Mr. Steve Hanson reports

SURFACE METALS INC ENGAGES DANAYI CAPITAL CORP. TO PROVIDE DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES

Surface Metals Inc. has engaged Danayi Capital Corp., a full-service marketing firm based out of Vancouver, B.C., to provide digital marketing services for a six-month term commencing on Feb. 16, 2026. Under the terms of the agreement between Surface Metals and Danayi, the company has agreed to pay Danayi $150,0000 (U.S.). No compensation in securities of the company will be paid to Danayi. Danayi, an arm's-length party, is owned by Mehran Bagherzadeh. Danayi specializes in marketing, advertising and public awareness within the mining and metal sector. To the knowledge of the company, Danayi does not own any securities of the company.

About Surface Metals Inc.

Surface Metals is a North American mineral exploration company focused on advancing a diversified portfolio of gold and lithium projects in Nevada, United States. The company's Cimarron gold project is located in Nye county, Nevada, in a historically productive gold district. Surface's Clayton Valley lithium brine project hosts an inferred resource of approximately 302,900 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent adjacent to Albemarle's Silver Peak mine. Surface Metals is also advancing a sedimentary claystone lithium project in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada.

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