Aquitaine Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the first drill results from the Company’s 2025 Phase 1 drill program at its 100% owned Limousin gold and critical metal project in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Highlights:

• Results from the first 7 drill holes across the Laurieras structure confirm that high-grade gold mineralization occurs within a broad hydrothermal envelope containing stockwork veins ranging from centimetre- to metre-scale with bulk-tonnage potential.
• The best result was 16.45 g/t gold over 20.00 metres, including two high grade intervals of 203 g/t gold over 0.50 metres and 202 g/t gold over 0.50 metres all within a broad interval averaging 8.99 g/t gold over 37.00 metres (drill hole CMA011B).
• Other significant intercepts include 10.25 g/t gold over 5.50 metres, within a broad interval averaging 3.72 g/t gold over 16.00 metres (drill hole CMA010).
• Deeper drilling confirms the potential for significant gold mineralization at depths beyond what was historically mined or drilled. Drill hole CMA006 intersected 6.78 g/t gold over 2.25 metres at a depth of 65 metres below the historic mining. Drill results and locations are summarized in Table 1 and 2 respectively.
• The drill program consists of 44 planed holes totalling 8,800 metres, of which 22 holes totalling 4,300 metres have been completed so far. Assays are pending for the remaining 15 drill holes completed to-date and will be released once full results are available.

Chris Taylor, CEO of Aquitaine stated, “We are very encouraged by these initial results, which show grade and width profiles that were until recently not thought to be characteristic of this area. Our team’s expectations of broad mineralized halos around the high-grade gold veins that were historically exploited have been strongly supported. I commend our French staff for their highly professional conduct, and the high environmental and social engagement standards they are employing.

“I look forward to exploring many more of the compelling targets on our Limousin Project along more than 200 kilometres of aggregate strike length of known gold-bearing structures, which host more than 900 exploration targets defined by a combination of ancient and twentieth century gold mines.”

Results and Program Progress:

The current drilling program is focused on the Gabillou, Pierrepinet West, Pierrepinet East and Puits-Roux targets located along the Laurieras fault structure. Drilling began in February 2025 and will continue into the autumn. For most of the drill sites, two to three drill holes are aligned in a fan pattern targeting the same gold and critical metal bearing structures, veins, breccias and stockworks at varying depths. Figures 1 and 2 are plan maps of the program and Figures 3 and 4 are long sections of the program.

The main objectives of the program are to confirm the historical datasets acquired by Aquitaine from COGEMA and to test the extensions of ore zones both along strike and down dip from the historical mining.

All reported drill holes have successfully intercepted the gold system as evidenced by quartz veining, sulphide mineralization, widespread alteration and locally visible gold. 36 of the holes totalling 7,320 metres will target mineralized zones along the Laurieras structure covering a strike length of over 2 kilometres, with eight additional holes testing other targets.

Drill holes CMA011B, CMA010, CMA009, CMA011 and CMA008 confirmed the historical drill results from COGEMA at the Pierrepinet West target while drill holes CMA006 and CMA007 tested the lateral and down dip extension of the Pierrepinet West target, extending the continuity of mineralization 165 metres below the lowest underground mining level.

Results strongly support the Company’s thesis that significant low-grade gold mineralized halos exist around the high-grade veins (Figure 5). Gold mineralization is mainly composed of coarse grains of visible gold and electrum (mm to cm), with accessory pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite and stibnite (Figure 6).

Table 1: Limousin Project assay results

*Intervals widths are down-hole depths. For most of the drill holes, true widths of mineralization are estimated to be approximately 65-95% of the down-hole interval based on preliminary results, structural observations and historical data. All are diamond drill holes. Vein structures vary in strike between 60 to 70 degrees and dip between 60 to 65 degrees to the northwest. All drill holes intersect both high grade and bulk tonnage domains and often intersect multiple domains within the same drill hole.

Table 2: Limousin Project drill hole locations

*The coordinate reference system is Lambert 93 (EPSG 2154)

Figure 1: Progress map of the Phase 1 drill program on the Laurieras fault structure.

Figure 2: Detailed map of the Pierrepinet West and Gabillou targets and the progress of the Phase 1 drill program on the Laurieras fault structure.

Figure 3: SW-NE long section showing the progress of the Phase 1 drill program on the Laurieras fault structure. The location of figure 4 is shown by the red outline.

Figure 4: SW-NE long section of the Gabillou and Pierrepinet West targets and progress of the Phase 1 drill program on the Laurieras fault structure.

Figure 5: Cross section of the Pierrepinet West target within the Laurieras fault. Hydrothermal alteration zone outline shown in blue.

Figure 6: Drill core sample pictures from Phase 1 drill campaign

1. White and grey multi-stage quartz vein with visible gold from drill hole CMA005 – 100m in the down-dip extension of the last underground mined level at Pierrepinet West from 283.70 to 284.50m.
2. White and grey multi-stage quartz vein with visible gold from drill hole CMA001 – 600m in the south-west lateral extension of the last underground mined level at Pierrepinet West from 81.40 to 82.40m.
3. Dark quartz and sulphides (pyrite, arsenopyrite) stockwork developed in a granite with pink potassic pervasive alteration at footwall of the Laurieras structure from drill hole CMA004.
4. White quartz vein with sulphides (pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena) crosscutting an intensely sericitized paragneiss from drill hole CMA003.

The Limousin Project

• The project is located in the historic Limousin Mining District in the Region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwest France, 40 kilometres south of the city of Limoges.
• Consists of currently 40 square kilometres of exploration licenses with exclusivity and an additional 290 square kilometers where proposed exploration is in the final stages of review by the French mining administration.
• The Project is comprised of a total 330 square kilometre area of exclusivity, and includes 23 past producing gold mines which operated during the 20th to 21st centuries, as well as over 900 ancient Gallic high-grade gold mining sites that occur along gold-bearing structures stretching along strike for over 200 kilometres.
• COGEMA, a French mining company, operated in the area from 1988 to 2002, producing approximately 1 million ounces of gold with average underground production grades of 12 to 15 grams per tonne gold at a cut off of 10 grams per tonne gold, and mining widths of 3 to 10 metres as well as average open pit production grades of 7 to 8 grams per tonne gold at a cutoff grade of 6 grams per tonne gold.
• Production and exploration records indicate the historical data has an estimated replacement value of $430 million.
• COGEMA ceased exploration in 2002 due to weak gold prices at the time.
• All the gold mines within the area of exclusivity contain significant accessory metals designated as critical by the French state and the European Union, including antimony, copper, zinc and silver.
• Additional zones of massive sulphide mineralization containing high-grade copper, zinc, lead and silver were also intersected by historical miners but saw little exploration at the time. These will also be explored by CMA.

About Aquitaine Metals Corp.

Aquitaine Metals Corp. is a private Vancouver-based gold and strategic metals exploration company that owns 100% of Compagnie des Mines Arédiennes (“CMA”). CMA was founded in 2020 by a team of French mining professionals focused on reviving potentially world class mining projects with economic and strategic importance to the French state. CMA’s exploration activities are focused on its 100% owned Limousin project in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. A significant exploration Phase 1 diamond drill program has been underway since February 2025. This work program is designed to confirm historical datasets, and test extensions of the Pierrepinet and Douillac high-grade gold and critical metals ore zones at the Laurieras and Moulin de Cheni mines.

Aquitaine Metals Corp. supports CMA’s vision of a French mining industry renaissance and is a committed partner to all stakeholders, with a long-term vision of sustainable exploration to advance the Limousin project in a manner that demonstrates good stewardship of land, operational excellence and accountability.