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Emperor Metals Inc.

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Emperor Metals is a high-grade gold exploration and development company focused on Quebec’s Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt.

Investor website: https://www.emperormetals.com/

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Emperor Metals is a high-grade gold exploration and development company focused on Quebec’s Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Its flagship Duquesne West Gold Project hosts a 1.46Moz gold resource, with ongoing drilling aimed at expanding the system further. The recently acquired Lac Pelletier Project adds near-term development potential in one of Canada’s premier mining jurisdictions. Backed by an experienced management team, the Company is advancing a disciplined growth strategy focused on resource expansion and value creation.

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Cash position
$10.0 M CAD
Shares outstanding
194,850,005
Fully diluted shares
242,289,794
Mineral resource
Duquesne West currently hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.46 million ounces of gold. Resource Highlights include: Inferred Mineral Resource: 26.9 Mt containing 1.460 Moz Au grading 1.69 g/t Au. Multiple high-grade zones within a broad bulk-tonnage gold system. Approximately 44% of ounces conceptually open-pit amenable and 56% potentially mineable by underground methods. Significant upside within the current pit shell, along strike, and at depth. Resource expected to continue evolving through ongoing drilling. Lac Pelletier currently has an historical estimated mineral resource of 681,200 tonnes grading @ 4.08 g/t Au for 89,400 oz (total Measured and Indicated), and Inferred mineral resources of 1,099,000 tonnes grading @ 3.89 g/t Au for 137,600 oz Au.
Projects
["Duquesne West: The flagship Duquesne West Gold Project is located in Quebec's prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt, approximately 32 km northwest of Rouyn-Noranda and 10 km east of Duparquet, within the historic Duparquet Gold Camp. The project is a large-scale Archean gold system with excellent infrastructure, including year-round road access, nearby hydroelectric power and direct highway access to Rouyn-Noranda. Duquesne West currently hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.46 million ounces of gold and is being systematically advanced toward a significantly larger resource through aggressive drilling, AI-assisted targeting and a phased development strategy. Recent drilling continues to demonstrate broad zones of near-surface mineralization alongside exceptional high-grade intercepts, supporting the potential for both open-pit and underground mining scenarios. The Company's current strategy is focused on defining a Phase 1 open-pit operation that could reduce initial capital requirements, simplify permitting and accelerate the project's path toward development while continuing to grow the overall gold system. Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate – July 2025. Resource Highlights: - Inferred Mineral Resource: 26.9 Mt containing 1.460 Moz Au grading 1.69 g/t Au - Multiple high-grade zones within a broad bulk-tonnage gold system - Approximately: - 44% of ounces conceptually open-pit amenable - 56% potentially mineable by underground methods - Significant upside: - Within the current pit shell - Along strike, at depth - Resource expected to continue evolving through ongoing drilling. 2026 Drill Program: The fully funded 15,000 m drill program, together with approximately 8,000 m of historical core resampling, is designed to expand and upgrade the existing resource. Objectives: - Expand the conceptual open pit - Grow near-surface ounces - Test high-priority step-out targets - Support future resource updates - Advance a phased development strategy. Recent Highlights: - 15.0 m @ 61.5 g/t Au, including 2.4 m @ 369.6 g/t Au - 35.9 m @ 3.1 g/t Au, including 24.7 m @ 4.0 g/t Au - Broad zones of near-surface mineralization continue to support both resource growth and potential improvements to future mine economics. Exploration & AI Targeting: Emperor continues to integrate drilling results into its proprietary AI-assisted geological models to refine targeting and improve drill efficiency. The exploration strategy is focused on outlining broad, lower-grade mineralized halos surrounding established high-grade shoots, with the goal of increasing total ounces while enhancing the economics of a future open-pit operation. Optiom Agreement: Emperor Metals has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the project from Globex Mining. The earn-in requires $10 million in cash payments, 15 million common shares, and $12 million in exploration expenditures over a five-year period.","Lac Pelletier: The Lac Pelletier Property comprises 25 mining claims and a mining lease covering a total area of at ~646 hectares and is located approximately 4 km southwest of the city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The Property is adjacent to and contiguous with Agnico Eagles’ advanced exploration project known as their Wasamac Gold Deposit (Measured and Indicated: 2.2 Moz @ 2.43 g/t Au and Inferred: 0.8 Moz Au @ 2.66 g/t Au). These properties share the Wasamac Shear Zone that Agnico Eagle views as good potential to host additional discoveries. The Lac Pelletier Property currently has an historical estimated mineral resource of 681,200 tonnes grading @ 4.08 g/t Au for 89,400 oz (total Measured and Indicated), and Inferred mineral resources of 1,099,000 tonnes grading @ 3.89 g/t Au for 137,600 oz Au (see Maritime’s press release dated May 11, 2022 as posted on SEDAR+). Lac Pelletier has a historical mineral resource of 89,400 Oz Au Measured & Indicated at 4.08 g/t Au and 137,600 Oz Au at 3.89 g/t Au is contained in several zones of mineralization. Property Highlights: - 105,000 meters of drilling has been completed (both above ground and underground) - Over 3.3 km of underground development is in place, including portal, and vent raise with only limited bulk sample mining - Two bulk samples (2009 –2010) with an average recovery of 96.3% (2,950 oz Au recovered @ 4.35 g/t Au) - Potential for both robust thickness and high-grade resource expansion with diamond drill hole intercepts of 22.4 m of 7.6 g/t Au and 6.2 m of 24.8 g/t Au - Very close to infrastructure in area; within Rouyn municipal limits - Potential pre-production scenario for Emperor - Estimated +70 Million dollars in prior expenditures on infrastructure and drilling on site (today's terms) - Significant potential to expand gold resource."]
Leadership
John Florek (CEO, President / Director, +30 years mining sector, Superintendent of Geology at Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Mine, previously Senior Geologist with Barrick Gold at the Hemlo Mine and Senior District Geologist with Placer Dome. Director to the Board of McEwen Inc.), Sean Mager (CFO / Director, +30 years of experience in the global mining sector, extensive expertise in corporate development, stakeholder relations, regulatory affairs, finance, and operations. CoFounder of the Metals Group of companies), Alex Horsley (Vice President / Director, +20 years mining sector and capital markets, finance, marketing, management, corporate development, and communications.), John Labrecque (VP Exploration, +26 years of global experience spanning North America, Africa, and Asia. Extensive expertise in gold, porphyry copper, and diamond systems, along with a proven track record in both exploration and production. Notably, he was part of the team that received the 2008 Developer of the Year Award at Hemlo Gold Mines, Ontario.), John Williamson (Independent Director / Chairman, +35 years experience in the global mining sector. John has been chairman and founder of >20 successful companies. He is the Founder of the Metals Group of companies, having raised more than $1B CAD in public and private entities over the past 35 years of exploration, development and mining projects worldwide.), Ian Harris (Director, +25 years mining sector, accomplished senior mining executive leading worldwide mining projects from open-pit and underground development to processing operations.)

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