LAURION Reports Multiple Gold and Polymetallic Intercepts, Including 3.75 m Grading 0.568 g/t Au, 12.40 g/t Ag, 0.46% Cu and 1.75% Zn and 0.50 m Grading 3.220 g/t Au and 6.29% Zn at Ishkōday Highlights Include: LBX26-106:
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LAURION Reports Multiple Gold and Polymetallic Intercepts, Including
3.75 m Grading 0.568 g/t Au, 12.40 g/t Ag, 0.46% Cu and 1.75% Zn and
0.50 m Grading 3.220 g/t Au and 6.29% Zn at Ishkōday
Highlights Include:
LBX26-106:
• 3.75 m grading 0.568 g/t Au, 12.40 g/t Ag, 0.46% Cu and 1.75% Zn (278.75 m to 282.50
m), including:
2.30 m grading 0.886 g/t Au, 19.26 g/t Ag, 0.73% Cu and 1.64% Zn (280.2 m to 282.5
m); and
0.50 m grading 1.730 g/t Au, 43.20 g/t Ag, 1.51% Cu and 3.40% Zn (282.0 m to 282.5
m).
• 4.70 m grading 0.582 g/t Au, 2.53 g/t Ag, 0.07% Cu and 0.93% Zn (172.50 m to 176.50 m).
• 2.70 m grading 0.742 g/t Au, 3.88 g/t Ag, 0.10% Cu and 1.58% Zn (174.50 m to 177.20 m),
including:
0.50 m grading 3.220 g/t Au, 9.70 g/t Ag, 0.30% Cu and 6.29% Zn (174.50 m to 175.00
m).
LBX26-107:
• 1.15 m grading 1.374 g/t Au, 10.10 g/t Ag, 0.49% Cu and 2.01% Zn (239.80 m to 240.95
m), including:
0.50 m grading 1.170 g/t Au, 20.10 g/t Ag, 1.03% Cu and 3.64% Zn (240.45 m to
240.95 m).
• 2.90 m grading 0.608 g/t Au, 11.93 g/t Ag, 0.34% Cu and 0.93% Zn (351.40 m to 354.30
m), including:
0.80 m grading 1.975 g/t Au, 39.50 g/t Ag, 1.45% Cu and 2.72% Zn (353.50 m to
354.30 m).
TORONTO, Ontario — September 14, 2026 — LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: LME |
OTC: LMEFF | FSE: 5YD) (“LAURION” or the “Company”) is pleased to report assay results from
drill holes LBX26-106 and LBX26-107 from its ongoing 2026 Phase 1 diamond drilling program
at its 100% -owned Ishkōday Gold and Polymetallic Project ( “Ishkōday”), located
approximately 220 km northeast of Thunder Bay and 28 km northeast of Beardmore,
Northwestern Ontario.
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Phase 1 Drill Program and Progress
Through targeted infill, expansion and exploration drilling, LAURION’s 2026 Phase 1 drill
program is designed to systematically advanc e the A -Zone, which may support the
evaluation of a potential maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”). Drill holes LBX26 -106
and LBX26-107 were designed to test the A-Zone and McLeod mineralized systems at depth
and along strike, tighten drill spacing, and evaluate priority geophysical targets. Together ,
the drilling is providing additional information regarding the geometry and potential extent
of mineralization, and is being evaluated to assess continuity within the mineralized system.
LBX26-106 was designed to test the A -Zone down -plunge, including the down -plunge
continuation of the vertical section of grade vectorization. The hole was intended to
provide additional information to evaluate the continuity and geometry of mineralization
at depth, and strengthen LAURION’s geological understanding of the A-Zone.
LBX26-107 was designed to test the McLeod mineralized horizon while reducing the pierce-
point spacing between 2022 drill holes. The hole also provided an opportunity to
simultaneously test a chargeability anomaly identified in the 2015 Abitibi geophysical
survey, combining tighter drill coverage of the known mineralized horizon with testing of a
geophysical target.
Building on the program to date, LAURION increased its planned Phase 1 drilling from 3,865
metres to 5,605 metres across 22 drill holes. The expanded program is being informed by SRK
Consulting’s independent structural gap analysis of the A-Zone, which identified five priority
target areas where additional drilling may address key gaps in the existing drill database
and further strengthen geological understanding. LAURION is using this framework, together
with ongoing drill results, to prioritize near -term drilling as it continues to systematically
advance the A -Zone toward its potential maiden MRE. Specific targets, sequencing and
timing remain subject to, among other things, ongoing results and available financing.
