Capella Appoints Nursel Atar to Board of Directors

Capella Appoints Nursel Atar to Board of

Directors

VANCOUVER, BC

,

Feb. 12, 2026

/CNW/ -

Capella Minerals Ltd.

(TSXV: CMIL) (OTC Pink:

CMILF) (FRA: N7D) ("

Capella

" or the "

Company

") is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms.

Nursel Atar to Capella's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Atar is currently engaged by

Capella in the capacity of Strategic Advisor to the Company.

Ms. Atar is a seasoned international lawyer and strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience in

Corporate, Energy, and Mining law. She is also the founder and senior partner of Legisterra, a

boutique law firm based in Türkiye, with offices in

Istanbul

and

Ankara

, focusing on cross-border

transactions, regulatory compliance, and M&A.

Ms. Atar has advised both Canadian and international clients in high-value acquisitions of mining and

energy assets in Türkiye, including projects in exploration, renewables, and offshore gas. Her legal

background spans three jurisdictions—Canada,

the United States

, and Türkiye—with licenses to

practice in

Ontario

,

New York

, and Türkiye.

Nursel earned her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in

Toronto

and holds an LL.M. from Touro

Law Center in

New York

. Ms. Atar has also served as a national legal expert to various United

Nations agencies and acted as counsel to private sector and institutional clients in infrastructure,

finance, and environmental sectors.

Eric Roth

, Capella's President and CEO, commented today: "I am extremely pleased to be

welcoming Nursel today to Capella's Board of Directors. Capella is extremely fortunate to be able to

draw on Nursel's extensive professional experience, and her global insights will be extremely

valuable to the Company in both its future exploration activities and corporate direction. I look

forward to working together with Nursel as we work towards building value for all stakeholders

during 2026".

Closing of Tümad Transaction

The Company is also pleased to announce that having received shareholder approval, the

transaction has closed with Turkish mining company Tümad Madencilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

("Tümad") with regards to a staged earn-in on the Company's portfolio of precious and base metal

projects in Scandinavia. The signing of the Definitive Agreement with Tümad was announced by the

Company on

September 2, 2025

.

On Behalf of the Board of Capella Minerals Ltd.

"Eric Roth"

___________________________

Eric Roth

, Ph.D., FAusIMM

President & CEO

About Capella Minerals Ltd

Capella is a Canadian exploration and development company with a focus on generating gold-copper

projects globally.

On

January 15, 2026

, Capella announced the signing of a Binding Letter of Intent with Verde Metals

with respect to an Earn-In Agreement on the

Solana

Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold ("IOCG") project in

southern

Spain

.

Capella announced on

September 2, 2025

, the signing of a Definitive Agreement with Turkish mining

company, Tümad Madencilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. ("Tümad"), for a staged earn-in on the

Company's portfolio of precious and base metal projects in Scandinavia. Tümad's minimum Year 1

investment commitment includes

12,000m

of diamond drilling on the Company's gold-copper projects

in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt of northern

Finland

(

4,000m

) and copper-cobalt-zinc VMS

projects in central

Norway

(

8,000m

).

Capella also retains a carried 10% interest through to production on the Løkken copper-cobalt-zinc

VMS project of central

Norway

through a partnership with Teako Minerals Corp. ("Teako"). In

addition, Capella holds Net Smelter Royalties on the Savant Gold Project in

Ontario, Canada

(BeMetals Corp.) and the Central Finland Lithium Projects (Grit Metals Corp.), as a result of the

recent divestiture of non-core assets.

For additional information you are cordially invited to visit the Capella Minerals Ltd website at

www.capellaminerals.com

, or to contact

Karen Davies

, VP Communications and Corporate

Development, at Tel: +1.604.314.2662.

Cautionary Notes and Forward-looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities

legislation. Forward-looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect,

anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature,

refer to future events. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future

results of operations, performance and achievements of Capella, including the timing, completion

of and results from the exploration and drill programs described in this release. Although the

Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such

expectations will prove to be correct. All such forward-looking information is based on certain

assumptions and analyses made by Capella in light of their experience and perception of historical

trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management

believes are appropriate in the circumstances. This information, however, is subject to a variety of

risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ

materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Important factors that could

cause actual results to differ from this forward-looking information include those described under

the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" in Capella's most recently filed MD&A. Capella does not

intend, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or revise the forward-looking information

contained in this news release, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place

undue reliance on forward-looking information.

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the

TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE

Capella Minerals Limited

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For further information:

Capella Contacts: Eric Roth, Email: [email protected]; Karen

Davies, +1.604.314.2662

CO: Capella Minerals Limited

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