Mr. Peter Espig reports

NICOLA MINING INC. ENGAGES ICP SECURITIES INC. FOR AUTOMATED MARKET MAKING SERVICES

Nicola Mining Inc. has engaged the services of ICP Securities Inc. to provide automated market-making services, including use of its proprietary algorithm, ICP Premium, in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the TSX Venture Exchange and other applicable legislation. ICP will be paid a monthly fee of $7,500, plus applicable taxes. The agreement between the company and ICP was signed with a start date April 27, 2026, and is for four months, and shall be automatically renewed for subsequent one-month terms unless either party provides at least 30 days of written notice prior to the end of the initial term or an additional term, as applicable. There are no performance factors contained in the agreement and no stock options or other compensation in connection with the engagement. ICP and its clients may acquire an interest in the securities of the company in the future.

ICP is an arm's-length party to the company. ICP's market-making activity will be primarily to correct temporary imbalances in the supply and demand of the company's shares. ICP will be responsible for the costs it incurs in buying and selling the company's shares, and no third party will be providing funds or securities for the market making activities.

About ICP Securities Inc.

ICP Securities is a Toronto-based CIRO dealer-member that specializes in automated market-making and liquidity provision, as well as having a proprietary market making algorithm, ICP Premium, that enhances liquidity and quote health. Established in 2023, with a focus on market structure, execution and trading, ICP has leveraged its own proprietary technology to deliver high-quality liquidity provision and execution services to a broad array of public issuers and institutional investors.

About Nicola Mining Inc.

Nicola Mining is a junior mining company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange that maintains a 100-per-cent-owned mill and tailings facility, located near Merritt, B.C. It has signed mining and milling profit share agreements with high-grade British Columbia-based gold projects. Nicola's fully permitted mill can process both gold and silver mill feed via gravity and flotation processes.

The company owns 100 per cent of the New Craigmont project, a property that hosts historical high-grade copper mineralization and covers an area of over 10,800 hectares along the southern end of the Guichon batholith, and is adjacent to Highland Valley Copper, Canada's largest copper mine. The company also owns 100 per cent of the Treasure Mountain property, which includes 30 mineral claims and a mineral lease, spanning an area exceeding 2,200 hectares.