Trident Assets Expands Inaugural Drill Program at Contact Lake Gold Mission, Saskatchewan

“Importantly, it comes at a time of rising demand for copper tasks in engaging jurisdictions with actual scale and a transparent pathway to manufacturing and cashflow. With this elevated useful resource base, and the continuing progress outlook, Cygnus is now clearly in that league.

“With the ability to ship a brand-new useful resource at Golden Eye in such a brief area of time speaks volumes. It shouldn’t be misplaced that our complete gold sources have elevated considerably in a gold worth setting in extra of US$3,500/oz.

“Given the doubtless important advantages of the elevated useful resource on a manufacturing profile and the sharp rises in our commodity costs because the earlier research completed three years in the past, the sights of the Chibougamau Mission are actually very clear to us.”

TORONTO and PERTH, Australia, Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cygnus Metals Restricted (ASX: CY5; TSXV: CYG; OTCQB: CYGGF) (“Cygnus” or the “Firm”) is happy to announce a MRE replace for the Chibougamau Copper-Gold Mission in Quebec (Desk 1).

This up to date MRE is comprised of:

• 6.4 Mt at 3.0% CuEq (2.3% Cu, 0.8 g/t Au, 7.6 g/t Ag) for 193 kt CuEq (149 kt Cu, 167 koz Au, and 1.6 Moz Ag) or 4.3 g/t AuEq for 884 koz AuEq within the Measured and Indicated classes; and
• 8.5 Mt at 3.5% CuEq (2.1% Cu, 1.7 g/t Au, 7.9 g/t Ag) for 295 kt CuEq (182 kt Cu, 454 koz Au, 2.2 Moz Ag) or 4.8 g/t AuEq for 1.3 Moz AuEq within the Inferred class.

General, this leads to a major enhance within the complete useful resource base for the Chibougamau Hub and Spoke Mission.

The MRE replace for the Chibougamau Mission contains the Nook Bay, Cedar Bay, Joe Mann, and Devlin deposits and the brand new Golden Eye deposit, all situated inside a 60 km radius from Cygnus’ 100%-owned current processing facility. The rise within the MRE is the results of drilling applications accomplished by Doré Copper in 2022 & 2024 at Nook Bay and Cygnus in 2025 at Nook Bay and Golden Eye. Within the 9 months since Cygnus acquired Doré Copper on 1 January 2025, Cygnus has accomplished 17,183 m of drilling.

A serious a part of the elevated MRE is because of a profitable exploration drilling marketing campaign at Golden Eye which was a spotlight of early goal era and exploration work by the Cygnus exploration crew. The preliminary useful resource at Golden Eye contains Indicated Mineral Assets of 91 koz at 5.6 g/t AuEq and Inferred Mineral Assets of 182 koz at 4.6 g/t AuEq. The Firm sees additional alternative to develop this useful resource, which stays open at depth beneath 400 m and in a number of instructions.

The rise within the world MRE (see Determine 1) in a brief timeframe proves that important progress alternatives exist on the Chibougamau Mission. Diamond drill rigs are persevering with to show whereas the Firm continues to execute its in-house AI pushed answer for the compilation of historic drill logs and maps, a few of which have by no means been seen in fashionable 3D software program. This background work has efficiently assisted Cygnus in concentrating on Golden Eye and resulted within the supply of an preliminary MRE, in addition to figuring out new drill targets at Cedar Bay (at present being drilled), and will likely be elementary to producing extra drill targets throughout the camp.

Important exploration potential is centred across the high-grade Chibougamau mineral system, which has a manufacturing historical past of 945,000 t of copper and three.5 Moz of gold. ³ This endowment, mixed with a fractured possession historical past and untimely mine closure, supplies Cygnus with the primary alternative to conduct fashionable systematic exploration in over 20 years.

The MRE replace supplies the muse for advancing the financial research of the Chibougamau Mission. Properly established infrastructure supplies the challenge a major head begin alongside the pathway to manufacturing with a 900,000 tpa processing facility, native mining city, sealed freeway, airport, regional rail infrastructure, and 25 kV hydro energy to the processing web site. Considerably, the Chibougamau processing facility is the one base metallic processing facility inside a 250 km radius. There are a selection of different superior copper and gold tasks inside this attain.

