Northisle Announces C$30 Million Financing

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc. (TSXV: NCX, OTCQX:NTCPF) (“NorthIsle” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Paradigm Capital Inc. (“Paradigm”) as lead agent and sole bookrunner on behalf of a syndicate of agents (collectively, the “Agents”), in connection with a ”best efforts” private placement financing (the “Brokered Offering”) for total proceeds of up to approximately $25,002,747, consisting of up to 9,338,000 common shares of the Company that qualify as “flow-through shares” (within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) (the “CFT Shares”) to be issued to subscribers at a price of $1.6065 per CFT Share, and up to 9,525,000 common shares of the Company (the “Non-FT Shares” and together with the CFT Shares, the “Offered Shares”) at a price of $1.05 per common share.

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In addition, the Company has granted the Agents an option (the “Agents’ Option”) to sell additional Offered Shares at the same issue prices for additional aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,750,412, exercisable not later than 48 hours prior to the Closing Date (as defined below). The term “Offering” includes the additional Offered Shares that may be issued on the exercise of the Agents’ Option, if any.

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The Offering is anticipated to include participation from new and existing fundamental institutional investors and existing cornerstone shareholders.

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Concurrent to the Brokered Offering, the Company will conduct a non-brokered private placement of 4,762,000 Non-FT Shares at a price of $1.05 per common share to raise up to C$5,000,100 (the “Non-Brokered Offering”). Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. has indicated its intention to subscribe in the Non-Brokered Offering subject to entering into a right of first refusal agreement with Northisle, to be negotiated in good faith, and certain other conditions.

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The Company will use an amount equal to the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the CFT Shares to incur eligible “Canadian exploration expenses” that qualify as “flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures” as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Critical Minerals Qualifying Expenditures”). The Company will incur the Critical Minerals Qualifying Expenditures on or before December 31, 2026, and renounce (on a pro rata basis) all such expenditures in favour of the subscribers of the CFT Shares with an effective date no later than December 31, 2025 in accordance with the Income Tax Act (Canada). The proceeds from the sale of the Non-FT Shares will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes as described in the offering document for the Offering.

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Closing is expected to occur on or about August 8, 2025, or other such date as the Company and the Agents may agree (the “Closing Date”). The Offering is subject to regulatory approval, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”).

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The Offered Shares will be offered for sale to purchasers resident in Canada, except Quebec, pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) and in such other jurisdictions as may be mutually agreed upon by the Agents and the Company. The Offered Shares will not be subject a statutory hold period in Canada (except to the extent the TSXV’s four-month hold period applies). There is an offering document related to the Offering that can be accessed under the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.com and at www.northisle.ca. Prospective investors should read this offering document before making an investment decision.

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The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Unites States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any U.S. state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws or compliance with requirements of an applicable exemption therefrom. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the Unites States, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

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About Northisle

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Northisle Copper and Gold Inc. is a Vancouver-based company whose mission is to become a leading and sustainable mineral resource company for the future. Northisle owns the North Island Project, which is one of the most promising copper and gold porphyry deposits in Canada. The North Island Project is located near Port Hardy, British Columbia on a more than 34,000-hectare block of mineral titles 100% owned by Northisle stretching 50 kilometres northwest from the now closed Island Copper Mine operated by BHP Billiton. Northisle recently completed an updated preliminary economic assessment for the North Island Project and is now focused on advancement of the project through a prefeasibility study while continuing exploration within this highly prospective land package. For more information on Northisle please visit the Company’s website at www.northisle.ca.

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This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

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Cautionary Statements regarding Forward-Looking Information

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Certain information in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities law. Any statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as “may”, “should”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to,