Total Metals Identifies High-Priority Drill Targets at its High Lake High-Grade Gold Project, Northwestern Ontario

Total Metals Corp. (“ Total Metals ” or the “ Company ”) ( TSX-V: TT ) ( OTCQB : TTTMF ) ( FSE : O4N ) is pleased to announce the confirmation of high-priority drill targets at its High Lake high-grade gold project in Ontario. Exploration by previous operators at the High Lake Property and drilling on the High Lake Property includes diamond drilling, surface induced polarization (“IP”) geophysical surveys, prospecting and soil geochemistry surveys. IP surveys were completed on the High Lake Property in 2022 and 2023 by McFarlane Lake Mining Limited. Below highlights key results from some of McFarlane’s work together with recently completed activity by the Company since it’s acquisition of the project in October 2025.

Key Highlights:

High Resolution Airborne Magnetic Survey identified prominent structural trends coinciding with locations of gold occurrences on the property including Purdex Zone, where historic drill holes commonly exceeded 10 g/t. High-priority drill targets identified within the footprint of occurrences as well as unexplored areas of structural trends strong potential to increase tonnage and grade. Targets underpin management’s internal working model that High Lake may host multiple mineralized zones with potentially significant upside beyond the Purdex Zone. Company advancing plans to expedite drilling schedule to expand known mineralization and systematically test newly identified targets.

Dr. Andrew J. Ramcharan, President & CEO commented, “ We are thrilled with the exploration potential at our flagship High Lake gold project as it’s open both along strike and at depth. The grades are just compelling, and we plan to follow up with drilling. What excites us most is not simply the number of targets identified, but the quality of those targets. These exploration targets provide us with a compelling pipeline of opportunities that we intend to begin testing this fall. The Company is fully financed for the upcoming drill program .”

Overview of Property Targets A summary of current target areas, including the Purdex Zone, and interpreted structural trends at the High Lake Property are shown in Figure 1. Areas of exploration focus include confirming and expanding occurrences as well as prioritized areas of structural trends, especially in where they intersect or bend in areas of lithological complexity. The Company will provide further updates as details and results emerge.

Summary of Previous Significant Results Exploration drilling completed by McFarlane Lake Mining at the Purdex Zone has demonstrated the presence of a robust gold system with high gold grades. Select core length intervals^ highlighting drill results from the 2022 – 2023 program include:

• Drilling intersected 24.96 g/t Au over 14.90 m in drill hole MLHL-22-06 from 325.56 to 340.46 m. This intersection includes 43.22 g/t of Au over 7.99 m and 53.87 g/t of Au over 3.15 m . Visible gold was observed in these higher-grade intervals. Drill hole MLHL-22-04 intersected 32.58 g/t Au over 1.45 m from 187.00 to 188.45 m, located higher on the same section within the Purdex A Zone;

• Drill hole MLHL-22-05 intersected two mineralized intervals. The first interval graded 4.95 g/t Au over 7.49 m from 242.51 to 250.00 m, including 11.18 g/t Au over 1.94 m. The second interval graded 4.49 g/t Au over 6.38 m from 267.45 to 273.83 m;

• Drill hole MLHL-22-17 intersected 148.37 g/t gold over 1.3 m from 113.20 to 114.50 m, ...