The MRE was ready by SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. (“SLR”), in accordance with Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum Definition Requirements (“CIM 2014”) as integrated in Nationwide Instrument 43-101 Customary of Disclosures for Mineral Tasks (“NI 43-101”) and the Joint Ore Reserves Committee’s 2012 version of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Outcomes, Mineral Assets and Ore Reserves (“JORC Code”). A Technical Report, documenting the Chibougamau Mission Mineral Useful resource Estimate, will likely be filed on SEDAR+ ( www.sedarplus.ca ) inside 45 days of this information launch and also will be out there on the Firm’s web site ( www.cygnusmetals.com ).

Desk 1: Mineral Useful resource Estimate (“MRE”) for the Chibougamau Copper-Gold Mission as at 16 September 2025.

Notes:

1. Cygnus’ Mineral Useful resource Estimate for the Chibougamau Copper-Gold challenge, incorporating the Nook Bay, Devlin, Joe Mann, Cedar Bay, and Golden Eye deposits, is reported in accordance with the JORC Code and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) (2014) definitions in NI 43-101.
2. Mineral Assets are estimated utilizing a long-term copper worth of US$9,370/t, gold worth of US$2,400/oz, and silver worth of US$30/oz, and a US$/C$ change price of 1:1.35.
3. Mineral Assets are estimated at a CuEq cut-off grade of 1.2% for Nook Bay and 1.5% CuEq for Devlin. A cut-off grade of 1.8 g/t AuEq was used for Cedar Bay and Golden Eye; and a pair of.0 g/t AuEq for Joe Mann.
4. Nook Bay bulk density varies from 2.85 tonnes per cubic metre (t/m ³ ) to three.02t/m ³ for the estimation domains and a pair of.0 t/m ³ for the overburden. At Devlin, bulk density varies from 2.85 t/m ³ to 2.90 t/m ³ . Cedar Bay, Golden Eye, and Joe Mann use a bulk density of two.90 t/m³ for the estimation domains.
5. Assumed metallurgical recoveries are as follows: Nook Bay copper is 93%, gold is 78%, and silver is 80%; Devlin copper is 96%, gold is 73%, and silver is 80%; Joe Mann copper is 95%, gold is 84%, and silver is 80%; and Cedar Bay and Golden Eye copper is 91%, gold is 87%, and silver is 80%.
6. Assumptions for CuEq and AuEq calculations (set out beneath) are as follows: Particular person metallic grades are set out within the desk. Commodity costs used: copper worth of US$9,370/t, gold worth of US$2,400/ouncesand silver worth of US$30/oz. Assumed metallurgical restoration elements: set out above. It’s the Firm’s view that every one components within the metallic equal calculations have an inexpensive potential to be recovered and bought.
7. CuEq Calculations are as follows:
   1. Nook Bay = grade Cu (%) + 0.68919 * grade Au (g/t) + 0.00884 * grade Ag (g/t).
   2. Devlin = grade Cu (%) + 0.62517 * grade Au (g/t) + 0.00862 * grade Ag (g/t).
   3. Joe Mann = grade Cu (%) + 0.72774* grade Au (g/t).
   4. Golden Eye and Cedar Bay = grade Cu (%) + 0.78730* grade Au (g/t) + 0.00905 * grade Ag (g/t).
8. AuEq Calculations are as follows:
   1. Nook Bay = grade Au (g/t) + 1.45097* grade Cu(%)+0.01282* grade Ag (g/t).
   2. Devlin = grade Au (g/t) + 1.59957* grade Cu(%)+0.01379* grade Ag (g/t).
   3. Joe Mann = grade Au (g/t) + 1.37411* grade Cu (%).
   4. Cedar Bay and Golden Eye = grade Au (g/t) + 1.27016 * grade Cu (%) + 0.01149 * grade Ag (g/t).
9. Wireframes had been constructed utilizing an approximate minimal thickness of two m at Nook Bay, 1.8 m at Devlin, 1.2 m at Joe Mann, and 1.5 m at Cedar Bay and Golden Eye.
10. Mineral Assets are constrained by underground reporting shapes.
11. Mineral Assets that aren’t Mineral Reserves should not have demonstrated financial viability.
12. Totals might differ because of rounding.

Determine 1: Comparability of present MRE (Sep 2025) with earlier MRE (Mar 2022) for the Chibougamau Copper-Gold Mission. Notice: The earlier MRE is taken into account a international estimate and was not ready in accordance with the JORC Code. Discuss with CY5’s ASX launch dated 15 October 2024 for additional particulars of the Overseas Estimate.

Determine 2: The Chibougamau Mission situated in Central Quebec on main street, rail and hydropower infrastructure.

