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West Red Lake Gold 2025 US$73 million Gold Sales in Rear View Mirror as 2026 Commercial Production Begins

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West Red Lake Gold Mines announced the start of commercial production at its 100% owned Madsen Gold Mine, located in the Red Lake Mining District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Canada, 13th Jan 2026 – Global Stocks News – Sponsored content disseminated on behalf of West Red Lake Gold. On January 12, 2026, West Red Lake Gold Mines (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQX: WRLGF) announced the start of commercial production at its 100% owned Madsen Gold Mine, located in the Red Lake Mining District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

“Achieving commercial production is a major milestone for any producer, and it comes after a strong December that saw tonnage, grade, recoveries, and production all perform to plan,” stated Shane Williams, WRLG President and CEO.

“Credit and gratitude go to the site operations team, who delivered a responsible and methodical mine ramp-up,” added Williams. “I also want to thank our partners, the Lac Seul and Wabauskang First Nations, and the community of Red Lake for their longstanding support.”

WRLG set an internal commercial production requirement of 30 consecutive days of mill throughput at 65% or greater of permitted capacity (800 tonnes per day).  They achieved this in December 2025. 

Operational stability, the other internal requirement, is also in place at Madsen. Consistent strong mill recoveries, which averaged 94.6% in December, enabled production of 3,215 ounces of gold. 

In a YouTube video posted on January 12, 2026, West Red Lake Gold VP of Communications, Gwen Preston, discusses the transition from the Madsen ramp-up phase to commercial production.

“West Red Lake Gold just announced that the Madsen mine achieved commercial production on January 1st,” stated Preston in the above video.

“In December, the mill averaged 689 tonnes per day, which represents 86% of design capacity. That met our internal guideline, which was 65% of design capacity for 30 consecutive days.

Mined tonnage stepped up, gold grades reconciled reliably, the mill churned through more material, and all of this meant the mine produced 3,215 ounces of gold from rock averaging just shy of 5 grams per tonne gold.

Over the next few months, during our first quarter of commercial production, mined ore will come predominantly from the 4447 area, which is that high-grade zone in South Austin that we defined last year. With that area driving tonnage, mill feed is expected to average better than 6 grams per tonne gold in the quarter.”

“This comes after a ramp-up year that saw the Madsen Mine pour 20,147 ounces of gold, which was sold at an average price of US$3,650 per ounce for gross proceeds of US$73 million,” continued Preston.

“It’s fantastic to be producing and selling gold. We ended the year with CAD$46 million in cash and receivables. Commercial production is a major achievement, but there is so much more opportunity waiting to be unlocked at Madsen. 

We will continue executing on the process that is proven to work here at Madsen: definition drill to 7-metre centres, develop an accurate, high-resolution model of the deposit, engineer a mine plan, mine to plan, and mill reliably, and always prioritize safety. 

We will continue to advance Fork, with an aim to start mining that deposit this year.”

“We will get the shaft running soon and will dive into an opportunity that we just realized to potentially increase the tonnes going up the shaft significantly,” continued Preston. 

“We will continue to delineate the new high-grade area in Lower Austin that’s similar to 4447. 

We will finish drilling at Rowan, remodel that deposit, redo the mine plan there, hopefully including the veins that were excluded in our last go around because of spotty data, and complete a joint Madsen-Rowan prefeasibility study to capture the scale of the gold production hub we plan to build here. 

And we will continue searching for more of the remarkable gold mineralization that makes Red Lake and Madsen special. 

This news is an exciting start to a big year for West Red Lake Gold and the Madsen mine!” concluded Preston.

The Madsen operation poured 7,200 ounces of gold in Q4 (recovered and poured ounces do not align exactly due to gold in circuit and timing of gold pours). Those ounces were sold at an average price of US$4,150 per ounce for total gold sales revenue of US$30 million. 

“We will continue to ramp up from this strong base,” Williams stated in the January 12 press release, “and I anticipate Madsen will reach sustained permitted capacity by mid-2026.”

WRLG expects to release 2026 guidance during Q1, 2026.

“Gold and silver climbed to records in a broad-based metals rally as the US Justice Department threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment, reviving concerns about the central bank’s independence,” reported Bloomberg on January 12, 2026.

