Intrepid Metals Expands Ringo Footprint with Latest Drill Results at Corral Copper in Arizona

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Intrepid Metals (OTCQB:IMTCF) has announced significant drill results from its Corral Copper Property in Arizona, with hole CC25_037 intersecting 140.80m of 0.36% CuEq, including 32.15m of 0.85% CuEq. This step-out hole, located 50m north of previous successful intersections, confirms grade continuity and expands the mineralized footprint.

The company has completed seventeen drill holes totaling 4,602.35 meters across the Ringo, Earp, and Holliday zones. Notable gold mineralization has been identified, with historical highlights including 105.20m of 0.55 gpt Au and other significant gold intercepts, positioning Corral Copper as a promising copper-gold exploration project in the Southwest.

Positive

• Step-out drilling confirms grade continuity with 140.80m of 0.36% CuEq intersection
• Strong gold mineralization presence with multiple high-grade intercepts
• Project shares geological similarities with historic Bisbee Mining Camp which produced 2.8M ounces of gold
• Expanding mineralized footprint through successful drilling program

Negative

• Further drilling required to define full resource potential
• Project still in exploration phase with no defined resource estimate

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 9, 2025) - Intrepid Metals Corp. (TSXV: INTR) (OTCQB: IMTCF) ("Intrepid" or the "Company") is pleased to provide assay results from a step-out diamond drill hole from the Ringo Zone, part of the ongoing 2025 drill campaign at the Company's Flagship Corral Copper Property ("Corral" or the "Property") in Cochise County, Arizona. To date, Intrepid has competed seventeen drill holes (4602.35 meters ("m")) across the Ringo, Earp and Holliday zones, with an eighteenth hole currently underway at the Ringo Zone.

The latest drill hole, CC25_037 intersected 140.80m of 0.36% CuEq¹ including 32.15m of 0.85% CuEq¹ and is located 50m north of CC24_018, which intersected 88.25m of 0.60% CuEq¹ including 28.30m of 0.94% CuEq¹ and roughly 90m northwest of CC24-019, which intersected 175.00m of 0.45% CuEq¹ (see Figure 1 below).

"These latest results continue to demonstrate the consistency and scale of copper-gold-silver mineralization at our project. Step-outs to the north/northwest confirm grade continuity and the mineralized footprint, enhancing our confidence in the potential of this system," said Mark Morabito, Chairman and CEO of Intrepid Metals. "With each hole, we're not only validating our geological model but also building toward a district-scale opportunity. The strength of these intercepts, combined with the growing interest from major industry players, reinforces our belief that Corral Copper is emerging as one of the most compelling copper exploration stories in the Southwest. We're excited to continue advancing the program and unlocking value for our shareholders."

Highlights from Hole CC25_037:

• - 140.80 meters ("m") of 0.27% Copper ("Cu"), 0.15 grams per ton ("gpt") Gold ("Au") and 3.37 gpt Silver ("Ag") (0.36% Copper Equivalent ("CuEq")¹) including,

  • 87.30m of 0.39% Cu, 0.18 gpt Au and 4.89 gpt Ag (0.49% CuEq¹) including

  • 32.15m of 0.66% Cu, 0.29 gpt Au and 9.87 gpt Ag (0.85% CuEq¹) including

  • 13.30m of 0.94% Cu, 0.40 gpt Au and 10.31 gpt Ag (1.15%CuEq¹).

Emerging Gold Mineralization

The Corral Copper Project and the Bisbee Mining Camp ("Bisbee") (Copper Queen CRD Deposit, 53 M tonnes ('t") at 6% Cu and the spatially and genetically linked Lavender Pit Porphry Deposit with 223Mt at 0.63% Cu²) occur in similar geological settings and therefore share many features in common including favourable host rocks (Jurassic intrusions and Paleozoic and Cambrian carbonates sedimentary host rocks), alteration styles (decalcification, marbelization, calcsilicate/skarn, quartz-sericite-pyrite and potassic) and timing of mineralization (Jurassic). Both Corral and Bisbee are also gold enriched (Copper Queen produced approximately 2.8M ounces of gold and 77M ounces of silver, making it the largest gold producer in Arizona²) which is a feature that is not present in all CRD/Porphyry deposits globally. Intrepid has recognized and prioritized the contribution of gold mineralization to the upside exploration potential of the project and has been working to further it's understanding of the distribution of gold at Corral. Intrepid identified a series of important syn- to post-mineral breccias that occur internal to Ringo, Earp and Holliday but also in many other parts of the Property (emerging targets) which have the potential to contribute significant volumes of gold mineralization and represent a focus for future exploration drilling on the Property.

