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National Post
14 hours ago
- Business
- National Post
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation Announces Strong 54% Quarterly Increase in Q2 2025 Production Results
Article content TORONTO — Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (the 'Company' or 'Americas') (TSX:USA; NYSE American: USAS) is pleased to announce strong consolidated silver production of 689,000 ounces for the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 54% compared to 446,000 ounces produced in the first quarter of 2025. Article content Americas' unaudited consolidated cash balance as at June 30, 2025 was US$61.7 million, an increase of US$52.9 million compared to March 31, 2025. The increased cash balance benefited from the receipt of the first tranche (US$50 million) of the previously announced US$100 million senior secured debt facility ('Term Loan Facility') and the receipt of US$11.5 million from a non-brokered private placement which was a pre-condition to the Term Loan Facility (see Americas news releases dated June 3, 2025, and June 25, 2025). During the second quarter, the Company continued to deploy capital into its revitalization and growth plan in line with its budget. Article content Paul Andre Huet, Chairman and CEO Commented: 'I am extremely pleased with our very strong second quarter results which were a 54% improvement on the first quarter of this year. After spending significant effort underground at Galena conducting numerous time studies, engineering work, productivity-focused projects and implementing both new equipment and adjusting the mining method, our operation in Idaho delivered a 34% quarter-over-quarter increase – a tremendous result by the team. At Cosalá, outstanding efforts by our operating team delivered a 103% improvement on the first quarter as the operation progresses on schedule towards the transition into EC120 later this year. Overall, we are delighted with the results across our operations after just two quarters at the helm with the new combined team working very well together. Article content The strong second quarter production and our significantly bolstered balance sheet have set us up with the resources we need to continue executing on the initial phases of our operational strategy focused on unlocking the massive potential of our asset base for our shareholders. Article content Overall, our operational performance in the first half of 2025 puts us in a very favourable position with respect to achieving our goals for 2025 as we build our growth momentum. We look forward to providing further updates as we continue our 2025 development and drill programs.' Article content About Americas Gold and Silver Corporation Article content Americas Gold & Silver is a growing precious metals mining company with multiple assets in North America. In December 2024, Americas increased its ownership in the Galena Complex (Idaho, USA) from 60% to 100% in a transaction with Eric Sprott, solidifying its position as a silver-focused producer. Americas also owns and operates the Cosalá Operations in Sinaloa, Mexico. Eric Sprott is the Company's largest shareholder, holding an approximate 20% interest. Americas has a proven and experienced management team led by Paul Huet, is fully funded to execute its growth plans, and focused on becoming one of the top North American silver plays, with an objective of over 80% of its revenue to be generated from silver by the end of 2025. Article content Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information: Article content This news release contains 'forward-looking information' within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, Americas' expectations, intentions, plans, assumptions, and beliefs with respect to, among other things, the ability to achieve production results and maintain conditions for operational results and expectations described herein, and are subject to the risks and uncertainties outlined below. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by forward-looking words such as 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'expect,' 'goal,' 'plan,' 'intend,' 'potential,' 'estimate,' 'may,' 'assume,' and 'will' or similar words suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions, or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of Americas as of the date such information is provided and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of Americas to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: interpretations or reinterpretations of geologic information; unfavorable exploration results; inability to obtain permits required for future exploration, development, or production; general economic conditions and conditions affecting the mining industry; the uncertainty of regulatory requirements and approvals; potential litigation; security conditions in the areas where the Company's operations are located (including the Cosalá Operations in Sinaloa, Mexico); fluctuating mineral and commodity prices; the ability to obtain necessary future financing on acceptable terms or at all; risks associated with the mining industry generally, such as economic factors (including future commodity prices, currency fluctuations, and energy prices), ground conditions, failure of plant, equipment, processes, and transportation services to operate as anticipated, environmental risks, government regulation, actual results of current exploration and production activities, possible variations in grade or recovery rates, permitting timelines, capital expenditures, reclamation activities, labor relations; and risks related to changing global economic conditions and market volatility. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from this forward-looking information is available in Americas' filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators on SEDAR+ and with the SEC. Americas does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events, or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law. Americas does not give any assurance (1) that Americas will achieve its expectations, or (2) concerning the result or timing thereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information concerning Americas are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content For further information, please contact: Article content Maxim Kouxenko – Article content Manager, Investor Relations Article content Article content M: +1(647)888-6458 Article content Article content Article content Article content
