As Nigeria modernises one of Africa’s largest public sector workforces, MuchSkills’ technology is being deployed by Phillips Consulting to power a federal skills intelligence effort.

STOCKHOLM, SE / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / Swedish skills intelligence platform MuchSkills is collaborating on a major government initiative in Nigeria to map and analyse the skills of the federal civil service through its AI-enabled workforce capability platform. Employing around 70,000 people, the Nigerian civil service forms the core of a public sector workforce of roughly one million people – one of the largest in Africa.

This initiative, introduced under the leadership of Didi Esther Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, is part of the wider Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASGA) programme and reflects the government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen capability and modernise the civil service.

The skills element of the PASGA programme aims to give Nigeria a live view of its civil service skills, identify critical capability gaps, and deliver real-time data to guide training, hiring, and reforms that improve public service delivery. It covers all federal ministries and extra-ministerial departments, and is delivered under contract by Nigerian consulting firm Phillips Consulting Limited (pcl.), alongside other HR firms.

“By mapping competencies and identifying skills gaps, this exercise will support targeted training, redeployment where needed, merit-based career progression, and ultimately build a more agile, competent, and responsive civil workforce,” said Walson-Jack.

Phillips Consulting – a certified MuchSkills partner – chose Muchskills to supply the digital platform and analytics for the skills gap analysis work within the programme. The mapping phase, which began in October, is now in its final stages.

MuchSkills provides organisations with tools to map, visualise, and analyse workforce capabilities in real time. Adopted by organisations across Europe, the US, and Asia, its skills intelligence platform helps make workforce planning more transparent and data-driven.

“Skills intelligence is becoming the foundation of modern workforce transformation,” said Daniel Nilsson, Co-Founder and CEO of MuchSkills. “By combining Swedish innovation with Nigerian expertise, we’re helping one of Africa’s largest public workforces build the trusted capability data it needs to make better decisions, strengthen service delivery, and plan for the future.”

Walson-Jack highlighted the importance of the initiative for civil service reform, saying: “This collaboration with MuchSkills and consultants represents one of the boldest investments in human capital transformation in the history of the Federal Civil Service, aligning with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and signalling our readiness to build a modern, transparent, and future-ready civil service for the benefit of all Nigerians.”

Kemi Phillips, Partner at Phillips Consulting, added: “Our partnership with MuchSkills brings world-class HR tech into a national project that will redefine how Nigeria manages and grows its public workforce.”

The project reflects a rising global interest in using skills intelligence to transform workforce planning. For MuchSkills, it marks a milestone that demonstrates how Scandinavian innovation is making a real-world impact.

Contact Information

Daniel Nilsson
CEO
daniel@muchskills.com
+46707403684

Kemi Phillips
Strategy at Phillips Consulting
kemip@phillipsconsulting.net
+44 7939 396562

Eno Olotu FCAI, mnipr
Director, Information and Public Relations Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation
eno.olotu@ohcsf.gov.ng

SOURCE: MuchSkills

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January 28-30 | Miami Beach Convention Center

MIAMI, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / In a world saturated with panels, pundits, and performative conferences, WallStreetBets Live is cutting straight to signal. From Jan. 28-30, the movement that reshaped modern retail finance brings its first full-scale global convention to the Miami Beach Convention Center – three days where market culture, social media power, serious capital, and real-world influence collide.

Being described as the place “Where Degens Meet Davos,” WallStreetBets Live is designed to be the rare point of convergence where the internet’s most powerful financial community meets the institutions, founders, creators, and builders who actually move markets, and shape the digital public square on social media where the power lies.

Not for spectacle. For consequence.
It’s not another crypto expo. it’s where the next cycle gets written.

For over a decade, online communities have given rise to retail finance and other movements by collaborating, shaping narratives, and mobilizing in mass with undeniable success. WallStreetBets showcased the tremendous potential when a collective mindset unites under a cause. WSB Live brings that online gravity fully into the physical world for the first time.

Over the past decade, these gatherings have earned a quiet reputation for accelerating entire industries. From early crypto adoption to aspiring entrepreneurs, progress has repeatedly followed when the right people were placed in the same room.

WSB Live takes the proven catalyst from these events and injects it with the raw force of WallStreetBets to push the limits even further.

For the first time, the collective intelligence, capital awareness, and narrative power of the world’s most influential retail trading community converges in real life alongside founders, investors, policymakers, technologists and the creators and platform leaders who now sit at the center of global market discourse.

