Empress Royalty Strengthens Business Development Team with Strategic Appointments

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NEWS RELEASE | OCTOBER 1, 202 5 | VANCOUVER , BC

EMPRESS ROYALTY STRENGTHENS BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH STRATEGIC

APPOINTMENTS

VANCOUVER, B.C. — October 1, 2025 — Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV: EMPR | OTCQX: EMPYF)

(“Empress Royalty” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Breetzke

as Business Development Advisor , Africa and Christian Algaranaz as Business Development

Analyst. These appointments further strengthen Empress’ global sourcing and investment

evaluation capabilities in alignment with its strategy to accelerate portfolio growth through

targeted opportunities in key regions.

“We are delighted to welcome Brad and Christian to the Empress team,” stated Alexandra

Woodyer Sherron, CEO and President of Empress Royalty. “Brad’s deep experience in African

mining finance and his long-standing relationships with the team position Empress to source and

execute a stronger pipeline of opportunities across the continent. These appointments mark an

important step in accelerating Empress’ ability to expand its portfolio of gold and silver

investments in Africa and globally. With Empress now able to self-fund growth, we can build the

portfolio faster, reach critical mass, and unlock the scale benefits of our model. Christian’s

analytical expertise will further support our ability to move quickly and evaluate opportunities

with discipline.”

Mr. Breetzke has held senior leadership roles at Standard Bank of South Africa, including Head of

Mining, Energy, and Infrastructure; Co-Head of Debt, Investment Banking; and Executive Head of

Core Sectors and Coverage in Business and Commercial banking. Earlier in his career, he worked

in corporate law at Gold Fields and in commercial roles at Anglo American. He has led and

structured financings for numerous African mining projects across multiple jurisdictions and

commodities. Mr. Breetzke holds a BA i n Economics and an LLB from the University of Cape

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Town, a Higher Diploma in Tax Law from the University of Witwatersrand, and a Management

Development qualification from the University of Stellenbosch.

Mr. Algaranaz holds a dual degree in Economics and Management from the University of British

Columbia, where he graduated with distinction, and is currently pursuing the CFA designation.

ABOUT EMPRESS ROYALTY CORP.

Empress is a global royalty and streaming creation company providing investors with a diversified

portfolio of gold and silver investments. Empress has built a portfolio of precious metal

investments and is actively investing in mining companies with development and production

stage projects who require additional non -dilutive capital. The Company has a strategic

partnership with Endeavour Financial which allows Empress to not only access global investment

opportunities but also bring unique mining finance expertise, deal structuring and access to

capital markets. Empress is looking forward to continuously creating value for its shareholders

through the proven royalty and streaming models.

ON BEHALF OF EMPRESS ROYALTY CORP.

Per: Alexandra Woodyer Sherron, CEO and President

For further information, please visit our website at www.empressroyalty.com, or contact us by

email at [email protected] or by phone at +1.604.331.2080.

Neither the 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 press release.

The information contained herein includes “forward -looking statements” and “forward looking information” as

defined under applicable Canadian securities laws (“forward-looking statements”). Forward-looking statements and

information can generally be identified by the use of terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”,

“estimate”, continue”, “believe”, “plans”, “anticipate” or similar terms.

Forward-looking information and statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the activities,

events or developments that Empress Royalty Corp. (“Empress” or the “Company”) expects or anticipates will or may

occur in the future, in cluding those regarding future growth and ability to create new streams or royalties, the

development and focus of the Company , its acquisition strategy, the plans and expectations of the operators of the

projects underlying its interests, including the p roposed advancement and expansion of such projects; the results of

exploration, development and production activities of the operators of such projects; and the Company’s expectations

regarding future revenues.

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Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions,

estimates and forecasts about Empress’s business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-

looking information and statements are made based upon numerous assumptions and although the assumptions

made by the Company in providing forward -looking information and statements are considered reasonable by

management at the time, there can be n o assurance that such assumptions will prove t o be accurate . Forward-

looking information and statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which

may cause actual results, performances and achievements of Empress to differ materially from any projections of

results, performances and achievements of Empress including, without limitation, any inability of the operators of

the properties underlying the Company’s royalty and stream interests to execute proposed plans for such properties

or to achieve planned development and production estimates and goals, risks related to the operators of the projects

in which the Company holds interests, including the successful continuation of operations at such projects by those

operators, risks related to exploration, development, permitting, infrastructure, operating or technical difficulties on

any such projects, risks related to international operations, government relations and environmental regulation,

uncertainty relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future and the Company’s ability to carry

out its growth plans as well as the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic and other related risks and uncertainties. For

a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements, refer to

the annual information form of Empress for the year ended December 31, 2024 and its other publicly filed documents

under it profile a www.sedarplus.ca. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could

cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward -looking information and statements,

there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticip ated, estimated, or intended. There can be no

assurance that forward -looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future

events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place

undue reliance on forward -looking information and statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update

or reissue forward -looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable

securities laws. Disclosure relating to properties in which Empress holds royalty or stream interests is based on

information publicly disclosed by the owners or operators of such properties. The Company generally has limited or

no access to the properties underlying its interests and is largely dependent on the disclosure of the operators of its

interests and other publicly available information. The Company generally has limited or no ability to verify such

information. Although the Company does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there

can be no assurance that such third -party information is complete or accurate. In addition, certain information

publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by the Company’s interest, which

often may only apply to a portion of the overall project area or applicable mineral resources or reserves.