Determine 3: Location of high-grade Nook Bay, Devlin, Cedar Bay, Joe Mann and Golden Eye deposits in hub and spoke mannequin.

Future Drilling

With this important milestone now achieved, consistent with the Firm’s worth creation technique, the main focus strikes to the following 12 months (refer Determine 4). The MRE enhance in contained metallic clearly highlights the chance for continued progress and this stays one of many core drivers for worth creation. Cygnus will proceed exploration drilling throughout the camp utilising its in-house AI-driven answer for historic knowledge to ship precedence drill targets. This method will concentrate on recognized deposits and extensions to recognized mineralisation, persevering with to unlock this historic district via low-risk brownfield exploration. Along side exploration, the Firm can even proceed infill drilling to de-risk the Mission and additional present confidence within the mineral sources to conduct extra detailed examine work.

Scoping Examine/ Preliminary Financial Evaluation

With the MRE replace leading to a 78% enhance within the Measured and Indicated Mineral Assets, the Firm additionally sees important worth in persevering with to advance the Mission with an up to date Scoping Examine / PEA (Doré Copper had beforehand accomplished a PEA in 2022) ¹ as there may be important alternative to reinforce the economics of the Mission through the use of an up to date MRE with up to date prices (notably therapy and refining prices), the inclusion of silver, change charges and metallic costs to mirror the present commodity worth setting. This up to date examine has commenced and is at present scheduled for completion in Q1 CY2026 (refer Determine 4).

Determine 4: Indicative timetable of Cygnus’ technique and information movement. The above timetable is indicative solely and topic to vary.

ABOUT THE MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE

The Chibougamau Mission Mineral Useful resource replace consists of current deposits Nook Bay, Cedar Bay, Joe Mann and Devlin and an preliminary MRE for the Golden Eye deposit (Desk 1 on web page 3 units out the Mineral Useful resource Estimate for the Chibougamau Mission).

The MRE has been ready in accordance with the JORC Code and the 2014 CIM Definition Requirements and had been estimated in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s (“CIM”) 2019 Finest Practices Pointers, as required by NI 43-101 . Mineral Assets that aren’t Mineral Reserves should not have demonstrated financial viability.

Key extra work that has resulted within the MRE enhance contains, however is just not restricted to:

• Extra 17,183 m of drilling by Cygnus at Nook Bay and Golden Eye because the acquisition of the Mission on 1 January 2025;
• Discovery of a brand new mineralised zone to the east of Nook Bay leading to new Inferred Mineral Assets;
• A rise within the Indicated Mineral Assets at Nook Bay because of infill drilling on the higher Predominant Vein, which efficiently upgraded Inferred to Indicated Assets (current drilling by Cygnus and 2022 & 2024 drilling by Doré Copper);
• Compilation and validation of 21,371 m of historic drilling at Golden Eye;
• Revised geological interpretation at Cedar Bay primarily based upon extra drilling and compilation of historic knowledge; and
• Revised cut-off values to mirror present long-term consensus commodity costs.

SUMMARY OF THE RESOURCE PARAMETERS

In accordance with ASX Itemizing Rule 5.8.1, a good and balanced illustration of the knowledge contained in JORC Desk 1 (refer Appendix B), together with a abstract of all data materials to understanding the reported MRE is supplied beneath.

Mission Geology and Geological Interpretation

Regional and Native Geology

The Mission is situated on the northeastern extremity of the Abitibi Sub province within the Superior province of the Canadian Defend. The Abitibi Sub-province is taken into account to be one of many largest and best-preserved greenstone belts on the earth and hosts quite a few gold and base metallic deposits.

The Chibougamau area is situated within the northeastern a part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of the Superior Province. The Archean rocks of the Chibougamau area had been deformed and metamorphosed from greenschist to amphibolite facies through the Kenoran orogeny.

The Chapais-Chibougamau space recorded main intrusive actions of varied nature, genetically linked to the volcanism and tectonism intervals of the geological historical past of the area. The three vital intrusive our bodies of the area are: 1) the Doré Lake Complicated (“DLC”); 2) the Chibougamau Pluton; and three) the differentiated mafic to ultramafic sills of the Cumming Complicated that shaped within the second volcanic cycle.