Daily Mail
16 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Forensic psychologist analyzes the 'psychosexual' motive Idaho murder Bryan Kohberger's real motive
Bryan Kohberger was driven by an extreme desire for control and notoriety rather than a blind hatred of women, forensic psychologist Dr Gary Brucato has told a new Mail podcast. Speaking to journalist and host Laura Collins, the violent crime expert saw shades of infamous serial killer Ted Bundy in Kohberger's murder of four college students in their rental home in Moscow, Idaho. Dr Brucato contrasted Kohberger's 'evil' psychosexual fantasies with the extreme misogyny that drove infamous incel murderer Elliot Rodger. Kohberger, 30, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary for the November 2022 killings but controversially accepted a plea deal in July 2025 to avoid the death penalty. Asked whether the victims' families' heartfelt statements at the sentencing would have any effect on Kohberger, Dr Brucato said he feared that for killers like him, such public grief becomes part of their fantasy. What dark fantasies drove a criminology student to butcher four college students? Find out on the Mail's On The Case: The Idaho Murders Bryan Kohberger was driven by an extreme desire for control and notoriety rather than a blind hatred of women, forensic psychologist Dr Gary Brucato has told a new Mail podcast Speaking to journalist and host Laura Collins, the violent crime expert saw shades of infamous serial killer Ted Bundy in Kohberger's murder of four college students 'The families' approach was to try and get under his skin,' Dr Brucato said. 'That's because they had a sense that for a budding serial killer like Kohberger, the motive is to compensate for feelings of inadequacy. 'Those killers want to level the playing field through domination, control and manipulation of other people, usually in a psychosexual way, or in the playing out of some sort of fantasy. 'The idea is to tear them apart: to show that nothing that was done did that. That in the end, no one cares about you. That they've achieved no degree of notoriety beyond kind of a flash. I think that's terrific. 'But we must think about the kind of person this is, and I am afraid to say, he was like an automaton during those statements. 'Like a calculating machine – I wondered while he was sitting there he wasn't reliving in his mind what he had done, fantasising.' Brucato went on to describe Kohberger as a 'textbook serial killer' whose motivations, like Ted Bundy's, centred on control interwoven with sexual desire. Both killers were educated and superficially charming, the forensic psychologist observed, using their intelligence to carefully plan attacks on young women driven by fantasies of domination rather than obvious rage. Kohberger's interest in Bundy was well-documented - court documents reveal he had undertaken several Google searches on the serial killer before the murders took place. Some media outlets initially compared Kohberger to incel killer Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who murdered six people in California in 2014 The home at 1122 King Road where Kohberger broke in and murdered his victims Left to right - Kohberger's victims: Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee's shoulders) Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke 'Control is really what this story is all about', Dr Brucato argued. 'Everything, even including this plea deal, seems to be about control. That's precisely why we feel so dissatisfied. 'Here's somebody who was arbitrating who lives and who dies, and ultimately managed to live himself, that's depressing. 'Kohberger is quite easy to figure out. His motives, as demonstrated in what was on the ground, are fairly classic. 'There are clues that this was psychosexual. Kohberger was viewing deeply disturbing pornography – and he clearly idolised sexually motivated serial killers. 'The greatest clue was that he purchased the knife months before there was even a victim selected. 'That means you have a fantasy, then you go out like a casting agent to find a person you can cast in your fantasy. 'A representative of the group he felt rejected by. Attractive young women – he homed in on a specific victim who was representative of that whole group.' Brucato said that the lack of personal relationship between Kohberger and his victims is particularly reminiscent of Bundy. 'A serial killer doesn't want a direct connection with his victim', the forensic psychologist said. 'There's a story about Ted Bundy that he once picked up a potential victim and she started talking too much about her life, her identity – that he dumped her because it was too difficult to project onto her.' Some media outlets initially compared Kohberger to incel killer Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who murdered six people in California in 2014 out of hatred toward women who rejected him. But asked by host Collins whether he sees validity in the comparison, Dr Brucato said Kohberger was more 'imitating Bundy' and doesn't meet the 'definition of an incel'. 'Bundy is much more of what Kohberger aspired to be', he told the podcast. 'The in-control person who knows how to use empathy to manipulate people. 'What you see in Kohberger was more that, when women would get near him, he wouldn't know what to do. 'If he ever got in an intimate moment, he would shut the woman down or condescend them or say something weird. 'He told a woman he went on a date with that he would like to tickle her, that she had great birthing hips. 'That's very different to an incel. An incel doesn't even get the opportunity.'
