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OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX:MNT) The Royal Canadian Mint (the "Mint") announced today that it has completed its previously-announced follow-on offering of 638,583 exchange-traded receipts ("ETRs") under the Mint's Canadian Gold Reserves program at a price of C$74.42 per ETR for gross proceeds of C$47,523,346.86 (the "Offering"). The newly-issued ETRs have been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and are fully fungible with all other outstanding ETRs. The Offering was made on a prospectus-exempt basis pursuant to the terms of exemptive relief orders issued in favour of the Mint by the Ontario Securities Commission.

Each ETR provides its holder with direct legal and beneficial ownership in physical gold bullion held in the custody of the Mint at its facilities in Ottawa, Ontario. The newly-issued ETRs have a per ETR entitlement to gold that is the same as all other outstanding ETRs, which as of today's date is 0.0103712 of ...