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Avrupa Minerals to Continue Positive Progress in Finland, Portugal, and Kosovo in 2023

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Avrupa Minerals to Continue Positive Progress in

Finland, Portugal, and Kosovo in 2023

Vancouver, BC, February 8, 2023 – Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: AVU) is pleased to

provide a corporate update and progress report covering the Company’s programs in

Portugal, Finland, and Kosovo. The Company continues to make strong, positive

progress in all three jurisdictions.

Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa, commented, “We completed a busy and

successful 2022 in all of our jurisdictions , building a strong base to support continuing

success in the new year. In the coming months , we expect to initiate drilling in Finland,

continue drilling around the Alvalade P roject in Portugal, and begin preparations to

move the Slivova gold deposit towards a potential mining solution. The Company will

continue to search for new opportunities around Europe, particularly for gold and for so-

called Green Metals, copper and zinc.”

Drilling at the Alvalade Joint Venture with partner Sandfire MATSA continues after a 6-

month hiatus during 2022. For now, drilling is dedicated to high -priority exploration

targets around the Alvalade license.

The upcoming addition of a second drill rig will speed up the pace of drilling, and we

expect to target potential extensions to the Sesmarias massive sulfide deposit, as well

as promising satellite targets there. In total, we plan to drill another 8-9 holes around

the license during the first half of 2023, totaling roughly 4,000 meters.

We have completed three exploration holes , totaling 1,946 meters, since the beginning

of this phase of drilling, aiming at VTEM geophysical targets along the trend of mineral-

hosting, Volcano-Sedimentary (“VS”) rocks in the Pyrite Belt between the historic Lousal

and Caveira Mines. The recent drilling includes two holes in the Lousal NW sector and

one in the Azinheira sector (see Figure 1, below). All three drill holes intercepted the

targeted VS horizon, with narrow zones of thin- bedded to semi-massive sulfide

mineralization present. Sampling results are forthcoming, and are expected to indicate

possible proximity to massive sulfide mineralization in the strongly folded and faulted

black shale host rocks.

We are presently drilling a fourth hole, located in the Casas Novas sector. Two rounds

of follow-up surface geophysics in the Lousal NW and Monte da Bela Vista target areas

are now complete. We plan next to drill a third hole in the Lousal NW area to test the

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more detailed electromagnetic anomalism, spatially related surface geochemical

anomalies, and favorable geology.

Figure 1. Alvalade Joint Venture license, primary target areas.

In Kosovo, our new partner Western Tethyan Resources (“WTR”) continues their

extensive, detailed due diligence work at/around the Slivova gold deposit. The work

includes review of all technical facets of the deposit and project, including re-evaluation

of the NI 43-101 resource, license -wide exploration potential, mining and processing

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possibilities, minesite infrastructure and layout , and social and environmental

ramifications. We expect a near -future decision on how to proceed, as stated in the

“Heads of Agreement” reported by the partners on September 7, 2022.

In Finland, we have three exploration license applications in process, and a fourth

application just submitted. The first two applications, Kolima and Kangasjärvi, covering

copper- and zinc -bearing massive sulfide mineralization and targets in the Pyhäsalmi

base metal district, are in advanced application status, with public , town hall -style

meetings and stakeholder comment periods completed. The decision process is now

fully in the hands of the Finnish mining burea u, and we look forward to a decision in the

latter part of Q1 2023. We have developed first -pass drill targets within both application

areas.

After a successful 2022 work program in Portugal and Finland, and the enlistment of a

mining partner for the Slivova gold deposit in Kosovo, we look forward to a successful

coming year, and especially to value accretion within Avrupa’s three main jurisdictions.

Some of the important successes in 2022 were:

• Establishment of a new copper -zinc exploration program in the Pyhäsalmi

Mining District, central Finland, with initial phase of acquisition of Finnish

exploration company Akkerman Finland Oy (“AFOy”);

• Initiation of a new joint venture in Kosovo with exploration-oriented Western

Tethyan Resources and associated company, miner Ariana Resourc es, to

bring the Slivova gold deposit to a mining solution; and

• Continuation of advanced exploration in Portugal through the Alvalade

Joint Venture with Sandfire MATSA, particularly within the Se smarias

massive sulfide deposit.

Key points to expect in the first half of 2023:

• Issuance of the Kolima and Kangasjärvi exploration licenses in Finland;

• Progress in the licensing process for two other applications in Finland;

• First-pass drilling in Finland on at least one license;

• Continuation of the purchase of the remaining portion of AFOy;

• Continuation of the Slivova Joint Venture in Kosovo with updated resource

estimate (JORC-compliant);

• Follow-on plans for a new, improved pre- feasibility study at Slivova, social

and environmental baseline work, land acquisition as needed, drilling

(both infill and outboard);

• For Alvalade, airborne gravity results leading to further targeting comfort

for the final eight holes of the present phase of drilling;

• Continued Sesmarias and property-wide exploration drilling;

• Decision point for how to proceed at the end of the first three years of the

Alvalade license.

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Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth -oriented junior exploration and development

company directed to discovery of mineral deposits, using a hybrid prospect generator

business model. The Company holds one 100% -owned license in Portugal, the

Alvalade VMS Project, presently optioned to Sandfire MATSA in an earn- in joint venture

agreement. The Company now holds one 100% -owned exploration license covering

the Slivova gold prospect in Kosovo, and is actively advancing four prospects in central

Finland through its in -process acquisition of Akkerman Finland Oy. Avrupa focuses its

project generation work in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, presently

including Portugal, Finland, and Kosovo. The Company continues to seek and develop

other opportunities around Europe.

For additional information, contact Avrupa Minerals Ltd. at 1- 604-687-3520 or visit our

website at www.avrupaminerals.com.

On behalf of the Board,

“Paul W. Kuhn”

Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director

This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full responsibility for its content. Paul W.

Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, a Licensed Professional Geologist and a Registered Member of the

Society of Mining Engineers, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian

Securities Administrators. He has reviewed the tec hnical disclosure in this release. Mr. Kuhn, the QP, has not only

reviewed, but prepared and supervised the preparation or approval of the scientific and technical content in the news

release.

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

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