Fox News
16 hours ago
- Fox News
Inside The Idaho Murders: Part 2
The off-campus killings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin sent shockwaves across the city of Moscow, and soon the entire country. Everyone had questions, and everyone demanded answers. Almost seven weeks later, over 2,000 miles away, authorities finally had an answer to one massive question: Who was the killer? Former NYPD Inspector and FOX News Contributor Paul Mauro delves into the manhunt, providing a detailed account of the arrest of Bryan Kohberger. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
CNN
17 hours ago
- CNN
With no motive, Idaho killings leave families, prosecutor and judge wondering why
Kaylee Goncalves' family expressed criticism and fury. Xana Kernodle's aunt tried empathy and forgiveness. Yet, despite their 'good cop-bad cop' efforts, Bryan Kohberger remained silent and 'respectfully' declined to give any insight into why he fatally stabbed four University of Idaho students in the overnight hours of November 13, 2022. Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and was quietly escorted out of the courtroom, leaving behind a courtroom of heartbroken families, prosecutors and a judge still unable to process that all-important yet elusive question: Why? Why did this criminology grad student plan and carry out this heinous attack against people with whom he had no apparent connection? 'So we don't have a motive. We don't have anything that has said, 'here's why' or 'here's the reason,'' Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson told CNN. 'We just don't have that.' Legally, motive is not a requirement for a criminal charge. Still, understanding what motivates a mass killer can help prevent future attacks and can satisfy our natural human curiosity. The lack of an answer from either Kohberger or investigators has cast a pall over the guilty plea and sentencing, leaving everyone but the man himself in the dark. In the face of that unclear motive, those close to the case have responded by expressing anger at him, attempting to bargain with him, or by grappling with the likelihood they may never know why. 'Even if we could get truthful insight into his why, I suspect it would not in any way quench one's thirst for actually understanding why in the first instance,' Judge Steven Hippler said in court. 'Because there is no reason for these crimes that could approach anything resembling rationality. No conceivable reason could make any sense.' Kohberger was first arrested in December 2022 in connection with the killings, and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. After more than two years of pre-trial hearings and rulings, he agreed to plead guilty to charges of burglary and first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of life in prison, thereby avoiding the death penalty. Yet, the plea agreement did not necessitate that Kohberger disclose any details about the murders or explain his actions – a decision that polarized the victims' families. At his sentencing hearing, the victims and families repeatedly expressed their frustration at not getting any answers to their questions. The sister of Kaylee Goncalves, Alivea, criticized Kohberger's motives as 'shallow' and listed about two dozen questions 'that reverberate violently in my own head so loudly that I can't think straight, most any day.' 'How was your life right before you murdered my sisters? Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your apartment? Please detail what you were thinking and feeling at this time,' she said. 'Why did you choose my sisters?' she asked, referring to Kaylee and her best friend, Madison Mogen. Steve Goncalves, Kaylee's father, turned the lectern to face Kohberger in his impact statement. 'The world's watching because of the kids, not because of you. Nobody cares about you,' he said. At the opposite end of the spectrum was Kim Kernodle, the aunt of Xana Kernodle, who offered Kohberger forgiveness in her attempt to get him to speak. 'Bryan, I am here today to tell you that I have forgiven you, because I can no longer live with that hate in my heart, and for me to become a better person, I have forgiven you,' she said. 'And anytime you want to talk and tell me what happened, you have my number. I'm here, no judgment, because I do have questions that I want you to answer. I'm here. I'll be that one that will listen to you, OK?' Bethany Funke, a roommate of the four slain students, wrote a statement – read aloud by a friend – about her survivor's guilt. 'I hated and still hate that they are gone, but for some reason, I am still here and I got to live. I still think about this every day. Why me? Why did I get to live and not them?' Funke wrote. It wasn't just the victims and their families who expressed frustration over the lack of motive – an investigator, prosecutor, and judge did as well. For example, Lt. Gilbertson, the lead investigator, told CNN the question of motive was the 'biggest' of all. 'But the reality is, often we don't get the answers to the why. And I think even in some instances – and I think this certainly could be one of those – the 'why' from him may make no sense at all to us and not even be explainable or understandable,' he said. Similarly, in issuing the sentence, Judge Hippler said, 'We may never know' the 'why' of the attacks. 'I share the desire expressed by others to understand the 'why,' but upon reflection, it seems to me, and this is just my own opinion, that by continuing to focus on 'why' we continue to give Mr. Kohberger relevance,' he said. 'We give him agency and we give him power. 'The need to know what is inherently not understandable makes us dependent upon the defendant to provide us with a reason, and that gives him the spotlight, the attention, and the power he appears to crave.' Hippler said he cannot legally force Kohberger to speak and said any comments he would make may or may not be the truth. 'And in the end, the more we struggle to seek explanation for the unexplainable, the more we try to extract a reason, the more power and control we give to him,' he said. 'In my view, the time has now come to end Mr. Kohberger's 15 minutes of fame. It's time that he be consigned to the ignominy and isolation of perpetual incarceration.' Speaking after the sentence, prosecutor Bill Thompson said he didn't require Kohberger to speak to the court as part of the plea deal because he didn't think he would tell the truth. 'I don't believe that there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would be the truth,' Thompson said. 'I don't believe that there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would be anything other than self-serving, and I don't believe there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would not further victimize the families.' When asked directly by CNN's Jake Tapper why Kohberger did it, Thompson said flatly he didn't know. 'I don't know that we'll ever know,' he said. 'And I can tell you, early on, working with the behavioral experts – the profilers, if you will, from the FBI – they told us that in a case like this it's likely that we would never know the real reasons for why it happened, and even if the perpetrator shared those, it's likely they would not make sense to anybody else. It would be something that had significance only in his own mind. 'So we knew going in that the likelihood of being able to understand exactly why he did this wasn't real.' CNN's Alaa Elassar, Maureen Chowdhury and Jean Casarez contributed to this report.
