Koryx Copper Announces Closing of $46 Million Bought Deal Financing and Concurrent $5 Million Namibian Non-Brokered Private Placement
Koryx Copper Inc.
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KORYX COPPER ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $46 MILLION BOUGHT DEAL FINANCING AND
CONCURRENT $5 MILLION NAMIBIAN NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
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Vancouver, British Columbia – January 20, 2026 – Koryx Copper Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX-V: KRY) is pleased
to announce that it has closed its previously announced "bought deal " private placement offering ( the
“Offering”) of an aggregate 18,776,050 common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a price of
C$2.45 per Common Share (the “Issue Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$46,001,323,
inclusive of the exercise in full of the option granted to the Underwriters (defined herein) (the “Offering”).
The Offering was led by Stifel Canada, as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner on behalf of a syndicate of
underwriters that includes Beacon Securities Limited, Haywood Securities Inc., Research Capital Corporation,
Red Cloud Securities Inc. , Canaccord Genuity Corp . and BMO Capital Markets (collectively, the
“Underwriters”).
The Company is also pleased to announce a strategic non-brokered private placement offering
(the "Placement") to predominantly Namibian institutional and retail investors, of up to 2,040,816 Common
Shares at a price of $2.45 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $5,000,000. The Company will use the net
proceeds of the Placement for mineral exploration expenses, working capital and general corporate purposes.
The Company may pay finder's fees in connection with the Placement consisting of 3% cash commission of the
gross proceeds of the Placement.
Heye Daun, Koryx Copper’s President and CEO commented: “We are delighted with the very strong demand
which we received from a range of highly respected international investors which rendered this financing so
significantly oversubscribed. We are particul arly pleased with the strong interest receiv ed from various
institutional, high net -worth and general retail investors from Namibia. We consider it as strategically
important to continue to grow our Namibian ownership base which is why we facilitated this additional
Namibian side-car financing in addition to the Canadian bought deal.”
The Common Shares issued under the Offering were offered for sale to purchasers resident in each of the
provinces and territories of Canada, except Québec, pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under
Part 5A of NI 45-106 as amended by Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemptions from Certain Conditions
of the listed issuer Financing Exemption (the " Listing Issuer Financing Exemption "). As the Offering was
completed pursuant to the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption, the Common Shar es issued pursuant to the
Offering are not subject to a statutory hold period pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws. The
Common Shares were also offered in the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ U.S.
Securities Act ”), and in those jurisdictions outside of Canada and the United States as agreed to by the
Company and the Underwriters, in each case in accordance with all applicable laws and provided that no
prospectus, registration or other similar document is required to be filed in those jurisdictions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of both the Offering and Placement to advance technical studies
on the Haib Copper Project and continue exploration on the property, working capital and general corporate
purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Underwriters were paid a cash commission equal to 6% of the gross
proceeds of the Offering (subject to a reduction to 2.5% on certain sales to president’s list purchasers) and
563,281 compensation warrants of the Company (the “Compensation Warrants”) equal to 3% of the number
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of Common Shares sold under the Offering. Each Compensation Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire
a Common Share at a price equal to the Issue Price until January 20, 2028.
The Offering remains subject to the final approval of the TSXV Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”).
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any
sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful,
including any of the securities in the United States. The securities described herein have not been, and will not
be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within
the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or an
exemption from such registration requirements is available.
About Koryx Copper Inc.
Koryx Copper Inc. is a Canadian copper development Company focused on advancing the 100% owned Haib
Copper Project in Namibia whilst also building a portfolio of copper exploration licenses in Zambia. Haib is a
large, advanced (PEA-stage) copper/molybdenum porphyry deposit in southern Namibia with a long history of
exploration and project development by multiple operators. More than 80,000m of drilling has been
conducted at Haib since the 1970’s with significant exploration programs led by companies includi ng
Falconbridge (1964), Rio Tinto (1975) and Teck (2014). Extensive metallurgical testing and various technical
studies have also been completed at Haib to date.
Additional studies are underway aiming to demonstrate Haib as a future long-life, low-cost, low-risk open pit,
sulphide flotation copper project with the potential for additional copper production from heap leaching. Haib
has a current mineral resource of 511Mt @ 0.33% Cu and 51ppm Mo for 1,668kt of contained copper and
25.9kt contained Mo in the Indicated category and 308.9Mt @ 0.31% Cu and 40ppm Mo for 949Mt of
contained copper and 12.4kt contained Mo in the Inferred category (0.15% Cu cut-off).
Mineralization at Haib is typical of a porphyry copper deposit and it is one of only a few examples of a
Paleoproterozoic porphyry copper deposit in the world and one of only two in southern Africa (both in
Namibia). Due to its age, the deposit has been su bjected to multiple metamorphic and deformation events
but still retains many of the classic mineralization and alteration features typical of these deposits. The
mineralization is dominantly chalcopyrite with minor bornite and chalcocite present and only minor secondary
copper minerals at surface due to the arid environment.
Further detai ls of the Haib Copper Project are available in the corresponding technical report titled,
“Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Haib Copper Project, Namibia, National Instrument 43-101 Technical
Report” dated effective October 8, 2025 (the "Technical Report"). The Technical Report and other information
is available on the Company's website at https://koryxcopper.com and under the Company's profile on
SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
More information is available by contacting the Company:
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Heye Daun”, President & CEO
Julia Becker
Corporate Communications
+1-604-785-0850
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securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, without limitation, statements regarding the use
of proceeds from the Company's recently completed financings and the future or prospects of the Company.
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considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to business, market, and economic risks,
uncertainties, and contingencies that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by forward -looking statements. Although the Company has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in forward-looking information, other factors may cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated,
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not place undue reliance on forward -looking information. Other factors which could materially affect such
forward-looking information are described in the risk factors in the Company's most recent an nual
management discussion and analysis. The Company does not undertake to update any forward -looking
information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.