hubs, and we know how to find, evaluate, and act on those opportunities better than anyone else.”

Greenlight Data Centers is actively developing 20 to 100 MW projects across the central U.S. The company expects to bring its first energized sites online in 2027.

About Greenlight Data Centers

Greenlight Data Centers develops power-first, AI-ready data center infrastructure fast. Focused on sites with existing utility infrastructure and strong fiber connectivity, Greenlight delivers entitled, ready-to-build projects with compressed timelines and strong returns on capital. For more information, visit greenlightdc.com

About Digital Power Optimization, Inc.

Digital Power Optimization is a leading developer and operator of green data centers for power-dense computing. DPO partners with utilities and IPPs to locate data center facilities on-site at power generation plants to directly utilize renewable energy for the operation of HPC/AI and Proof-of-Work computing. DPO is privately held. For more information, visit https://www.digitalpoweroptimization.com/

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Veronica Welch
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Ally Copple
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SOURCE: Greenlight Data Centers

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After-tax NPV 5% of C$24.27M and IRR of 60.3%; pre-tax NPV 5% of C$44.53M and 105.1% IRR underscore robust economics with payback in less than two years from permitted, near-term production

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / September 4, 2025 / ESGold Corp. (“ESGold” or the “Company”) (CSE:ESAU)(OTCQB:ESAUF)(FSE:Z7D) announced today the results of its updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for the Montauban Gold-Silver Project in Quebec¹, underscoring the Company’s position as a pre-production gold miner with near-term cash-flow and discovery upside.

The updated study highlights a significant increase in project economics, including a 60.3% after-tax internal rate of return (IRR) and a net present value (NPV) of C$24.27 million, based on metals pricing assumptions of US$2,900/oz gold and US$31.72/oz silver. These inputs remain below current spot prices, providing upside leverage in today’s market.

The updated PEA confirms Montauban’s transformation into a production asset with low capex, high-margin tailings reprocessing, and the infrastructure in place to achieve first production in the near-term.

Importantly, ESGold benefits from more than C$20 million in tax-loss carry forwards, which are expected to substantially offset taxable income during the first three years of production, enhancing early-stage free cash flow.

Updated PEA Highlights (All amounts CAD unless otherwise stated)

• After-Tax NPV (5%): C$24.27 million

• After-Tax IRR: 60.3%

• Payback Period: Less than two years

• Pre-Tax NPV (5%): C$44.53 million

• Pre-Tax IRR: 105.1%

• Total LOM Revenue: C$103.73 million

• CapEx: C$18.81 million(incl. contingency, owner & EPCM); Initial direct CapEx: C$17.44 million

• LOM Operating Cost: C$32.57 million

• Mine Life: 4 years

• Gold Recovery: 92% | Silver Recovery: 77%

• Gold Price Assumption: US$2,900/oz

• Silver Price Assumption: US$31.72/oz

• Exchange Rate: 1.45 CAD/USD

The PEA base case includes mica at US$300/t and related tonnage assumptions; implied mica revenue is derived within the model.

Download the Updated PEA Report https://esgold.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ESGold_2025-09-03_Montauban_2025_PEA_Report.pdf.

The updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, replaces the Company’s previous 2023 PEA, which reported a base-case after-tax NPV (5%) of C$6.99 million and an IRR of 23.4%, as disclosed in the technical report dated March 1, 2023, available on SEDAR+.

“This PEA is a milestone for ESGold and a validation of our strategy,” said Gordon Robb, CEO of ESGold. “A 60% after-tax IRR, sub-two-year payback, and low initial capex are the hallmarks of a project built to generate cash flow quickly while limiting dilution and execution risk. Just as important, our fully permitted status and construction progress reduce the timeline from paper to pour. With commissioning preparations underway and a robust exploration pipeline, anchored by an upcoming 3D model and recent deep imaging to ~1,200 metres, we see a clear runway to first production by year-end and meaningful growth beyond it. We’re excited, aligned, and focused on delivering.”

