NGEx drills 1,540m at 1.17% CuEq in Saturn and Porphyry zones

Canada NewsWire VANCOUVER, BC , June 23, 2026 /CNW/ - NGEx Minerals Ltd. ("NGEx", "NGEx Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX: NGEX; OTCQX: NGXXF) is pleased to announce results of two drill holes from the Phase 4 drill program at its 100% owned Lunahuasi high-grade copper-gold-silver project in San Juan, Argentina.  PDF Version Lunahuasi Geology Drill Plan 2026 June Highlights: Drillhole DPDH064 intersected: 1,540.10m at 1.17% CuEq from 196.00m, including 663.00m at 1.85% CuEq from 572.00m in High Sulphidation (HS) mineralization, including 88.00m at 8.65% CuEq from 572.00m in the Saturn Zone, including 15.65m at 30.13% CuEq from 583.35m, plus 501.10m at 0.73% CuEq from 1,235.00m in Porphyry mineralization, including 156.00m at 1.00% CuEq from 1,512m Hole ended in mineralization Drillhole DPDH066 intersected: 394.00m at 0.24% CuEq from 1,249.00m, including 63.00m at 0.36% CuEq from 1,249.00m 48.00m at 0.39% CuEq from 1,580.00m Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO, commented, "Hole DPDH064 is one of the most important holes we have drilled, crossing the high-sulphidation system and continuing well into the adjacent porphyry deposit, highlighting the impressive scale and grade of Lunahuasi. This hole also confirms that the Lunahuasi porphyry includes a large breccia body with significant copper and gold grades. High-grade breccias are an important part of many notable porphyry deposits worldwide and the fact that we are seeing this style of mineralization in only our second hole into the Lunahuasi porphyry bodes well for the potential of the deposit." Table 1 : Significant Intersections DPDH064 was drilled from the same platform as DPDH027 at an azimuth of 260 o and dip of -46 o to test the southern extent of the Saturn Zone and the adjacent porphyry deposit at depth.

The Saturn Zone was intersected as expected between 572.00m