The DLC hosts the Nook Bay, Cedar Bay and Golden Eye deposits in addition to a number of different regional copper-gold deposits. It dates to 2,728.3 ± 1.2 Ma (Mortensen, 1993) and is a synvolcanic layered intrusion emplaced through the first volcanic cycle within the area between the Obatogamau and Waconichi Formations. DLC is an anorthositic complicated with mafic to ultramafic intrusions with a tholeiitic to calc-alkaline magmatic affinity (Allard, 1976; Daigneault and al., 1990; Ahmadou and al., 2019).

The Chibougamau Pluton hosts the Devlin deposit. The pluton was emplaced within the DLC and a part of the Waconichi Formation; nevertheless, it’s coeval with the second volcanic cycle of the Roy Group. The Chibougamau Pluton consists of an abundance of tonalite and diorite dikes, pegmatites, feldspar-phyric models, in addition to hydrothermal and magmatic breccia; all of which level to a shallow emplacement depth (Mathieu and Racicot, 2019). The pluton occupies the core of the Chibougamau anticline, which is a part of the foremost folding constructions of the area.

The Joe Mann deposit is a structurally managed deposit hosted by the Opawica-Guercheville deformation zone. This main east-west trending deformation hall is roughly 2km huge and extends for over 200km (Tait, 1992a; Pilote 1998; Leclerc et al. 2012). The construction cuts the mafic volcanic rocks of the Obatogamau Formation within the north a part of the Caopatina Section.

Mineralization

The Nook Bay, Cedar Bay and Golden Eye deposits are situated on the flanks of the DLC. These deposits are typical shear hosted copper-gold veins located throughout the host anorthosite which is sheared and sericitized over widths of two m to 25 m. The mineralization is characterised by veins and/or lenses of huge to semi-massive sulphides related to a brecciated to regionally huge quartz-calcite materials. The sulphides assemblage consists of chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, with lesser quantities of molybdenite and sphalerite. Late remobilized quartz-chalcopyrite-pyrite veins happen in a standard huge halo round the principle mineralization zones.

The Devlin deposit is hosted within the Chibougamau Pluton and is characterised by flat-lying undulating magmatic huge sulphide veins occurring at a depth of lower than 100 m from floor. The deposit is hosted by a hydrothermal breccia, consisting of huge chalcopyrite-pyrite-quartz +/- carbonate vein, which pinches and swells. Minor hematite and magnetite are current regionally; each being erratically distributed.

The gold mineralization on the Joe Mann mine is hosted by decimetre scale quartz-carbonate veins. The veins are mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite disposed in lens and veinlets parallel to schistosity, and infrequently seen gold. The veins are dominated by vitreous white quartz with minor plagioclase and iron carbonate. They’re intensely brecciated and sometimes boudinaged and folded. Moreover, these veins are characterised by their laminated or banded construction, consisting of alternating ribbons of quartz and mineralized wall rock. Nearly all of the vein sulphide mineralization is contained in these wall-rock fragments.

Drilling and Sampling Methods

Drilling on the Chibougamau Mission has been carried out solely by diamond drilling. A complete of 768 drill holes for a complete of 308,314 m have been included for the needs of the MRE. The distribution of drilling by deposit is summarised beneath.

All 35 holes for 17,183 m of diamond drilling accomplished by Cygnus had been NQ2 (50.6 mm diameter) and surveyed utilizing DeviGyro OX NQsupplied by IMDEX out of Val-d’Or, Québec.

Cygnus established a sampling protocol whereby core is usually sampled to a most size of 1 metre and a minimal of 0.3 m to accommodate geological boundaries or modifications in mineralization. Whereas this protocol was adopted for present drilling, some historic drill holes embrace intervals shorter than 0.3 m or longer than 1 m.. All Cygnus core was minimize in half, with the non-assayed portion saved for future reference if required.

For additional element relating to drilling and sampling, please seek advice from Appendix B (Desk 1 – Part 1).

Pattern Evaluation Technique

All assays accomplished by Cygnus had been carried out by Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd (“BV”). Pattern preparation and hearth assay evaluation had been completed at BV in Timmins, Ontario, and ICP-ES multi-elements evaluation was completed at BV in Vancouver, B.C.

Samples had been weighed, dried, crushed to 70% passing 2 mm, break up to 250 g, and pulverized to 85% passing 75 µm. Samples are hearth assayed for gold (Au) (50 g and 30 g) and multi-acid digestion ICP-ES end, for 23 components (together with key components Ag, Cu, Mo). Samples with seen gold or more likely to have gold grains are analysed with metallic display hearth assay. Samples assaying >10.0 g/t Au are re-analysed with a gravimetric end utilizing a 50 g and 30 g cost. Samples assaying >10% Cu are re-analysed with a sodium peroxide fusion with ICP-ES evaluation utilizing a 0.25 g cost.