Exploration Potential

ESGold is advancing a district-scale view of Montauban. A consolidated 3D geological model, integrating 2015 VTEM, historical work, and new ANT deep-imaging-is nearing completion. The previously conducted ambient noise tomography (ANT) survey has traced key structures to ~1,200 m depth, materially deeper than earlier scope, indicating potential for mineralized zones below and beyond historically worked areas.

VMS systems commonly occur in clusters, the emerging structural framework supports the potential for additional lenses outside the current footprint. Broken Hill-style characteristics observed at Montauban, including mineralogy and complex structural overprints, reinforce the interpretation of a broader, multi-lens system typical of high-grade VMS districts. This workstream complements ESGold’s near-term production plan while opening blue-sky growth across the camp.

Why this Matters to Shareholders

The updated PEA delivers an independent validation of Montauban’s economics, reducing project risk by quantifying capital needs, margins, and payback while confirming a practical path from construction to operations. Coupled with full permits and late-stage site work, it strengthens ESGold’s position to secure funding on more favourable terms.

Qualified Person & Report Authors

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by John Langton, M.Sc., P.Geo., an independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The 2025 PEA was authored by John Langton, M.Sc., P.Geo. with contributions from Goldminds Geoservices (GMG), Laboratoire LTM Inc., and EnviroMine Conseils AB Inc.

Note 1: The economic assessment comprising the updated PEA Report is preliminary in nature and includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty that the reported preliminary economic assessment will be realized. The reported mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not demonstrate economic viability.

About ESGold Corp.
ESGold Corp. (CSE: ESAU | OTCQB: ESAUF | FSE: Z7D) is a fully permitted, pre-production gold and silver mining company at the forefront of scalable clean mining and exploration innovation. With proven expertise in Quebec, the Company is advancing its Montauban Gold-Silver Project toward near-term production while unlocking long-term value through strategic redevelopment, modern discovery tools, and sustainable resource recovery. Montauban, located 80 km west of Quebec City, represents a blueprint for cash-flow-generating legacy site redevelopment across North America.

For more information, please contact ESGold Corp. at +1-888-370-1059 or visit esgold.com for additional resources, including a French version of this press release, past news releases, a 3D model of the Montauban processing plant, media interviews, and opinion-editorial pieces.

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For further information or to connect directly, please reach out to Gordon Robb, CEO of ESGold Corp. at gordon@esgold.com or call 250-217-2321.

On behalf of the Board of Directors
ESGold Corp.
Paul Mastantuono
Chairman & COO
info@esgold.com
+1-888-370-1059

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding future production, cash flow, exploration results, project economics, and permitting. Forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions that management believes are current but involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks are detailed in the Company’s public filings on SEDAR+. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. ESGold disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, except as required by law.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release

SOURCE: ESGold Corp

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IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN / ACCESS Newswire / September 4, 2025 / As of Sept 2, 2025, CCI Systems Inc. is pleased to announce a major milestone in our journey: the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer John Jamar after more than 31 years of visionary service, and the appointment of Troy Knuckles as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. This leadership transition marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for CCI Systems, reinforcing our enduring commitment to innovation, employee ownership, and long-term growth.

Over the course of more than three decades, John Jamar’s leadership has shaped every facet of CCI Systems’ culture and operations. From our foundational ideals of teamwork and humble service to our relentless pursuit of customer-driven solutions. John’s influence and dedication are woven throughout the company, guiding us to overcome challenges, celebrate remarkable achievements, and build lasting value for customers, employees, and our communities. As Executive Chair, John will continue to provide strategic guidance, supporting Troy and the organization through board leadership, mentorship, and ongoing involvement.

Troy Knuckles, newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am deeply honored to step into this role and continue the legacy of excellence and faith-filled leadership that John has established. My commitment is to uphold our core values of employee ownership, service, and collaboration, while leading CCI Systems to new heights in growth and innovation. Our culture is built on teamwork and respect, and I promise to work tirelessly to maintain and strengthen these foundations as we welcome new talent and expand our capabilities.”

John Jamar reflected, “Trying to sum up over three decades at CCI is nearly impossible. What stays with me are the remarkable people, past, present, and future, who have shaped this company and culture. From the beginning, we believed that true value would be built through collective ownership, through every teammate who contributed their talent and heart. I trust Troy Knuckles completely to carry this forward. CCI Systems is in great hands.”