Gold Highlights from Intrepid's 2024 and 2025 drill program:

• - 105.20m of 0.55 gpt Au including 48.85m of 0.97 gpt Au in Hole CC24_011

• - 44.40m of 0.53 gpt Au including 3.30m of 1.86 gpt Au in Hole CC24_013

• - 79.00m of 0.65 gpt Au including 33.00m of 1.43 gpt Au and 2.35m of 15.84 gpt Au in Hole CC24_014

• - 112.95m of 0.53 gpt Au including 63.40m of 0.91 gpt Au in Hole CC24_023

• - 49.10m of 0.78 gpt Au including 23.05m of 1.31 gpt Au in Hole CC25_029

• - 37.50m of 1.00 gpt Au in Hole CC25_030

Image 1: Drillhole CC25_037 at 258.2m showing patches of chalcopyrite>pyrite in the Courtland Hydrothermal Breccia

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Image 2: Drillhole CC25_037 at 266.7m showing vienlets of chalcopyrite>pyrite in the Courtland Hydrothermal Breccia

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Economic Geology of Corral

Precious and base metal mineralization at Corral is concentrated in structurally controlled northeast dipping siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks including (oldest to youngest) Cambrian Bolsa Quartzite, upper-Cambrian Abrigo Limestone, Devonian Martín limestone and Mississippian Escabrosa limestone and in Jurassic aged intrusions. The most intense mineralization occurs in the Abrigo Limestone (main host) and Bolsa Quartzite, which are intruded locally by a series of Jurassic (and possibly younger) mineralized intrusions including the Star Hill, Copper Bell and Sniveler porphyries, quartz latite sills, and cross-cutting mineralized breccia bodies.

The Corral Copper Property includes the Holliday, Earp and Ringo Zones (northwest to southeast), which are related zones of discontinuously outcropping, locally high grade CRD, skarn and distal porphyry related mineralization and associated supergene enrichment that formed in the distal porphyry copper geological environment. A significant component of Intrepid's discovery strategy at Corral is to leverage distal alteration and mineralization to vector toward one or more mineralized porphyry copper centers (see News Release dated April 15, 2025).

The Ringo Zone is located at the southern end of a 3.5km long string of copper-gold-silver-zinc bearing carbonate replacement bodies. The Ringo Zone measures approximately 900m (northwest to southeast) by 800m (southwest to northeast) and contains favorable Abrigo Limestone (and Bolsa Formation), pre-mineral intrusions, alteration and copper-gold-silver-zinc replacement style mineralization and secondary enriched copper oxide zones that are locally high-grade.

Technical Information

All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by, or approved by Daniel MacNeil, P.Geo. Mr. MacNeil is a Technical Advisor to the Company and is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

Mr. MacNeil has verified the drilling data disclosed in this news release, including the assay and test data underlying the information or opinions contained in this news release. Mr. MacNeil verified the data disclosed (including previously released Intrepid data underlying the information disclosed) in this news release by reviewing imported and sorted assay data; checking the performance of blank samples and certified reference materials; reviewing the variance in field duplicate results; and reviewing grade calculation formulas. Mr. MacNeil detected no significant QA/QC issues during review of the data and is not aware of any sampling, recovery or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the drilling data referred to in this news release.