QA/QC is completed in-house by Cygnus’ geologists with oversight from the Senior Geologist. The examine samples (blanks and requirements – 4% of complete samples with one other 2% of core duplicates taken on half break up core) that had been inserted into the pattern batches are verified towards their licensed values and are deemed a cross if they’re inside 3 normal deviations of the licensed worth. The duplicates are evaluated towards one another to find out mineralization distribution (nugget). If there are massive discrepancies within the examine samples, then the complete batch is requested to be re-assayed.

For additional particulars relating to drilling and sampling, please seek advice from Appendix B (Desk 1 – Part 1).

Estimation Methodology

Geological and mineralisation constraints had been generated in Leapfrog by Cygnus employees, reviewed by the Competent Particular person, and utilized to geostatistics, variography, block modelling, and grade interpolation. Tasks usually are not operational, and outcomes haven’t been validated towards reconciliation knowledge. Put up-mineralisation dykes and overburden had been assigned zero grade. Mum or dad block sizes had been sub-celled and, the place applicable, rotated. Block mannequin validation used normal business strategies, together with visible inspection, statistical comparability (ID, NN, OK), swath plots, and wireframe-to-block quantity checks. No assumptions had been made about correlations between variables.

Grade interpolation adopted inverse distance strategies (ID² or ID³) with progressively bigger search passes. Search ellipses had been anisotropic or isotropic relying on the deposit, oriented utilizing dynamic anisotropy or the default coordinate system. Assay capping was utilized utilizing fundamental statistics, histograms, log likelihood plots, and decile evaluation, with composites typically shaped at both 2 m or full-width intercepts.

Nook Bay contains 9 domains (CBAD1 to CBAD4, CBAD3a, CBUD, WV, WV2, WV3) constructed utilizing a 1% CuEq cut-off and a 2 m minimal thickness. Mum or dad blocks are 5×5×5 m, sub-celled to 1.25×0.625×1.25 m, and rotated 5°. Capping ranges are 16% for Cu, 5 g/t for Au, and 80 g/t for Ag. The composites are 2 m lengths, besides full width for CBUD.

Cedar Bay has 4 domains primarily based on a 1% CuEq cut-off and roughly a 1.5 m minimal thickness. Mum or dad blocks are 5×5×5m, sub-celled to 1.25 m. Capping ranges are 40 g/t for Au, 12% for Cu, and 60 g/t for Ag. Composites are full width.

Joe Mann has three domains with a 2 g/t Au cut-off and 1.2 m minimal thickness. Capping ranges are 45 g/t for Au, and a pair of.5% for Cu, with high-grade restrictions of 20 g/t Au over 18.75 m within the x-axis and 75 m within the y-axis of the second interpolation cross. Mum or dad blocks are 5×1×5 m, sub-celled to 1.25×0.25×1.25 m in two block fashions with completely different rotations. Composites are full width.

Devlin has 4 domains (three higher, one decrease) primarily based on a 1% Cu cut-off and a 1.8 m minimal thickness. Capping ranges are 2.5 g/t for Au and 15% for Cu within the Decrease Zone and 1.5 g/t for Au and 10% for Cu within the Higher Zone. Mum or dad blocks are 10×10×2.5 m, sub-celled to five×5×1.25 m. Composites are full width.

Golden Eye has ten domains primarily based on a 1% CuEq cut-off and a 1.5 m minimal thickness. Mum or dad blocks are 5×5×5 m, sub-celled to 1.25 m. Capping ranges are 40 g/t for Au, 12% for Cu, and 60 g/t for Ag. Composites are full width.

Bulk Density

At Nook Bay, 1,667 water immersion density measurements had been collected. Mineralisation domains ranged from 2.85 g/cm³ to three.02 g/cm³, whereas overburden was assigned 2.0 g/cm³.

At Cedar Bay, 23 density measurements from two drill holes gave a median of two.90 g/cm³, utilized to all mineralised blocks.

At Joe Mann, 603 density measurements (2020–2021) ranged from 2.78 g/cm³ to three.07 g/cm³ in mineralization and 1.28 g/cm³ to three.24 g/cm³ in adjoining materials; 2.90 g/cm³ was assigned to mineralization.