As CCI Systems enters this new era, we invite our customers, partners, and colleagues to join us in celebrating John’s extraordinary career and welcoming Troy’s leadership. The company remains committed to delivering comprehensive, innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our clients and drive value for all stakeholders.

About CCI Systems Inc.

For over 60 years, CCI Systems has been an industry-leading provider of innovative service solutions in broadband telecommunications. Our reputation for excellence and reliability is grounded in a culture of employee ownership and a dedication to customer success. CCI Systems’ suite of services encompasses consulting, network planning and design, engineering, wireless, technical field services, construction management, cybersecurity, and network sustainability, keeping clients connected and competitive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape.

Media Contact:

Dillon Records
Director of Marketing
www.ccisystems.com
info@ccisystems.com
(800) 338-9299

SOURCE: CCI Systems Inc.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 4, 2025 / For decades, the global debate over plastic waste has been defined more by ambition than by results. Policymakers set targets, global brands pledged billions, and NGOs pressed for accountability. Yet the frameworks underpinning recycling were never designed to succeed. They focused narrowly on PET bottles and food-grade rPET, leaving industrial polymers, automotive resins, textiles, and electronics out of the loop. With such gaps, even the most determined programs fell short.

Singapore has decided to change that equation. Its launch of the world’s first national plastic passport program-developed with research powerhouse ASTAR and enabled by SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)-turns recycling from a patchwork of good intentions into true national infrastructure. At its core, SMX technology permanently marks plastics at the molecular level, providing them with a verifiable global passport that tracks their entire lifecycle from manufacturing through recycling. The result is a system built on proof rather than promises, one that takes sustainability out of the realm of aspiration and into execution.

And with it, Singapore secures a first-mover advantage with positive implications that can reach far beyond its borders. Don’t mistake the intent, here.

Cementing ASEAN’s Testbed for the Future

Singapore’s leadership is not only about environmental stewardship; it is also about economic and geopolitical positioning. ASEAN is on track to become one of the world’s largest consumer markets, and aligning its production standards with those of Europe, Japan, and the U.S. will define future trade flows. By embedding traceability into plastics now, Singapore positions itself as the testbed where multinational brands, regulators, and manufacturers converge. Whoever sets the rules in Singapore sets the precedent others will follow.

The numbers underscore the opportunity. Singapore generates about 957,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 94% is incinerated. Redirecting just a third of that waste into an SMX-verified loop would avoid S$27 million in incineration fees while unlocking S$75 million in certified resin value – a compliance dividend worth over S$100 million per year. Replicated across ASEAN, this blueprint represents an addressable market of about S$4.2 billion annually. What might look like a costly regulatory mandate elsewhere is being reframed in Singapore as a lever for competitiveness, investment, and resilience.

This is the power of first-mover advantage. Just as Singapore became a hub for global finance and logistics by building trust and infrastructure ahead of its peers, it is now doing the same with plastics sustainability. The country’s early action ensures it will be the reference point for standards, trading systems, and cross-border compliance throughout Asia.

SMX Provides the Technology Backbone For plastics

Singapore earns the spotlight for leading, but it’s SMX’s technology that makes such leadership viable. SMX embeds invisible molecular markers into plastics, providing them with a verifiable global plastics passport that can be tracked, trusted, and certified worldwide. That passport allows brands, recyclers, and regulators to prove claims, certify value, and create auditable data across borders. In practice, it converts recycling from a compliance burden into a system of tradable assets.

Every kilogram of plastic that carries an SMX-provided global passport can also be paired with a Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), a one-to-one financial instrument backed by the molecular marker and its audit trail. Unlike carbon credits, which have suffered from accountability issues, PCTs are transparent, measurable, and auditable. They allow recyclers to monetize verified output, brands to hedge compliance risks, and investors to treat recycling as a new commodity class. In short, SMX turns waste into wealth and sustainability into a driver of profitability.

SMX Earns Its Defining Moment On The World Stage

For SMX, the partnership with Singapore is a defining moment. Years of research and pilots have culminated in the first national deployment of its platform, endorsed at the government level and designed to serve multinational stakeholders. This isn’t a pilot; it’s proof at scale. The nation gains its first-mover advantage, ASEAN gains a model ready for replication, and SMX gains validation as both technology enabler and market architect.

