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ATHA Energy Final Assays from 2025 Angilak Exploration Program Confirm High-Grade Discoveries at Ku and Mushroom Lake Targets – Grades up to 1.56% U3O8 and 1.10% U3O8, Respectively, and Expansion of Mineralization at the LAC 50 Deposit with Grades up to 1.47% U3O8

Drill Results

ATHA ENERGY FINAL ASSAYS FROM 2025 ANGILAK EXPLORATION

PROGRAM CONFIRM HIGH-GRADE DISCOVERIES AT KU AND

MUSHROOM LAKE TARGETS – GRADES UP TO 1.56% U3O8 AND

1.10% U3O8, RESPECTIVELY, AND EXPANSION OF MINERALIZATION

AT THE LAC 50 DEPOSIT WITH GRADES UP TO 1.47% U3O8

HIGHLIGHTS

• Final assays from the 2025 Angilak Exploration Program at the Company’s 100% -owned

Angilak Uranium Project, located in Nunavut, Canada (Figure 1), confirm high-grade uranium

mineralization at the KU and Mushroom Lake Targets, as well as expansion of the J4/Ray

zone mineralization beyond the 2024 Lac 50 Deposit Exploration Target area (Figure 2);

• Recently completed 3D MMT Inversion modeling (“ 3D Inversion ”) across the Angilak

Uranium Project – the 3D Inversion led to the successful discoveries across the Mineralized

RIB Corridor , including the RIB North Discovery ( See News Release) – highlighting an

abundance of additional highly prospective exploration targets along the Mineralized RIB ,

Lac 50 Deposit, and KU-Nine Iron Corridors (Figure 2);

KU Discovery (KU-Nine Iron Corridor)

• Located within the 14 km long KU-Nine Iron Corridor, the Company completed a total of six

diamond drillholes as part of the successful 2025 Angilak Exploration Program (the

“Program”), intersected uranium mineralization on five of six holes;

• The widespread uranium mineralization identified at the KU Discovery area indicates a

much larger mineralizing system is at play, vectoring towards high-priority targets identified

by the 3D Inversion;

• The Program tested a prominent stacked EM and gravity anomal y located within the

Angikuni Basin at the western margin of the KU -Nine Iron Corridor , resulting in the

intersection of widespread uranium mineralization within the sandstone . After the

completion of the 2025 Angilak Exploration Drill Program, the recent 3D Inversion has

identified several large highly prospective anomalies along trend from the KU Discovery;

• Drilling results are highlighted by:

o Drillhole KU-DD-001 (Figure 3), which intersected total composite mineralization1 of

15.1 m, from 85.0 m down to a depth of 502.6 m. This includes a shallow interval of

uranium mineralization from 85.0 m to 87.0 m containing high-grade mineralization2

of 1.56% U3O8 over 0.5 m;

o Drillholes KU-DD-003 (Figure 4) & ‘004 (Figure 5), both drilled along strike to the

north of ‘001, intersected widespread uranium mineralization with 20.5 m of

composite minerali zation1 from 178.0 m to 534.1 m, and 24.6 m of composite

mineralization1 from 478.3 m to 583.9 m, respectively;

Mushroom Lake (Lac 50 Deposit Corridor)

• Located within the 21 km long Lac 50 Deposit Corridor, outside of the Lac 50 Exploration

Target area . The Company completed a total of two diamond drillholes , intersecting

uranium mineralization over a 1 km strike length;

• The holes successfully tested the depth extent of uranium mineralization identified in

outcrops over a 3 km strike;

• Drilling results are highlighted by:

o Drillhole ML-DD-014 (Figure 6), which intersected total composite mineralization 1

of 2.5 m, from 335.3 m down to a depth of 364.2 m, including an intersection of

high-grade mineralization2 of 1.10% U3O8 over 0.5 m;

J4/Ray Zone (Lac 50 Deposit Corridor)

• Located within the 21 km long Lac 50 Deposit Corridor the Company completed one

diamond drillhole which successfully intersected high-grade uranium mineralization

expanding the footprint of mineralization beyond the Exploration Target area.

• Drilling results are highlighted by:

o Drillhole J4R-DD-091 (Figure 7), which intersected total composite mineralization 1

of 5.6 m, from 42.4 m down to a depth of 570.2 m, including an intersection of high-

grade mineralization2 of 1.47% U3O8 over 0.5 m;

Troy Boisjoli, CEO commented: “The final assay results from ATHA’s 2025 Angilak Exploration Program

– focused on derisking regional mineralized corridors across the Angilak Uranium Project – continue to

demonstrate the robust metal endowment across the project. Over the last two years t he Company

has identified and systematically derisked three mineralized corridors across Angilak.

At the MRC, with only thirteen diamond drillholes, the Company has already made four discoveries

across an 18 km strike which remains open and unconstrained, including RIB North, where the maiden

hole is one of the best discovery holes in the uranium sector over the last number of years. When the

results from the MRC are paired with those from the Lac 50 Deposit and the KU-Nine Iron Corridors, it

starts to paint a picture of a potential uranium district . And speaks to ATHA’s ability to execute on

exploration at scale. With our recent combined financing completed in January the Company is now

fully capitalized, and ready to unlock Angilak’s potential over 2026.”

