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Stillwater Critical Minerals Announces Participation in THE Mining Investment Event of the North, Canada's First Tier I Mining Conference, June 19-21 Quebec City

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Featuring Critical Metals Day on June 20, 2023

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  • Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 15, 2023) - Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE), focused on critical minerals in the iconic Stillwater District of Montana, USA, is pleased to announce that it will be participating in THE Mining Investment Event of the North, June 19-21, 2023, (“THE Event”) at the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac and Voltigeurs de Quebec Armoury in Quebec City, Canada.
  • Michael Rowley, President & CEO, will be presenting at 8:50am ET on June 21st.
  • Management from Stillwater Critical Minerals will also be holding one-on-one investor meetings throughout the three-day conference.
  • Information regarding THE Event including investor registration details, a list of participating companies, panelists and keynote speakers and a preliminary agenda can be found here: https://vidconferences.com/conferences-events/tier-1-mining-conference/

ValOre Outlines 2023 Diamond Drilling Program at Pedra Branca Project, Brazil

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Monday, May 29, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”; TSX‐V: VO; OTCQB: KVLQF; Frankfurt: KEQ0, “the Company”) today announced a fully funded Phase 1 core drilling program at ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (“PGE”, “2PGE+Au”) Project (“Pedra Branca”) in northeastern Brazil.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”; TSX‐V: VO; OTCQB: KVLQF; Frankfurt: KEQ0, “the Company”) today announced a fully funded Phase 1 core drilling program at ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (“PGE”, “2PGE+Au”) Project (“Pedra Branca”) in northeastern Brazil.
  • Ipueiras, Tróia and Nambi also represent drill-ready pipeline targets developed in 2022 to be tested in the Phase 1 drill program.
  • CLICK HERE for a video summary of the exploration and discovery pipeline targets at Pedra Branca.
  • ValOre’s team continues to advance the pipeline targets at the Pedra Branca project.

InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Platinex’ Report of Positive Geochemical Sampling Results and Start of Exploration Program at Shining Tree Gold Property near Timmins, Ontario

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on the image or link below:

Key Points: 
  • A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on the image or link below:
    For more information, please view the InvestmentPitch Media video.
  • Field crews have mobilized to begin follow-up work on new gold targets identified through generative work during 2022.
  • Notably, he brings extensive years of experience working in the Shining Tree area, having previously held a role managing exploration programs at Heenan Mallard.
  • Other assets include a 100% ownership interest in the W2 Copper-Nickel-PGE and Gold Project near the Ring of Fire.

Globex Completes Geophysical Survey on Tyrone Property

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Azimut describes their flanking property (the Kukamas property) as follows ( see Azimut’s press release of December 8, 2022 ):

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  • Azimut describes their flanking property (the Kukamas property) as follows ( see Azimut’s press release of December 8, 2022 ):
    The Kukamas Property covers a 41-kilometre cumulative strike length along a highly prospective greenstone belt (the Yasinski Group) within the La Grande Subprovince of the Archean Superior Province.
  • The geology is characterized by extensive shear zones, clastic metasediments, iron formations, and mafic to felsic metavolcanics surrounding granitic intrusions.
  • Numerous known prospects sit on or adjacent to the Property (the Globex cells).
  • The following table lists reported mineral occurrences on the Globex property including some of the previously reported precious and base-metal assays garnered from the Quebec Government Sigeom system.

PGE bolsters reliability of clean energy transition with region's largest battery storage addition

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Friday, April 28, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore., April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) today announced the procurement of 400 megawatts (MWAC) of new battery storage projects – a critical tool in Oregon's clean energy transition and the largest single procurement of standalone energy storage to date by a utility in the U.S. outside the state of California. These projects, located at substations close to electrical demand, will store enough electricity to power all PGE customer homes in a city the size of Portland for an entire evening on battery-delivered energy alone.

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  • PGE will purchase the output from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources through a 20-year Storage Capacity Agreement.
  • "Battery storage is an important component of the clean energy economy.
  • As PGE integrates more intermittent clean energy resources, like wind and solar plants, battery storage systems provide consistency, facilitating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and making progress toward Oregon's 2030 clean energy target.
  • "The Troutdale battery storage project, in addition to the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facilities , the first utility-scale energy facilities in North America to co-locate wind, solar and battery storage, really demonstrate the tremendous results that great collaboration can achieve."