What Singapore is showing the world is simple: intent alone is not enough. Proof is what matters. By marrying ambition with infrastructure, and sustainability with economic reward, the nation has staked its claim as the global leader in plastics sustainability. And in doing so, it has given SMX the proving ground to turn decades of work into a category-defining market model.

References

1. National Environment Agency (NEA). Waste & Recycling Statistics 2014 – 2023. Singapore: NEA; 2024.

2. Shunpoly.com. “How Much Plastic Is Wasted Each Year in Singapore?” Accessed 5 August 2025.

3. National Environment Agency (NEA). Waste-Statistics & Overall Recycling (interactive dashboard). Updated 2024; accessed 5 August 2025.

4. National Environment Agency (NEA). Mandatory Packaging Reporting portal. Accessed 5 August 2025.

5. Singapore Statutes Online. Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations – Incineration gate-fee schedule; revised 2024.

6. National Environment Agency (NEA). “New Licensing Regime for General Waste Disposal Facilities.” Technical brief & dialogue-session slides; 2024.

7. Nasdaq.com. “SMX Announces Planned Launch of World’s First Plastic Cycle Token.” Press release; 2024.

8. Yahoo! Finance. “SMX Plastic Cycle Token Is a Functional Market-Driven Solution…” News article; 2024.

9. Los Angeles Tribune. “Carbon Credits Had Their Day… Now the SMX Plastic Cycle Token…” Feature article; 2025.

10. National Environment Agency (NEA). Refuse Collection Fees for Households. Revised 2024; accessed 5 August 2025.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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Veteran drone executive to expand enterprise sales for U.S.-made components

ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / September 4, 2025 / Unusual Machines (NYSE AMERICAN:UMAC), a leading provider of NDAA-compliant drone components, today announced the appointment of Craig McIntyre as Vice President of Enterprise Sales.

McIntyre brings more than 20 years of leadership in sales and business development, including senior roles building drone solutions ecosystems and navigating government procurement. Most recently, he served as Head of Commercial Market Development for Drone Solutions at BT Group, where he oversaw counter UAS and infrastructure contracts, introduced the world’s first 4G drone SIM, and launched national drone survey services. He has also founded and scaled multiple start-ups focused on UAV, counter-UAS, and emerging technology markets.

At Unusual Machines, McIntyre will lead enterprise customer engagement for the company’s high-performance motors and critical drone components. His mandate includes developing strategic partnerships, supporting the company’s expansion of U.S. manufacturing, and ensuring customers have dependable access to the parts they need. McIntyre will report to Stacy Wright, Executive Vice President of Revenue.

“Enterprise customers are central to our strategy, and Craig is the perfect leader to help us capture this opportunity,” said Stacy Wright, EVP of Revenue at Unusual Machines. “His background navigating complex procurement processes and building OEM and channel partnerships will strengthen our commercial approach and reinforce the investments we’re making in domestic production.”

“This is an exciting time to be joining Unusual Machines,” said Craig McIntyre, Vice President of Enterprise Sales. “Customers are looking for mission-ready motors and components backed by trusted U.S. supply chains, and I’m eager to build the systems and partnerships that continue to make working with us both seamless and reliable.”

About Unusual Machines

Unusual Machines manufactures and sells drone components and drones across a diversified brand portfolio, which includes Fat Shark, the leader in FPV (first-person view) ultra-low latency video goggles for drone pilots. The Company also retails small, acrobatic FPV drones and equipment directly to consumers through the curated Rotor Riot ecommerce store. With a changing regulatory environment, Unusual Machines seeks to be a dominant Tier-1 parts supplier to the fast-growing multi-billion-dollar U.S. drone industry. According to Fact.MR, the global drone accessories market is currently valued at $17.5 billion and is set to top $115 billion by 2032.

For more information, please visit www.unusualmachines.com.

Investor Contact

CS Investor Relations
investors@unusualmachines.com

Media Contact

media@unusualmachines.com

SOURCE: Unusual Machines, Inc.

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