Mr. Mathieu Savard reports

VIOR ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF C$39 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Vior Inc. has closed its previously announced best effort private placement, led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. and Desjardins Capital Markets, as co-lead agents and joint bookrunners, together with Raymond James Ltd. Pursuant to the offering, the corporation issued: (i) 120,028,887 hard units of the corporation at an issue price of 20 cents per hard unit; and (ii) 42,857,143 charity flow-through units of the corporation at an issue price of 35 cents per FT unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $39,005,777.

Each hard unit is composed of one common share of the corporation and one common share purchase warrant of the corporation. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share at an exercise price of 28 cents per share for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the offering. Each FT unit consists of one share and one warrant, each of which qualifies as a flow-through share within the meaning of Subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and Section 359.1 of the Taxation Act (Quebec).

The gross proceeds from the sale of FT units will be used by the corporation to incur expenses described in paragraph (f) of the definition of Canadian exploration expense in Subsection 66.1(6) of the tax act and paragraph (c) of the definition of CEE in Section 395 of the QTA, and will be renounced (on a pro rata basis) in favour of the relevant purchaser for both federal and Quebec tax purposes no later than Dec. 31, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the subscription agreement entered into between the corporation and each purchaser of FT units. Such expenses will also qualify as flow-through mining expenditures as defined in Subsection 127(9) of the tax act for the purposes of the federal tax credit described in paragraph (a.2) of the definition of investment tax credit in Subsection 127(9) of the tax act.

For purchasers of FT units residing in the province of Quebec, 10 per cent of the amount of the CEE will be eligible for inclusion in the deductible exploration base relating to certain Quebec exploration expenses and 10 per cent of the amount of the CEE will be eligible for inclusion in the deductible exploration base relating to certain Quebec surface mining exploration expenses (as such terms are defined in sections 726.4.10 and 726.4.17.2 of the QTA, respectively, for the purposes of the deductions described in sections 726.4.9 and 726.4.17.1 of the QTA), giving rise to an additional 20-per-cent deduction for Quebec tax purposes.

The corporation will use the net proceeds of the offering to advance its flagship Belleterre gold project, as well as other exploration projects, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Vior's president, chief executive officer and director, Mathieu Savard, commented: "This financing marks a pivotal moment in Vior's history as it provides our new Management team and board the capacity to execute on our strategic and accelerated growth plans. As part of this overall strategy, we will expedite drilling at our high-grade Belleterre gold project, focusing on the six-kilometre-long Belleterre mine trend and on multiple high-priority regional gold targets."

In consideration for the services rendered in connection with the offering, the agents received an aggregate cash commission of $1,563,189. All securities issued pursuant to the offering are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws ending on June 28, 2025. The offering remains subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Multilateral Instrument 61-101 disclosure

Certain related parties of the corporation have subscribed for hard units under the offering: (i) Andre Le Bel, director of the corporation, acquired 150,000 hard units, composed of 150,000 shares and 150,000 warrants; (ii) Mark Fedosiewich, chairman of the board of directors of the corporation, acquired 250,000 hard units, composed of 250,000 shares and 250,000 warrants; (iii) Charles Olivier-Tarte, director of the corporation, acquired 47,500 hard units, composed of 47,500 shares and 47,500 warrants; (iv) Mr. Savard acquired 500,000 hard units, composed of 500,000 shares and 500,000 warrants; (v) IM Capital Inc., a holding company wholly owned by Ingrid Martin, chief financial officer of the corporation, acquired 125,000 hard units, composed of 125,000 shares and 125,000 warrants; (vi) Pascal Simard, vice-president, exploration, of the corporation, acquired 250,000 hard units, composed of 250,000 shares and 250,000 warrants; (vii) Donald Njegovan, director of the corporation, acquired 125,000 hard units, composed of 125,000 shares and 125,000 warrants; (viii) Shayaan Belluzzo, corporate secretary of the corporation, acquired 50,000 hard units, composed of 50,000 shares and 50,000 warrants; and (ix) Windfall Mining Group Inc., an insider of the corporation, acquired 29,933,530 hard units, composed of 29,933,530 shares and 29,933,530 warrants, bringing its total holdings to 82,971,574 shares and 48,133,530 warrants, representing approximately 19.96 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares on a non-diluted basis and 28.27 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares on a partially diluted basis. In total, the related parties have acquired an aggregate of 31,431,030 hard units under the offering.

Each related-party subscription is considered to be a related-party transaction of the corporation for purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions). In completing the related-party subscriptions, the corporation relied upon exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements available under MI 61-101. Specifically, the corporation is exempt from the formal valuation requirement in Section 5.4 of MI 61-101 in reliance on Subsection 5.5 (b) of MI 61-101 insofar as no securities of the corporation are listed or quoted for trading on prescribed stock exchanges or stock markets.

Additionally, the corporation is exempt from the minority approval requirement in Section 5.6 of MI 61-101 for the related-party subscriptions (being an aggregate of 31,431,030 hard units for aggregate gross proceeds of $6,286,206) in reliance on Subsection 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of such related-party subscriptions, insofar as they involve interested parties, is not more than the 25 per cent of the corporation's market capitalization.

The corporation did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing date of the offering as the details of the related-party subscriptions were not settled until shortly prior to the closing of the offering, and the corporation wished to close the offering on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.

About Vior Inc.

Vior is a junior mineral exploration corporation based in the province of Quebec, Canada, whose corporate strategy is to generate, explore and develop high-quality mineral projects in the proven and favourable mining jurisdiction of Quebec. Through the years, Vior's management and technical teams have demonstrated their ability to discover several gold deposits and many high-quality mineral projects. Vior is rapidly advancing its flagship Belleterre gold project, which is a promising district-scale project that includes Quebec's past-producing high-grade Belleterre gold mine.

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