“The yellow metal spiked above $4,600 an ounce, while silver surpassed $85 after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the potential indictment comes amid “threats and ongoing pressure” by the administration to influence interest-rate decisions. The dollar weakened and US 10-year Treasury yields edged higher.”

“Repeated attacks on the Fed by the Trump administration were a major factor propelling gold and silver to successive peaks last year, and that driver looks set to persist,” added Bloomberg.

The Madsen Mine deposit presently hosts a National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) Indicated resource of 1.65 million ounces (“Moz”) of gold grading 7.4 g/t Au within 6.9 Mt, and an Inferred resource of 0.37 Moz of gold grading 6.3 g/t Au within 1.8 Mt. Mineral resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.38 g/t Au and a gold price of US$1,800/oz. A full copy of the Madsen Report is available on the Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. [1]

The technical information presented in this release has been reviewed and approved by Will Robinson, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for West Red Lake Gold and the Qualified Person for exploration at the West Red Lake Project, and by Hayley Halsall-Whitney, P.Eng., Vice President of Operations for West Red Lake Gold and the Qualified Person for technical services at the West Red Lake Project, as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

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1. Please refer to the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Prefeasibility Study for the Madsen Mine, Ontario, Canada”, prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and dated January 7, 2025. A full copy of the SRK report is available on the Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca

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Spring Cleaning for Your QuickBooks Data: Why March Is the Best Time to Optimize

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Brandon, MB, 20th April 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — As tax season wraps up and fiscal years come to a close, accounting firms naturally shift their focus from compliance work to planning for the year ahead. March represents a rare and valuable transition period. Year‑end adjustments are complete or nearly complete, tax filings are underway or finalized, and client financials are finally clear. At the same time, the new year’s transaction volume has not yet reached full momentum. This combination makes March the ideal window for QuickBooks year‑end cleanup and ongoing QuickBooks file maintenance.

For accounting firms managing multiple client files, this period offers an opportunity to reset systems, not just accounts. Optimizing QuickBooks after tax season allows firms to lock in clean opening balances, resolve structural issues revealed during tax preparation, and ensure that financial data remains accurate as activity accelerates in the months ahead. When treated as routine annual maintenance rather than a corrective exercise, QuickBooks spring cleaning becomes a scalable, value‑adding process.

Tax season often exposes problems that quietly accumulate over time. In the rush to meet deadlines, issues such as bloated charts of accounts, duplicate vendors and customers, misclassified expenses, or unresolved reconciliations may be identified but left unaddressed once filings are complete. Across multiple client files, these small inconsistencies quickly compound. Left untreated, they distort financial reports, slow down monthly closes, and make advisory work far more difficult as transaction volume ramps up later in the year.

March offers a strategic pause to address these issues before they become more costly. With prior‑year numbers finalized, accountants can confidently clean up historical data without fear of impacting filed returns. At the same time, early‑year activity is still manageable, making it far easier to correct errors, simplify account structures, and standardize how data is recorded going forward. This timing reduces the likelihood of reactive cleanups during audits, reviews, or mid‑year planning engagements.

A professional QuickBooks file maintenance process in March goes beyond basic housekeeping. It typically involves verifying that bank and credit card accounts are fully reconciled, confirming that opening balances are accurate, reviewing and simplifying the chart of accounts, and addressing lingering open invoices, bills, or credits. Duplicate or inactive vendors and customers are merged or cleaned up, and automation rules and integrations are reviewed to ensure they still align with how the client operates today. This work ensures that QuickBooks reflects the current state of the business rather than last year’s workflows.

For accounting firms overseeing multiple QuickBooks files, the operational benefits of a standardized March cleanup are significant. Clean files lead to faster month‑end closes for the rest of the year, fewer emergency cleanups during audits or extensions, and greater confidence when delivering advisory insights. Staff can work more efficiently, onboarding becomes easier, and client questions are resolved faster when the underlying data is reliable.

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QuickBooks File Size Limits: What Happens When Your Company File Hits the Wall

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Brandon, MB, 20th April 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — As businesses grow, their QuickBooks company files often grow even faster. What many organizations don’t realize is that QuickBooks has practical file size limits—and once those limits are reached, performance issues can escalate rapidly. Industry experts warn that when a company file “hits the wall,” file optimization becomes critical to maintaining speed, stability, and financial accuracy.

