Mr. Marcel Robillard reports

PUMA EXPLORATION ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $668,500 NON-BROKERED FINANCING

Puma Exploration Inc. has closed a non-brokered placement consisting of 6,685,000 flow-through units at 10 cents per flow-through unit for gross proceeds of $668,500. Each flow-through unit comprises one flow-through share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant is exercisable to purchase one common share of the company at 15 cents per share valid for 24 months.

The warrants are subject to an acceleration clause that entitles the company to provide notice to holders that they will expire 30 days from the date the company delivers the acceleration notice. The company can only provide the acceleration notice if the closing price of the company's common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange is equal to or greater than 25 cents for 30 consecutive trading days. The acceleration notice can be provided at any time after the statutory hold period and before the expiry date of the warrants. All securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a hold period of four months and one day pursuant to applicable securities laws.

The net proceeds of the flow-through units will be used to incur eligible Canadian exploration expenses and flow-through mining expenditures, as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada), which will be renounced in favour of the purchasers, with an effective date of no later than Dec. 31, 2025. The funds will advance the exploration of the newly acquired McKenzie gold project and other company assets in northern New Brunswick.

In connection with the closing of the private placement offerings, the company paid aggregate cash finders' fees of $39,445 and issued 394,450 non-transferable finder warrants. The finder warrants have the same terms as the warrants included in the units and are exercisable at 15 cents per common share.

Certain directors and other insiders of the company participated in the private placement. They subscribed for 350,000 flow-through units for an aggregate price of $35,000, an amount no more than the maximum amount permissible under applicable securities laws and regulatory rules. Participation by the directors and other insiders in the private placement is considered a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions.

The company is exempt from the requirements to obtain a formal valuation and minority shareholder approval in connection with the insiders' participation in the private placement in reliance on sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in that the fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of any securities issued under the private placement (and the consideration paid to the company therefor) to interested parties (as defined under MI 61-101) did not exceed 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization (as determined under MI 61-101).

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The content of this press release was prepared by Marcel Robillard, president, who supervised the preparation of the information that forms part of this news release.

About Puma's assets in New Brunswick

Puma has accumulated an impressive portfolio of prospective gold landholdings strategically located close to roads and infrastructure in northern New Brunswick -- the Williams Brook project and the new McKenzie gold project. Both are located near the Rocky Brook Millstream fault (RBMF), a major regional structure formed during the Appalachian orogeny and a significant control for gold deposition in the region. Puma's work to date has focused on the Williams Brook property, but prospecting and surface exploration work on its other properties have confirmed their potential for significant gold mineralization.

About Puma Exploration Inc.

Puma Exploration is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on finding and growing a pipeline of precious metal projects in New Brunswick, near Canada's famous Bathurst mining camp. Puma has a long history in northern New Brunswick, having worked on regional projects for over 15 years. Puma's successful exploration methodology, which combines old prospecting methods with detailed trenching and up-to-date technology such as artificial intelligence, has been instrumental in facilitating an understanding of the region's geology and associated mineralized systems. Armed with geophysical surveys, geochemical data and consultant expertise, Puma has developed a perfect, low-cost exploration tool to discover gold at shallow depths and maximize drilling results.

The company is committed to its DEAR business model of discovery, exploration, acquisition and royalties to generate maximum value for shareholders with low share dilution.

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