Figure 1: Drill plan map from the Ringo Zone at Corral Copper

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Table 1: Drill Intercepts for the Ringo Zone¹

CC25_037 COMPOSITE INTERCEPTS
DRILL HOLE DETAILS				ANALYZED GRADE				DILUTED METAL EQUIVALENT1
DRILL HOLE	FROM	TO	LENGTH	COPPER	GOLD	SILVER	ZINC	CUEQ	AUEQ
ID	(m)	(m)	(m)	(%)	(ppm)	(ppm)	(%)	(%)	(ppm)
CC25_037	8.00	9.45	1.45	0.02	0.13	0.25	0.00	0.10	0.13
CC25_037	26.00	27.50	1.50	0.10	0.01	0.25	0.00	0.10	0.13
CC25_037	38.10	52.25	14.15	0.10	0.02	0.42	0.16	0.14	0.19
CC25_037	64.00	65.50	1.50	0.16	0.04	0.25	0.01	0.16	0.22
CC25_037	74.50	76.00	1.50	0.08	0.03	0.25	0.02	0.09	0.13
CC25_037	97.50	99.00	1.50	0.10	0.02	0.25	0.01	0.09	0.13
CC25_037	102.00	103.60	1.60	0.04	0.07	0.25	0.01	0.08	0.11
CC25_037	109.00	116.50	7.50	0.11	0.03	0.70	0.01	0.11	0.16
CC25_037	124.00	125.50	1.50	0.13	0.07	2.30	0.03	0.18	0.24
CC25_037	129.65	131.05	1.40	0.10	0.02	1.50	0.12	0.14	0.19
CC25_037	148.00	150.40	2.40	0.10	0.02	0.63	0.06	0.11	0.15
CC25_037	164.50	305.30	140.80	0.27	0.15	3.37	0.08	0.36	0.49
Incl.	218.00	305.30	87.30	0.39	0.18	4.89	0.11	0.49	0.68
And	231.35	263.50	32.15	0.66	0.29	9.87	0.24	0.85	1.17
And	250.20	263.50	13.30	0.94	0.40	10.31	0.18	1.15	1.57
And	297.05	301.50	4.45	0.66	0.45	4.13	0.01	0.86	1.18

 

Table 2: Drill Hole Location Information for Holes CC25-026 through CC25_043

DRILL	START	END	EASTING	NORTHING	ELEVATION	AZIMUTH	INCLINATION	DEPTH
HOLE	DATE	DATE	(m)	(m)	(m)	(°)	(°)	(m)
CC25_026	2025-04-28	2025-05-03	613245	3514003	1424	0	-90	234.4
CC25_027	2025-05-04	2025-05-08	613265	3514017	1423	0	-90	224.65
CC25_028	2025-05-09	2025-05-16	613267	3513936	1420	0	-90	240.8
CC25_029	2025-05-17	2025-05-23	613353	3513985	1415	225	-60	305.1
CC25_030	2025-05-24	2025-05-30	613219	3513900	1423	0	-90	270.7
CC25_031	2025-05-31	2025-06-06	611891	3515918	1501	235	-40	320.65
CC25_032	2025-06-07	2025-06-12	612028	3515934	1472	0	-90	313.05
CC25_033	2025-06-12	2025-06-17	612135	3515757	1485	235	-80	230.1
CC25_034	2025-06-18	2025-06-22	612169	3514840	1495	250	-45	204.2
CC25_035	2025-06-22	2025-06-29	612258	3514776	1494	245	-50	249.95
CC25_036	2025-06-30	2025-07-06	612177	3514898	1497	250	-50	219.6
CC25_037	2025-07-07	2025-07-18	613050	3514029	1435	0	-90	334.65
CC25_038	2025-07-19	2025-07-29	613337	3513870	1422	0	-90	282.55
CC25_039	2025-07-30	2025-08-09	613276	3513906	1420	0	-90	255.75
CC25_040	2025-08-10	2025-08-22	613341	3513664	1438	0	-90	331.30
CC25_041	2025-08-23	2025-08-27	613099	3513981	1428	0	-90	310.00
CC25_042	2025-08-28	2025-09-02	613188	3513970	1425	0	-90	274.90
CC25_043*	2025-09-03		613305	3514040	1420	0	-90
*Hole in progress at time of news release

 

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Drill core was first reviewed by a geologist, who identified and marked intervals for sampling. The marked sample intervals were then cut in half with a diamond saw; half of the core was left in the core box and the other half was removed, placed in plastic bags, sealed and labeled. Intervals and unique sample numbers are recorded on the drill logs and the samples are sequenced with standards and blanks inserted according to a predefined QA/QC procedure. The samples are maintained under security on site until they are shipped to the analytical lab.

