Saturday, September 26, 2026
MiningNewsTerminal
Saturday, September 26, 2026 Admin

FT.TO ·

FORTUNE MINERALS FLOW-THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT Proceeds of issue will be used to fund NICO Project eligible Canadian Exploration Expenses

Financings

/g3

November 17, 2021 Issued Capital: 371,23 0,829

NEWS RELEASE

FORTUNE MINERALS FLOW-THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Proceeds of issue will be used to fund NICO Project eligible Canadian Exploration Expenses

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED

STATES

LONDON, ONTARIO, Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT) (OTCQB: FTMDF) (“Fortune” or the

“Company”) (www.fortuneminerals.com) is pleased to announce that it has closed a private

placement of 3,571,399 common shares issued at a price of C$ 0. 14 per share on a “flow-through”

basis pursuant to the Income Tax Act (Canada) to raise gross pr oceeds of approximately C$500,000.

The net proceeds received from this offering will be used to fu nd eligible Canadian Exploration

Expenses on the Company’s wholly-owned NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth -copper project (“ NICO

Project”) in the Northwest Territories.

Fortune is conducting a drill program at the NICO Project testi ng high priority targets identified in

earlier geophysical and drilling programs, as well as surficial mineralization exposed in a road cut

along the NICO Project access road alignment. Four holes have b een completed at the east end of

the NICO deposit to test the continuity of mineralization beyon d an area of faults and dykes that were

previously thought to terminate the deposit. Four holes have al so been drilled to test the continuity of

the Peanut Lake Zone where five holes drilled in 1997 each inte rsected 3 metre intervals exceeding 1

gram per tonne of gold, including one 3 metre intersection of 1 .105 grams of gold per tonne and

0.355% cobalt. Two holes have also been drilled to test extensi ons to the Ralph Zone mineralization.

The drill rig is expected to be moved to the area of the Road C ut mineralization later this week. No

assays have been received to date.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or sol icitation of an offer to buy nor shall there

be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in whi ch such offer, solicitation or sale would be

unlawful. The securities will not be and have not been register ed under the United States Securities

Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or applicable

exemption from the registration requirements.

The disclosure of scientific and technical informatio n contained in this news release has been approved by

Robin Goad, M.Sc., P.Geo., President and Chief Executive Officer of Fortune, who is a "Qualified Person" under

National Instrument 43-101.

About Fortune Minerals:

Fortune is a Canadian mining company focused on developing the NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-

Copper Project in the NWT. The Company has an option to purchas e lands in Saskatchewan where it

may build the hydrometallurgical plant to process NICO metal co ncentrates and is also evaluating

other brownfield locations with existing facilities to reduce p roject capital and operating costs. In

addition, Fortune owns the satellite Sue-Dianne Copper-Silver-G old Deposit located 25 km north of

the NICO Project mine site and is a potential future source of incremental mill feed to extend the life of

the NICO mill and concentrator.

FORTUNE MINERALS LIMITED

617 Wellington Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3R6

Tel. 519-858-8188 ~ Fax. 519-858-8155

/g3

Follow Fortune Minerals:

Click here to subscribe to Fortune’s email list.

Click here to follow Fortune on LinkedIn.

@FortuneMineral on Twitter.

For further information please contact:

Fortune Minerals Limited

Troy Nazarewicz

Investor Relations Manager

[email protected]

Tel: (519) 858-8188

www.fortuneminerals.com

This press release contains forward-looking informati on and forward-looking statements within the meaning of

applicable securities legislation. This forward-looking information includes statements with respect to, among

other things, the Company’s plans to develop the NICO Project, the proposed use of proceeds from the private

placement referred to herein, the anticipated progress of the current drill program being undertaken by the

Company and the potential for the Sue-Dianne property to provide incremental mill feed to the NICO Project.

Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management as well as certain

assumptions at the date the information is given (incl uding, in respect of the forward-looking information

contained in this press release, assumptions regardin g:, the assumption that the current drill program will

proceed as planned, the Company’s ability to arrange th e necessary financing to continue operations and

develop the NICO Project; the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals for the construction and operation of

the NICO Project and the related hydrometallurgical re finery and the timing thereof; growth in the demand for

cobalt; the time required to construct the NICO Proj ect; and the economic environment in which the Company

will operate in the future, including the price of gold, cobalt and other by-product metals, anticipated costs and

the volumes of metals to be produced at the NICO Proj ect). However, such forward-looking information is

subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other fact ors that could cause actual events or results to differ

materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. These factors include the risks that the

current drill program may be delayed a nd the results therefrom may not be as anticipated, the Company may

not be able to finance and develop NICO on favourable terms or at all, uncertainties with respect to the receipt

or timing of required permits, approvals and agreements fo r the development of the NICO Project, including the

related hydrometallurgical refinery, the construction of the NICO Project may take longer than anticipated, the

Company may not be able to secure offtake agreements fo r the metals to be produced at the NICO Project, the

use of proceeds from the private placement may be diffe rent from those currently anticipated, the Sue-Dianne

property may not be developed to the point where it can provide mill feed to the NICO Project, the inherent risks

involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties and in the mining industry in general, the

market for rechargeable batteries and the use of stationary storage cells may not grow to the extent anticipated,

the future supply of cobalt may not be as limited as anticipated, the risk of decreases in the market prices of

cobalt and other metals to be produced by the NICO Project, discrepancies between actual and estimated

mineral resources or between actual and estimated meta llurgical recoveries, uncertainties associated with

estimating mineral resources and reserves and the risk that even if such resources prov e accurate the risk that

such resources may not be converted into mineral re serves, once economic conditions are applied, the

Company’s production of cobalt and other metals may be less than anticipated and other operational and

development risks, market risks and regulatory risks. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on

forward-looking information because it is possible that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forms of

forward-looking information will not be achieved by the Company. The forward-looking information contained

herein is made as of the date hereof and the Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise it to reflect

new events or circumstances, except as required by law.