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Caitlin Ebanks, Director ETF Strategy, CIBC Asset Management (“CIBC” or the “Company”), and the CIBC Asset Management team joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, �������� (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company's new listing of three new ETFs: CIBC Conservative ETF Portfolio (TSX: CCON), CIBC Balanced ETF Portfolio (TSX: CBLN), CIBC Balanced Growth ETF Portfolio (TSX: CGRW). With the addition of the CIBC All-Equity ETF Portfolio (CEQY), which was listed on August 25, CIBC ETF Portfolios offer a range of diversified solutions designed to meet different investment goals and risk profiles. Whether you seek income, balanced growth, or long-term capital appreciation, each portfolio provides a professionally managed mix of ETFs in a single, convenient investment. With options from conservative to all-equity, investors can easily select the portfolio that aligns with their financial objectives—all in one place. CIBC Asset Management, the asset management division of CIBC, is one of Canada's largest asset management firms with $268 billion in assets under administration as of September 2025 and more than 50 years of experience designing and implementing client solutions. CIBC offers a broad range of high-quality global investment management solutions to wealth and institutional clients.

Stephen Stares, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vinland Lithium Inc. (“Vinland Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV: VLD) and his executive team, joined Dani Lipkin, Managing Director, Global Innovation Sector, �������� (“TSX”), to close the market and celebrate the Company's new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. Vinland Lithium is unlocking the potential of Canada’s newest spodumene and cesium discoveries in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Company is strategically positioned as a potential future critical minerals supplier, with a major investment previously made by Piedmont Lithium (now Elevra Lithium Pty Ltd). Elevra Lithium owns and operates the North American Lithium (NAL) mine in Quebec and has a portfolio of lithium development assets spanning Canada, the United States, Australia and Ghana. Vinland Lithium is also actively seeking other potential opportunities in the critical minerals space. Vinland Lithium is focused on advancing the recently-discovered Killick Lithium Project in Southwestern Newfoundland which covers 60 kilometers of highly-prospective geological terrane in proximity to the Baie d'Est Fault. The Killick Lithium Project boasts multiple spodumene-pegmatites within the Kraken Pegmatite Field and high-grade cesium-tantalum-lithium hosted in the Hydra Pegmatite.