All core samples were sent to ALS Geochemistry (ALS), a division of ALS Global, in Tucson, Arizona, for sample preparation, with pulps sent to the ALS Geochemistry laboratory in Reno, Nevada for analysis. ALS meets all requirements of International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 for analytical procedures and is independent of the Company. HQ size core was split and sampled over approximately two metre intervals. Samples were analyzed using: ALS's Fire Assay Fusion method (Au-AA23) with an AA finish for gold and by gravimetric finish (Au-GRA21) for samples assaying greater than 10 ppm (gpt) gold; by a 36-element four acid digest ICP-AES analysis (ME-ICP61) with additional analysis for Ore Grade Cu (Cu-OG62), Ore Grade Zn (Zn-OG62) and Ore Grade Pb (Pb-OG62); and for silver assays above 100 ppm (g/t) by Fire Assay Fusion method with gravimetric finish (Ag-GRA21). ME-ICP61 results were reported in parts per million (ppm), Ore Grade (OG62) results were reported in percent (%). In addition to ALS quality assurance- quality control (QA/QC) protocols, Intrepid implements an internal QA/QC program that includes the insertion of sample blanks, duplicates, and standards, with QA QC control samples comprising approximately 10% of the sample stream.

About Corral Copper

The Corral Copper Property, located near historical mining areas, is an advanced exploration and development opportunity in Cochise County, Arizona. Corral is located 15 miles east of the famous mining town of Tombstone and 22 miles north of the historic Bisbee mining camp which has produced more than 8 billion pounds of copper². Production from the Bisbee mining camp, or within the district as disclosed in the next paragraph, is not necessarily indicative of the mineral potential at Corral.

The district has a mining history dating back to the late 1800s, with several small mines extracting copper from the area in the early 1900s, producing several thousand tons. Between 1950 and 2008, various companies explored parts of the district, but the effort was uncoordinated, non-synergistic and focused on discrete land positions and commodities due to the fragmented ownership. There is over 50,000m of historical drilling at Corral mainly centered on the Ringo, Earp and Holliday Zones and although this core has been destroyed, Intrepid has a historical digital drill hole archive database which the Company uses for the purposes of exploration targeting and drill hole planning. Intrepid, through ongoing exploration drilling and surface geological mapping, sampling and prospecting is increasing confidence in the validity of this data.

Intrepid is confident that by combining modern exploration techniques with historical data and with a clear focus on responsible development, the Corral Copper Property can quickly become an advanced exploration stage project and move towards development studies.

About Intrepid Metals Corp.

Intrepid Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for high-grade essential metals such as copper, silver, and zinc mineral projects in proximity to established mining jurisdictions in southeastern Arizona, USA. The Company has acquired or has agreements to acquire several drill ready projects, including the Corral Copper Project (a district scale advanced exploration and development opportunity with significant shallow historical drill results), the Tombstone South Project (within the historical Tombstone mining district with geological similarities to the Taylor Deposit, which was purchased for $1.3B in 2018³, though mineralization at the Taylor Deposit is not necessarily indicative of the mineral potential at the Tombstone South Project) both of which are located in Cochise County, Arizona and the Mesa Well Project (located in the Laramide Copper Porphyry Belt in Arizona). Intrepid has assembled an exceptional team with considerable experience with exploration, developing, and permitting new projects within North America. Intrepid is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) under the symbol "INTR" and on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol "IMTCF". For more information, visit www.intrepidmetals.com.

INTREPID METALS CORP.

