B2i Digital names Hayasa Metals as featured company

B2i Digital added Hayasa Metals to its Featured Company roster on Oct. 27, 2026, giving the Vancouver copper and gold explorer broader exposure to retail and institutional investors. The move comes as Hayasa advances a partner-funded exploration alliance in southern Armenia and waits on assays, licenses and deal terms across its Armenian portfolio.

Why it matters: - B2i Digital’s featured-company platform can put Hayasa Metals in front of more retail and institutional market participants. - Hayasa is trying to raise its profile as it advances exploration assets in Armenia and works with a major mining partner in the south. - The company’s near-term news flow includes assays, a possible definitive agreement, and license approvals.

What happened: - B2i Digital named Hayasa Metals Inc. its newest Featured Company on Oct. 27, 2026. - Hayasa Metals trades as OTCQB: HAYAF and TSXV: HAY. - B2i Digital will introduce Hayasa Metals to its network of retail and institutional investors. - Hayasa Metals has been exploring for copper and gold in Armenia since 2021. - Hayasa Metals is based in Vancouver.

The details: - A major mining company is sole-funding a two-year copper exploration alliance in southern Armenia under a term sheet signed Sept. 17, 2026. - After US$1 million is spent in the alliance area, the partner can earn 51% of a project by funding an additional US$1 million over two years. - The partner can earn 70% by funding a further US$3 million over three years. - Hayasa Metals will remain the operator. - Definitive agreements are expected before year-end. - Hayasa Metals owns 100% of the Urasar copper-gold project in northern Armenia. - Urasar covers a 15-kilometer mineralized corridor. - Franco-Nevada and EMX Royalty paid US$1 million in 2025 for a 1.25% royalty. - Drill hole UDD-021 returned 39 meters grading 0.50% copper and 0.18 grams per tonne gold from 11 meters. - Two deeper Urasar holes totaling 1,070 meters have assays pending. - Hayasa Metals controls the 93-square-kilometer Vardenis project in central Armenia and is seeking a new partner there. - Three additional exploration licenses are in application, with approval expected in the first quarter of 2027. - Hayasa says stream sediment and soil sampling in the alliance area is nearly complete and ahead of schedule.

Between the lines: - Armenia is still a little-known market for many U.S. investors, but the country exports copper, molybdenum and gold. - B2i Digital is positioning Hayasa Metals as a story with both geological upside and outside funding support. - The leadership team is part of the pitch: President and Chairman Dennis Moore is a geologist who discovered the 2-million-ounce Tocantinzinho gold mine and the Cuiú Cuiú gold deposit. - Chief Executive Officer Joel Sutherland has a capital-markets background that includes 20 years in the field and 12 years on Wall Street selling Canadian stocks to U.S. institutions. - The board includes Derek White, former president and CEO of KGHM International, and Randall Chatwin, senior vice president at B2Gold. - B2i Digital Chief Executive Officer David Shapiro said a major mining company willing to pay the bills makes Hayasa a story U.S. investors should hear. - Sutherland said Hayasa wants U.S. investors to know the name.

What's next: - Hayasa Metals expects definitive agreements for the southern Armenia alliance before year-end. - The company is waiting on assays from deeper holes at Urasar. - Hayasa Metals expects three new licenses to be approved in the first quarter of 2027. - The company is also seeking a partner for the Vardenis project.