At Devlin, 52 samples (2013–2014) averaged 2.87 g/cm³; densities had been set at 2.90 g/cm³ (Decrease Zone), 2.85 g/cm³ (Higher Zone), and a pair of.77 g/cm³ (background).

At Golden Eye, just like Cedar Bay, 2.90 t/m³ was assigned to mineralised blocks, in line with host rock and restricted density knowledge.

It’s the Competent Particular person’s opinion that except for a small variety of outliers, these are cheap densities for most of these mineralization and host rocks.

Classification

At Nook Bay, Indicated Mineral Assets are outlined by areas with a minimum of three drill holes spaced as much as roughly 60 m (100% variogram vary), and Inferred Mineral Assets by drill holes spaced from roughly 60 m to 120 m. Class boundaries had been regionally adjusted the place the drill spacing standards weren’t met to think about geological understanding, grade continuity, zone thickness, and the creation of cohesive class boundaries.

At Cedar Bay, Indicated Mineral Assets are outlined by drill holes spaced at as much as roughly 60 m aside and Inferred Mineral Assets by drill holes spaced at roughly 60 m to 120 m aside, with modifications for geological understanding, grade continuity, and cohesive boundaries. Some lower-grade materials was included to protect continuity.

At Golden Eye, Indicated Mineral Assets are outlined by drill holes spaced at as much as roughly 50 m aside and Inferred Mineral Assets by drill holes spaced at roughly 50 m to 100 m aside, with changes for geological understanding, grade continuity, and cohesive boundaries. Some lower-grade materials was included to protect continuity.

At Devlin, Measured Mineral Assets are outlined inside 15 m of underground openings, Indicated Mineral Assets by drill holes spaced at as much as roughly 60 m aside, and Inferred Mineral Assets by drill holes spaced at roughly 60 m to 100 m aside. Boundaries had been adjusted for geological understanding, copper grade continuity, and cohesion, with some lower-grade materials included.

At Joe Mann, solely Inferred Mineral Assets are outlined because of wider drill spacing (20 m to 100 m) and in consideration of noticed grade continuity and variability primarily based on historic mining. Decrease-grade materials was included within the Main01 wireframe design to protect continuity.

Mining Elements

The anticipated mining methodology for sub-vertical dipping deposits: Nook Bay, Cedar Bay, Golden Eye and Joe Man is longitudinal lengthy gap with pillar (“LHP”). This mining methodology has been used to establish smart SMU models when figuring out block sizes within the mannequin.

The anticipated mining methodology for Devlin is both 1) drift and fill with slash; and a pair of) room and pillar with partial pillar restoration.

SLR ready underground reporting shapes from indicator shells constructed on the respective deposit breakeven cut-off grade for Mineral Useful resource reporting. Some incremental materials throughout the shapes was included to protect continuity. Minimal thickness was thought-about and utilized on the wireframing stage.

Assets are calculated as in-situ sources. Conservative elements used to calculate the underground reporting cut-off are primarily based on earlier working price foundation for the mill, recoveries and common and administration (G&A) prices and metallic costs beneath:

• Trade Price US$1.00 = C$1.35
• Steel Value Copper: US$9,370/t
• Steel Value Gold: US$2,400/oz

• Steel Value Silver: US$30/oz

Notice: G&A at Devlin was transferred to Nook Bay.

Metallurgical Assumptions

Metallurgical assumptions differ by deposit and component; assumed metallurgical recoveries by deposit and component are summarised within the desk beneath.

Metallurgical restoration elements have been utilized primarily based upon historic manufacturing on the Chibougamau Processing Facility and up to date metallurgical testing outcomes (seek advice from announcement dated 28 January 2025).

Different modifying elements thought-about up to now

Different modifying elements corresponding to allowing, environmental issues, and social/neighborhood impacts are nonetheless being thought-about. The Competent Particular person considers the modifying elements to be sufficiently understood to help the classification of Mineral Assets.

Steel Equivalents

Steel equivalents for the MRE have been calculated primarily based on the next assumptions:

• Particular person metallic grades: Discuss with Appendix A.
• Commodity costs: Copper worth of US$9,370/t, gold worth of US$2,400/ouncesand silver worth of US$30/oz.
• Metallurgical restoration elements: See above. These are particular to the completely different deposits and have been individually utilized to the metallic equivalents calculations by deposit.

