Aldebaran Files PEA on Sedar+ and Announces Termination of the Option Agreement with Nuton Holdings Ltd.
TSX-V: ALDE, OTCQX: ADBRF
Press Release
November 24, 2025
Aldebaran Files PEA on Sedar+ and Announces Termination
of the Option Agreement with Nuton Holdings Ltd.
VANCOUVER, CANADA (November 24, 2025) – Aldebaran Resources Inc. (“Aldebaran” or the “Company”)
(TSX-V: ALDE, OTCQX: ADBRF) is pleased to announce the filing on SEDAR+ of an updated Technical Report
and Preliminary Economic Assessment (the “Altar PEA”) on the Altar copper-gold project located in San Juan
Province, Argentina, prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure in Mineral
Projects. The Altar PEA has an effective date of September 1, 2025, and was created by SRK Consulting Inc. as lead
consultants with Knight Piesold as a subcontractor. The report titled "Preliminary Economic Assessment, Altar
Project, San Juan, Argentina" has been filed on the SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca and will be posted on the
Company’s website at www.aldebaranresources.com.
Additionally, the Company announces that Nuton Holdings Ltd., a Rio Tinto venture (“Nuton”), has provided notice
of termination of the option to joint venture agreement announced on November 7, 2024, under which Nuton had the
right to acquire a 20% interest in the Altar project. Nuton's decision comes as they are shifting priorities to focus on
later-stage projects that could potentially deliver nearer -term production. Despite the termination, Nuton and
Aldebaran could still enter a licensing agreement to d eploy the Nuton® Technology, proprietary bio-leaching
technology, at Altar.
John Black, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aldebaran, commented: “The PEA demonstrated that the
base case concentrator scenario for Altar is a long -life project delivering significant copper, gold, and silver
production at attractive cash costs while minimizing upfront capital. With an NPV (8%) of US$2 billion and an IRR
of 20.5%, we believe that Altar is an attractive large-scale copper gold project and a very important project for
Argentina moving forward. We thank Nuton for their participation in the Altar project and understand that their shift
in priorities made continuing with the Altar option agreement challenging. We retain an 80% interest in the project
and look forward to advancing it towards a pre-feasibility study with our joint venture partner Sibanye-Stillwater.”
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical data contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Kevin B.
Heather, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc, Ph.D, FAusIMM, FGS, Chief Geological Officer and director of Aldebaran, who serves
as the qualified person (QP) under the definitions of National Instrument 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE ALDEBARAN BOARD
(signed) “John Black”
John Black
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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About Aldebaran Resources Inc.
Aldebaran is a mineral exploration company that was spun out of Regulus Resources Inc. in 2018 and has the same
core management team. Aldebaran holds an 80% interest in the Altar copper -gold project in San Juan Province,
Argentina. The Altar project hosts multiple porphyry copper-gold deposits with potential for additional discoveries.
Altar forms part of a cluster of world-class porphyry copper deposits which includes Los Pelambres (Antofagasta
Minerals), El Pachón (Glencore), and Los Azules (McEwen Copper). In November 2024 the Company announced an
updated mineral resource estimate for Altar, prepared by Independent Mining Consultants Inc. and based on the
drilling completed up to and including the 2023-24 field season (independent technical report prepared by Independent
Mining Consultants Inc., Tucson, Arizona, titled "Technical Report, Estimated Mineral Resources, Altar Project, San
Juan Province, Argentina", dated December 31, 2024 - see news release dated November 25, 2024).
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking information" or forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian and
United States securities legislation. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, including, wi thout
limitation, statements relating to the Altar project as a profitable project for the Company, the scale, throughput, resources, projected
production and projected profitability of the Altar project, completion of a pre-feasibility study, and projected economics, including
NPV, IRR, and cash costs, are forward-looking. Generally, the forward-looking information and forward looking statements can
be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "will continue" or "believes", or variations
of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken ",
"occur" or "be achieved". The material factors or assumptions used to develop forward looking information or statements are
disclosed throughout this news release.
Forward looking information and forward-looking statements, while based on management's best estimates and assumptions, are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance
or achievements of Aldebaran to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or
forward-looking statements. Although Aldebaran has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information or statements will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information or
statements. The Company has and continues to disclose in its Management's Discussion and Analysis and other publicly filed
documents, changes to material factors or assumptions underlying the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements
and to the validity of the information, in the period the changes occur. The forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information are made as of the date hereof and Aldebaran disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly
announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to
reflect future results. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information.