Mr. Paul Kuhn reports

AVRUPA MINERALS RECOGNIZES POTENTIAL AT RAUHALA MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, FINLAND

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. has made progress with internal studies covering the Rauhala massive sulphide deposit, located near the historic Vihanti mine in the Vihanti-Pyhasalmi mining district in central Finland. Avrupa's partnership with Akkerman Exploration bv in the Finnish operating company Akkerman Finland Oy is advancing five massive sulphide projects in the district, including Rauhala.

According to AEbv research, compilation and recent reporting, the Rauhala deposit is a small, high-grade, sediment-hosted massive sulphide deposit located southwest of the historic Vihanti mine in central Finland. The Geological Survey of Finland discovered the deposit in 1985 and outlined mineralization with 61 drill holes. The mining company Outokumpu Oy took over the project in 1987, drilled nine more infill holes, and, in 1988, reported an in-house, non-National Instrument 43-101-compliant geological resource* of 880.5 million tonnes of 1.6 per cent copper, 6.1 per cent zinc, 1 per cent lead, 0.5 gram per tonne gold and 49 g/t silver.

* Note: The historic resource estimate quoted above is historical in nature and not NI 43-101 compliant. It was compiled and reported by Outokumpu Oy during its operation (1988). This in-house estimate is historical in nature and should not be relied upon; however, it does suggest indications of mineralization on the property. The qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the estimate as current mineral resources, and Avrupa is not treating this historical estimate as current mineral resources.

Outokumpu continued detailed studies for another six years, completing 22 more drill holes, metallurgical tests and underground mine design works, but not the possibility of initial open-pit mining. No work was attempted concerning the possibility of significant gold mineralization in the deposit. The government granted a mining concession to Outokumpu in 1992, but the company did not do any further work at the Rauhala deposit.

AFOy acquired the Rauhala deposit mineral rights in 2023 after a moratorium of the mining concession area expired. In November, 2024, AFOy acquired further rights covering potential mineral extensions around the deposit from Pyhasalmi Mine Oy. AFOy followed this by retrieving, compiling and analyzing all historic data covering the deposit, including information and geochemical analyses for all 92 drill holes and 2,380 assays from the core samples. Compilation of the data produced the following conclusions:

• The deposit is a tabular layer of massive and disseminated sulphides containing base and precious metals.
• Mineralization is sediment-hosted. There are no associated volcanic units.
• Thickness of the layer varies from 0.5 metre to 12 metres, with an average of 3.6 metre.
• The mineral horizon suboutcrops below a thin layer of till (which ranges to 20 metres thick) and dips 30 degrees.
• So far, 81 of the 92 holes drilled define an area of 300 metres by 600 metres, drilled to a depth of 210 metres below the surface.
• The main questions remain whether the deposit extends beyond the area studied by Outokumpu, both laterally and at depth, and whether there is a mineralized feeder zone below the deposit.

Avrupa and AEbv will develop a work plan for the coming field season that will include further geophysical studies and follow-up drilling to attempt to expand the volume of the mineralized zone. Work will concentrate on lateral and downdip expansion potential of the known lens, exploration for possible feeder zone, review of the gold potential in and around the deposit, and the possibility of further lenses of mineralization around the permit area. The project is open for joint venture opportunities.

Paul W. Kuhn, president and chief executive officer of Avrupa Minerals, a licensed professional geologist, and a registered member of the Society of Mining Engineers, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators. He has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content in the news release.

Avrupa is a growth-oriented junior exploration and development company directed to discovery of mineral deposits, using a hybrid prospect generator business model. The company holds one 100-per-cent-owned licence in Portugal, the Alvalade volcanogenic massive sulphide project. The company holds one 49-per-cent-owned exploration licence covering the Slivova gold project in Kosovo, optioned to Western Tethyan Resources, and is actively advancing six prospects in central Finland through its partnership in Akkerman Finland Oy. Avrupa focuses its project generation work in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, currently including Portugal, Finland and Kosovo. The company continues to seek and develop other opportunities around Europe.

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