Nuvau Minerals Announces Closing of Final Tranche of Brokered Private Placement

Nuvau Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NMC,OTC:NMCPF) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Nuvau’) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced brokered private placement pursuant to which the Company issued (i) an aggregate of 7,928,523 common shares of the Company (each, a ‘FT Share’) that qualify as ‘flow-through shares’ within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the ‘Tax Act’), at an issue price of $0.90 per FT Share, for gross proceeds of $7,135,670.70, and (ii) an aggregate of 320,000 units of the Company (each, a ‘Unit’), at a price of $0.80 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $256,000 (together, the ‘Offering’). Together with the closing of the first tranche of the Offering on February 25, 2026, the Company has raised an aggregate of $21,368,670.70 in gross proceeds. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company (each, a ‘Common Share’) and one-half of one transferrable common share purchase warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a ‘Warrant’), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at a price of $1.30 per Common Share until February 25, 2029.

The gross proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company to incur eligible ‘Canadian exploration expenses’ (as defined in the Tax Act), which will qualify as ‘flow-through mining expenditures’ or as ‘flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures’ (‘FTCMME‘) (each as defined in the Tax Act) (the ‘Qualifying Expenditures‘). At least 30% of the Qualifying Expenditures to be renounced to each subscriber of FT Shares will qualify as FTCMME, with certain subscribers being entitled to the renunciation of a higher percentage of Qualifying Expenditures that qualify as FTCMME. All Qualifying Expenditures will be incurred by the Company on or before December 31, 2027, and will be renounced in favour of the subscribers of the FT Shares with an effective date on or before December 31, 2026.

The Offering was co-led by Clarus Securities Inc. and Integrity Capital Group Inc., as co-lead agents and co-lead bookrunners (together, the ‘Agents‘). In consideration for the Agents’ services, the Company paid the Agents a cash commission equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds of the Offering (the ‘Cash Fee‘), provided that the Company paid a reduced Cash Fee of 3.0% in respect of the gross proceeds raised from sales to purchasers included on a president’s list formed by the Company in consultation with the Agents (the ‘President’s List Purchasers‘). In addition, the Company agreed to issue to the Agents such number of non-transferable compensation options of the Company (the ‘Compensation Options‘) as is equal to 6.0% of the aggregate number of FT Shares and/or Units sold under the Offering; provided that such number of Compensation Options was reduced to 3.0% of number of FT Shares and/or Units sold to President’s List Purchasers. Each Compensation Option entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Unit at a price of $0.80 per Unit at any time and from time to time until March 6, 2029.

In connection with the Offering, a director of the Company subscribed for an aggregate of 444,444 FT Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $444,444. Each subscription by an ‘insider’ is considered to be a ‘related party transaction’ for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (‘MI 61-101‘). The Company is relying on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements available under MI 61-101. Specifically, the Company is exempt from the formal valuation requirement in section 5.4 of MI 61-101 in reliance on section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves insiders, is not more than 25% of the Company’s market capitalization. Additionally, the Company is exempt from minority shareholder approval requirement in section 5.6 of MI 61-101 in reliance on section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves insiders, is not more than 25% of the Company’s market capitalization. The Company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing date of the Offering as the details of the Offering and the participation of insiders therein was not settled until shortly prior to the closing of the Offering, and the Company wished to close the Offering on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.

All securities issued under the Offering are subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the date hereof. The Offering remains subject to final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Nuvau

Nuvau is a Canadian mining company, incorporated under the OBCA, currently in the exploration and development phase. Nuvau’s principal asset is the Matagami property, located in Abitibi region of central Québec, Canada. The Matagami property was acquired from Glencore Canada Corporation on March 1, 2026, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a second amended and restated earn-in agreement dated January 28, 2026, among Nuvau, Nuvau Minerals Corp. and Glencore Canada Corporation.

Further Information

All information contained in this news release with respect to the Company was supplied by the respective party for inclusion herein, and each party and its directors and officers have relied on the other party for any information concerning the other party.

Cautionary Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, ‘forward-looking statements‘) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Any statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward- looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as ‘may’, ‘should’, ‘anticipate’, ‘will’, ‘estimates’, ‘believes’, ‘intends’, ‘expects’ and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. More particularly and without limitation, this news release contains forward-looking statements concerning the proposed use of proceeds of the Offering, and the Company’s ability to obtain final exchange approval for the Offering. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and the actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, assumptions and expectations, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including expectations and assumptions concerning the Company and the Matagami property. Readers are cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, as such information, although considered reasonable by the management of the Company at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release, and are expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statement. Except as expressly required by securities law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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