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Rising TV Star Dara Reneé, 'Shark Tank' Investor Daymond John, Hollywood Veteran Lance Gross and Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross Among the Celebrities Participating in Disney Dreamers Academy

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Monday, April 1, 2024
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TV stars Daymond John, Dara Reneé, Lance Gross and Sanya Richards-Ross are among the celebrities lending their support to the 100 students taking part in the 17th annual Disney Dreamers Academy (April 3-7) at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Key Points: 
  • Gross, an actor and model, had a career-defining lead role in the Tyler Perry hit show "House of Payne."
  • These workshops introduce Disney Dreamers to diverse career paths in business, entertainment and science, and the many other career opportunities within The Walt Disney Company.
  • The students and a parent or guardian enjoy an all-expenses paid trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida for the event.
  • In the years following, graduates have become storytellers, artists, engineers, innovators, journalists and more, and some have even become mentors to the Disney Dreamers who follow them.

Callinex Announces Preliminary Magnetotelluric (MT) Geophysical Survey Results at the Pine Bay Project, Flin Flon Mining District, MB

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Monday, March 4, 2024
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce preliminary results from the recently announced magnetotelluric ("MT") geophysical survey on the Company's 100% owned Pine Bay Project (the "Project") located in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba ( See news release dated January 29, 2024 ).

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, BC, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce preliminary results from the recently announced magnetotelluric ("MT") geophysical survey on the Company's 100% owned Pine Bay Project (the "Project") located in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba ( See news release dated January 29, 2024 ).
  • The Company has received preliminary results from the MT survey over the Pine Bay where a 1km line of MT data has been collected and processed ( Pine Bay Project Plan View with Proposed MT Survey Lines ).
  • Preliminary results from the MT survey have, to date, tightly defined the known Pine Bay deposit as well as the known Pine Bay horizon/structure that hosts the mineralization ( Preliminary Pine Bay MT Survey Data ).
  • The survey will cover 3km over each of the respective areas instead of the originally planned 1km survey lines.

The Descendants Project Ensures the Preservation of the Site of America’s Largest Slave Insurrection with Purchase of Louisiana Plantation

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Commonly known as Woodland Plantation, the site was acquired by The Descendants Project to ensure its protection and to amplify the history of freedom-seeking men and women who initiated the German Coast Uprising in 1811.

Key Points: 
  • Commonly known as Woodland Plantation, the site was acquired by The Descendants Project to ensure its protection and to amplify the history of freedom-seeking men and women who initiated the German Coast Uprising in 1811.
  • The Descendants Project has championed the truthful telling of St. John Parish’s rich African American history, the preservation of Black historic sites, and the inclusion of Black descendants in the sustainable culture and heritage economy that Louisiana offers.
  • The announcement, which comes during Black History Month, puts the plantation under Black ownership for the first time in its 231-year history.
  • Environmental justice, particularly the “Plantation to Plant throughline” will be a focus of the site’s interpretation and educational programming.

Callinex Announces Magnetotelluric (MT) Geophysical Survey at the Pine Bay Project, Flin Flon Mining District, MB

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce that the Company is in the process of completing a magnetotelluric ("MT") geophysical survey on the Company's 100% owned Pine Bay Project (the "Project") located in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba ( Pine Bay Project Plan View with Proposed MT Survey Lines ).

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce that the Company is in the process of completing a magnetotelluric ("MT") geophysical survey on the Company's 100% owned Pine Bay Project (the "Project") located in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba ( Pine Bay Project Plan View with Proposed MT Survey Lines ).
  • The Company is in the early stages of completing an MT survey across the Rainbow, Pine Bay, Descendent, Alchemist deposits and target area Odin.
  • The first line of MT survey data has been collected across the known Pine Bay deposit and will soon be processed by Abitibi.
  • The number of deposits at Pine Bay are located within the Baker Patton Felsic Complex, one of the largest and most highly altered accumulations of felsic rocks within the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt.

Descendant Filmmaker Honored by Blacks In Government

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Langco + Partners is proud to announce that filmmaker, professor, and folklorist Dr. Kern Jackson was honored by the Port City Chapter of Blacks In Government (BIG) with its "Community Service Award" at the organization's 34th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast on January 15th, for his work as co-writer and co-producer of the award-winning film Descendant.