The event is organized by the very best: the same veteran team responsible for arguably the most consequential moments in digital-asset history, including the North American Bitcoin Conference, among the longest-running and most attended blockchain finance events in the world. The team’s conferences are known as an industry “serendipity machine” where founders of major networks once crossed paths before becoming household names. On that same Miami stage, Vitalik formally introduced Ethereum to the world in 2014.

That same force combined is now supercharged by the presence of WallStreetBets, a community born of social media that disrupted and changed global finance.

Across three days, attendees can expect high-signal keynotes, unfiltered conversations, closed-door strategy sessions, and spontaneous collisions that simply don’t happen online. No performative panels. No narrative cosplay. Just the people who actually build platforms, move capital, regulate systems, and trade at scale.

Miami has become the crossroads of social media, finance, crypto, culture, and capital.

In January, WallStreetBets Live becomes its pressure point.

Registration is now open. Attendance is limited.

Those who understand cycles know what this represents.
Those who miss it will hear about the outcomes later.

Learn more: wsblive.com

SOURCE: WSB Global, LLC

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Peak assays of 465 g/t Ag & 20.2 g/t Au infill high-grade target area

ADELAIDE, AU / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / HIGHLIGHTS

• New Tolmer diamond drilling assays confirm local structural model analogous to eastern portion of historical Tarcoola goldfield, which hosts the Company’s Perseverance Mine

• ‘Western silver zone’ target recently enhanced by western and southern extensions of silver, the emergence of high-grade gold, and soil assays suggesting further extensions^[1]

• Significant new intersections include:

About Barton Gold

Barton Gold is an ASX, OTCQB and Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed Australian gold developer targeting future gold production of 150,000ozpa with 2.2Moz Au & 3.1Moz Ag JORC Mineral Resources (79.9Mt @ 0.87g/t Au), brownfield mines, and 100% ownership of the region’s only gold mill in the renowned Gawler Craton of South Australia.*

Competent Persons Statement & Previously Reported Information

The information in this announcement that relates to the historic Exploration Results and Mineral Resources as listed in the table below is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by the Competent Person whose name appears in the same row, who is an employee of or independent consultant to the Company and is a Member or Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) or a Recognised Professional Organisation (RPO). Each person named in the table below has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he has undertaken to quality as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012 (JORC).

Activity	Competent Person	Membership	Status
Tarcoola Mineral Resource (Stockpiles)	Dr Andrew Fowler (Consultant)	AusIMM	Member
Tarcoola Mineral Resource (Perseverance Mine)	Mr Ian Taylor (Consultant)	AusIMM	Fellow
Tarcoola Exploration Results (until 15 Nov 2021)	Mr Colin Skidmore (Consultant)	AIG	Member
Tarcoola Exploration Results (after 15 Nov 2021)	Mr Marc Twining (Employee)	AusIMM	Member
Tunkillia Exploration Results (until 15 Nov 2021)	Mr Colin Skidmore (Consultant)	AIG	Member
Tunkillia Exploration Results (after 15 Nov 2021)	Mr Marc Twining (Employee)	AusIMM	Member
Tunkillia Mineral Resource	Mr Ian Taylor (Consultant)	AusIMM	Fellow
Challenger Mineral Resource (above 215mRL)	Mr Ian Taylor (Consultant)	AusIMM	Fellow
Challenger Mineral Resource (below 90mRL)	Mr Dale Sims	AusIMM / AIG	Fellow / Member
Wudinna Mineral Resource (Clarke Deposit)	Ms Justine Tracey	AusIMM	Member
Wudinna Mineral Resource (all other Deposits)	Mrs Christine Standing	AusIMM / AIG	Member / Member

The information relating to historic Exploration Results and Mineral Resources in this announcement is extracted from the Company’s Prospectus dated 14 May 2021 or as otherwise noted, available from the Company’s website at www.bartongold.com.au or on the ASX website www.asx.com.au. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the Exploration Results and Mineral Resource information included in previous announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates, and any production targets and forecast financial information derived from the production targets, continue to apply and have not materially changed. In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.19.2, the Company further confirms that the material assumptions underpinning any production targets and the forecast financial information derived therefrom continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the applicable Competent Persons’ findings are presented have not been materially modified from the previous announcements.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This document may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “seek”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “expect”, “target” and “intend” and statements than an event or result “may”, “will”, “should”, “would”, “could”, or “might” occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. Forward-looking information is subject to business, legal and economic risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, risks relating to property interests, the global economic climate, commodity prices, sovereign and legal risks, and environmental risks. Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and opinions at the date the statements are made. Barton undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements for events or circumstances that occur subsequent to such dates or to update or keep current any of the information contained herein. Any estimates or projections as to events that may occur in the future (including projections of revenue, expense, net income and performance) are based upon the best judgment of Barton from information available as of the date of this document. There is no guarantee that any of these estimates or projections will be achieved. Actual results will vary from the projections and such variations may be material. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or representation as to the past or future. Any reliance placed by the reader on this document, or on any forward-looking statement contained in or referred to in this document will be solely at the readers own risk, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty thereof.

