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Fathom Announces Expanded Geology Map

Exploration Programs

FATHOM ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF THE HISTORIC GOCHAGER LAKE DEPOSIT

HOST ROCK OVER A 3.5+ KM STRIKE LENGTH

Calgary, Alberta – October 23, 2025; Fathom Nickel Inc. (CSE: FNI) (FSE: 6Q5) (OTCQB: FNICF)

(“Fathom”, or the "Company”) is pleased to announce an updated geology map reflecting the most

recent prospecting and pXRF (Portable X -ray Florescence) rock geochemistry results at the

Gochager Lake project. The historic Gochager Lake deposit host rock (the “container rock”), has

now been mapped consistently along strike northeast of the historic Gochager Lake deposit for a

minimum distance of 3.5 kilometers . The Company is in receipt of all assays from the July 2025

program and awaits rock assay and whole rock geochemistry results from the September -October

prospecting. These results are expected mid-November.

Ian Fraser, Fathom CEO and VP Exploration stated, “We are very pleased and excited about the

results of our summer -fall geochemistry program. We have applied the knowledge gained from

drilling the historic deposit to surface exploration and have now expanded the Gochager Lake

deposit container rock signifi cantly along strike. We are currently interpreting and compiling the

summer soil geochemistry program results with the new geology map and will release those

results when complete. The expanded container rock defined to date now is developing into a very

linear feature that is consistent with the geological settings of many of the world’s premier

magmatic nickel districts. We remain adamant that there is much more to this project than just the

historic Gochager Lake deposit. The 3.5 kilometers of Gochager container rock gives us an

expanded playing field for additional discoveries of significant bodies of semi -massive to massive

Ni-Cu-Co sulphide mineralization. We are very excited to continue our exploration work as we

continue to develop and add high- quality drill targets at the project”.

Summer-Fall Program Highlights

The wildfire that impacted the Gochager Lake property at the end of July resulted in significant new

outcrop exposure. As a result, a second prospecting campaign was carried out September 25 to

October 1, 2025. Highlights of the combined summer-fall prospecting program include:

• Consistently occurring surface outcrops, characterized by disseminated sulphide

mineralization, including pyrrhotite +/ - pentlandite in variable-textured gabbro and

ultramafic rock (pyroxenite), have been mapped and form a northeast linear trend measuring

3.5 kilometers. Refer to map insert.

• The mineralized v ariable-textured gabbro continues immediately to the northeast of the

historic Gochager Lake deposit towards and under Scurry Lake, south of Rainbow Lake, and

further northeast to the north shore of Weaver Lake . The variable-textured gabbro is now

mapped for a minimum strike of 3.5 kilometers. Refer to map insert.

• Clotted gabbro has been consistently mapped in direct contact with variable-textured

gabbro along much of the 3.5 km strike length. Clotted gabbro defines the footwall lithology

at the historic Gochager Lake deposit. Refer to insert map.

• During the summer-fall p program:

o 684 outcrop chip samples were collected and analysed on-site by pXRF.

o Ni-Cu-Co + Mg-Cr pXRF scan values were used to develop the updated geology map.

o 79 rock grab samples , inclusive of standards and blanks, have been submitted for

multi-element assay and whole rock geochemistry analysis.

o Final rock assay and whole rock geochemistry results will be integrated into our final

compilation / interpretation and will aid in further refinement of the geology map and

future drill targets.

Significance of t he Gochager Lake Deposit Container Rock

• The historic Gochager Lake deposit 2 is contained within a steeply oriented mineralized

variable-textured gabbro (the “container rock”), with a thickness of up to 100-meters.

• Mineralization, including pyrrhotite +/- pentlandite and +/- chalcopyrite within the variable-

textured gabbro, is characterized by a broad halo of disseminated sulphide mineralization,

containing stringer to massive sulphide veins, local net -texture mi neralization, and semi -

massive to locally massive sulphide breccias that form steeply oriented chutes and zones.

• Fathom drilling within the Gochager Lake deposit container rock yielded:

o 3.25% Ni, 0.26% Cu, 0.11% Co / 0.64 m intersected in a massive sulphide vein in

drillhole GL23008: (Fathom Press Release November 21,2003).

o 1.43% Ni, 0.38% Cu, 0.11% Co / 7.39m, including 2.43% Ni, 0.55% Cu, 0.19% Co /

2.94m intersected in semi -massive to massive sulphide breccias in d rillhole

GL24016: (Fathom Press Release May 28, 2024).

• Disseminated sulphide in variable-textured gabbro – the Gochager Lake deposit container

rock, is now recognized along a 3.5km strike length northeast of the deposit and remains

open for expansion.