On behalf of the Company
"Mark Morabito"
Chairman & CEO

For further information regarding this news release, please contact:

Mark Morabito, Chairman & CEO
604-681-8030
info@intrepidmetals.com

Notes

¹ Composite intervals are calculated using length weighted averages based on a combination of lithological breaks and copper, gold, silver and zinc assay values according to a 0.10% CuEq (see below) cutoff and include a maximum of 10 meters of internal dilution. All intervals reported are down hole core lengths, and true thicknesses have yet to be determined. Mineral resource modeling is required before true thicknesses can be estimated. Analyzed Grade corresponds composite weighted ("composites") averages of laboratory analyses. Metal Equivalent assumes estimated recovery factors including 85% recovery for copper, and 80% recovery for gold, silver and zinc for reported composite intervals. Metal prices used for the CuEq and AuEq calculations are in USD based on Ag $22.00/oz, Au $1900/oz, Cu $3.80/lb, Zn $1.15/lb The following equation was used to calculate copper equivalence: CuEq = Copper (%) (85% rec.) + (Gold (g/t) x 0.71)(80% rec.) + (Silver (g/t) x 0.0077)(80% rec.) + (Zinc (%) x 0.28)(80% rec.). The following equation was used to calculate gold equivalence: AuEq = Gold (gpt)(80% rec.) + (Copper (%) x 1.4085)(85% rec.) + (Silver (gpt) x 0.0108)(80% rec.) + (Zinc (%) x 0.4188)(80% rec.). Analyzed metal equivalent calculations are reported for illustrative purposes only. The metal chosen for reporting on an equivalent basis is the one that contributes the most dollar value after accounting for assumed recoveries.

² Information disclosed in this news release regarding the historic Bisbee Camp can be found on the Copper Queen Mine website and on the City of Bisbee website (www.bisbeeaz.gov/2174/Bisbee-History).

³ Details regarding the sale of the Taylor Deposit can be found in South32 News Release dated October 8, 2018 (South32 completes acquisition of Arizona Mining).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking statements relate to: the potential of the property; the interpretation of drills results; potential of Corral as an emerging copper asset in a highly prospective district; the potential to host copper-gold porphyry copper mineralization; a transition toward copper-gold porphyry-style systems Ringo's potential as a shallow, bulk-minable porphyry target; the completion of additional drillholes; the exploration potential of the Corral Copper Property and the Company's other mineral projects; and potential future production.

In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the Company can raise additional financing to continue operations; the results of exploration activities, commodity prices, the timing and amount of future exploration and development expenditures, the availability of labour and materials, receipt of and compliance with necessary regulatory approvals and permits, the estimation of insurance coverage, and assumptions with respect to currency fluctuations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, and other similar matters. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks inherent in the exploration and development of mineral deposits, including risks relating to the ability to access infrastructure, risks relating to the failure to access financing, risks relating to changes in commodity prices, risk related to unanticipated geological or structural formations and characteristics risks related to current global financial conditions, risks related to current global financial conditions and the impact of any future global pandemic on the Company's business, reliance on key personnel, operational risks inherent in the conduct of exploration and development activities, including the risk of accidents, labour disputes and cave-ins, regulatory risks including the risk that permits may not be obtained in a timely fashion or at all, financing, capitalization and liquidity risks, risks related to disputes concerning property titles and interests, environmental risks and the additional risks identified in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information is made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information.

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FAQ

What were the key drill results from Intrepid Metals' (IMTCF) latest hole at Corral Copper?

The latest hole CC25_037 intersected 140.80m of 0.36% CuEq, including 32.15m of 0.85% CuEq, located 50m north of previous successful intersections.

How many drill holes has Intrepid Metals completed at the Corral Copper Property?

Intrepid has completed seventeen drill holes totaling 4,602.35 meters across the Ringo, Earp and Holliday zones, with an eighteenth hole currently underway at the Ringo Zone.

What are the gold mineralization highlights from Intrepid's 2024-2025 drill program?

Key highlights include 105.20m of 0.55 gpt Au, 79.00m of 0.65 gpt Au, and 112.95m of 0.53 gpt Au, demonstrating significant gold presence in the project.

How does Intrepid's Corral Copper Project compare to the historic Bisbee Mining Camp?

The projects share similar geological settings, including favorable host rocks, alteration styles, and timing of mineralization. Both are gold-enriched, with Bisbee historically producing 2.8M ounces of gold.

What is the size of the Ringo Zone at Corral Copper?

The Ringo Zone measures approximately 900m by 800m and contains favorable Abrigo Limestone, pre-mineral intrusions, and copper-gold-silver-zinc mineralization.