Ms. Natasha Dixon reports

MINK VENTURES RECEIVES OJEP GRANT OF $93,365

Mink Ventures Corp. has received a grant of $93,365.81 from the government of Ontario, through its Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP), to support the critical minerals exploration work at Mink's Warren nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co) project. The Warren property covers 1,130 hectares of land, located in Whitesides township, approximately 35 kilometres west of Timmins, Ont., and is just south of Mink's 100-square-kilometre Montcalm Ni-Cu-Co project.

"Ontario is leading the charge to secure the minerals that will power our economy and strengthen our sovereignty," said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Mines. "Through OJEP, we're backing companies like Mink Ventures Corp. to advance promising projects here at home-unlocking resources, creating jobs, and building a more self-reliant and secure Canadian economy."

"We are very pleased to acknowledge the financial support of the government of Ontario with this non-dilutive capital from the OJEP grant, which supported our recent exploration and drill program at Warren," said Natasha Dixon, president and chief executive officer. "The successful drill program intersected mineralization in each drill hole on the A zone as well as the D zone, with the highlight of the program found in hole W26-13 which delivered a massive sulphide zone that returned 0.44 per cent nickel (Ni), 0.28 per cent copper (Cu) and 0.06 per cent cobalt (Co) over 7.1 metres; including a higher-grade interval of 0.58 per cent Ni, 0.18 per cent Cu and 0.08 per cent Co over 4.0 metres. See news release March 11, 2026, for full details. Numerous targets and multiple zones of mineralization have been identified on a property-wide scale at Warren. The presence of nickel, copper and particularly enriched cobalt within a massive sulphide zone in drill core at Warren supports the potential for the deposition of larger magmatic sulphide zones across the property," she added.

Mink intends to purchase a historical VTEM survey, carried out across the Warren property by previous operators, and have maxwell plate analysis conducted in order to rank and prioritize the VTEM anomalies. This information will complement the ground induced polarization (IP) surveys and magnetic surveys already in Mink's data base. Compilation work will prioritize the VTEM responses with known surface mineralization and current ground geophysical data in a preparation for a major drilling campaign.

About Mink Ventures Corp.

Mink Ventures is a Canadian mineral exploration company exploring for critical minerals (nickel, copper, cobalt) at its Warren and Montcalm projects, in the Timmins, Ont., area. Mink's Montcalm project covers 100 square km adjacent to Glencore's former Montcalm mine which had historical production of 3.93 million tonnes of ore grading 1.25 per cent Ni, 0.67 per cent Cu and 0.051 per cent Co (Ontario Geological Survey, Atkinson, 2010). Its Warren Ni-Cu-Co project, which covers 1,130 hectares, is located 35 kilometres away. Both projects are drill ready and permitted and have excellent access and infrastructure with an all-weather access road and power as well as proximity to the skilled labour and facilities of the Timmins mining camp. The company has 33,606,719 common shares outstanding.

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