Mr. Frank Basa reports

CONIAGAS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. has appointed Heidi Gutte as chief financial officer effective Jan. 23, 2026. Ms. Gutte is replacing Remantra Sheopaul. Mr. Sheopaul resigned from the CFO position effective Jan. 21, 2026.

Ms. Gutte is a chartered professional accountant and a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and Canada, and has over 15 years of experience with publicly traded mineral exploration and mining companies. She specializes in corporate finance, IFRS (international financial reporting standards) financial reporting, audit preparation and response, tax optimization, and corporate compliance for the mineral exploration and junior mining sector. Ms. Gutte holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg, Germany.

The company thanks Mr. Sheopaul for his contributions to the company and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

About Coniagas Battery Metals Inc.

Coniagas Battery Metals is a Canadian junior mining company focused on nickel, copper and cobalt, and platinum group metals in Quebec. Coniagas's strategy is to create value for shareholders through the development of its mineral properties, with the intention to develop Coniagas into a critical metals supplier to the electric vehicle (EV) market.

At its 100-per-cent-owned Graal project near Saguenay, Que., Coniagas has conducted successful exploration involving geophysics as well as shallow drilling that hit mineralization in almost every hole. It has confirmed an open-pit deposit model at Graal along a six-kilometre strike length of high-grade nickel and copper with cobalt, platinum and palladium byproducts. The company plans in the near term to conduct additional drilling leading to the production of a National Instrument 43-101 resource report, metallurgical testing and consultations with first nations. The Graal project and immediate work plan are outlined in detail in the "NI 43-101 Technical Report Graal Nickel & Copper Project, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada," dated Jan. 17, 2024. The report is available along with other information at the company's website.

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