CUPANI Exploration Update & Welcoming New Vice President of Exploration

Mr. Bosse is an investor with three decades of experience in commodities, as well as both private and public equity. Brian has served as a business turnaround specialist for several Canadian investment firms. He spent a decade restructuring equity sales and trading departments, as well as proprietary investment divisions. Brian began his career as a Toronto Stock Exchange floor trader in 1995 following an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business and Economics. He became a CFA charter holder in 2001. From 2012 until 2016 Brian ran the Goodman Bluespring mutual fund. From 2018 until 2024 Mr. Bosse was integral to the very successful restructuring of Zenyatta Ventures into both Zentek Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZTEK) plus Albany Graphite Corporation. He is the largest shareholder of CUPANI Metals Corp.

Mr. Gauthier is a professional geologist with over 40 years of experience in mining exploration. He held senior positions with Niobay Metals Inc., Trans-Siberian Gold Plc, Vior Inc., Kinross Gold Corp., Bema Gold Corp., Cambior Inc., Azimut Exploration Inc. and Noranda Inc. Throughout his career, Mr. Gauthier has been responsible for the discovery of four economic gold deposits, working with four different teams in Canada and Russia. He also brings exploration experience in ultramafic-hosted Ni-Cu-Co-PGE environments, having recently served as VP Exploration for NorthX Nickel Corp. He led the team that discovered a new high-grade zone 300 meters from the main deposit. Mr. Gauthier graduated from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi with a degree in Applied Science (geological engineering). He currently serves on the Mining Advisory Committee of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Québec) and is a member in good standing of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.