Mr. Robert Dzisiak reports

KING REPORTS NAME CHANGE

King Global Ventures Inc.'s board of directors has approved a change of the company's name to King Global Critical Minerals Inc.

The name change is expected to take effect on or about Sept. 30, 2026, upon the filing of such with the corporate registry. Trading under the new name is expected to occur on or about Oct. 7, 2026, subject to the approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange. The company's shares will continue trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol KING. No action is required by shareholders, and existing share certificates will not need to be exchanged.

Why the name change

The new name reflects what the company's exploration work at the Black Canyon/Silver Cord project in Yavapai county, Arizona, has shown over the past year. Drilling at Silver Cord, completed in December, 2025, intersected high-grade polymetallic veins containing silver, gold, lead, zinc and antimony (see King Global's press release dated Dec. 2, 2025). Antimony and zinc are designated critical minerals in the United States, and, in November, 2025, silver was added to the U.S. critical minerals list for the first time.

Antimony in particular has become a strategic priority for the United States following China's December, 2024, ban on antimony exports to the United States. Antimony is used in defence applications, flame retardants and battery technologies, and domestic supply is limited. King Global's Black Canyon project sits 62 miles north of Phoenix, with highway access and water and electricity accessible on the property, placing it in a strong position within a policy environment increasingly focused on rebuilding America's domestic mineral supply chains.

"King Global Critical Minerals tells investors exactly what we are," said Robert Dzisiak, chief executive officer. "Our drilling has returned antimony, silver and zinc, alongside gold and copper potential, all in Arizona, all on U.S. soil, at a time when the U.S. government is prioritizing domestic critical mineral supply. The new name aligns our identity with our assets and with where the market and U.S. policy are heading."

The company's exploration strategy, management team and board remain unchanged. King Global continues to advance its 14,000-foot diamond drill program at the Iron Horse VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) target within the Black Canyon project.

Qualified person statement (National Instrument 43-101)

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Andrew Lee Smith, PGeo, ICDD, who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Smith is an independent consultant to King Global Ventures and is independent of the company for the purposes of NI 43-101.

In verifying the scientific and technical information contained in this release, the qualified person conducted a comprehensive review of all available analytical data, geological logs, drill core photographs and supporting documentation generated during the 2025 Silver Cord drill program. This verification work included confirmation of the sampling procedures used in the field, an assessment of chain-of-custody protocols and evaluation of the security measures implemented to ensure sample integrity from the drill site to the laboratory.

As part of his review, the qualified person examined King Global's quality assurance/quality control program, including the insertion of certified reference standards, blanks and duplicate samples into the analytical stream. He also verified that no material QA/QC issues were identified that would affect the reliability of the assay results. In addition, the qualified person reviewed original assay certificates issued by ALS Geochemistry, an independent laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards, and confirmed that the analytical methods applied -- including multielement ICP-MS, ICP-AES and appropriate overlimit reanalysis -- are suitable for the style of mineralization encountered at Silver Cord.

The qualified person further confirmed that the geological interpretations presented in this release -- including references to structural controls, alteration patterns (AI/CCPI), metal zonation and evidence for multiple phases of hydrothermal mineralization -- are consistent with the observed drill core, surface mapping, geochemical signatures and assay data. These interpretations are presented as conceptual geological models based on current drilling and are supported by the data available at this stage of exploration.

About King Global Ventures Inc.

Black Canyon property in Arizona

King Global Ventures is focused on the exploration of precious and base metals in North America. The Black Canyon project in Yavapai county, Arizona, comprises 213 contiguous concessions covering a total area of 4,000 acres encompassing 15 former operating mines, including the past-producing Golden Turkey and Silver Cord mines. The Black Canyon project is situated 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Phoenix, Ariz., and represents an early-stage exploration opportunity targeting copper-gold-silver-zinc VMS mineralization. The geology of Yavapai county, Arizona, is notable due to the presence of a variety of base and precious metal deposit types. The region has a significant history of exploration, discovery and mining operations, including base metals from mining operations like Bagdad, Jerome and Cleopatra. The property is on trend and approximately 13 kilometres (eight miles) northwest of Arizona Metals Corp.

The Howard copper mine property is located on 78 acres of patented land. Discovered in the early 1920s, small-scale production and development focused on high-grade copper. Historical reports state that the main shaft was sunk to the 900-foot level, but no ore was mined below the 500-foot level.

The Mikwam property

The Mikwam gold property is located in Noseworthy township within the Abitibi greenstone belt of the Superior province in Northeastern Ontario. It lies along the Casa Berardi deformation zone, which hosts Detour Gold's Burntbush property. The Mikwam deposit is hosted within Timiskaming-aged polymictic conglomerate and greywacke units and contains disseminated and vein-hosted gold mineralization associated with quartz-carbonate veins and pyrite mineralization.

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