Cliff Revering, VP Exploration added : “The 2025 exploration campaign at Angilak delivered

outstanding results, further demonstrating the significant potential of the project. Drilling reinforced

the expansion upside of the J4/Ray zone mineralization within the Lac 50 deposit and led to the

discovery of additional high- grade mineralization in the Mushroom Lake area. Importantly, the

program also yielded new high- grade discoveries within both the KU and RIB regional target areas,

underscoring the broader district-scale opportunity emerging across the Angikuni Basin.

These achievements underscore the effectiveness of ATHA’s disciplined and data- driven targeting

strategy implemented since acquiring the project in early 2024. The 2025 success rate is a strong

validation of our technical approach and speaks to the excepti onal exploration upside that remains

within this basin.

As we advance Angilak, each phase of work continues to demonstrate the scale, continuity, and

exploration potential of this emerging uranium district. Ongoing technical programs aimed at refining

and de -risking priority targets, combined with our successful financing completed in early 2026,

position ATHA for a transformative and highly impactful 2026 exploration campaign.”

Vancouver, British Columbia , February 26 th, 2026 – ATHA Energy Corp. ( TSX.V: SASK) (FRA: X5U)

(OTCQB: SASKF) (“ ATHA” or the “ Company”), is pleased to announce final assays results from its

successful 2025 Angilak Exploration Program at its 100%-owned Angilak Uranium Project in Nunavut,

Canada (Figure 1). Today’s announcement details assay results for nine diamond drillholes completed

along the Lac 50 Deposit Corridor and the KU-Nine Iron Corridor – assay results for thirteen diamond

drillholes completed at the MRC were previously released (See November 20 th, and December 10th,

2025, News Releases).

Along the Lac 50 Deposit Corridor (Figure 2) two areas outside of the Exploration Target were tested;

at Mushroom Lake, two diamond drillholes were completed, successfully test ing the depth extent of

uranium mineralization identified in the 3 km long outcrop, intersecting uranium mineralization over

a 1 km strike length. At the J4/Ray Zone, one drillhole was completed and successfully expanded the

envelop of mineralization.

At the KU-Nine Iron Corridor (Figure 2), the Company successfully targeted the KU area where five of

six drillholes intersected uranium mineralization . The Program tested a prominent stacked EM and

gravity anomaly located within the Angikuni Basin at the western margin of the KU-Nine Iron Corridor,

resulting in the intersection of widespread uranium mineralization within the sandstone and

basement rocks. The widespread mineralization identified at the KU Discovery area indicates a much

larger mineralizing system is at play, vectoring towards high-priority targets identified by the recently

completed 3D Inversion.

The 2025 Angilak Exploration Program focused on highly prospective target areas along the three

currently identified mineralized corridors:

1. Lac 50 Deposit Corridor: Located just outside the northern margin of the Angikuni Basin, the

corridor is 21 km long, hosts the Lac 50 Deposit and remains open and unconstrained with

numerous additional uranium showings. Drilling in 2025 focused on expansion of the

mineralization envelope beyond the Exploration Target area, as well as discovery of

mineralization at depth below the 3 km long Mushroom Lake mineralized outcrop.

• The Lac 50 Deposit has a 2024 Exploration Target ranging from 60.8 M lbs to 98.2 M lbs

with an average grade range from 0.37% U3O8 to 0.48% U3O8. The stated potential

quantity and grade is conceptual in nature, and there has been insufficient exploration to

define a mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target

being delineated as a mineral resource. The conc eptual target for further exploration is

based on available diamond drillhole data including the 2024 drill program results, and

the ranges of potential quantity and grade were derived from conceptual vein wireframes,

drill core assays, grade interpolation and applied uncertainty ranges. The Angilak Project

technical report can be accessed on the Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca;

2. KU-Nine Iron Corridor: Located within northern section of the Angikuni Basin, currently

defined as 14 km prospective long corridor, extending from the KU Discovery to the Nine-Iron

area.

3. Mineralized RIB Corridor: Located within the western edge of the Angikuni Basin, currently

defined as 18 km long, where mineralization has been identified from the Historic RIB

showing3 in the south through to an additional four showings discovered during the 2025

Angilak Exploration Program, including RIB North Discovery, where the maiden drillhole,

RIBN-DD-001, returned assays with 34.7 m of t otal composite uranium mineralization1,

including 13.6 m g rading 0.53% U₃O₈, 1.1 m grading 4.81% U₃O₈, and grades up to 8.16%

U₃O₈ over 0.5 m.

Detailed lithologic striplogs, including assay results tables, for all nine drillholes can viewed in the

Supplementary Release on ATHA Energy’s website (Striplog Data).

Figure 1: Angilak Uranium Project Location – Nunavut, Canada

Figure 2: Angilak Uranium Project – Black Rectangles Denote the Three Currently Defined

Mineralized Corridors: Lac 50 Deposit, Mineralized RIB, and KU-Nine Iron Corridors

Figure 3: Striplog KU-DD-001 showing mineralized interval with composite uranium

mineralization1 with average grades – derived from assay samples.

Figure 4: Striplog KU-DD-003 showing mineralized interval with composite uranium

mineralization1 with average grades – derived from assay samples.

Figure 5: Striplog KU-DD-004 showing mineralized interval with composite uranium

mineralization1 with average grades – derived from assay samples.