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- International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. is a resource company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, with its flagship asset comprising a 100% interest in the Livengood Gold Project located approximately 70 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the Tintina gold belt; the project spans roughly 19,546 hectares including land leased from the Alaska Mental Health Trust, state mining claims, private mineral leases, and patented ground, and features one of North America's largest wholly owned gold resources estimated at 13.6 million ounces. The company holds indicated and inferred gold resources at Livengood alongside significant antimony mineralization, positioning it to leverage opportunities in both precious metals and critical minerals essential for national defense and economic applications; it operates as a development-stage entity with minimal employees and pursues advancement through technical studies, environmental baseline work, permitting, and potential strategic partnerships. Incorporated in 1978 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with key project operations managed from Fairbanks, Alaska, International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. maintains subsidiaries such as Tower Hill Mines, Inc. and Tower Hill Mines (US) LLC to support its U.S.-based activities. In recent developments, the company completed a US$3.9 million non-brokered private placement in March 2025 primarily to existing institutional shareholders including Paulson & Co. Inc., Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund II L.P., and Kopernik Global Investors, LLC, to fund antimony metallurgical studies at Livengood; it approved a $3.7 million 2025 work program emphasizing antimony metallurgy, environmental baselines, and community engagement, with encouraging preliminary results reported from the initial phase of antimony testing in September 2025; additionally, mineral property expenditures rose to $1.17 million in the first nine months of 2025 amid ongoing exploration, while management notes the need for further financing to sustain operations and advance permitting.