File: Attachment OPTG Application for MCTO NR 20260116.pdf

OPTEGRA VENTURES INC.

3002 1211 Melville Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 0A7

Telephone: +1604 681 4653

OPTEGRA ANNOUNCES APPLICATION FOR MANAGEMENT CEASE TRADE ORDER

January 16, 2026 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Optegra Ventures Inc. (the "Company" or "Optegra") (TSX-V: OPTG) announces a potential delay in the filing of its annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2025 (the "Financial Statements") and the related management's discussion and analysis and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certificates (collectively, with the Financial Statements, the "Required Filings") which are due January 28, 2026 (the "Filing Deadline"). As further described below, the Company expects to file the Required Filings on or before March 14, 2026.

The Company continues to work diligently with its auditor but anticipates it will fail to file the Required Filings by the Filing Deadline due to recent financial difficulties associated with delays in closing its previously announced private placement, which impacted the Company's ability to fund its audit combined with auditor scheduling issues over the holiday season. The Company anticipates that it will be in a position to file the Required Filings on or about March 14, 2026.

The Company has made an application for a management cease trade order ("MCTO") to the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") under National Policy 12-203 Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("NP 12-203"), which is subject to approval by the BCSC. There is no certainty that the MCTO will be granted. If the MCTO is granted, and during the period while the MCTO is effective, certain individuals 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 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 Required Filings and the BCSC's decision regarding the Company's application for the MCTO.

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. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding the timing, review, and completion and filing of the Required Filings; the granting of the MCTO; the terms of the MCTO and the impact on trading of securities of the Company; and the length of the possible MCTO. 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. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: the Company may not complete its audit and file the Required Filings as currently anticipated, or at all; the BCSC may not grant the MCTO; and other related risks more fully set out in the documents disclosed under the Company's filings at www.sedarplus.com. 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.