Mr. Rob McEwen reports

MCEWEN DRILLING RETURNS SIGNIFICANT INTERSECTION AT GOLD BAR MINE COMPLEX IN NEVADA: 5.55 GPT GOLD OVER 44.2 METERS; TRANSFORMATION INTO A LONG-LIFE MINE CONTINUES

McEwen Inc. has released new drill results from the Gold Bar mine complex in the Eureka mining district of Nevada, which continue to highlight the mine's transformation into a potential long-life operation. Results include the best hole drilled by McEwen to date at Windfall, which returned 5.55 grams per tonne gold over 44.2 metres. Windfall, Lookout Mountain and Unity Ridge are three deposits at the Gold Bar mine complex that McEwen is advancing toward production. Gold Bar is an important part of the company's plan to double production by 2030.

Best hole drilled by McEwen at Windfall -- now targeting deeper extensions

Over the past six months, drilling at the northern end of the Windfall deposit has been returning good gold grades over long widths, with today's result from drill hole WF110 intersecting 5.55 g/t gold over 44.2 metres, including 48.38 g/t gold over 4.6 metres of oxide mineralization. This result followed up on other recently released holes along the same section that also intersected oxide mineralization, such as 2.43 g/t gold over 74.7 metres (drill hole WF039), 1.70 g/t gold over 64.0 metres (drill hole WF037) and 1.14 g/t gold over 67.1 metres (drill hole WF119). A deeper historical hole, located approximately 40 metres below these results, returned 3.75 g/t gold over 42.7 metres (drill hole EUR-P-237), indicating that the higher-grade mineralization remains open to expansion at depth. Drilling is planned to target this deeper area in March. The company believes there is good potential to continue expanding the mineralization with additional investment.

Definition drilling results showing excellent continuity

As part of the company's coming mineral resource estimates, definition drilling has been continuing at Windfall. Recent results continue to indicate excellent continuity of near-surface oxide gold mineralization along segments of a 1.6-kilometre-long (one-mile-long) north-south-trending Windfall fault zone. The gold mineralization at Windfall remains open to further expansion in multiple directions. Other new results are highlighted below.

Mineral resource estimate

The company is currently completing a mineral resource estimate for Lookout Mountain that will be published at the end of February. The updated mineral resource estimate is expected to meaningfully increase the total ounces at the Gold Bar mine complex. The company is planning to invest approximately $10-million into exploration in 2026 at Gold Bar. The results from the 2026 drilling program will be used to update the mineral resource estimates, including initial mineral resource estimates for Windfall and Unity Ridge, which are expected to have an additional positive impact.

2026 development path

In 2026, Windfall, Lookout Mountain and Unity Ridge will be subject to continuing development work, such as metallurgical studies and mining designs, with the objective of advancing the deposits toward a production decision. Notably, Unity Ridge lies within the current plan of operations for mining activity at the Gold Bar mine complex and Windfall is located on private land, which should allow for an accelerated permitting process at both areas.

Why it matters to McEwen's shareholders and the value of the company

The company's objective at the Gold Bar mine complex is to convert McEwen's exploration success into a long-life asset as the company integrates Windfall, Lookout Mountain and Unity Ridge into its production plans. Since much of the gold mineralization in these areas is oxide, McEwen will look to utilize the existing Gold Bar infrastructure where possible. McEwen's focus is on return on capital and how efficiently these new ounces can be developed and produced.

A detailed table of new drill results at the Gold Bar mine complex for Windfall is available on the company's website.

About McEwen Inc.

McEwen shares trade on both the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker MUX.

McEwen provides its shareholders with exposure to a growing base of gold and silver production in addition to a very large copper development project, all in the Americas. The gold and silver mines are in prolific mineral-rich regions of the world: the Cortez trend in Nevada, United States; the Timmins district of Ontario and Flin Flon in Manitoba, Canada; and the Deseado massif in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. McEwen is also reactivating its gold and silver El Gallo mine in Mexico.

The company has a 46.4-per-cent interest in McEwen Copper, which owns the large, long-life, advanced-stage Los Azules copper development project in San Juan province, Argentina -- a region that hosts some of the country's largest copper deposits. According to the last financing for McEwen Copper, the implied value of McEwen's ownership interest is $456-million (U.S.).

The Los Azules copper project is designed to be one of the world's first regenerative copper mines and carbon neutral by 2038. Its feasibility study results were announced in the press release dated Oct. 7, 2025.

McEwen also recently purchased 27.3 per cent of Paragon Advanced Labs Inc., a newly listed public company that is deploying PhotonAssay units around the world, a technology that the company believes is poised to become the new industry standard for assaying precious and base metals, with Paragon aiming to be one of the leading service providers.

Chairman and chief owner Rob McEwen has invested over $200-million (U.S.) personally and takes a salary of $1 per year, aligning his interests with shareholders. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada, a member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame and a winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Energy) award. His objective is to build McEwen's profitability and share value and eventually implement a dividend policy, as he did while building Goldcorp Inc.

Technical disclosure

Technical information pertaining to the Gold Bar complex exploration contained in this press release has been prepared under the supervision of Robert Kastelic, MSc, CPG, exploration manager for McEwen in Nevada, and Luke Willis, PGeo, director of resource modelling for McEwen, who are qualified persons as defined by SEC S-K 1300 and the Canadian Securities Administrators' National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

Analyses reported herein were submitted either as half-core samples or reverse circulation (RC) samples and assayed by the photon assay method at the Paragon Geochemical laboratory in Reno, Nev.

As part of its regular quality assurance/quality control program, McEwen follows a closely controlled and documented chain-of-custody protocol and submits certified reference materials, blanks and duplicates at regular intervals in the sample stream for the monitoring and assessment of laboratory processes and procedures.

All incoming QA/QC results are reviewed to ensure data quality before incorporating the information into the geological database.

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