While Intuit does not enforce a hard shutdown limit, performance degradation typically begins long before a file becomes unusable. Large files filled with years of historical transactions, inactive records, and internal fragmentation can cause slow startup times, delayed reporting, data errors, and frequent crashes.

“Many users assume slow QuickBooks performance is a hardware issue,” said a file‑optimization specialist. “In reality, it’s often the file itself. Once a company file exceeds recommended size thresholds, QuickBooks struggles to efficiently process the data.”

In practice, QuickBooks performance issues commonly appear when files reach:

  • Desktop Pro/Premier: Noticeable slowdown as files approach multi‑gigabyte ranges
  • Enterprise: Improved tolerance for larger files, but still vulnerable to database fragmentation and bloat

File size alone isn’t the only factor. The number of list entries, transaction volume, and file age all contribute to declining performance over time.

When a QuickBooks file becomes too large or inefficiently structured, users may experience:

  • Long file opening and closing times
  • Reports that take minutes—or longer—to generate
  • Lag or freezing in multi‑user environments
  • Higher risk of data damage and corruption
  • More frequent rebuilds and verification errors

File optimization is a specialized process designed to restore performance without sacrificing financial history or compliance. Unlike basic cleanup or built‑in condensing, optimization focuses on restructuring the database for efficiency.

Common optimization steps include:

  • Removing unused or inactive lists
  • Cleaning orphaned and redundant data
  • Rebuilding internal indexes
  • Reducing database fragmentation
  • Improving overall file structure

Organizations that optimize their QuickBooks files often see performance improvements of 60–80%, extending the usable life of their company file by years.

QuickBooks includes a standard data condensing feature, but specialists caution that it:

  • Removes historical transaction detail
  • Can disrupt audit trails and reporting
  • Does not resolve underlying structural inefficiencies

Professional file optimization goes beyond condensing by preserving data integrity while addressing the root causes of poor performance.

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Is Your QuickBooks File Too Slow? How File Optimization Can Cut Load Times by 80%

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Brandon, MB, 20th April 2026, ZEX PR WIRE Slow and unstable QuickBooks performance continues to frustrate businesses as company files grow larger and more complex. Accounting and IT professionals report that strategic QuickBooks file optimization can reduce load times by up to 80%, restoring speed, stability, and usability without sacrificing financial accuracy.

Over time, QuickBooks files accumulate years of historical transactions, inactive lists, and structural fragmentation. Once recommended file-size thresholds are exceeded, users experience slow startup times, delayed report generation, frequent freezing, and higher risks of data corruption—particularly in multi‑user environments.

“Performance issues are rarely about hardware alone,” noted an industry file‑optimization specialist. “In most cases, the real problem is database bloat. Optimization restructures the file so QuickBooks can operate efficiently again.”

QuickBooks file optimization is a controlled maintenance process designed to streamline and repair large company files. It typically includes:

  • Removal of unused list entries
  • Cleanup of orphaned and redundant data
  • Index rebuilding and internal restructuring
  • Repair of minor file‑level inconsistencies
  • Overall reduction of database inefficiencies

Unlike routine maintenance or basic cleanups, optimization targets the underlying database structure rather than surface-level settings.

Businesses that complete file optimization commonly see:

  • 60–80% faster file opening times
  • Near‑instant report generation
  • Improved multi‑user responsiveness
  • Greater file stability and fewer crashes
  • Reduced long‑term corruption risk

Organizations often report that daily workflows which previously took several minutes are reduced to seconds, creating immediate productivity gains across accounting teams.

QuickBooks includes a standard data condense feature, but specialists caution that it:

  • Removes historical audit details
  • Can compromise long‑term reporting
  • Does not fully address database fragmentation

Professional file optimization goes beyond condensing by preserving financial integrity while restoring performance at the database level.

File optimization is most effective when:

  • QuickBooks files are slow to open or navigate
  • Reports take longer than expected to load
  • Multi‑user environments experience lag
  • Businesses are approaching year‑end close
  • Systems are being migrated to new servers or hosted platforms

A slow QuickBooks file is more than an inconvenience—it directly impacts efficiency, accuracy, and user confidence. File optimization offers one of the fastest, most cost‑effective ways to extend the life of a QuickBooks company file while delivering immediate performance improvements.

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