• Furthermore, the container rock at the deposit contains multiple borehole electromagnetic

(BHEM) off-hole anomalies / conductors that remain untested by drilling.

• It is very significant to see the continuation of the variable -textured gabbro and clotted

gabbro footwall contact along strike of the Gochager Lake deposit (clotted references an

increase in biotite clots) . Fathom drilling at the deposit indicate s a relationship of sulphide

concentration / accumulation along, at and near the footwall contact.

Fathom drillhole GL23011 drilled in the vicinity of the well mineralized variable-textured gabbro on

the west shore of Scurry Lake, intersected mineralized variable-texture gabbro and the BHEM survey

resulted in 3 prominent off- hole conductivity anomalies that remain untested by drilling. The

Company is confident that the container rock, containing disseminated sulphide mineralization

within the expanded 3.5 kilometers of strike has the potential to yield additional off -hole BHEM

conductivity anomalies. More imp ortantly, and like at the Gochager Lake deposit , the expanded

container rock has the potential to yield chutes of high- grade sulphide breccia mineralization ,

massive sulphide veins, and massive sulphide bodies that typically occur in this type of magmatic

setting.

The Company will make announcemen ts once we have completed our thorough evaluation of all

results from the summer -fall surface exploration programs.

Gochager Lake Deposit Area Geology Map

Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) Disclosure Statement

As part of its ongoing exploration activities, Fathom is utilizing a portable Vanta ™ XRF Analyzer

(“pXRF”) to provide real -time lithogeochemical, multi-element data on surface rock chip samples

and rock grab samples collected in the field. The Vanta™ XRF Analyzer is a hand-held device, held in

position for a total 120 seconds – beam 1 (30 seconds), beam 2 (60 seconds) and beam 3 (30

seconds) to allow for an effective reading of elements occurring at that specific point, and at that

specific surface of a rock sample. All elements detected at that specific point; nickel, copper, cobalt

plus key pathfinder elements, chrome and magnesium, are recorded. The reader is cautioned that

pXRF data should be treated only as an indication of elements, as the accuracy of the beam position

on a particular element is variable.

Qualified Person and Data Verification

Ian Fraser, P.Geo., CEO, VP Exploration and a Director of the Company and the "qualified person" as

such term is defined by National Instrument 43 -101, has verified the data disclosed in this news

release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on

behalf of the Company.

About Fathom Nickel Inc.

Fathom is an exploration company that is targeting magmatic nickel sulphide discoveries to

secure the supply of North American Critical Minerals and to support the global green energy

transition. The Company now has a portfolio of three high- quality exploration projects located in

the prolific Trans Hudson Corridor in Saskatchewan:

1) The Albert Lake Project, a 90,000+ hectare project that hosts the historic Rottenstone Mine 1.

Fathom exploration to date at the Albert Lake project confirms:

• The high-grade Ni-Cu-Co+3E Rottenstone deposit mineralization extends to the south a

minimum 40m and remains open.

• The Rottenstone deposit is potentially offset and continues within the footwall of a

prominent fault defined by drilling.

• A new Rottenstone -like discovery (similar host rock , and similar mineralization) by drilling

500-550m W -NW of the historic mine ; the 300+m Bay Island Trend , remains open along

strike.

• Similar Rottenstone -like host rock and mineralization intersected by drilling approximately

1.5km S-SW of the historic mine (the Nic5-Tremblay-Olson area).

2) The 3 3,000+ hectare Gochager Lake Project that hosts the historic Gochager Lake deposit 2.

Fathom exploration to date at the Gochager Lake project confirms:

• Vertical extension of Ni -Cu-Co mineralization a minimum of 150m below the historic

Gochager Lake deposit interpreted boundary, and very good potential for expansion of

mineralization in all directions.

• Multiple high- grade vertically oriented Ni -Cu-Co sulphide breccia mineralization zones

and chutes occur within the historic deposit, and the zones, chutes remain open for further

expansion and delineation in all directions .

• Surface mapping and soil / rock geochemistry has confirmed the Gochager Lake deposit

host rock ; the container rock and mineralization style extends a minimum 3.5km to the

east-northeast and remains open for expansion along strike.

3) The 10,000+ hectare Friesen Lake Project located 40km southwest of the historic Rottenstone

Mine and 30km northwest of the historic Gochager Lake deposit.

The Friesen Lake property hosts the Olsen Cu -Ni-Pt Showing also referred to as the Friesen Lake

Cu-Ni-Pt showing and is described as an ultramafic dyke that historic trenching and drilling

demonstrates Cu -Ni-Pt-Pd and Au mineralization within the ultramafi c dyke (Saskatchewan

Mineral Deposit Index (SMID) #0928a). To date Fathom has not performed any exploration at the

Friesen Lake Project.

