NGEx drills 20.50 m at 17.83% CuEq and 13.50 m at 11.36% CuEq at Lunahuasi

Canada NewsWire VANCOUVER, BC , July 30, 2026 /CNW/ -- NGEx Minerals Ltd. ("NGEx", "NGEx Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX: NGEX) (OTCQX: NGXXF) is pleased to announce results of the final four 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 Highlights: Drillhole DPDH073 intersected: 546.30m at 1.19% CuEq from 446.00m, including 34.00m at 4.68% CuEq from 567.00m 4.30m at 9.26% CuEq from 755.00m Drillhole DPDH075 intersected: 14.00m at 5.92% CuEq from 323.00m 13.50m at 11.36% CuEq from 385.50m, including 2.00m at 43.95% CuEq from 395.00m 6.00m at 10.60% CuEq from 595.00m Drillhole DPDH076 intersected: 10.70m at 6.85% CuEq from 136.00m Drillhole DPDH078 intersected: 95.00m at 4.77% CuEq from 246.50m, including 20.50m at 17.83% CuEq from 284.00m Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO, commented, "These latest drill results wrap up a very successful fourth drilling season at Lunahuasi, the results of which demonstrate the continued upside of the mineralized system at Lunahuasi – the more we drill the bigger it gets. It is becoming evident that Lunahuasi is a unique system which encompasses the entire range of porphyry-related mineralization types.

It is very rare to have a complete system like this to explore; from distal ultra-high grade epithermal gold-quartz veins, through a broad halo of high-sulphidation epithermal mineralization, including massive sulphide veins, to classic potassic altered copper-gold porphyry mineralization at the core of the system. Our location in the middle of the giant deposits of the Vicuña District combined with the extent of the mineralization we have drilled to date give us confidence that we are a long way from fully defining this system. With Phase 4 now complete, we are busy updating our geological model and interpretation.

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