
European Lithium has successfully acquired LRH Resources , the operator of the Leinster lithium project in Ireland, from UK-based Technology Minerals . The Leinster project encompasses an extensive area south of Dublin, with 15 prospecting licenses covering 477 km2 and an additional eight licenses spanning 284 km2 . Notably, the region includes several lithium-bearing spodumene pegmatites across its northern and southern blocks. As part of the agreement, European Lithium will issue 1.37 million shares in Critical Metals Corp to Technology Minerals, with a lock-up period lasting until February 28, 2025 . Chairman Tony Sage highlighted that this acquisition aligns with the company’s strategy to expand its presence in the European lithium market . He stressed the significance of the deal in supporting the European Union’s sustainability goals , securing supply chains for critical minerals crucial for the transition to a low-carbon economy . Sage also emphasized the strategic value of their investment in Critical Metals Corp, which facilitated the acquisition. To bolster its exploration efforts, European Lithium has appointed George Karageorge , an experienced geologist and international mining executive, as its Executive General Manager of Exploration . Karageorge brings a proven track record of advancing mining projects from exploration to production, having collaborated with several ASX and TSX-listed companies. His leadership is expected to enhance the company’s exploration and development activities in Europe. European Lithium, which also owns the Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria, aspires to become Europe’s first local lithium supplier , playing a vital role in the region’s integrated battery supply chain . The company’s strategic positioning aims to address the surging demand for lithium across Europe, solidifying its status as a key player in the sector.None
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M&S is looking to reset its prices in its overseas stores in a bid to turn around a slowdown in its international business. Chief executive Stuart Machin said the firm planned to “restore the competitiveness” of the company overseas and added that it was “way out of kilter on price”, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Despite remarkable growth in its domestic arm , overseas sales have been faltering at M&S. In the third quarter of this year, international sales fell 10.3 per cent, and international adjusted operating profit halved to £15.2m. Machin has suggested that overseas prices have risen because both M&S and its franchise partners make a margin on sales. “The truth is, there is no win-win partnership with our franchise partners ... We need to re-contract with those partners and reset the expectations,” Machin said speaking at an investor day earlier this month. “We have to completely rethink international.” Marks and Spencer has 434 international stores compared to 1,058 UK stores, with more than half of its international stores run by franchise partners. In a statement alongside Marks and Spencer’s third-quarter results earlier this year , Machin said that Marks and Spencer was “resetting priorities in international to drive future growth” and “acting now to improve short-term performance.” The company said an international reset was “underway”, with a new leadership team in place. It said that “actions have been taken” to lower stock levels, improve the range, reduce operating costs and strengthen leadership, and it expects the business to stabilise in the next year. Further changes may include making supply chains more efficient and trialling new products in international markets, The Sunday Telegraph report said. City AM contacted Marks and Spencer for comment.Caribbean Princess Arrives in Port Canaveral for First-Ever Season of Cruises
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An emergency room nurse contacted police in 2017 after treating a woman who said that, while drinking with colleagues after a political gathering several nights earlier, she may have been drugged and was then sexually assaulted by a man she later identified as Pete Hegseth, according to records released late Wednesday by the Monterey, California, Police Department. A lawyer for Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, has said the encounter was consensual. Authorities declined to bring charges in the case. Hegseth later paid the woman an undisclosed sum as part of a nondisclosure agreement. The documents offer the most detailed account yet of the steps police took to investigate Hegseth as part of an incident that has been roiling Trump’s team since the former president announced the former Fox News host was his pick to run the Defense Department. The accuser - referred to as “Jane Doe” in the 22-page batch of documents released in response to a public records request - met Hegseth at a Republican conference in Monterey, California, where he had been featured as a speaker. After observing Hegseth behaving “inappropriately” with women at the upscale hotel event, she said she confronted him, officers wrote, and the pair argued. “Doe” recalled Hegseth telling her that he was a “nice guy,” officers wrote. Her next memory was being in an unknown room with Hegseth, according to the police report. She stated that Hegseth then “took her phone from her hands” and blocked the door, according to the documents. “JANE DOE remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” the report said. The woman consumed “much more” alcohol than normal that day, she told authorities, and much of the encounter with Hegseth occurred after things became “fuzzy,” she said, according to the documents. Days later, the accuser told a nurse that she suspected “something may have been slipped” into her drink that October 2017 night, according to the police report. The records do not indicate whether investigators asked her about her suspicion that she may have been drugged. Hegseth told officers that, throughout the encounter, he repeatedly checked to ensure that the woman was comfortable. He expressed that he did not want to get her into trouble, according to the report. Hegseth said she showed “early signs of regret,” the officer wrote, noting that he “did not elaborate.” Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s lawyer, previously told The Washington Post that his client was “visibly intoxicated” that evening. Citing video surveillance footage that showed the two of them walking arm-in-arm, with the woman smiling and looking coherent, he claimed that the woman was the “aggressor” that evening. The newly released records confirm his description of the video footage but do not address his characterization of the woman as the aggressor. While one witness described the woman as “coherent” and Hegseth as “very intoxicated,” the records show, Hegseth himself told police he was “buzzed” but not intoxicated. “This confirms what I’ve said all along, that the incident was fully investigated, and police found the allegations to be false, which is why no charges were filed,” said Parlatore. The papers do not say how police assessed the woman’s allegations and do not address the veracity of either side’s claims. “Pete Hegseth is a highly-respected Combat Veteran who will honorably serve our country when he is confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense, just like he honorably served our country on the battlefield in uniform,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman, said in a statement. The records support portions of a memo that a friend of the woman sent to Trump’s transition team last week. That memo alleged that the woman had tried to intervene after two other women attending the conference complained that Hegseth was being “pushy” about taking them to his room. Police interviewed two other women at the conference who said that Hegseth had placed a hand on their thighs and invited them up to his hotel room. One told officers that she asked Doe to help ward him off, according to the report. The accuser’s identity has not been made public, and she did not respond to messages this week. She filed a complaint with police days after the encounter. Hegseth’s attorney said Saturday that Hegseth agreed to pay her after she threatened litigation in 2020, fearing publicity could result in his termination from Fox News, where he was then a host. The Trump transition team was alerted to the incident after receiving the detailed four-page memo from a woman who described herself as a friend of the accuser. The memo -- a copy of which was obtained by The Post -- alleged that Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in his room after drinking at a hotel bar in Monterey, where he had been speaking to a California Federation of Republican Women conference. The sender of the memo did not respond to requests for comment. Dean Flippo, the Monterey County district attorney at the time of the incident, said over the weekend that he had no memory of the case. That’s not unusual, he added, because the office deals with a high volume of investigations. The current district attorney, Jeannine Pacioni, has declined to comment.Edifier Scoops 5 Honours At Prestigious Visual Grand Prix 2025