NRED Identifies Stronger Untested IP Targets Beyond 1.67% Copper Trench Mineralization at Wilmac

NRED Intelligent Mining Inc. (CSE: NRED) (OTCQB: NREDF) is pleased to report results from an integrated review of three-dimensional induced-polarization ("3DIP") data and 2023 trench sampling at the Wilmac Copper-Gold Project ("Wilmac" or the "Project") in British Columbia's Quesnel porphyry belt. The review identifies multiple untested geophysical targets that are stronger than the IP response associated with surface trench samples grading up to 1.67% copper. Nine selective samples collected in, and around, three previously excavated Wilmac trenches averaged 0.639% copper, including individual values of 1.235% and 1.670% copper. Importantly, these copper-bearing samples occur along the northeastern edge of a broader chargeability system — not over its strongest modeled responses. Several stronger, untested IP targets occur approximately 100 to 300 metres west and southwest of the trenches, with additional targets extending farther southwest. Several are independently supported by potassium enrichment, resistivity, magnetic, and/or copper-in-soil anomalies. This combination provides NRED with specific targets to test whether the known surface copper mineralization may represent the edge of a larger hydrothermal system.

Nine selective samples collected in, and adjacent to, the three Wilmac trenches returned an average of 6,390 ppm copper (0.639% Cu), including individual values of 1.235% and 1.670% Cu. These results confirm high-grade, copper-bearing mineralization at surface. The samples are selective and are not necessarily representative of mineralization across the Project. They do not establish continuous grade, economic width, or a mineral resource, and true widths are unknown.

At approximately 50 metres depth, the trench area is associated locally with chargeability of approximately 30 to 40 milliseconds. However, the trenches sit on the northeastern flank of the larger shallow chargeability complex. Stronger untested chargeability responses occur approximately 100 to 300 metres west and southwest. This geometry raises an important exploration possibility: the known surface copper mineralization may occur along the margin of a larger sulphide-bearing system whose stronger source is offset laterally. IP detects sulphides and other polarizable materials; it does not directly measure copper grade. The stronger targets therefore require geological, geochemical and ultimately direct testing.

Near the mineralized trenches, NRED has identified a narrow low-chargeability zone extending through approximately 50 to 150 metres depth, surrounded by higher-chargeability material and underlain by increasing chargeability at depth. The same area is supported by a resistive body, positive airborne potassium enrichment, a 1,022-ppm copper-in-soil sample approximately 160 metres west-southwest, and a nearby 348 ppm copper-in-soil sample. This combination is compatible with a possible low-pyrite, silicified or potassically altered alkalic porphyry core surrounded by a more sulphide-rich shell. The interpretation remains an exploration concept and requires testing.