1 – The Rottenstone Mine; a small open- pit mining / milling operation was in production 1965 -1969. Milling commenced

September 5, 1965, operated through November 7, 1965, and 5,500 short tons were mined and milled during this period.

The average production grade ; 3.23% Ni, 1.83% Cu, 0.14 oz/ton Pt, 0.10 oz/ton Pd, 0.03 oz/ton Au (9.26 g/t* 3E, 3E = Pd -

Pt+Au) and 0.20 oz/ton Ag. Initial milling operations 1965 produced 1,070 dry short tons of concentrates, the average

concentrate grade was 10.835% Ni, 5.74% Cu, 0.33 oz/ton Pt, 0.53oz/ton Pd, 0.10 oz/ ton Au (32.91 g/t* 3E) and 1.25

oz/ton Ag. Richards, B.R. and Robinson, B.G.W. (1966), Mining and milling a small ore deposit …. Rottenstone Mining

Limited: The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulleting for December 1966. The Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index

(SMDI) #0958 reports final mine pro duction in 1969 of 28,724 tons with an average grade of 3.28% Ni, 1.83% Cu and 9.63

g/t 3E and that approximately 9,000 tons of concentrate were sold to the Internatio nal Nickel Company of Canada

Limited.

* A factor of 34.286 g/tonne was used to convert 1 oz/ton to g/tonne (g/t).

2 – The Gochager Lake property is host to the historic Gochager Lake Ni -Cu deposit. There is no source or available

Technical Reports to verify the historic resource estimate for the Gochager Lake deposit; hence, Fathom will treat the

historic estimate as an Exploration Target. Available records in the SMDI and Saskatchewan Mineral Assessment

Database (SMAD) suggest an Exploration Target of 4 -5 million tons grading 0.3% Ni – 0.4% Ni and 0.08% Cu – 0.09% Cu,

containing a higher -grade core of 1.5 -2 million tons grading 0.6% NiEq – 0.7% NiEq (note NiEq is based on Ni -Cu only).

The ranges of tons and grade are conceptual as there is insufficient historic data to verify the historical resource

estimate(s) for the Gochager Lake deposit, and the higher -grade core. At present, Fathom has drilled 16 drillholes

(5,549m) into the historic Gochager Lake deposit and has confirmed Ni- Cu grades comparable to and higher than the

historical grades reported, thus confirming that a deposit of Ni- Cu+Co metal accumul ation does exist at the historic

Gochager Lake deposit / property. Furthermore, insufficient drilling has been done by the Company to define a current

mineral resource, and again at this time, it is uncertain if further drilling will result in the Explorat ion Target being

delineated as a mineral resource. The disclosed potential quantity and grade has been determined by historic records

notably; the Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index (SMDI #0880) reports delineation drilling outlined a deposit at the

historic Gochager Lake Deposit; Steel, J.S. (1990),(SMAD 73P15- 0091): Report on a Diamond Drilling Program on the

Gallagher (Gochager) Lake Property of McNickel Inc., reported that Scurry -Rainbow Oil Ltd. constructed vertical sections

and a longitudinal section from drill data collected 1966 -1968, and an orebody with reasonably well -defined limits was

interpreted. Ore reserves were then calculated for Zone A. As stated above , the historic estimate is not well documented

and there are no available Technical Reports to support the historic resource estimate(s).

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Ian Fraser”

CEO, VP Exploration, Director

For further information, please contact:

Ian Fraser, CEO, VP Exploration

1-403-650-9760

[email protected]

Or

Doug Porter, President and CFO

1-403-870-4349

[email protected]

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regarding payment of terms under the Option Agreement, permitting for the Property, receipt of an exploration permit,

timing of the exploration program on the Property and the Company achieving the earn -in thresholds under the Option

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without limitation: risks related to failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms; risks

related to the outcome of legal proceedings; political and regulatory risks associated with mi ning and exploration; risks

related to the maintenance of stock exchange listings; risks related to environmental regulation and liability; the potential

for delays in exploration or development activities or the completion of feasibility studies; the unce rtainty of profitability;

risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of drill results, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposit s;

risks related to the inherent uncertainty of production and cost estimates and the potential for unexp ected costs and

expenses; results of prefeasibility and feasibility studies, and the possibility that future exploration, development or mining

results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations; risks related to commodity price fluctuations; a nd other

risks and uncertainties related to the Company's prospects, properties and business detailed elsewhere in the Company's

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