Mr. Steve Hanson reports

SURFACE METALS INC. GRANTS OPTIONS AND PROVIDES UPDATE ON FINANCIAL MARKETING

Surface Metals Inc. has granted 250,000 options priced at 25.5 cents to a consultant, and directors and officers have voluntarily surrendered 499,999 options issued on April 14, 2022, at $3.84 (postconsolidation).

As per the press release announced on Oct. 29, 2025, IDR Marketing Inc. has been retained for a six-month period commencing Oct. 29 to provide public relations strategies, brand awareness, and financial and digital marketing services to the company. IDR is a California corporation with its registered office located at 100 Oceangate, 12th floor, Long Beach, Calif., United States, 90802. Its principal and president is Linda Josey, an arm's-length party (contact details: linda@idrmarketing.com or 562-343-7483).

About Surface Metals Inc.

Surface Metals is a North American mineral exploration company focused on advancing a diversified portfolio of gold and lithium projects in Nevada, United States, and Manitoba, Canada. The company's Cimarron gold project is located in Nye county, Nevada, in a historically productive gold district. Surface's Clayton Valley lithium brine project hosts an inferred resource of approximately 302,900 tonnes LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent) adjacent to Albemarle's Silver Peak mine. Surface Metals is also advancing lithium projects in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, and through a joint venture with Snow Lake Energy in southeastern Manitoba.

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