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Colombia Back on Top as #1 Market Searching Miami Real Estate; Georgia Top State Searching

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Colombia registered the most global web searches for South Florida real estate in April 2024, according to a new report by the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI).

MIAMI, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Colombia registered the most global web searches for South Florida real estate in April 2024, according to a new report by the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI). Poland had topped the list the previous two months.

Miami is the gateway to the Americas,”

Miami is the gateway to the Americas,” 2024 MIAMI Chairman of the Board Gus Fonte said. “The world knows it must have a presence in Miami because we are the global city of the future.”

About 147 countries searched for MiamiRealtors.com in April 2024. Colombia, South Florida’s top global buyer, has now finished in the top-two among the top countries searching Miami real estate in each of the last 26 months.

Top-10 Countries Searching MiamiRealtors.com in April 2024:

Country       

Share of International Search        

1.

Colombia           

11.1 %

2.

United Kingdom       

6.6 %

3.

Canada           

6.4 %

4.

Argentina           

5.9 %

5.

Germany           

5.8 %

6.

Venezuela           

5.4 %

7.

India               

5.2 %

8.

Russia           

5.2 %

9.

Spain           

5.1 %

10.

Philippines         

4.3 %

All other countries       

39 %

Top Global Markets for South Florida Real Estate
Colombia purchased the most South Florida real estate among foreign countries in 2023, according to the 2023 Profile of International Home Buyers of MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI) Members. Colombian buyers purchased 15% of all international purchases in South Florida. Argentina (14%), Brazil (7%), Venezuela (6%) and Canada (6%) rounded out the top 5, respectively. Access the report: https://bit.ly/2023MIAMIGlobalStudy

Florida is the top U.S. destination for foreign buyers (23% of all sales), according to NAR’s 2023 Profile of International transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate. Florida has been the No. 1 state for foreign home buyers for the last 15 years.

More than half of all international home sales (47%) in Florida are in MiamiFort LauderdaleWest Palm Beach, according to the 2023 Florida Realtors’ annual Profile of International Residential Real Estate Activity in Florida.

One in five of all U.S. international home sales happen in Florida and one in two in Florida are in the Miami metro market. South Florida secures about 11% of all global home sales in the entire U.S. annually.

Miami remains a bargain for prime property ($1M and up) compared to other global cities, according to the 2023 Knight Frank Wealth Report. For $1M, homebuyers can purchase 64 square meters of prime property in Miami. That is almost four times more than Monaco (17 square meters), nearly two times more than New York (33) and London (34) and more than Paris, Sydney, Tokyo and more.

When looking at all price ranges, South Florida is also a bargain in comparison to other global cities and U.S. metros, according to the NAR 2023 International Study. MiamiFort LauderdaleWest Palm Beach’s price per square meter is $3,170, far below at least 30 global cities and 13+ U.S. Metros including markets such as Hong Kong ($28,570), New York City ($17,191), San FranciscoOaklandHayward, CA ($8,250), Madrid, Spain ($6,173), Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, CA ($4,740) and SeattleTacomaBellevue, WA ($4,460).

Top-10 International Cities Searching MiamiRealtors.com in April 2024

Bogotá, ColombiaBuenos Aires, Argentina York, England Madrid, Spain Toronto, Canada Frankfurt, Germany Warsaw, Poland Medellin, ColombiaCaracas, Venezuela Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Georgia No. 1 State Searching for Miami Real Estate
Georgia again registered the most domestic Miami real estate web searches in April 2024.