LBX26-106 Assay Summary
Hole ID From
(m)
To (m) Core Length
(m)
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Cu
(%)
Zn (%)
LBX26-106 16.00 17.50 1.50 0.180 5.57 0.05 2.19
including 17.00 17.50 0.50 0.374 13.5 0.08 5.61
LBX26-106 30.30 34.70 4.40 0.043 0.73 0.01 0.42
including 30.30 31.00 0.70 0.136 0.80 0.01 0.15
including 33.00 34.70 1.70 0.028 1.07 0.01 0.98
LBX26-106 59.50 60.00 0.50 0.133 2.80 0.05 2.52
LBX26-106 73.00 77.30 4.30 0.146 7.79 0.11 0.24
including 73.70 75.00 1.30 0.178 20.41 0.26 0.68
including 73.70 74.30 0.60 0.314 40.60 0.54 0.92
LBX26-106 104.00 104.70 0.70 0.329 0.90 0.01 0.07
LBX26-106 113.00 122.00 9.00 0.117 2.42 0.03 0.37
including 121.00 122.00 1.00 0.428 8.20 0.09 1.23
LBX26-106 149.00 150.50 1.50 0.336 3.24 0.03 0.84
including 149.80 150.50 0.70 0.672 5.80 0.05 0.81
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LBX26-106 172.50 177.20 4.70 0.582 2.53 0.07 0.93
LBX26-106 174.50 177.20 2.70 0.742 3.88 0.10 1.58
including 174.50 175.00 0.50 3.220 9.70 0.30 6.29
LBX26-106 182.00 182.50 0.50 0.284 10.80 0.24 0.06
LBX26-106 215.00 216.00 1.00 0.110 1.40 0.03 0.25
LBX26-106 235.00 236.20 1.20 0.100 2.50 0.11 0.42
LBX26-106 250.70 251.20 0.50 0.617 2.80 0.01 0.10
LBX26-106 271.10 271.70 0.60 0.18 2.90 0.11 0.93
LBX26-106 278.75 282.50 3.75 0.568 12.40 0.46 1.75
including 280.20 282.50 2.30 0.886 19.26 0.73 1.64
including 282.00 282.50 0.50 1.730 43.20 1.51 3.40
LBX26-106 289.00 293.50 4.50 0.203 1.82 0.06 0.22
including 293.00 293.50 0.50 1.600 6.60 0.14 1.10
LBX26-106 304.00 305.00 1.00 0.174 1.40 0.05 0.13
LBX26-106 311.00 312.00 1.00 1.125 1.60 0.01 0.01
LBX26-107 Assay Summary
Hole ID From
(m)
To (m) Core
Length (m)
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Cu
(%)
Zn (%)
LBX26-107 58.30 59.80 1.50 0.160 1.03 0.03 0.24
LBX26-107 94.50 95.50 1.00 0.008 33.90 - 0.01
LBX26-107 104.50 106.00 1.50 0.266 0.25 - 0.03
LBX26-107 160.30 166.90 6.60 0.075 0.89 0.02 0.46
including 162.00 163.00 1.00 0.295 2.40 0.06 1.43
LBX26-107 191.20 192.30 1.10 0.165 1.00 0.01 0.04
LBX26-107 239.80 240.95 1.15 1.374 10.10 0.49 2.01
Including 240.45 240.95 0.50 1.170 20.10 1.03 3.64
LBX26-107 264.50 265.20 0.70 0.063 1.80 0.01 2.79
LBX26-107 290.30 291.30 1.00 0.189 0.53 0.01 0.01
LBX26-107 351.40 354.30 2.90 0.608 11.93 0.34 0.93
Including 353.50 354.30 0.80 1.975 39.50 1.45 2.72
LBX26-107 381.50 383.00 1.50 0.336 1.10 0.06 0.06
Actual Hole ID Easting Northing Elevation
Planned
Azimuth
Planned
Dip
Planned
Length
LBX26-106 446098 5512521 324 140 -60 360
LBX26-107 445993 5512394 330 140 -62 386
Note: All Core lengths are drilled thicknesses; true widths have not yet been determined.
Intervals are calculated using a nominal cut -off and may include internal dilution;
“including” intervals are sub-intervals of higher grade contained within the reported interval.
Sampling and QA/QC Protocols
All drill core is transported and stored inside the core logging facility located at the Ishkōday
Project in Greenstone, Ontario.
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LAURION employs an industry standard system of external standards, blanks and duplicates
for all of its sampling, in addition to the QA/QC protocol employed by the laboratory. After
logging, core samples were identified and then cut in half along the core axis in the same
building and then zip tied individually in plastic sample bags with a bar code. Approximately
five or six of these individual bags were then stacked into a “rice” white material bag and
stored on a skid for final shipment to the labor atory. All core samples were shipped to the
ALS facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario, which were then prepared by ALS Global Geochemistry
in Thunder Bay and analyzed by ALS Global Analytical Lab in North Vancouver, British
Columbia. Samples are processed by 4 -acid digestion and analyzed by fire assay on 50 g
pulps and ICP-AES (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectroscopy).