Key Points: 
  • The film was released by Netflix and Higher Ground, the Obamas' production company.
  • "I'm so humbled to receive this honor from Blacks In Government, an organization that celebrates Black achievement and culture and gives a voice to the voiceless," said Dr. Jackson.
  • "This year's theme is a guidepost for my work on Descendant and in all that I do – to help carry Dr. King's legacy of equality forward."
  • "We're so delighted to recognize Dr. Jackson who has been a pillar in the community and a bridge to Black history in this country," said Dr. Reginald A. Crenshaw, Sr., President, Port City Chapter of Blacks In Government.

Callinex Intersects the Descendent in 125m Step-out at the Pine Bay Project, MB

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Monday, January 22, 2024
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The Descendent discovery has unique characteristics that make it an opportunity worth immediately seizing through additional drilling.

Key Points: 
  • The Descendent discovery has unique characteristics that make it an opportunity worth immediately seizing through additional drilling.
  • This year's exploration campaign will be another exciting one where we will remain focused on growing Pine Bay into a tier one asset with numerous expanding high-grade discoveries."
  • The Descendent remains open to the north, and vertically below DSC-112-W1 ( Descendent Discovery Long Section ).
  • Looking forward, the Company will continue to aggressively expand the resource base with a focus on step-out drilling at Descendent.

Callinex Commences Step-out Drilling on Descendent Discovery at the Pine Bay Project, MB

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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Step-out drill hole DSC-112 is testing the Descendent 200m vertically below discovery hole DSC-111.

Key Points: 
  • Step-out drill hole DSC-112 is testing the Descendent 200m vertically below discovery hole DSC-111.
  • The Descendent is situated 550m from the Pine Bay deposit, 1.4km from the Rainbow deposit and 2.9km from the Alchemist deposit, which are all located within a mineral lease.
  • The Descendent was intersected in drill hole DSC-111 at a down-hole depth of 1,318m and remains open in all directions.
  • Historic and recent exploration has identified seven VMS deposits, along with the new Descendent discovery, located in close proximity to the huge Baker Patton alteration zone.

THE DESCENDANTS TRUTH & RECONCILIATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $27 MILLION IN NEW CONTRIBUTIONS: $10 MILLION FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND $17 MILLION OF THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF JESUIT-OWNED PLANTATION LAND

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation today announced $27 million in contributions to support the Foundation's mission, which is to uplift future generations of Descendants of Jesuit enslavement while helping to create a world in which the false ideology of a human hierarchy value based on race no longer exists. The contributions include $10 million from Georgetown University, as well as $17 million from the Jesuits. This $17 million contribution from the Jesuits—which includes the estimated value of plantation land where many Descendants' ancestors were enslaved, along with an additional $10 million—is in addition to the $15 million the Jesuits contributed when the Foundation was created. Georgetown previously provided a $1 million implementation grant to the Foundation.

Key Points: 
  • The contributions include $10 million from Georgetown University, as well as $17 million from the Jesuits.
  • Georgetown previously provided a $1 million implementation grant to the Foundation.
  • The contributions announced today will add to the capitalization of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Trust, bringing the Trust total to $42 million.
  • To learn more about the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation, visit www.descendants.org .

Callinex Discovers Four Copper-Zinc-Gold-Silver Rich VMS Lenses in a Single Drill Hole at the Pine Bay Project, MB

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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The discovery hole, DSC-111, intersected four separate volcanogenic massive sulphide lenses ("VMS") with significant base and precious metal values within a total core width of 67.7m.

Key Points: 
  • The discovery hole, DSC-111, intersected four separate volcanogenic massive sulphide lenses ("VMS") with significant base and precious metal values within a total core width of 67.7m.
  • The Descendent is situated 550m from the Pine Bay deposit, 1.4km from the Rainbow deposit and 2.9km from the Alchemist deposit, which are all located within a mineral lease.
  • Geologically, the Cabin Zone area has always been considered one of the most promising areas to host additional VMS deposits."
  • Several historic deposits at the Pine Bay Project, along with the Centennial Mine to the south, are poor geophysical conductors.

BIG We Foundation Launches Grant Program for Womxn Storytellers to Build Worlds of Belonging

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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SheStories is an innovative program that has received funding from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company.

Key Points: 
  • SheStories is an innovative program that has received funding from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company.
  • The SheStories grant is open to talented Black, Indigenous, Latina/e, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, multiracial and femme-identifying womxn storytellers with passion, vision and a desire to elevate their voices and change the world.
  • BWF is currently accepting applications for the second group of four storytellers to each receive a $30,000 grant.
  • ** Womxn is an inclusionary term used to refer to cis-gender females and those who identify as femme.