New York was the top state for out-of-state buyers in the South Florida area, according to the 2023 Profile of International Home Buyers of MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI) Members. Access the report: https://bit.ly/2023MIAMIGlobalStudy

Top-10 U.S. States Searching MiamiRealtors.com in April 2024

Georgia Virginia New York Ohio Michigan North Carolina Pennsylvania Indiana California Texas

Top-10 U.S. Cities Searching MiamiRealtors.com in April 2024

Atlanta New York Coffeyville, KSDes Moines, Iowa San Antonio Los Angeles Columbus, Ohio Dallas Chicago San Francisco

About the MIAMI Association of Realtors®
The MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) was chartered by the National Association of Realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 104 years of service to Realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in South Florida. Comprised of six organizations: MIAMI RESIDENTIAL, MIAMI COMMERCIAL; BROWARDMIAMI, a division of MIAMI Realtors; JTHS-MIAMI, a division of MIAMI Realtors in the JupiterTequestaHobe Sound area; MIAMI YPN, our Young Professionals Network Council; and the award-winning MIAMI Global Council. MIAMI REALTORS represents 60,000 total real estate professionals in all aspects of real estate sales, marketing, and brokerage. It is the largest local Realtor association in the U.S. and has official partnerships with 260 international organizations worldwide. MIAMI’s official website is http://www.MiamiRealtors.com

Media Contact

Chris Umpierre, MIAMI Association of REALTORS, 3054687047, chris@miamire.com, www.MiamiRealtors.com

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OceanaGold Reports Voting Results from its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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VANCOUVER, BC, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – OceanaGold Corporation (TSX: OGC) (NYSE: OGC) (“OceanaGold” or the “Company”) is pleased to report the voting results from the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “AGM”) held today.

A total of 184,072,822 common shares of the Company were represented in person or by proxy at the AGM, representing 82.06% of common shares outstanding as at the record date. Shareholders voted in favour of each of the items of business at the AGM.

Election of Directors

Each of the director nominees listed in OceanaGold’s Management Information Circular dated April 23, 2026 was elected as a director of the Company to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed. Detailed results of the vote for each director are set out in the table below:

Directors

Votes For

%

Votes Withheld

%

Paul Benson

132,452,772

77.70

38,003,874

22.30

Ian M. Reid

169,552,116

99.47

904,530

0.53

Craig J. Nelsen

169,280,303

99.31

1,176,343

0.69

Sandra M. Dodds

167,057,565

98.01

3,399,081

1.99

Alan N. Pangbourne

170,267,931

99.89

188,715

0.11

Linda M. Broughton

170,153,528

99.82

303,118

0.18

Stefanie E. Loader

169,432,122

99.40

1,024,524

0.60

Gerard M. Bond

170,272,112

99.89

184,534

0.11

Appointment of Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed as the auditor of the Company to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until its successor is appointed, at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors of the Company.

Votes For

%

Votes Withheld

%

180,933,130

98.29

3,139,692

1.71

Advisory Vote on the Approach to Executive Compensation

A non-binding resolution on the Company’s approach to executive compensation was approved.

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

165,775,649

97.25

4,680,997

2.75

Virtual-Only Annual General Meetings

A resolution to hold the Company’s 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders in a virtual-only format was approved.

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

106,379,295

62.41

64,077,351

37.59

About OceanaGold

OceanaGold is a global intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders. We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the wholly-owned Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; the wholly-owned Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand; and the 80%-owned Didipio Mine in the Philippines.

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AI Engines Trust Hermès, Rolex, Chanel and Ferrari Most — 5W and Haute Living Release The AI Luxury 25

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First ranking of the twenty-five luxury houses defining the AI era, scored by citation share across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

MIAMI, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 5W, the AI Communications Firm, and Haute Living, today released The AI Luxury 25, the first ranking of the world’s leading luxury houses by how clearly the AI engines describe them. Twenty-five houses, five engines, five equal dimensions, one composite score. Hermès leads at 98.6. Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, and Ferrari complete the top tier.

More than a third of luxury buyers now begin product research with AI, not Google. The first impression a buyer forms is the answer an engine returns when asked about a house — and certain houses surface, cleanly and consistently, while others blur. The AI Luxury 25 measures that gap and ranks the houses most deeply embedded in AI-generated answers.

The study scores each house on archival depth, citation density, entity clarity, editorial consistency, and retrieval stability. Hermès posts the cleanest entity profile in consumer commerce. Rolex records the only perfect entity-clarity score in the index. Aman, founded in 1988, is the modern house rising fastest — proof that retrieval authority can be built on purpose, not just inherited.

