Mr. Enrico Gay reports

ALGO GRANDE ENGAGES AI-METALS TO ADVANCE AI-DRIVEN INTEGRATION ACROSS ADELITA DATA; REINFORCES TARGET FRAMEWORK FROM PRIOR GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS

Algo Grande Copper Corp. has engaged AI-Metals, an artificial intelligence and geoscience analytic company employing leading PhD AI researchers from the University of Cambridge, to undertake a 12-month AI-driven data reprocessing and integration program across its 100-per-cent-owned Adelita copper-gold-silver project in Sonora, Mexico.

The engagement is a core component of Algo Grande's strategy to apply modern, data-driven exploration techniques to complex mineral systems by integrating historical and newly generated data sets to reduce exploration risk and refine drill targeting.

This work builds directly on the company's recent announcement identifying 32 high-priority exploration targets, the commencement of a high-definition ground magnetic survey and the development of a modern 3-D geological model at Adelita. The AI-Metals platform will be continuously updated and refined as new geological, geochemical and geophysical data are generated through continuing drilling and field programs.

AI-driven data integration and target confirmation

In collaboration with AI-Metals, Algo Grande has completed an integrated analysis that synthesizes:

• Airborne magnetic and electromagnetic data sets;
• Satellite-derived alteration indices (hydroxyl and ferric oxide signatures);
• Surface geochemical sampling;
• Induced polarization chargeability and resistivity data.

The objective of this analysis is to identify zones where multiple independent data sets spatially converge, thereby reducing ambiguity inherent in single-data-set interpretation and providing a more robust technical basis for target definition.

The AI-driven results support and enhance the target framework previously communicated, with coincident geophysical and geochemical signatures interpreted to be consistent with skarn-style copper mineralization developed proximal to intrusive-carbonate contacts, the same geological context underpinning the 32 high-priority targets announced previously (see news release from Jan. 9).

Key integrated observations

The AI-driven integration of geological, geochemical and geophysical data sets provides a coherent picture of a large, structurally controlled skarn-porphyry mineral system at Adelita. Independent data sets consistently converge along the same corridors, materially strengthening confidence in the company's priority targets.

This integration highlights how surface alteration, geochemical anomalies, magnetic responses and subsurface IP signatures overlap, suggesting vertical continuity from surface expressions into deeper potential mineralized zones. This multilayered convergence significantly reduces single-data-set ambiguity and supports systematic drill targeting.

Taken together, these independent lines of evidence reinforce the interpretation of a structurally controlled skarn-porphyry system, consistent with the high-priority target corridors previously reported.

Integration with continuing work

The AI-Metals analysis is integrated with the company's broader technical work, including:

• Modern 3-D reprocessing of historical magnetic, IP and MT data sets (completed);
• Continuing high-definition ground magnetic survey over the Cerro Grande skarn zone;
• Results from the company's current oriented-core diamond drilling program;
• Surface trenching, geological mapping and systematic geochemical sampling.

This combined data set is being incorporated into a unified 3-D geological and structural model to sharpen understanding of mineralization geometry, continuity and controls and to prioritize derisked drill targets.

Exploration implications and next steps

The AI-driven data integration materially enhances Algo Grande's understanding of the scale, architecture and controls of the Adelita mineral system, and reinforces the high-confidence targets identified in recent announcements. The company intends to use this integrated model combining AI-generated prospectivity, detailed ground geophysics and oriented core drilling to further refine drill targeting and support the design of a phase 2 exploration program, which Algo Grande aims to commence toward the end of first quarter or early second quarter 2026, subject to results and logistics.

Independent Trading Group Inc. engagement

Algo Grande also announces that it has entered into a market-making service agreement with ITG, a Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization-registered dealer member with a place of business in Toronto, Ont., to provide market-making services for the company's common shares trading on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Under the agreement, ITG will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a liquid market for Algo Grande's common shares, including entering bids and offers on the TSX Venture Exchange, in accordance with applicable securities laws and stock exchange policies. The objective of the engagement is to enhance market depth, support orderly trading and improve overall liquidity for shareholders.

In consideration for these services, Algo Grande will pay ITG a monthly cash fee of $6,000, plus applicable taxes. No shares or options are being granted to ITG in connection with the engagement. The agreement is subject to automatic monthly renewal and may be terminated by either party upon written notice in accordance with its terms.

ITG and its principals are arm's length to the company and, to the knowledge of the company, do not hold any securities of Algo Grande at the time of this announcement.

Qualified person

The disclosure of scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Lorne Warner, PGeo, who is a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). Mr. Warner is responsible for the technical content of this news release. Mr. Warner is independent of the company.

About Algo Grande Copper Corp.

Algo Grande is a growth-focused mineral exploration company advancing the Adelita project, a district-scale, multisystem copper-gold-silver opportunity positioned in the prolific Arizona-Sonora copper belt.

The company is dedicated to unlocking the full mineral potential of this underexplored corridor through disciplined data-driven exploration, technical excellence and a firm commitment to value creation for shareholders. The 5,895-hectare Adelita project is anchored by the high-grade Cerro Grande copper-gold-silver skarn discovery, which exhibits strong continuity along a defined corridor extending over six kilometres. Reprocessing of legacy geophysical data and field mapping indicate the presence of a potential porphyry system at depth, suggesting a classic skarn-porphyry mineralization model similar to major deposits found throughout northwestern Mexico.

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