File: Attachment 2025-01-29 OPTG MCTO NR.pdf

OPTEGRA VENTURES INC.

3002 1211 Melville Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 0A7

Telephone: +1604 681 4653

OPTEGRA ANNOUNCES GRANT OF MANAGEMENT CEASE TRADE ORDER

January 29, 2025 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Optegra Ventures Inc. (the "Company" or "Optegra", TSX-V: OPTG) announces that it has been granted a management cease trade order ("MCTO") from the British Columbia Securities Commission under National Policy 12-203 Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("NP 12-203"), which will prohibit trading securities of the Company by certain individuals until such time as the Required Filings (defined below) have been filed by the Company and the MCTO has been lifted.

While the MCTO is effective, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer will be prohibited from trading in the Company's securities, but the general public who are not insiders of the Company will continue to be able to trade in the Company's listed securities.

The Company was unable to file its audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2024, and the related management's discussion and analysis and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certificates for this period (collectively, the "Required Filings") before the January 29, 2025 filing deadline (the "Filing Deadline").

The Company's failure to file its Required Filings by the Filing Deadline is due to recent financial difficulties affecting the Issuer's ability to fund its audit combined with scheduling issues over the holiday season. The Company anticipates that it will be in a position to file the Required Filings on or about February 28, 2025. The Company will issue a news release once the Required Filings have been filed. The MCTO will be in effect until the Required Filings are filed.

The Company confirms that there is no other material information relating to its affairs that has not been generally disclosed. The Company will provide updates as further information relating to the Annual Financial Filings becomes available. The Company intends to satisfy the provision of the alternative information guidelines set out in sections 9 and 10 of NP 12-203 as long as the Required Filings are outstanding, including the issuance of bi-weekly default status reports in the form of a news release.

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF OPTEGRA VENTURES INC. Paul Loudon Chairman Tel: +1604 681 4653 www.optegraventures.net

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding "Forward-Looking" Information This information release contains certain forward-looking information. Such information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results; performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by statements herein, and therefore these statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. All forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to it as well as other factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Due to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties identified by the Company in its public securities filings, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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