Mr. Garrett Ainsworth reports

DISTRICT'S $6 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING FULLY SUBSCRIBED

District Metals Corp. has fully allocated its $5-million non-brokered private placement financing under the listed issuer financing exemption (LIFE) (as defined herein) of 18,518,518 common shares in the capital of the company priced at 27 cents per share. The shares offered under the LIFE offering will not be subject to a hold period, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

The company's $1-million non-brokered private placement financing through an offering of 3,703,703 shares priced at 27 cents per share is also fully allocated, and the oversubscribed book has closed. The shares offered under the NBPP offering will be subject to a four-month-and-one-day hold period, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to finance exploration activities on the company's projects in Sweden, and for general corporate purposes. The company will pay a finder's fee to Pareto Securities AB in connection with investors that are introduced by Pareto to the offering. Any finders' fees payable will be in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.

The offering is scheduled to close on or about May 21, 2025, and is subject to certain conditions, including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the approval of the TSX-V. Subject to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and in accordance with National Instrument 45-106 -- Prospectus Exemptions, the LIFE offering is being made pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of NI 45-106. The NBPP offering is made pursuant to prospectus exemptions under NI 45-106, including, but not limited to, the accredited investor exemption.

There is an offering document related to the offering that can be accessed under the company's profile on SEDAR+ and on the company's website. Prospective investors should read this offering document before making an investment decision.

Technical information

All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by or approved by Garrett Ainsworth, PGeo, president and chief executive officer of the company. Mr. Ainsworth is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About District Metals Corp.

District Metals is led by industry professionals with a record of success in the mining industry. The company's mandate is to seek out, explore and develop prospective mineral properties through a disciplined, science-based approach to create shareholder value and benefit other stakeholders.

District is a polymetallic exploration and development company focused on the Viken and Tomtebo properties in Sweden. The Viken property covers 100 per cent of the Viken energy metals deposit, which contains the largest undeveloped mineral resource estimate of uranium in the world, along with significant a mineral resource estimate of vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, copper, zinc, and other important and critical raw materials (see the company's news release dated April 29, 2025, for further information with respect to the mineral resource estimate).

The advanced-exploration-stage Tomtebo property is located in the Bergslagen mining district of south-central Sweden and is situated between the historical Falun mine and Boliden's Garpenberg mine, which are located 25 kilometres to the northwest and southeast, respectively. Two historical polymetallic mines and numerous polymetallic showings are located on the Tomtebo property along an approximate 17 km trend that exhibits similar geology, structure, alteration and VMS/sedex-style (volcanogenic massive sulphide/sedimentary exhalative) mineralization as other significant mines within the district.

For further information on the Tomtebo property, please see the technical report titled "NI 43-101 Update Technical Report on the Tomtebo Project, Bergslagen Region of Sweden," dated effective Oct. 15, 2020, and amended and restated on Feb. 26, 2021, which is available on SEDAR+.

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