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BTU Metals Corp.

KINROSS ENCOUNTERS GOLD AND COPPER IN RECENT DRILL HOLES WITH GOLD VALUES UP TO 6 G/T, KINROSS DRILLING TO CONTINUE ON DIXIE HALO BTU TO COMMENCE INITIAL DRILL PROGRAM ON HUBCAP PROJECT ADJACENT TO RPX IN WAWA

September 14, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V) is pleased to announce highlights of Kinross Gold Corporation’s (“Kinross”)(K-TSX) 2026 Phase 1 drilling on BTU’s optioned Dixie Halo properties in Red Lake. Furthermore, Kinross has indicated it will restart drilling…

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BTU EXPANDS DIXIE EAST PROJECT WITH STRATEGIC BLOCK 3 ACQUISITION ADJACENT TO KINROSS GREAT BEAR PROJECT

June 3, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU:TSX-V BTUMF:OTC) is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Dixie East Block 3 Project (the “Project” or the “Property”), located approximately 6 kilometres east of the…

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BTU ACQUIRES PROPERTY EAST OF GREAT BEAR’S WORLD CLASS DIXIE GOLD DEPOSIT AND THEIR NEW STRIDER GOLD DISCOVERY

May 13, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) is pleased to announce it has signed an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Dixie East Block 2 property located approximately 30 km east of the Kinross ‘World Class’ Great Bear (“GBR”) Dixie Project, southeast of…

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BTU CLOSES OVERSUBSCRIBED FINANCING

March 23, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) BTU Metals Corp. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: BTU | OTC: BTUMF) is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (see news release dated March 17, 2026), which is…

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BTU ANNOUNCES FINANCING

March 17, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces it has arranged a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Private Placement") to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up to $630,000 by way of issuing up to 10.5 million units (the “Units”) at a price…

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BTU OPTION GRANT

February 16, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces it has granted a total of 4,000,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the company exercisable at a price of $0.07 per share for a period of three years from the date of grant. The…

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KINROSS TO INITIATE TWO PHASE 6,000-8,000 METRE DRILL PROGRAM ON BTU DIXIE HALO PROPERTY NEAR GREAT BEAR PROPERTY

February 12, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces Kinross is planning to initiate a two phase 2026 drill program this month on BTU’s Dixie Halo property. Kinross has indicated It plans to complete sufficient work on the BTU Dixie Halo property to earn…

BTU Metals Corp.

BTU METALS INITIATES GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAM AT ITS DIXIE EAST PROPERTY IN RED LAKE IN PREPARATION FOR DRILLING, DRILLING PLANNED FOR THREE ONTARIO GOLD PROJECTS IN 2026

February 10, 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) is pleased to announce it is commencing grid construction and a geophysical program to identify specific drill target locations on its recently acquired Dixie East Project located on the geological trend with,…

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BTU ANNOUNCES FLOW THROUGH FINANCING

November 11, 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 12,000,000 flow-through shares at a price of $0.05 per FT Share (the "FT Offering"), for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $600,000. The FT…

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BTU DIXIE EAST PROJECT APPROVED

October 27, 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the 100% interest in the newly secured Dixie East Project, a large and strategically located land package immediately east of Kinross Gold's world-renowned Great Bear…

BTU Metals Corp.

KINROSS COMMENCES 8,000M DRILLING PROGRAM ON BTU’S DIXIE HALO PROPERTY ADJACENT TO KINROSS’ GREAT BEAR PROJECT

May 20 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) is pleased to announce that Kinross, pursuant to the option agreement between the parties, has just commenced a significant core drilling program on the Company’s Dixie Halo property adjacent to Kinross’s world class…

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BTU DRILL PROGRAM UNDERWAY AT ECHUM ADJACENT TO ALAMOS GOLD, GOLD VALUES ENCOUNTERED ON HUBCAP PROPERTY NEAR RED PINE EXPLORATION

February 18, 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces an update on exploration efforts at its’ 100% held Echum and Hubcap Projects. The projects comprise an extensive gold exploration project adjacent to Alamos Gold Inc. (“Alamos”) (AGI-TSX) and also…

BTU Metals Corp.

BTU ANNOUNCES DRILL PROGRAM AT THE ECHUM PROJECT, ADJACENT TO ISLAND GOLD DISTRICT, ONTARIO ONTARIO JUNIOR EXPLORATION PROGRAM (OJEP) FUNDING

December 9, 2024 Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces an update on exploration efforts at its’ 100% held Echum project, an extensive gold prospect located adjacent to Alamos Gold Inc. (“Alamos”) (AGI-TSX) and Red Pine Exploration (“Red Pine”) (RPX-TSX:V) in…

BTU Metals Corp.

BTU COMMENCES EXPLORATION AT EXTENSIVE GOLD PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO ALAMOS GOLD AND RED PINE EXPLORATION IN THE ACTIVE WAWA GOLD DISTRICT

July 31, 2024 Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces it has commenced exploration on its 100% held extensive gold exploration land in the active Wawa gold area of northern Ontario. The Company’s recently acquired gold exploration projects are located adjacent…

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BTU OPTION GRANT

June 19, 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. ("BTU" or the "Company") (BTU-TSX:V; BTUMF-OTC) announces it has granted a total of 4,850,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the company exercisable at a price of $0.05 per share for a period of three years from the date of grant. The…

BTU Metals Corp.

BTU ACQUIRES TWO EXTENSIVE GOLD PROPERTIES IN THE ACTIVE WAWA GOLD DISTRICT; THE ECHUM GOLD PROJECT ADJACENT TO ALAMOS GOLD AND THE HUBCAP GOLD PROJECT ADJACENT TO RED PINE EXPLORATION

June 13, 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V BTUMF-OTC) announces it has finalized the transaction to acquire a 100% interest in two large gold exploration projects in the active Wawa gold area of northern Ontario; the Echum Gold Project adjacent to Alamos Gold Inc.…