Mr. Thomas Ullrich reports

ASTON BAY ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES

Long-tenured director Jessie Liu-Ernsting has advised Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. that she will not stand for re-election to the board of directors at the coming annual general and special meeting of shareholders as she takes on additional responsibilities with her employer.

"On behalf of the board and our shareholders, I want to sincerely thank Jessie for her years of service to Aston Bay," said Thomas Ullrich, chief executive officer and director of Aston Bay. "Her capital markets insight and disciplined governance have supported our efforts to add value through exploration discovery, and we wish her every success in her new position."

The company is pleased to announce that Ryan VanEngen, MSc, has been nominated to join the board of directors, subject to shareholder approval at the coming meeting. Mr. VanEngen will serve as an independent director.

"Ryan brings more than two decades of hands-on experience in northern mining jurisdictions, including Nunavut, with a proven track record of successfully navigating permitting, indigenous relations and complex regulatory processes. His deep ESG [environmental, social and governance] and environmental management expertise, combined with his familiarity with High Arctic operations and critical mineral projects, will significantly strengthen Aston Bay's governance as we continue to advance our northern copper and zinc assets toward development."

About Mr. VanEngen

Mr. VanEngen is a senior environmental executive and mining professional with over 20 years of experience navigating regulatory compliance, environmental permitting and ESG strategy across Canada. He brings deep specialized expertise in northern jurisdictions, particularly Nunavut, where he has a proven record of derisking district-scale mineral exploration and mining projects.

As the founder and chief executive officer of Sustainable Solutions Consulting Group (2SG Inc.), Mr. VanEngen provides strategic regulatory guidance to junior exploration companies and major producers, including Atha Energy Corp., Centerra Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines. His deep understanding of the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB), territorial regulatory frameworks and community engagement makes him an expert at moving northern assets through baseline studies into successful project permitting.

Previously, Mr. VanEngen spent 12 years at Agnico Eagle Mines, serving as environmental permitting lead and environmental superintendent. In these roles, he successfully managed the licensing, community consultation and permitting for major assets such as the Whale Tail pit project, Meadowbank mine permitting and the Meliadine mine while overseeing multimillion-dollar budgets and supporting Inuit impact benefit agreements (IIBAs). He is also a part-time professor of environmental management in mining (Min 330H) at the University of Toronto in the department of civil and mineral engineering.

Mr. VanEngen holds a master of science in aquatic toxicology and a bachelor of science from the University of Guelph. His combined expertise in High Arctic operations, indigenous relations and regulatory risk mitigation provides strong strategic governance for companies advancing critical mineral assets in Northern Canada.

Options award

Aston Bay advises that it has granted incentive stock options exercisable to acquire 3.1 million common shares of the company to certain officers, directors, employees and consultants associated with the company at an exercise price of five cents per share. The options have a five-year term and will vest one-third on the date of grant and one-third on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant.

About Aston Bay Holdings Ltd.

Aston Bay is a publicly traded mineral exploration company exploring for high-grade critical and precious metal deposits in North America.

The company is currently exploring the Storm copper property and Epworth copper-silver-zinc-cobalt property in Nunavut. The company is also in advanced stages of negotiation on other lands with high-grade precious and critical metals potential in North America

The company and its joint venture partners, American West Metals Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tornado Metals Ltd., have formed a 20/80 unincorporated joint venture in respect of the Storm project property, which hosts the Storm copper project and the Seal zinc deposit. Under the unincorporated joint venture, Aston Bay shall have a free carried interest until American West has made a decision to mine upon completion of a bankable feasibility study, meaning American West will be solely responsible for financing the joint venture until such decision is made. After such decision is made, Aston Bay will be diluted in the event it does not elect to contribute its proportionate share and its interest in the Storm project property will be converted into a 2-per-cent net smelter return royalty if its interest is diluted to below 10 per cent.

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