Midnight Sun Drills 0.89% Copper Over 25 Metres and 1.36% Copper Over 6 Metres within 0.46% Copper Over 50 Metres; Continuing to Significantly Extend Dumbwa System

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Assay results based on four-acid digest, ICP-OES Finish. Intervals listed are based on drilling intervals and therefore are considered relative rather than true widths.

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Dumbwa Drill Program Update

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The drilling at Dumbwa has now demonstrated 3.6 kilometres of north-south mineralized strike. To date, 122 holes have been completed with 5 holes ongoing and a further 140 holes called for in the immediate plan to test the mineralized corridor over the next 3 kilometres of strike. This represents approximately 25,000 metres of planned drilling.

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Samples from an additional 64 drill holes have been submitted for assay, with the remaining samples currently being cut and prepared.

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Quality Control/Quality Assurance

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Drilling was conducted using a conventional diamond drilling rig and drill core was captured for the entirety of each hole and placed into plastic core trays. All drill holes were cored in PQ until stable ground was achieved and then reduced to HQ size for the remainder of each hole. Sampling was based on visible copper mineralization and sample intervals honoured any important lithological boundaries. Core was then cut in house using a diamond saw and the right half of core was placed into a 200 micron plastic bag, assigned a unique sample number, and recorded into GeoSpark logging system. Samples always remained under the supervision of Midnight Sun staff to maintain chain of custody. All samples were then delivered to SGS Labs located in Kalulushi, Zambia, a fully accredited laboratory. Once received, the samples were sorted, dried, crushed, and pulverized (SGS code PRP90) followed by four-acid digest with ICP-OES finish (SGS Code ICP42S). Copper range of detection is 0.01-10%. Midnight Sun follows an in-house QA/QC program that consisted of a random insertion every 10^th sample of either a coarse blank, fine blank, coarse duplicate, fine duplicate, or Certified Reference Material (standards).

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Location of Reported Drill Holes

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Note: Projection: WGS84, Zone 35 South

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Qualified Person: Darin Labrenz, P.Geo., a consulting geologist for the Company and Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical data and contents of this release.

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Stock Option Grant
Pursuant to the Company’s 10% rolling stock option plan, Midnight Sun has granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 4,560,000 Common Shares of the Company, at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, to certain directors, officers, employees, and consultants. These stock options are fully vested upon issuance and expire five years from the date of issue.

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About Midnight Sun

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Midnight Sun is rapidly advancing the Solwezi Copper Project, with a focus on our flagship Dumbwa Target. The Project is located near the town of Solwezi in the heart of the Zambia–Congo Copperbelt, the world’s second-largest copper-producing region. This prolific mining district is renowned for hosting multiple major copper deposits, and benefits from excellent infrastructure, an established mining workforce, and a long history of successful production.