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Why Volato Group Stock Is Skyrocketing On Monday?

Benzinga·06/01/2026 15:35:15
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Volato Group Inc (NYSE:SOAR) shares are surging on Monday morning, racking up massive gains for retail traders. The stock is up more than 110% as investors react directly to the rapid operational progress of its pending merger partner, M2i Global Inc. (OTC:MTWO).

Blockchain Partnership Unlocks Commodity Liquidity

M2i Global executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Nevada-based Aurica Tokenization Inc. The collaborative partnership introduces a physically-backed framework to tokenize gold initially, before expanding into strategic minerals like copper, silver, zinc, and rare earths.

Alberto Rosende, chief executive officer of M2i, emphasized the strategic shift: “Tokenization, which transforms ownership of physical, illiquid strategic minerals into digital blockchain tokens, allows for fractional ownership, bringing much-needed liquidity to commodity markets.”

Lucrative Terms Boost the M2i Pipeline

The agreement injects direct financial upside into M2i’s ecosystem. Under the terms, M2i secures the right to acquire up to 30% of Aurica’s common equity for $20 million, exercisable for six months.

Financially, Aurica expects to process $40 million of hallmarked gold in month one, scaling to an $80 million monthly run-rate by month 17. For M2i, this creates baseline operating-income participation scaling from $1.2 million to $2.4 million per month, alongside a recurring distribution of approximately 6 million Aurica-bearing coupon tokens annually for five years.

Synergy Fuels the Pending Volato Merger

The strategic development heavily influences Volato, which entered a definitive agreement to merge with M2i Global back in the second quarter of 2025. Volato utilizes its Parslee Document Intelligence platform to bring software capability and compliance tracking to M2i’s logistics infrastructure. Together, they target a domestic critical minerals market estimated to exceed $320 billion annually.

SOAR Stock Price Movement on Monday

SOAR Stock Price Activity: Volato Group shares were up 98.35% at $0.33 at the time of publication on Monday, according to Benzinga Pro data.

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