Plato Gold closes $55,000 flow-through private placement tranche

• Plato Gold closed an initial tranche of a non-brokered critical-mineral flow-through private placement, raising $55,000.
• Issued 1,100,000 flow-through common shares at $0.05 each; no warrants attached.
• Financing targets up to $150,000 in total; additional closings remain possible.
• Proceeds earmarked for eligible Canadian exploration expenses at the Pic River PGM project near Marathon, Ontario.
• CEO Anthony Cohen bought 600,000 shares for $30,000; post-deal stake 24.91% of 231,765,717 shares outstanding.

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