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- Naughty Ventures Corp., formerly York Harbour Metals Inc., operates as a mineral exploration and development company focused on high-grade base metals, rare earth elements and emerging clean energy commodities in Canada. The company holds 100% interest in the York Harbour Copper-Zinc-Silver Project, comprising 5 licenses and 156 claims covering 4,725 hectares located 27 kilometers west of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, targeting volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits with historical production and ongoing drill-defined mineralization including copper, zinc, silver, lead, cobalt and gold; the Bottom Brook Rare Earth Elements Project spanning 15,150 hectares in western Newfoundland adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway; and recently acquired hydrogen exploration assets totaling over 36,000 hectares in Ontario and Quebec featuring prospective natural hydrogen occurrences such as Hearst East & West properties with fairy circles. Naughty Ventures conducts systematic exploration including diamond drilling, soil sampling, geological mapping and 3D modeling across these properties to delineate resources and test new targets like the No. 4 Brook showing and sea-level adits at York Harbour. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company previously changed its name from Phoenix Gold Resources Corp. to York Harbour Metals Inc. in February 2022 and now operates under Naughty Ventures Corp. with recent listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange under ticker BAD. Latest developments include closing a strategic option agreement with Sorrento Resources Ltd. on November 21, 2025, to advance a rare earth element property; updating the Sorrento option on October 30, 2025; announcing sale of a hydrogen asset portfolio to Rev Exploration Corp. on November 26, 2025; selling Firetail Resources shares for CAD $1.71 million on August 8, 2025; completing a private placement of units in February 2025; entering an option agreement with Firetail Resources in June 2024 for the York Harbour project; and expanding into clean energy via hydrogen asset acquisition from 1502757 B.C. Ltd. in September 2025.