Over limit analyses are reprocessed with gravimetric finish. A total of 5% blanks and 5%
standard are inserted randomly within all samples. 5% of the best assay result pulps were
sent for re -assays. All QA/QC results were verified, and no contamination or bias was
observed. The remaining half of the core, as well as the unsampled core, is stored in
temporary core racks at the core logging facility in Beardmore and moved to the core
storage facility at the Ishkōday Project.
Note: QA/QC review of standards and duplicates indicates analytical results are reliable.
One zinc standard adjacent to a high -grade zinc interval returned elevated values
consistent with expected analytical behaviour following high-grade samples.
Qualified Person
The technical contents of this press release have been reviewed and approved by Dr. Trevor
Boyd, Ph.D., P.Geo., a consultant to LAURION and a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43 -101”). Dr. Boyd is
independent of the Company within the meaning of NI 43-101.
About LAURION
LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (LME), OTCQB
( L M E F F ) , a n d F r a n k f u r t S t o c k E x c h a n g e ( 5 Y D ) , a n d i s a m i d-stage Canadian mineral
exploration company, focused on advancing the 100%- owned Ishkōday Gold and Base
Metal Project in Northern Ontario.
The Ishkōday Project covers approximately 57 km² within the prolific Beardmore–Geraldton
and Onaman–Tashota Greenstone Belts and hosts a single 6.0 km by 2.5 km mineralised
corridor. Historical and modern exploration programs have completed over 98,000 metres
of drilling, confirming a large and evolving gold-rich base metal mineral system.
LAURION’s strategy emphasizes disciplined, data -driven exploration, systematic technical
advancement, integrated geological modelling, and responsible capital allocation. The
Company is focused on strengthening geological confidence, expanding the scale of the
mineral system, and positioning the project for a potential future MRE. LAURION continues
to evaluate opportunities that may enhance project development flexibility, including
potential non -dilutive initiatives such as the evaluation of historical surface stockpile
processing. The Company ’s objective is to build technical clarity, scale, and long -term
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project value before monetization, ensuring that future development decisions or strategic
opportunities are supported by strong geological foundations and reduced execution risk.
Cynthia Le Sueur -Aquin, President and CEO of LAURION, is the Company ’s largest
shareholder, holding 17,221,306 common shares, reflecting strong alignment between
management and shareholders.
For Further Information, Contact:
LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc.
Cynthia Le Sueur-Aquin – President and CEO
Tel: 1-705-788-9186 Fax: 1-705-805-9256
Douglas Vass - Investor Relations Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.LAURION.ca
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current
expectations regarding future events including with respect to LAURION ’s business,
operations and condition, management’s objectives, strategies, beliefs and intentions, the
Company’s ability to advance the Ishkōday Project and achieve the Company’s strategic
and technical objectives (within the above -stated timeframes, if at all), including with
respect to the Company’s expectations regarding the MRE, the nature, focus, timing and
potential results of the Company’s exploration, drilling and prospecting activities, including
the Company ’s exploration program and planned exploration and drilling activities
referenced in this press release, and the statements regarding the Company ’s exploration
or consideration of any possible strategic alternatives and transactional opportunities, as
well as the potential outcome(s) of this process, the possible impact of any potential
transactions referenced herein on the Company or any of its stakeholders, and the ability
of the Company to identify and complete any potential acquisitions, mergers, financings or
other transactions referenced herein, and the timing of any such transactions.
The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events and future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward -looking
statements could differ materially from those projected herein including as a result of a
change in the trading price of the common shares of LAURION, the failure to obtain the
consents, permits and/or approvals from applicable governmental bodies, regulators and
First Nations communities, required in connection with the Company ’s strategic and
technical objectives, the risk that additional drilling may not support the preparation of a n
MRE, the TSX Venture Exchange or any other applicable regulator not providing its approval
for any strategic alternatives or transactional opportunities, the interpretation and actual
results of current exploration activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to
be refined, future prices of gold and/or other metals, possible variations in grade or recovery
rates, failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, the failure of contracted
parties to perform, labor disputes and other risk s of the mining industry, delays in obtaining
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governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those
factors disclosed in the Company ’s publicly filed documents. Investors should consult the
Company’s ongoing quarterly and annual filings, as well as any other additional
documentation comprising the Company ’s public disclosure record, for additional
information on risks and uncertainties relating to these forward -looking statements. The
reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. Subject to applicable
law, the Company disclaims any ob ligation to update these forward -looking statements.
Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on the assay values reported in this
press release.
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