The next copper and gold equivalents formulation have been used:

• Nook Bay
  • CuEq(%) = Cu(%) + (Au(g/t) x 0.68919) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.00884)
  • AuEq (g/t) = Au(g/t) + (Cu(%) x 1.45097) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.01282)
• Cedar Bay
  • CuEq(%) = Cu(%) + (Au(g/t) x 0.78730) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.00905)
  • AuEq (g/t) = Au(g/t) + (Cu(%) x 1.27016) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.01149)
• Devlin
  • CuEq(%) = Cu(%) + (Au(g/t) x 0.62517) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.00862)
  • AuEq (g/t) = Au(g/t) + (Cu(%) x 1.59957) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.01379)
• Golden Eye
  • CuEq(%) = Cu(%) + (Au(g/t) x 0.78730) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.00905)
  • AuEq (g/t) = Au(g/t) + (Cu(%) x 1.27016) + (Ag(g/t) x 0.01149)
• Joe Mann
  • CuEq(%) = Cu(%) + (Au(g/t) x 0.72774)
  • AuEq (g/t) = Au(g/t) + (Cu(%) x 1.37411)

It’s the Firm’s view that every one components within the metallic equal calculations have an inexpensive potential to be recovered and bought.

Reporting Lower-Off Values

The next copper equal (CuEq) and gold equal (AuEq) cut-off values have been utilized for reporting:

• 1.2% CuEq for Nook Bay
• 1.5% CuEq for Devlin
• 1.8 g/t AuEq for Cedar Bay and Golden Eye
• 2.0 g/t Au Eq for Joe Mann

This announcement has been authorised for launch by the Board of Administrators of Cygnus.

About Cygnus Metals

Cygnus Metals Restricted (ASX: CY5, TSXV: CYG, OTCQB: CYGGF) is a diversified vital minerals exploration and improvement firm with tasks in Quebec, Canada and Western Australia. The Firm is devoted to advancing its Chibougamau Copper-Gold Mission in Quebec with an aggressive exploration program to drive useful resource progress and develop a hub-and-spoke operation mannequin with its centralised processing facility. As well as, Cygnus has high quality lithium belongings with important exploration upside within the world-class James Bay district in Quebec, and REE and base metallic tasks in Western Australia. The Cygnus crew has a confirmed monitor document of turning exploration success into manufacturing enterprises and creating shareholder worth.

Ahead Trying Statements

This launch might include sure forward-looking statements and projections relating to estimates, sources and reserves; deliberate manufacturing and working prices profiles; deliberate capital necessities; and deliberate methods and company goals. Such ahead trying statements/projections are estimates for dialogue functions solely and shouldn’t be relied upon. They aren’t ensures of future efficiency and contain recognized and unknown dangers, uncertainties and different elements, lots of that are past Cygnus’ management. Cygnus makes no representations and supplies no warranties regarding the accuracy of the projections and disclaims any obligation to replace or revise any forward-looking statements/projections primarily based on new data, future occasions or in any other case besides to the extent required by relevant legal guidelines. Whereas the knowledge contained on this launch has been ready in good religion, neither Cygnus or any of its administrators, officers, brokers, workers or advisors give any illustration or guarantee, categorical or implied, as to the equity, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the knowledge, opinions and conclusions contained on this launch. Accordingly, to the utmost extent permitted by legislation, none of Cygnus, its administrators, workers or brokers, advisers, nor some other individual accepts any legal responsibility whether or not direct or oblique, categorical or restricted, contractual, tortuous, statutory or in any other case, in respect of the accuracy or completeness of the knowledge or for any of the opinions contained on this launch or for any errors, omissions or misstatements or for any loss, howsoever arising, from using this launch.

