Mr. Joseph van den Elsen reports

ANDINA COPPER EXTENSION DRILLING INTERSECTS 198 M AT 0.51 per cent CU, 78 PPM MO WITHIN 454 M AT 0.43 per cent CU, 66 PPM MO

Andina Copper Corp. has released an outstanding drill intercept from hole CDH005, the third hole completed by the company at its Cobrasco project in Choco, Colombia.

Following the high-grade Cu-Mo (copper-molybdenum) intersections reported in recent drill holes (CDH003 and CDH004 -- refer to Feb. 16, 2026, news release), CDH005 was designed to test the southern extensions of the Cobrasco system to a depth of 700 metres, in a large stepout over an area of limited geological data and no prior drilling.

Highlights:

• CDH005 confirms large-scale southerly extension of Cu-Mo-Ag (silver) mineralization as shown in the attached table.

• Large multiphase porphyry Cu-Mo system demonstrated, with newly observed intermediate intrusive phases consistently mineralized over broad intervals.
• Stepout drill holes CDH006 and CDH007 completed (assays pending).
• New drill hole CDH008 under way and targeting northern extension of mineralization.
• Systematic drilling of emerging large-scale porphyry system at Cobrasco continuing, with Cu-Mo mineralization defined over a mostly near-surface (upper 650 m) zone within a 2,500 m by 1,000 m target area.

Drilling thus far has tested an area of approximately 1,000 m by 750 m, less than half the potential footprint.

Andina Copper's president and chief executive officer, Joseph van den Elsen, commented:

"Ongoing drilling at Cobrasco continues to demonstrate the large-scale and relatively shallow nature of Cobrasco Central, with results from hole CDH005 significantly extending the mineralized envelope to the south. With broad spaced holes having tested less than half the target area to date, we see the potential for a globally significant copper deposit(s) at Cobrasco. To accelerate exploration and evaluation, a second drill will be mobilized to systematically explore and define the lateral extents of the Cu-Mo system and to add volume to the higher-grade copper shells intersected in drilling to date."

Geology and mineralization -- drill hole CDH005

Following on from drill hole CDH004, which returned long intercepts of high-grade copper-molybdenum mineralization (refer to Table 1), hole CDH005 was collared from the same platform as holes CDH002, CDH003 and CDH004 and oriented due south (Az: 180 degrees, dips: negative 50 degrees) to test for the southern extensions of the Cobrasco mineralization. The hole tested approximately 600 m of lateral extent and 700 m of vertical extent and was terminated at a down hole depth of 934 m.

Unlike earlier holes which intersected a multiphase quartz-rich rhyolitic to dacitic subvolcanic dome complex (felsic lithologies), hole CDH005 is characterized by mineralized diorite to dacite-andesite porphyries (intermediate lithologies), generally manifesting as magnetic intrusive sequences at surface transitioning to a magnetic low embayment at depth. The intermediate dacite-andesite units are intruded by several narrow quartz-rich felsic rhyolite subvolcanic intrusions which are interpreted to intrude (or interfinger) the earlier intermediate porphyry phase.

Hole CDH005 was collared within dark-colored diorite porphyry units (as previously described for CDH004) and remained within this phase to approximately 170 m downhole before intersecting fine-grained dacite-andesite units. These subvolcanic porphyries exhibit visually significant chalcopyrite-dominant sulphide mineralization, accompanied by weak to moderate sericite alteration overprinting earlier potassic assemblages.

The dacite-andesite units are intruded by thin apophyses of intermineral rhyolite porphyry and extend to approximately 630 m downhole, where the hole intersected a younger and lower-grade intermineral rhyolite porphyry that continues to end of hole at 934 m. The lower sections of CDH005 display epidote-chlorite alteration consistent with a propylitic assemblage, interpreted to represent the outer or lower zones of the Cobrasco hydrothermal system. The mineralization remains open to the south.

Drill hole CDH005 also differs from previous southwest-trending drill holes (CDH001 and CDH004) with no phreatomagmatic breccias observed at depth. These breccias, characterized by poorly sorted polymictic clast assemblages and a tuffaceous matrix with juvenile crystal fragments, have thus far exhibited very low-grade assays, and have defined the SW limits to the Cobrasco Central mineralization system.

The continuity of intrusive phases, alteration styles and sulphide mineralization throughout the drill hole is supported by wide intercepts of moderate to high-grade copper mineralization interpreted to be predominantly associated with the waning stages of potassic alteration transitioning into early sericitic alteration. Assay results support the interpretation of a large and long-lived mineralizing system extending south of the currently defined Cobrasco footprint.

The large, strongly coincident copper-molybdenum surface geochemical anomaly currently being tested by drilling extends approximately 2.5 km north-south and 900 m east-west. This soil anomaly is supported by limited rock chip geochemistry, geological mapping and geophysical data collected to date. A systematic environmental baseline program has commenced across the project area and will be followed by detailed geological mapping and further surface sampling to support continuing drill targeting.

Qualified person

Francisco Montes, a consultant of Andina Copper and a qualified person (QP) within the definition of that term in National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has verified the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for this news release. Francisco Montes is a member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG No. 4160).

QA/QC (quality assurance/quality control)

CDH005 was collared with a HQ size drill string on surface and completed with NQ over the interval 697.15 to 934 m. In all cases the drill core was extracted from the core barrel by the drill contractor under the supervision of Andina Copper personnel and placed in core boxes with appropriate depth markers and padding added for extra protection during transport. Full core boxes were then sealed before being transported by helicopter and pickup truck to the Cobrasco core cutting facility in Quibdo. Core was cleaned where required, marked up and photographed, prior to undergoing geotechnical and geological logging. All core was cut by diamond saw by Andina Copper technicians, other than the top saprolite intervals that could be cut and sampled by hand tools. All sampling was conducted in nominal two m intervals with cut lines marked by the supervising geologists to ensure representative sampling. Samples were placed in plastic bags with non-repeatable sample tags and bagged in polyweave sacks ready for transport.

The core trays with the remaining half-core are stored at the Andina copper facility in Quibdo for ongoing geotechnical (Terraspec spectral analysis, magnetic susceptibility readings, rock density measurements) and follow-up detailed geological logging. From Quibdo core samples were sent to the ALS preparation facility in Medellin, an accredited laboratory which is independent of the company. Prepared sample pulps were then sent to the ALS laboratory in Lima, Peru, for gold (Au-AA23), multielements (ME-MS61) and overlimits analysis (ME-OG62 including copper Cu-OG62). Coarse and fine rejects are returned by ALS Medellin for storage at the Andina Copper storage facility.

Note: Mineralized intercepts reported for CDH005 have applied a 0.2-per-cent Cu cut-off and maximum dilution of 10 m.

About Andina Copper Corp.

Andina Copper is a unique South America-focused copper explorer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V: ANDC), Frankfurt (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: FIR) and OTC (OTCQB: PMMCF) exchanges. The company holds two significant discoveries along the world's premier copper-producing Andean porphyry belt in Argentina and Colombia, and a compelling undrilled copper-gold target in the prolific copper production district of the Coastal Cordillera of Chile.

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