SOURCE: Barton Gold Holdings Limited

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Strengthening Financial Strategy for Mineral Exploration in Texas

DALLAS, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / First Metals Texas, LP, managed by Rare Element Partners, LLC, has engaged Projects RH Americas to prepare capital-raising materials and introduce leading capital advisers for a USD 40 million funding round. The initiative will support an ambitious exploration and drilling program in the Terlingua Mining District, Brewster County, Texas, targeting gold, silver, cobalt, and rare earth elements.

The investment opportunity consists of USD 40 million for 70% of the company, structured as Limited Partner interests. The program focuses on multi-metal discoveries in a historically productive mining district, with a long-term goal of achieving an exit valuation of over USD 400 million through an asset sale, joint venture, or IPO.

Texas First Metals aims to secure the majority of mineral rights across the Terlingua Mining District. The company is developing district-wide datasets and preparing to drill the highest-probability prospects. The exploration program will employ modern geophysical, geochemical, and drilling techniques to assess the region’s potential for gold and other valuable metals. The project follows a GP/LP structure, with Rare Element Partners serving as General Partner and new investors participating as Limited Partners.

The Terlingua Mining District has produced more than 150,000 flasks of mercury and exhibits strong geological indicators for gold and silver. Modern exploration methods and proprietary data suggest that significant resources remain untapped. The project is designed to deliver NI 43-101 compliant reports to support bankable feasibility and future monetization.

No other company is assembling a district-wide land package in this region. Early work has already shown traces of gold, silver, copper, zinc, and rare earth elements. Texas First Metals is positioned to benefit from favorable commodity prices and increasing demand for domestic mineral resources.

More than USD 2 million has been invested in early-stage data acquisition and fieldwork. Land access agreements have been secured, permits are in process, and the drill program is ready to launch with US Coring as the contractor. The project team includes professionals with expertise in geology, drilling, finance, and logistics.

Projects RH Americas will provide financial input, strategic guidance, and risk management support to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability and alignment with funding objectives. Planned deliverables include a financial model, an information memorandum, a pitch deck, and a teaser for board approval.

Leadership for the initiative and contact information:

Terry Foley – t.foley@rareelementpartners.com | +1 806 448 8397
Paul Raftery – paul.raftery@projectsrh.com | +1 617 560 0866
John Taylor Martin – jtm@panoceanadvisory.com | +852 6542 2605

We look forward to collaborating with our partners and contributing to the successful execution of this initiative.

SOURCE: Projects RH

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Visionary AI and cloud executive with proven record of building and scaling enterprise platforms to lead the next phase of innovation and global expansion for the CX assurance market leader.

AUSTIN, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / Cyara, the global leader in AI-powered customer experience (CX) assurance, today announced the appointment of Sushil Kumar as its new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment underscores Cyara’s commitment to accelerating enterprise AI CX innovation and elevating customer experience by enabling more reliable, responsive, and trustworthy interactions across every channel. Sushil will build on the strong foundation laid by outgoing CEO Rishi Rana.

Sushil brings entrepreneurial vision and enterprise-scale leadership to Cyara. He has focused his career on building category-defining AI, DevOps, and cloud platforms, both as a founder and as a leader of large global organizations. Most recently, he was Co-Founder and CEO of RelicX.ai, a generative AI test automation pioneer acquired by Harness. Before that, he held senior product and general management roles at Oracle, CA Technologies, and Broadcom, leading global teams and multi-hundred-million-dollar businesses that improved digital performance and customer experience at scale.

“Sushil brings a rare combination of proven ability, and deep customer and product insight to building and scaling category-defining platforms,” said Alok Kulkarni, Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cyara. “Cyara created and now leads the CX assurance category, with strong and growing global momentum. Under Sushil’s leadership, we see a significant opportunity to extend that lead as enterprises race to modernize customer experience, deploy GenAI safely, and ensure that every customer interaction simply works.”

Cyara’s unified, AI-powered platform continuously tests, validates, and monitors customer journeys across voice, digital, messaging, and conversational AI. Assuring more than 350 million customer journeys each year, and validating over a million AI-generated responses, the platform gives enterprises full visibility into quality, reliability, and risk. With emerging Agentic AI capabilities, Cyara is expanding into intelligent, continuous CX optimization to help organizations improve workflows, reduce cost-to-serve, and deploy new experiences with confidence.

