Ms. Claudia Tornquist reports

KODIAK CLOSES UPSIZED AND OVERSUBSCRIBED C$15 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT, INCLUDING EXERCISE OF AGENTS' OPTION

Kodiak Copper Corp. has closed its upsized and oversubscribed private placement offering pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption (LIFE) (as defined herein), previously announced on June 2, 2026, with Paradigm Capital Inc. as lead agent and sole bookrunner, on behalf of a syndicate of agents including ATB Capital Markets Corp., Haywood Securities Inc. and Integrity Capital Group Inc., for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of approximately $15-million, which includes the exercise in full of the agents' option.

Pursuant to the offering, a total of:(i) 9,885,900 charity flow-through (FT) common shares of the company were issued, which will qualify as flow-through shares (within the meaning of Subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA)), at a price of $1.271 per charity FT share, for gross proceeds of approximately $12.5-million; and (ii) 3,048,900 common shares of the company were issued at a price of 82 cents per hard-dollar (HD) share, for gross proceeds of approximately $2.5-million.

Kodiak's largest shareholder, Konwave AG, a prominent European resource fund, participated in the financing, maintaining its proportionate equity ownership in the company.

Claudia Tornquist, president and chief executive officer of Kodiak, said: "We are very pleased to have completed this oversubscribed financing and thank both new and existing shareholders for their strong support. With $15-million in new capital, Kodiak is well funded to advance an exciting 2026 program at MPD, focused on growing and enhancing our maiden resource while also drilling several high-priority exploration targets that have the potential to yield new discoveries. We believe MPD remains significantly underexplored and offers substantial opportunities for continued growth, and we look forward to delivering on the project's potential for our shareholders."

In consideration for their services, the company paid to the agents a cash fee equal to 6 per cent of the gross proceeds of the offering (reduced to 3 per cent for certain orders on a president's list). The company also issued to the agents non-transferable common share purchase warrants equal to 6.0 per cent of the number of offered securities sold in the offering (reduced to 3 per cent for certain orders on the president's list). Each compensation warrant entitles the holder to purchase one non-flow-through common share at an exercise price of 82 cents for a period of 24 months following the closing date.

Subject to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and in accordance with National Instrument 45-106, Prospectus Exemptions, the offered securities issued pursuant to the offering were offered for sale to purchasers resident in each of the provinces of Canada, except Quebec, and certain other qualifying jurisdictions, which may include subsequent purchasers, pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of NI 45-106, as amended by Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935, Exemptions from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption. Because the offering was completed pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption, the offered securities issued in the offering are not subject to a hold period pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws. The compensation warrants (and any common shares issued upon the exercise thereof) are subject to a hold period ending on Oct. 26, 2026, pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws. The offering remains subject to final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Certain insiders of the company subscribed for a total of 81,000 HD shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $66,420. The participation of insiders in the offering constitutes a related party transaction, within the meaning of TSX-V Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The company has relied on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, in respect of the related party participation in the offering, as neither the fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the transaction, insofar as it involved the interested party, exceeded 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization (as determined under MI 61-101). The company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing of the offering as the details of the offering and the participation therein by related parties of the company were not settled until shortly prior to closing and the company wished to close on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.

The net proceeds from the issue of the HD shares will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The company will use an amount equal to the gross proceeds received by the company from the sale of the charity FT shares to incur eligible Canadian exploration expenses (as defined in the ITA) that qualify as flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures (as defined in the ITA) and as British Columbia flow-through mining expenditures as defined in the Income Tax Act (British Columbia) related to the company's projects in British Columbia, on or before Dec. 31, 2027, and to renounce all the qualifying expenditures in favour of the initial subscribers of the charity FT shares effective Dec. 31, 2026. In the event that the company does not renounce on or prior to Dec. 31, 2026, qualifying expenditures in an amount equal to the issue price of the charity FT shares for each charity FT share purchased and/or if the amount of the qualifying expenditures are reduced by the Canada Revenue Agency, the company will indemnify each charity FT share subscriber for any additional taxes payable by such subscriber as a result of the company's failure to renounce the qualifying expenditures or as a result of the reduction as agreed.

About Kodiak Copper Corp.

Kodiak is focused on advancing its copper porphyry projects in Canada and the United States, which host known mineral discoveries with the potential to hold large-scale deposits. Kodiak Copper's most advanced asset is the 100-per-cent-owned MPD copper-gold porphyry project in the prolific Quesnel terrane in south-central British Columbia, Canada, an established mining region with producing mines and excellent infrastructure. MPD exhibits all the hallmarks of a large, multicentred porphyry district with the potential for future economic development. The initial mineral resource estimate published in 2025 outlines seven substantial deposits and underscores the scale and potential of the project. All known deposits remain open to expansion and numerous targets across the property have yet to be tested. Kodiak continues to systematically explore MPD's district-scale potential with the goal of delivering new discoveries and building further critical mass toward being the region's next mine. The company also holds the Mohave copper-molybdenum-silver porphyry project in Arizona, U.S., near the world-class Bagdad mine.

Kodiak's founder and chairman is Chris Taylor, who is known for his gold discovery success with Great Bear Resources. Kodiak is also part of Discovery Group, led by John Robins, one of the most successful mining entrepreneurs in Canada.

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