Finish Notes

1. The outcomes of the PEA had been first introduced by Doré Copper Mining Corp. on 10 Might 2022 and the great technical report underpinning the PEA was introduced by Doré in accordance with the necessities of NI 43-101 on 15 June 2022. The Technical Report was ready by BBA Inc. with a number of consulting corporations contributing to sections of the examine, together with SLR, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and WSP Inc. The Technical Report and the announcement can be found on Doré’s web site (www.dorecopper.com/en/buyers/newsreleases) and SEDAR. Cygnus cautions that the PEA is a preliminary technical, conceptual and financial examine undertaken by Doré of the preliminary analysis and potential improvement of the Chibougamau Mission. It’s at scoping examine degree solely, which relies on a decrease degree of technical evaluation that’s not adequate to help the estimation of Ore Reserves and is inherently unsure. The manufacturing targets and forecast monetary data disclosed within the PEA are underpinned by Measured Mineral Assets (roughly 1.17%), Indicated Mineral Assets (roughly 32.10%) and Inferred Mineral Assets (roughly 66.73%). Nonetheless, Cygnus is just not capable of disclose the outcomes of the PEA as the numerous proportion of Inferred Assets included within the Lifetime of Mine implies that pursuant to ASX and ASIC steering there may be not thought-about to be sufficiently cheap grounds for the manufacturing targets and forecast monetary data disclosed within the PEA. Accordingly, Cygnus is just not disclosing the manufacturing targets and forecast monetary data reported within the PEA and cautions buyers towards making funding choices primarily based on such targets and forecasts.
2. Discuss with Cygnus’ TSXV/ASX announcement dated 28 January 2025.
3. Historic manufacturing statistics for the Chibougamau space are recorded in Leclerc. F, Harris. L. B, Bedard. J. H, Van Breeman. O and Goulet. N. 2012, Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Magmatic, Volcanogenic, and Shear Zone-Hosted Mineralization within the Chapais-Chibougamau Mining Camp, Northeastern Abitibi, Canada. Society of Financial Geologists, Inc. Financial Geology, v. 107, pp. 963–989.
4. Discuss with Cygnus’ ASX announcement “Copper Merger and Fairness Increase” dated 15 October 2024.

Competent Individuals and Compliance Statements

The impartial Competent Particular person for the 2025 MRE is Ms Marie-Christine Gosselin, P.Geo., of SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. The knowledge on this announcement that pertains to the 2025 MRE relies on data compiled by Ms Marie-Christine Gosselin, a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (P.Geo.), a Registered Abroad Skilled Organisation as outlined within the ASX Itemizing Guidelines. Ms Gosselin is employed by SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. and is Impartial of Cygnus. Ms Gosselin has adequate expertise which is related to the model of mineralization and sort of deposit into account and to the exercise which has been undertaken to qualify as a Competent Particular person as outlined within the 2012 Version of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Outcomes, Mineral Assets and Ore Reserves”,. and as a Certified Particular person as outlined within the CIM Pointers and NI43-101. References to Competent Particular person on this doc seek advice from Ms. Gosselin’s position because the QP for Canadian associated disclosure and as Competent Particular person for Australian associated disclosure. Ms Gosselin has permitted the scientific and technical content material on this announcement.

The scientific and technical data on this announcement that pertains to Exploration Outcomes relies on data compiled by Louis Beaupré, a Competent One that is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (P.Eng.), a Registered Abroad Skilled Organisation as outlined within the ASX Itemizing Guidelines. Mr Beaupré is employed by the Firm as its Quebec Exploration Supervisor and holds choices in Cygnus. Mr Beaupré has adequate expertise which is related to the model of mineralization and sort of deposit into account and to the exercise which has been undertaken to qualify as a Competent Particular person as outlined within the 2012 Version of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Outcomes, Mineral Assets and Ore Reserves”. Mr Beaupre consents to the inclusion on this launch of the issues primarily based on the knowledge within the type and context during which they seem.

The knowledge on this announcement that pertains to beforehand reported Exploration Outcomes on the Firm’s tasks has been beforehand launched by Cygnus in ASX Bulletins as famous within the textual content and Finish Notes. Cygnus is just not conscious of any new data or knowledge that materially impacts the knowledge in these bulletins. The Firm confirms that the shape and context during which the Competent Individuals’ findings are offered haven’t been materially modified from the unique market bulletins.

Inferred Mineral Assets are sources that haven’t been outlined in adequate element to be characterised as Measured or Indicated Mineral Assets. Mineral Assets haven’t had financial issues utilized to them and are due to this fact not characterised as Mineral Reserves.

Historic Information: The MRE for Golden Eye contains a good portion of historic drill gap data that has been reviewed by SLR’s CP -SLR’s assessment of the historic information and data fairly substantiate the validity of the knowledge offered within the MRE; nevertheless, SLR can’t instantly confirm the accuracy of the historic knowledge, together with (however not restricted to) the procedures used for pattern assortment and evaluation. Due to this fact, any conclusions or interpretations borne from use of this knowledge needs to be thought-about too speculative to counsel that extra exploration will end in mineral useful resource delineation. SLR encourages readers to train applicable warning when evaluating these knowledge and/or outcomes.

Neither TSX Enterprise Trade nor its Regulation Providers Supplier (as that time period is outlined in insurance policies of the TSX Enterprise Trade) accepts accountability for the adequacy or accuracy of this launch.

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