“In the AI era, the answer is the first impression,” said Ronn Torossian, Founder and Chairman of 5W AI Communications. “The houses at the top of this index earned it the only way it can be earned — a century of saying the same thing, consistently, until the machine learned it cold. That consistency is the modern form of brand equity. Everyone else now has to build it on purpose.”

“For two centuries the great houses competed for the cover, the window, the front row,” said Kamal Hotchandani, Founder and CEO of Haute Living. “The new front row is the answer a machine returns when a buyer asks. Hermès and Rolex didn’t set out to win it — they earned it with a century of discipline. This index measures who owns that answer.”

The full study, ranked tables, and methodology are available at https://www.5wpr.com/ai-visibility-index/ai-luxury-25-2026/

About Haute Living

Haute Living is the luxury lifestyle media brand covering the people, places, and brands defining the global luxury economy. Learn more at hauteliving.com.

About 5W AI Communications

5W is the AI Communications Firm, building brand authority across the platforms where decisions now happen — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews — alongside earned media, digital, and influencer channels. 5W combines public relations, digital marketing, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and proprietary AI visibility research, helping clients measure and grow their presence in AI-driven buyer research.

Founded more than 20 years ago, 5W has been recognized as a top U.S. PR agency by O’Dwyer’s, named Agency of the Year in the American Business Awards®, and honored as a Top Place to Work in Communications in 2026 by Ragan. 5W serves clients across B2C sectors including Beauty & Fashion, Consumer Brands, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, and Nonprofit; B2B specialties including Corporate Communications and Reputation Management; as well as Public Affairs, Crisis Communications, and Digital Marketing, including Social Media, Influencer, Paid Media, GEO, and SEO. 5W was also named to the Digiday WorkLife Employer of the Year list.

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Hut 8 Closes $4.25 Billion of Investment-Grade Senior Secured Notes for Beacon Point Data Center Project

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Hut 8’s second investment-grade data center construction bond — fully amortizing, non-recourse, and non-dilutive — rated Baa2 and priced 20 basis points inside the River Bend notes issuance spread

Substantially oversubscribed, broadening Hut 8’s institutional credit investor base and bringing cumulative project-level, investment-grade data center construction financing to $7.5 billion

MIAMI, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) (TSX: HUT) (“Hut 8” or the “Company”), an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive technologies, today announced the closing of a $4.25 billion offering (the “Offering”) of 6.129% senior secured notes due 2042 (the “Notes”) issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beacon Point DC LLC (the “Issuer”). The Notes are rated Baa2 by Moody’s Ratings, one notch above the BBB− assigned by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings to Hut 8’s River Bend financing in April 2026.

The Issuer intends to use the proceeds from the Offering to (i) finance (1) the development and construction of a turnkey data center, comprising six data halls with a combined total of 352 megawatts of critical IT capacity, to be built on an approximately 521-acre property in Nueces County, Texas and (2) the construction of the substation located on the property, which data center facility will be leased to a tenant that is a high-investment-grade company (i.e., rated AA− or higher) as of the date hereof pursuant to the data center lease agreement, (ii) fund debt service reserves, and (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the Offering.

Offering Highlights

Demonstrates the repeatability of an investment-grade financing model that preserves balance-sheet strength: The Offering marks the second execution of a financing model that is non-recourse to Hut 8, fully funded at the project level, and non-dilutive to existing shareholders, with no expected equity issuance by Hut 8 to fund the project. The fully amortizing structure eliminates refinancing risk at the project level, while its non-recourse profile allows Hut 8 to maintain zero recourse debt at the parent level, leaving its balance sheet unconstrained.Reflects disciplined, first-principles execution marked by improved rating, pricing, and scale: The Offering improves upon the first execution of the model at River Bend across rating and spread. At T+165 basis points, the Notes priced 20 basis points inside the River Bend notes issuance spread. These terms establish the Offering as the largest, tightest-priced, and highest-rated investment-grade bond issued to date in a single-sponsor data center construction financing. Across successive executions, this progression supports Hut 8’s pursuit of a corporate investment-grade profile.Confirms broadening institutional endorsement of Hut 8’s development financing model: Investor demand validates Hut 8’s model of financing investment-grade, construction-stage development. The Offering was substantially oversubscribed and attracted both repeat investors and new investors who did not participate in the River Bend offering, broadening Hut 8’s institutional credit investor base. Together, River Bend and Beacon Point represent $7.5 billion of investment-grade capital raised for construction-stage data center development, a credit standard rarely achieved prior to commercial operations.

Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8, said: “The investment-grade market has historically not been available to finance project-level data center construction. Together with our River Bend offering, this Offering establishes the ability of our data center projects to access investment-grade financing markets and demonstrates a repeatable model for funding construction-stage development. We believe this structure, which eliminates refinancing risk and protects shareholder value, can support a durable competitive advantage as we continue to scale.”

Sean Glennan, CFO of Hut 8, said: “The hallmark of this financing model is repeatability. What enables us to deliver superior outcomes over time, however, is rigor of execution. Each term of the Offering was structured from first principles rather than inherited from the prior offering. Beacon Point improves on River Bend across key financing metrics, including rating and spread. We intend to bring that same discipline to future transactions.”

J.P. Morgan acted as lead bookrunner for the Offering. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as a bookrunner for the Offering.

About Hut 8

Hut 8 is an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive technologies such as AI, high-performance computing, and ASIC compute. The Company develops, commercializes, and operates industrial-scale energy and data center infrastructure through a power-first, innovation-driven approach. For more information, visit hut8.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release includes “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and United States securities laws, respectively (collectively, “forward-looking information”). All information, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that Hut 8 expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including statements relating to the anticipated use of proceeds from the Offering, the development and construction of the Beacon Point project, the expected benefits and repeatability of the Company’s financing model, the Company’s pursuit of a corporate investment-grade profile, the Company’s development pipeline, and the Company’s future business strategy, competitive strengths, expansion, and growth of the business and operations more generally, and other such matters is forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is often identified by the words “may,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “allow,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “predict,” “can, “might,” “potential,” “is designed to,” “likely,” or similar expressions.

Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts, but instead represent management’s expectations, estimates, and projections regarding future events based on certain material factors and assumptions at the time the statement was made. While considered reasonable by Hut 8 as of the date of this press release, such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, but not limited to, risks relating to the construction of new data centers, including cost overruns, delays, supply chain issues, permitting or regulatory hurdles, unexpected technical challenges, and dependency on contractors; risks relating to the financing of new data centers, including the potential dilutive impact of equity issuances (if any), access to capital markets, timing and cost of financing, and market conditions such as increases in interest rates, declining equity valuations, volatility in credit markets, or tightening lending standards; risks impacting our ability to expand the power capacity at the River Bend campus, such as limitations of transmission and/or generation resources; failure of critical systems; geopolitical, social, economic, and other events and circumstances; competition from current and future competitors; risks related to power requirements; cybersecurity threats and breaches; hazards and operational risks; changes in leasing arrangements; Internet-related disruptions; dependence on key personnel; having a limited operating history; attracting and retaining customers; entering into new offerings or lines of business; price fluctuations and rapidly changing technologies; predicting facility requirements; strategic alliances or joint ventures; operating and expanding internationally; hedging transactions; potential liquidity constraints; legal, regulatory, governmental, and technological uncertainties; physical risks related to climate change; involvement in legal proceedings; trading volatility; and other risks described from time to time in Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the Company’s recent and upcoming annual and quarterly reports and other continuous disclosure documents, which are available under the Company’s EDGAR profile at sec.gov and SEDAR+ profile at sedarplus.ca. Information in this press release is as of the dates and time periods indicated herein, and neither the Company nor the Issuer undertake to update any of the information contained in these materials, except as required by law.

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