Spark Highlights Yttrium at Depth in Arapaima's Rare Earth System: 28 m at 200 ppm Y2O3 and 1,614 ppm Y2O3 in a Granite Grab Sample
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 20, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") presents a yttrium-focused review of previously published drilling and road-cut results from its 100% owned Arapaima Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, together with newly disclosed yttrium results for surface samples. The results highlight yttrium within Cruzeta's rare earth zone and in deeper intervals interpreted as weathered...
2026-10-20 8:00 AM EDT
Spark Returns 2.00% TREO in a Grab Sample at the Cruzeta Road Cut; Drilling Planned Below
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") reports channel and grab sampling results that point to a second rare earth target style at Cruzeta, within its approximately 91,900-hectare Arapaima Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. A grab sample of lightly weathered granite at the base of the road-cut face returned 19,991 ppm (2.00%) total rare earth oxides (TREO), the highest rare...
2026-10-08 5:00 AM EDT
Spark Advances Tantalum and Lithium Exploration in Brazil's Historic Solonopole Mining District; Laboratory Results Pending
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 30, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is nearing completion of an initial prospecting phase at its Solonópole Project in Ceará, north-eastern Brazil, and is awaiting sample results from SGS. For Spark, the opportunity is to look beyond the district's historic workings and test what its 15,691-hectare position could hold. The pending results will help guide that search...
2026-09-30 5:00 AM EDT
Spark Expands Arapaima's Gallium-Rare Earth Portfolio with Boa Vista Surface Results
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 24, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") reports surface sampling results that helped guide the discovery drilling at Boa Vista, its second gallium-rare earth mineralized centre at the approximately 91,900-hectare Arapaima Project in Brazil. The results provide a foundation for follow-up exploration alongside the more advanced Cruzeta discovery. Boa Vista expands the...
2026-09-24 5:30 AM EDT
Spark Provides Corporate and Exploration Update
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 23, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") provides an update on progress at its Brazilian exploration projects since Dr. Fernando Tallarico became Chief Executive Officer in October 2025. During that period, the Company completed its first drilling at Arapaima, reported gallium and rare earth mineralization at Cruzeta and Boa Vista, raised approximately $2.9 million, and...
2026-09-23 9:00 AM EDT
Spark Starts Tungsten Exploration at Seridó as Global Demand Surges
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 16, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") announces that reconnaissance exploration focused on tungsten has commenced at its Seridó Project in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (the "Project"): twelve exploration permits covering 21,492.74 hectares (about 215 km²) in the district that has supplied most of Brazil's tungsten since the Second World War. Geologists are mapping the...
2026-09-16 8:30 AM EDT
Spark Announces Digital Marketing Agreement Following Two Distinct Gallium-Rare Earth Discoveries at Arapaima
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 10, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is expanding its investor outreach following two previously announced gallium-rare earth discoveries 7-8 kilometres apart at its approximately 91,900-hectare Arapaima Project in Brazil's Lithium Valley. To bring the exploration progress at Cruzeta and Boa Vista to a broader audience, the Company has signed a five-month digital...
2026-09-10 1:06 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Appoints Marina Fagundes de Freitas to its Board of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 3, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Marina Fagundes de Freitas to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective September 2, 2026. Ms. Freitas is a finance executive with more than twenty years in the mining sector in Brazil. She spent fifteen years at Jaguar Mining Inc., where she was latterly Chief Financial...
2026-09-03 3:00 PM EDT
Spark Reports Second Gallium-Rare Earth Discovery in Brazil's Lithium Valley, Led by Project-Record 114.3 g/t Ga2O3
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 27, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") reports a project-record individual gallium assay of 114.3 g/t Ga₂O₃ over 2 m from surface in maiden drilling at the Boa Vista target. Boa Vista is located approximately 7-8 kilometres south of Cruzeta, the site of Spark's first gallium-rare earth discovery. Boa Vista Remains Open Laterally in All Directions The limited maiden drill...
