Mr. Jason Bahnsen reports

HAPPY CREEK ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. has appointed Grant McAdam as a director, effective immediately.

Happy Creek president and chief executive officer Jason Bahnsen commented: "Mr. McAdam is an investment analyst at Waratah Capital Advisors, and brings many years of institutional investment, capital markets and mining experience to the board. With two funds controlled by Waratah owning almost 20 per cent of the company, we are delighted to welcome Mr. McAdam to the board."

Mr. McAdam has been an investment analyst at Waratah Capital Advisors since 2019. He has also served as a director of Grid Metals Corp. since September, 2023. Mr. McAdam focuses on metals and mining, as well as real estate, business and information services, and special situations. He holds the certified financial analyst designation and has received a bachelor of arts degree (honours) from the University of Toronto.

About Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.

Happy Creek is focused on making new discoveries and building resources in proximity to infrastructure on the company's 100-per-cent-owned portfolio of diversified metals projects in British Columbia.

Projects include the high-grade Fox tungsten deposit, the Silverboss molybdenum-copper-gold-silver project adjacent to Glencore's closed Boss Mountain molybdenum mine, and the Hen-Art-DL gold and silver project.

On Nov. 7, 2024, Happy Creek announced the closing of the sale of the Highland Valley copper project to Metal Energy Corp. Happy Creek holds 9.9 per cent of Metal Energy issued capital and up to a 2.5-per-cent net smelter return royalty on the Highland Valley mineral claims.

Happy Creek is committed to responsible mineral resource development. The company's priority is to build and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with indigenous communities in the territories in which the company explores.

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