Silicon Metals setting up at Maple-Birch

Mr. Morgan Good reports SILICON METALS CORP. ANNOUNCES MOBILIZATION AT THE PRODUCTION PERMITTED MAPLE-BIRCH PROJECT IN THE SUDBURY MINING DISTRICT OF ONTARIO, CANADA Mobilization is under way on Silicon Metals Corp.'s Maple-Birch project. The Maple-Birch project is a high-purity quartz pegmatite project located in the world-class Sudbury mining district in Ontario, Canada. The company has carried out multiple assessment missions with the intention to establish ground access for larger equipment. The company has engaged a contract mining company to assist in the efforts moving forward. During these site visits, multiple samples have been taken from the project, in total a few hundred kilograms. These samples are planned for advanced metallurgical testing. Additionally, the company has begun to set up its technical team and equipment on the ground in the Sudbury area to improve project logistics. The company believes that having a growing footprint in the region is of strategic importance as the Sudbury mining district is rich with critical and industrial minerals of interest to the company. Maple-Birch is a high-purity quartz pegmatite body that the company believes shares many characteristics of the Spruce Pine mine in North Carolina, United States. The Spruce Pine mine produces some of the purest quartz material in the world and is a globally important source of the critical mineral as well as feldspar and mica. Morgan Good, Silicon's chief executive officer and director, stated: "Silicon is excited to launch the mobilization at our Maple-Birch asset in Ontario, which clearly signifies a major step forward operationally for the company. The opportunity this project provides over the course of late 2025 into 2026 presents many potential partnerships with processing and refining groups, which can, if executed, lead to possible cash flow in the future." About Silicon Metals Corp. Silicon Metals is currently focused on exploration and development in Canada, namely British Columbia and Ontario. The company's Maple-Birch project, located approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Sudbury, Ont., is a high-purity quartz pegmatite project with a 3,000-tonne-per-year production permit. The company also holds an undivided 100-per-cent right, title and interest in the exploration-stage and now fully drill-permitted (five years) Ptarmigan silica project, located approximately 130 kilometres from Prince George, B.C. The company has also acquired an undivided 100-per-cent right, title and interest in both the exploration-stage Silica Ridge silica project, located approximately 70 kilometres southeast from the town of MacKenzie, B.C., as well as the exploration-stage Longworth silica project, located approximately 85 kilometres east from Prince George, B.C. We seek Safe Harbor.