Mr. Brad Humphrey reports

NICAN COMMENCES FOLLOW-UP DRILLING AT PIPY SOUTH PROPERTY IN THOMPSON, MANITOBA

Nican Ltd. has commenced diamond drilling at the Pipy South property. The objective of this follow-up diamond drilling program is to expand both the new gold discovery and the nickel-bearing massive sulphides intersected in the recently announced 2025 program (see press releases dated Feb. 9, 2026, Feb. 17, 2026, and Feb. 18, 2026). This program is expected to consist of approximately 2,500 metres of drilling in 12-15 drill holes.

Brad Humphrey, president and chief executive officer of Nican, commented: "Following Nican's recent success at the Pipy South project, we are excited to be back drilling. The current program aims to expand the newly discovered gold zone and evaluate additional targets with similar geophysical signatures. Nican will also drill test downdip and along the strike extent of the recent nickel intersection. Following the recently announced expansion of Pipy South's land position, tripling the project's size, the company is now able to broaden its exploration efforts in search of additional gold and nickel zones."

New gold discovery

Detailed geophysical surveys designed to define the subtle magnetic signatures of the lean iron formations that to date have hosted the gold mineralization have been completed and preliminary results are currently being interpreted. Initial drilling will focus on understanding and expanding the mineralization intersected in the 2025 drilling program and subsequently test additional magnetic trends defined on the property. To date, there appears to be a strong correlation between the gold and magnetic pyrrhotite as well as appreciable concentrations of galena (lead).

Initial interpretations indicate that the stratigraphy containing the gold mineralization is hosted by a steeply dipping anticlinal structure that can be traced over a north-south distance of approximately 1.7 kilometres. Historical geochemical sampling has indicated concentrations of lead in the vicinity of the southern anticlinal axis, which also has a coincident magnetic anomaly.

Nickel sulphide intersection

Follow-up drilling is also planned in the vicinity of the 2025 nickel-bearing massive sulphide intersection (1.45 metres averaging 1.53 per cent nickel), which exhibits a coincident TDEM (time-domain electromagnetic) anomaly traced over 400 metres. The objective is to drill the target at depth and expand drilling to both the north and south.

Pipy project overview

The Pipy South project is included in an exploration agreement with Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN).

The Pipy properties consist of two project areas, Pipy South and Pipy North, totalling 56.6 square kilometres in the well-established Thompson nickel belt. Initial exploration activities will focus on the Pipy South project, which is adjacent to the Mystery Lake South area, located approximately 10 to 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Thompson and Vale's Thompson nickel mine, with excellent road access and local infrastructure.

Qualified person

Bill Nielsen, PGeo, an independent consultant to Nican, who is a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this press release.

About Nican Ltd.

Nican is a mineral exploration company, trading under the symbol NICN on the TSX Venture Exchange, under the symbol NILTF on the OTCQB and under the symbol W8Y on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company is actively exploring two projects: the high-grade nickel-copper Wine project and the highly prospective gold and nickel Pipy project, both located in well-established mining jurisdictions in Manitoba, Canada.

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