“AI is transforming customer experience faster than any technology shift we’ve seen in decades,” said Sushil Kumar, CEO, Cyara. “As enterprises rethink their CX stacks and explore agentic AI, what they need most is confidence. Confidence that every interaction will be accurate, trustworthy, and delivered at the speed and quality customers expect. Cyara already plays a pivotal role in enabling that shift. It provides the reliability and assurance organizations need to turn AI from experimentation into meaningful, real-world impact. I’m excited to build on this foundation and work with the team to raise the bar for customer experience globally.”

Cyara has pursued a focused mergers and acquisitions strategy; acquiring Botium and QBox (bot and conversational AI testing), Spearline/testRTC (telecom and WebRTC assurance) and CentraCX (voice of the customer), to build one of the industry’s most comprehensive CX assurance stacks.

Sushil will focus on accelerating product innovation in AI-powered CX assurance, deepening Cyara’s ecosystem of CCaaS, CPaaS, UCaaS, and AI partners, and expanding the company’s global footprint, which serves customers in more than 135 countries.

For further information, please contact: Janet Vito, janet.vito@cyara.com

About Cyara

Cyara is the global leader in AI-powered customer experience assurance. As the only unified platform for continuous testing and monitoring across voice, digital, messaging, and conversational AI channels, Cyara empowers hundreds of the world’s leading brands to optimize more than a quarter of a billion customer interactions every year. From full customer journey visibility to AI governance and compliance, Cyara ensures every touchpoint works flawlessly, helping businesses deliver secure, friction-free, and high-quality CX at scale. To learn more, visit www.cyara.com.

SOURCE: Cyara

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AI-powered stem splitter’s Andromeda model interprets audio tracks with near-human precision.

ZUG, SWITZERLAND / ACCESS Newswire / December 8, 2025 / LALAL.AI has officially launched Andromeda, its most advanced audio separation model to date, that not only performs faster, processing audio up to 40% quicker than its predecessor, but delivers more accurate stem separation, reducing distortion and improving clarity.

Andromeda Reduces the Need for Manual DAW Cleanup

Rather than simply processing sound as a single waveform, Andromeda takes a more nuanced approach, analyzing audio in terms of time, frequency, and tone. This allows it to separate complex layers of sound with greater precision, making manual cleanup in a DAW largely unnecessary.

“In practice, this means that even the most delicate elements, like soft backing vocals or subtle instrumental details, come through with newfound clarity,” says Nik Pogorski, LALAL.AI Product Lead. “What once required meticulous post-processing can now be achieved directly with Andromeda’s enhanced capabilities, saving users both time and effort.”

In the past, LALAL.AI users faced a trade-off: choosing Clear Cut for cleaner stems but less detail, or Deep Extraction for finer detail but more bleed between tracks. Andromeda removes this compromise entirely. Now, users can extract rich, detailed stems without worrying about cross-bleeding, getting clean and precise results in a single pass.

The launch of Andromeda extends to several LALAL.AI web services, ensuring API clients too can harness its power:

Stem Splitter (for Vocal and Instrumental + Voice and Noise stems)

Lead & Back Vocal Splitter

Echo & Reverb Remover

Voice Cleaner

Soon, Andromeda will be available in the LALAL.AI’s first VST plugin, allowing producers and audio engineers to perform seamless vocal and instrumental isolation directly within their DAWs.

Speed Meets Precision: LALAL.AI’s New Model Enhanced Performance

Andromeda processes audio tracks up to 40% faster than its predecessor, which allows for quicker workflows and less waiting time, benefiting professionals who need efficient processing for large volumes of content.

The new model shows a 10% increase in SDR compared to its predecessor.

The frequency range remains consistent at up to 22 kHz with stereo processing, providing high-fidelity separation the industry expects. Andromeda handles challenging audio scenarios and complex instrument mixes with greater precision, reducing artifacts and increasing consistency.

Thanks to advanced DSP (Digital Signal Processing) techniques, Andromeda delivers consistent separation across quiet or loud tracks, letting creators and audio engineers work across different types of audio sources without worrying about volume inconsistencies.

With Andromeda, LALAL.AI has set a new standard for audio separation, providing both professionals and enthusiasts with a tool that offers unparalleled precision, speed, and clarity. Whether you’re a content creator, producer, or audio engineer, Andromeda is the next generation of stem separation that will take your projects to the next level.

For more information or to try Andromeda yourself, visit LALAL.AI.

Contact Information

Catherine Robinson
PR & Communications Manager
catherin.robinson@lalal.ai

SOURCE: LALAL.AI

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President
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