Portland General Electric Announces Chief Financial Officer Jim Ajello to Retire

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Friday, April 28, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore., April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) ("PGE" or the "Company") today announced that Jim Ajello, senior vice president of finance, CFO, treasurer and corporate compliance officer, has informed the Company of his intent to retire. Ajello will transition from his current roles, effective June 30, 2023, and serve as a senior advisor to the Company through August 31, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • PORTLAND, Ore., April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) ("PGE" or the "Company") today announced that Jim Ajello, senior vice president of finance, CFO, treasurer and corporate compliance officer, has informed the Company of his intent to retire.
  • Ajello will transition from his current roles, effective June 30, 2023, and serve as a senior advisor to the Company through August 31, 2023.
  • "It has been a privilege to have worked alongside Maria and the talented team at Portland General," said Ajello.
  • The Company will host a conference call with financial analysts and investors today, April 28, 2023, beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Linda Hill and InnovationForce Partner to Launch AI-enabled SaaS Platform to Accelerate the Fight Against Climate Change

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

RALEIGH, N.C. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InnovationForce, a leading SaaS company using AI to accelerate the process of innovating, today launched their InnovationWorks platform through a collaboration with Paradox Strategies, an innovation consulting firm started by Harvard Business School professor Dr. Linda Hill, who joins as a co-founder. The launch comes on the heels of successful deployment of the platform in the energy industry where InnovationForce, using Microsoft technology, including Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Azure, and advisory support from EPRI, are enabling utilities like Portland General Electric (PGE) to optimize their innovation programs to reach decarbonization goals faster.

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  • It improves team performance through visibility into engagement and collaboration metrics providing the first innovation ecosystem in the energy industry.
  • InnovationForce was founded by innovation managers in the utility space who saw an opportunity to empower innovators to mitigate climate change with SaaS.
  • "Working with Dr. Hill, Paradox and InnovationForce will help deliver impactful, collaboration-centric data insights to accelerate the innovation needed to address climate change."
  • We are immensely grateful for Dr. Hill, Paradox, Microsoft, and EPRI who have all chosen to work with InnovationForce as an early-stage company.

AVANGRID’s Pachwáywit Fields, Oregon’s Largest Solar Farm, Achieves Commercial Operation

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

AVANGRID (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced today that it has achieved commercial operation at its 162 MWac (205 MWdc) Pachwáywit Fields solar farm (also known as Montague Solar) in Gilliam County, Oregon, becoming the state’s largest photovoltaic plant.

Key Points: 
  • AVANGRID (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced today that it has achieved commercial operation at its 162 MWac (205 MWdc) Pachwáywit Fields solar farm (also known as Montague Solar) in Gilliam County, Oregon, becoming the state’s largest photovoltaic plant.
  • “This new solar project is proof of AVANGRID’s strong commitment to accelerating the energy transition in Oregon and in the U.S.,” said Pedro Azagra, AVANGRID CEO.
  • The project has also made Gilliam County the largest producer of combined wind and solar renewable energy in the State of Oregon.
  • AVANGRID’s Pachwáywit Fields, which began construction in 2021, spans 1,223 acres and includes 471,156 solar panels that generate the electricity equivalent to powering 40,000 homes.

Portland General Electric Files Inaugural Clean Energy Plan

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Friday, March 31, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore., March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE:POR) filed its combined Integrated Resource Plan and inaugural Clean Energy Plan, a comprehensive roadmap detailing how the company will meet customers' energy needs and Oregon's ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets while maintaining reliability, safety and affordability. PGE's path to reach these targets is possible with resources available today and the company's strategy involves utilizing commercially available tools between now and 2030, including:

Key Points: 
  • PORTLAND, Ore., March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE:POR) filed its combined Integrated Resource Plan and inaugural Clean Energy Plan, a comprehensive roadmap detailing how the company will meet customers' energy needs and Oregon's ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets while maintaining reliability, safety and affordability.
  • Community based renewable energy and customer-sited solutions, including energy efficiency, solar, battery storage, and demand response programs.
  • "This plan reflects the values and expectations of our customers who, for decades, have made clean energy a top priority," said Maria Pope, Portland General Electric's president and CEO.
  • At PGE, we are committed to making the investments in innovation, diverse resources and the electric grid necessary to decarbonize our energy system, while we continue to focus on affordability during the clean energy transition."

Utilidata’s Distributed AI to be Deployed with Portland General Electric

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Portland, Oregon, March 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Utilidata, an industry leading grid-edge technology company, announced today that Portland General Electric (PGE) will pilot Utilidata’s smart grid chip, a first-of-its-kind distributed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, in Oregon.

Key Points: 
  • Portland, Oregon, March 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Utilidata, an industry leading grid-edge technology company, announced today that Portland General Electric (PGE) will pilot Utilidata’s smart grid chip, a first-of-its-kind distributed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, in Oregon.
  • Utilidata’s smart grid chip, powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform, is a new distributed AI platform installed alongside electric meters that integrates distributed energy resources (DERs) including solar, battery storage, and electric vehicles (EVs) and enhances resiliency of the electric grid.
  • Leveraging NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI technology, the smart grid chip collects and analyzes large amounts of granular data at the edge of the grid in real-time.
  • Ultimately, this positions PGE to scale the next generation of distributed intelligence across a modern grid.