Mr. Brian Thurston reports

COPPER QUEST ANNOUNCES MULTI-NATIONAL INVESTOR AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Copper Quest Exploration Inc. has launched its investor awareness campaign, designed to educate retail and institutional investors on Copper Quest and its portfolio of North American critical mineral projects. The campaign will begin on or around Sept. 15, 2025, and run until Sept. 1, 2026, and includes agreements signed with Guerilla Capital, Dig Media Inc., doing business as Investing News Network (INN), and Departures Capital Inc. (DCI).

Guerilla Capital

The company has entered into a consulting agreement with Guerilla Capital to provide investor outreach, community building, and capital markets consulting and advisory services for the company over a period of 12 months. In consideration for these services, the company will pay Guerilla a total fee of $100,000 (Canadian) plus applicable taxes. The engagement is at arm's length, and neither Guerilla nor its principals currently hold any securities of the company. Guerilla utilizes dynamic, high-impact, high-volume messaging across over 50-plus investing groups (investor chat rooms, forums, platforms, websites, Facebook groups, Discord rooms, stock channels and Reddit) to ensure millions of investors are targeted and supported daily. See Guerilla Capital's website.

Investing News Network

The company has entered into an advertising and investor awareness campaign agreement with Dig Media, doing business as Investing News Network. INN is a private company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, dedicated to providing independent news and education to investors since 2007. For the 12-month term of agreement, INN will provide advertising on its website to increase awareness of the company. The cost of the campaign is $107,000 (Canadian) plus applicable taxes. The engagement is at arm's length, and neither Dig Media nor its principals currently hold securities of the company. INN is a leading provider of investor focused news, designed to educate investors and connect them with opportunities. The INN process involves an integrated approach that educates the investor, brands the company within its sector, and connects the investor and company in multiple ways for the benefit of each party. INN does not provide market-making services. INN can be reached at 604-688-8231 and on its website.

Departures Capital

The company has entered into a service agreement with Departures Capital, under which DCI will provide strategic consulting, investor communications, digital media production and other related services to Copper Quest for a 12-month term. Under the agreement, Copper Quest will pay DCI $25,000 (Canadian) plus applicable taxes. DCI is arm's length to Copper Quest. DCI is a marketing company dedicated to creating value for public companies through targeted, informative multilevel marketing strategies by remaining at the forefront of digital trends, from Webflows to TikToks, AI (artificial intelligence) and more. DCI is an industry leader in crafting short-form videos and compelling written content, along with branded landing pages designed to attract tangible investor leads. DCI can be reached by e-mail at contact@departurescapital.com or at Suite 1500, 409 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1T2, 519-590-6985.

Financing

The company also announces that, further to its news releases dated June 27, 2025, and Aug. 19, 2025, it anticipates closing of the second tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement on or about Sept. 19, 2025.

Proceeds from the private placement are intended for exploration activities and general working capital purposes.

The company may pay finders' fees in the second tranche.

About Copper Quest Exploration Inc.

Copper Quest is focused on building shareholder value through the exploration and development of its North American critical mineral portfolio of assets. The company's land package currently comprises four projects that span over 40,000-plus hectares in great mining jurisdictions.

Copper Quest has a 100-per-cent interest in the Stars property, a porphyry copper-molybdenum discovery, covering 9,693 hectares in central British Columbia's Bulkley porphyry belt. Contiguous to the Stars property, Copper Quest has a 100-per-cent interest in the 5,389-hectare Stellar property. Copper Quest also has an earn-in option (up to 80 per cent) and joint venture agreement on the 4,700-hectare porphyry copper-molybdenum Rip project, also in the Bulkley porphyry belt.

Copper Quest has a 100-per-cent interest in the Thane project, located in the Quesnel terrane of Northern British Columbia, which spans over 20,658 hectares, with 10 high-priority targets identified demonstrating significant copper and precious metal mineralization potential.

Copper Quest's leadership and advisory teams are senior mining industry executives who have a wealth of technical and capital markets experience, and a strong record of discovering, financing, developing and operating mining projects on a global scale. Copper Quest is committed to sustainable and responsible business activities in line with industry best practices, supportive of all stakeholders, including the local communities in which it operates. The company's common shares are principally listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CQX.

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