2026-08-27 7:00 AM EDT
Spark Intersects 91.4 g/t Ga2O3, Broad Rare Earth Mineralization and Newly Identified Scandium at Cruzeta
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 13, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") reports results from eleven additional RC holes at Cruzeta, bringing the number of reported holes at the target to 28 since drilling began in December 2025. To date, drilling has consistently encountered gallium mineralization from surface, followed by broad rare earth mineralization below. A systematic review of the complete 28-hole...
2026-08-13 7:00 AM EDT
Spark Intersects up to 85 g/t Ga2O3 and 1.20% TREO, Expanding Arapaima Mineralization to 4.4 km E-W by 1.5 km N-S
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results from twelve reverse circulation ("RC") drill holes (ARA-RC-009 to ARA-RC-020) at the Cruzeta target of its flagship Arapaima Project in Brazil's Lithium Valley, Minas Gerais State. The results materially expand the scale of Arapaima. Drilling confirmed near-surface gallium mineralization in every hole...
2026-07-22 7:00 AM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Signs Protocol of Intentions With the Government of Minas Gerais in Support of its Critical Minerals Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 18, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Protocol of Intentions (a memorandum of understanding) with the Government of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through the State Secretariat for Economic Development ("SEDE") and Invest Minas (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Integrado de Minas Gerais – "INDI"), formalizing the State's...
2026-06-18 3:00 PM EDT
Spark Announces AGM Results
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 18, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) (the "Company" or "Spark") is pleased to announce that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majority at its annual general meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 10, 2026. Annual General Meeting Results A total of 18,080,325 common shares were represented at the AGM, representing 9.10% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares as...
2026-06-18 2:58 PM EDT
Spark Expands Drilling at Arapaima with Follow-Up 2,000-Metre RC Program
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 16, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) (the "Company" or "Spark") has launched the next phase of drilling at its Arapaima Project ("Arapaima" or the "Project") in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a follow-up 2,000-metre reverse circulation ("RC") program now underway. The follow-up program is designed to test areas of near-surface rare earth element and gallium mineralization identified during the...
2026-04-16 5:15 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Advances Arapaima Project with Resumption of RC Drilling and Metallurgical Work
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 25, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an operational update on exploration activities at its flagship Arapaima Project, located in Padre Paraíso, within Brazil's Lithium Valley. RC DRILLING PROGRAM - COMMENCEMENT AND SCOPE The Company has mobilized to resume its next Reverse Circulation ("RC") drilling program at the Arapaima Project. The program is...
2026-03-25 5:05 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Provides Update on Sharing Agreement
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 19, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company"), an exploration company focused on the discovery of battery metals in Brazil's prestigious Lithium Valley, at the request of the Canadian Securities Exchange, is providing an update on its sharing agreement dated March 31, 2025 (the "Sharing Agreement") with Sorbie Bornholm LP ("SBLP") previously described in the Company's news...
2026-03-19 7:02 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Comments on Recent Disclosure Pursuant to CIRO's Request
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 12, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") has been requested by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization to issue this news release to clarify certain disclosure included in the Company's January 9, 2026, corporate presentation, in news releases dated February 10, 2026, and February 13, 2026, and in certain promotional materials published on a third-party platform,...
2026-03-12 6:25 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Announces Closing of Private Placement
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 10, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that further to its news releases dated February 26, 2026 and February 27, 2026, the Company has further upsized and closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at an issue price of $0.06 per Unit. Due to strong investor...
2026-03-10 2:08 PM EDT
Spark Energy Minerals Announces Upsizing of Private Placement to $550,000
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that due to strong investor demand, it intends to increase the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement to up to $550,000 (the "Offering"). The Offering will consist of up to 9,166,667 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") sold at a price of $0.06 per Unit. Each Unit will consist of one...
2026-02-27 7:01 PM EST
Spark Energy Minerals Announces Private Placement
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 26, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of up to 5,000,000 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.06 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $300,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (each, a "Share") and one common share purchase warrant (each, a...
2026-02-26 6:30 PM EST