Nord Precious Metals’ Test Work from Beaver Mine Tailings Produces Commercial High-Grade Silver Concentrate The Company retains Environmental consultants for its Beaver Mine site leading up to Recovery Permit Application
Nord Precious Metals’ Test Work from Beaver Mine Tailings
Produces Commercial High-Grade Silver Concentrate
The Company retains Environmental consultants for its Beaver Mine site leading up to
Recovery Permit Application
October 6, 2025 – Coquitlam, BC – Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSX.V: NTH) (OTCQB: CCWOF)
(FRANKFURT: 4T9B) (the "Company" or "Nord") has completed additional testing demonstrating
commercial high-grade concentration to 2,114.9 grams per tonne using Falcon concentration technology,
representing a 1,173% concentration factor of Beaver Mine stamp mill tailings,
"These results validate both our technical approach and our district strategy," stated Frank J. Basa, P.Eng.,
President & CEO. "Material already mined sits at surface. The metallurgy is proven. The regulatory
pathway is clear. The Ministry's guidance on to ll processing confirms what we've designed: a hub -and-
spoke model that works at the regulatory level."
Two distinct concentration methods were tested on Beaver tailings samples. Material with head assays of
180.3 g/t and 205.8 g/t silver concentrated to 1,268.6 g/t using spiral technology (representing 616 -703%
concentration) and 2,114.9 g/t using falcon concentration (1,028-1,173% concentration). Further processing
using conventional gravity tables is expected to increase concentration ratios beyond these preliminary
results.
The test work builds on a 354-meter of sonic drill program in 2020 that evaluated tailings across 127 drill
holes, with grades ranging from 13.7 g/t to 314 g/t silver and an average grade of 79.0 g/t Ag, along with
165.8 ppm cobalt, 341.9 ppm copper, and 114.1 ppm nickel. The coarse grain size of these stamp mill
tailings, which may contain fine native silver, makes them amenable to gravity concentration ; this is a
simpler, lower-cost processing method than flotation or leaching.
At 2,114.9 g/t silver in concentrate, the results place Beaver tailings within specifications acceptable to
silver refineries. The difference in concentration factors between spiral (703%) and falcon (1,173%)
technology suggests significant fine native silver in the tailings: particles small enough that historical stamp
mills couldn't capture but are recoverable through modern gravity circuits.
Nord Precious Metals Mining
Inc.
3028 Quadra Court
Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 5X6
www.nordpreciousmetals.com.
District-Scale Processing Framework
The Company has received formal guidance from Ontario's Ministry of Energy and Mines confirming that
toll processing arrangements (whereby Nord would process tailings from adjacent properties) can be
included in its forthcoming Recovery Permit application. The Ministry's written response received August
29 confirms this positioning for the Company's Temiskaming Testing Labs facility as a potential processing
hub for the Cobalt-Gowganda Camp's legacy tailings, a district where 108 underground mines historically
produced 600 million ounces of silver.
Nord has engaged Story Environmental, based in Haileybury, Ontario, to advise on permitting steps toward
processing under Ontario's Recovery Permit framework as part of the Company's ongoing voluntary
environmental remediation at the Beaver Mine site. The Company has maintained agreements with three
First Nations groups for years, ensuring social license and community support. The testing program
incorporated closed-loop water recycling protocols, anticipating permit conditions in a jurisdiction where
water management drives regulatory scrutiny.
Commissioning of the Company's already-acquired automated 600 tonne-per-day modular gravity plant is
scheduled upon permit receipt. Initial processing is targeted to begin in 2026.
Qualified Person
The technical information in this news release was approved and prepared under the supervision of Mr.
Frank J. Basa, P.Eng., (PEO), director of Nord Precious Metals, a qualified person in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101.
About Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc.
Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. operates the only permitted high -grade milling facility in the historic
Cobalt Camp of Ontario, where the Company has established a unique position integrating high-grade silver
discovery with strategic metals recovery operations. The Company's flagship Castle property encompasses
63 sq. km of exploration ground and the past -producing Castle Mine, complemented by the Castle East
discovery where drilling has delineated 7.56 million ounces of silver in Inferred resources grading an
average of 8,582 g/t Ag (250.2 oz/ton) in 27,400 tonnes of material from two sections (1A and 1B) of the
Castle East Robinson Zone, beginning at a vertical depth of approximately 400 meters. Note that mineral
resources that are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Please refer to the
Nord Precious Metals Press Release May 27, 2020, for the resource estimate.
Nord's integrated processing strategy leverages the synergistic value of multiple metals. High-grade silver
recovery supports the economics of extracting critical minerals including cobalt, nickel, and other battery
metals, while the Company's proprietary Re-2Ox hydrometallurgical process enables production of
technical-grade cobalt sulphate and nickel -manganese-cobalt (NMC) formulations. This multi -metal
approach, combined with established infrastructure including TTL Laboratories and underground mine
access, positions Nord to capitalize on both precious metals markets and the growing demand for battery
materials.
The Company maintains a strategic portfolio of battery metals properties in Northern Quebec through its
35% ownership in Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: COS) as well as the St. Denis -Sangster lithium
project comprising 260 square kilometers of prospective ground near Cochrane, Ontario.
More information is available at www.nordpreciousmetals.com.
"Frank J. Basa"
Frank J. Basa, P. Eng.
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, contact:
Frank J. Basa, P.Eng. Chief Executive Officer 416-625-2342
or:
Wayne Cheveldayoff, Corporate Communications P: 416-710-2410 E: [email protected]
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, comments
that involve future events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Except for
statements of historical facts, comments th at address resource potential, upcoming work programs,
geological interpretations, receipt and security of mineral property titles, availability of funds, and others
are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance a nd actual
results may vary materially from those statements. General business conditions are factors that could cause
actual results to vary materially from forward -looking statements. The Company does not undertake to
update any forward-looking information in this news release or other communications unless required by
law.