The Australian
a day ago
- Business
- The Australian
RML to list on Nasdaq
Resolution brings on two investment firms – Dominari Securities and Revere Securities – as it works toward a Nasdaq listing Dominari's advisory board includes Donald Trump Junior and Eric Trump The company's dual listing strategy will provide a pathway to gaining support from US investors and government bodies Special report: Resolution Minerals has appointed two US investment firms to help the company list on Nasdaq - including Dominari Securities, which counts Donald Trump Junior and Eric Trump among its advisory board members, and Revere. The company is confident that the dual listing will help drive development of the Horse Heaven antimony-gold project in Idaho. Dominari Securities, a Nasdaq-listed investment bank headquartered in the Trump Tower, New York, has listed more than 30 companies in the last three years, including Nasdaq's best performing IPO of 2025 – Diginex. Within the first three months of listing, Diginex surged 3800% and is currently up nearly 1500% from its IPO price. Dominari Securities has also raised significant capital for several of Elon Musk's ventures, including SpaceX and xAI. Both Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump sit on Dominari's advisory board and own a substantial holding of 6.6% in the firm. The third advisory board member is Ronald Lieberman, an executive vice president at the Trump Organisation. Eric Trump's wife, Lara Trump, was co-chair of the Republican National Committee. The other investment firm is Revere, a broker-dealer focused on the emerging growth sector in the US. Revere has been involved in more than US$310m worth of capital market transactions in the past 12 months, including as co-underwriter for the Diginex and Top Win International IPOs. Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML)believes the Nasdaq and ASX dual listing will open the company to the biggest liquidity capital market in the world, providing a path to increased interest, investment and support from major US investors, brokers and US government bodies. Watch video: Eric Trump comments on Dominari Nasdaq a 'natural home' for RML North American investors are increasingly aware of RML's position to potentially support the US Government's critical minerals strategy by developing Horse Heaven. The project shares its eastern boundary with A$3bn market cap Perpetua Resources and its Stibnite gold-antimony project, which hosts a 4.8Moz Au reserve and a 148Mlb Sb reserve. Horse Heaven boasts strong gold, antimony and silver mineralisation in two prospects – Antimony Ridge Fault Zone and Golden Gate Fault Zone – and includes past-producing antimony and tungsten mines. According to Craig Lindsay, RML's CEO of US Operations, Horse Heaven is not a nearology play – it is an exactology play, referring to Horse Heaven's geological signature being almost identical to Stibnite's. Steve Promnitz, who recently joined Resolution as Senior Strategic Advisor, has stated that Horse Heaven 'may well be Stibnite 2.0'. Past rock chip results include up to 5.99g/t Au, 367g/t silver and 19.15% Sb, with past drilling returning up to 1.459g/t Au. Most importantly, the asset is eligible for fast-tracking under FAST-41, a US federal initiative to streamline approvals of critical infrastructure. Increased visibility through a Nasdaq listing and active promotion of RML by Dominari and Revere within the US market, are expected to assist with this objective. With RML's primary focus being on US defence and national security metals, and the Horse Heaven project's location in Idaho, the company believes the Nasdaq to be a natural 'home' for RML. This article was developed in collaboration with Resolution Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
