Inventus expands high-grade Main Layer at Pardo, identifies bulk-tonnage gold

TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inventus Mining Corp. (TSXV: IVS) (“Inventus” or the “Company”) is pleased to report results from 100 drill holes from its now-complete Phase 2 drill program at the 100%-owned Pardo “River of Gold” Project, located 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ontario. Results from an additional 89 drill holes remain pending ( Figure 1 ).

The latest drilling continues to strengthen the Company’s view of Pardo as a large, shallow gold system with multiple stacked gold-bearing layers and more than one potential development opportunity.

Drilling has identified several areas of higher-grade gold within the Main Conglomerate Layer (“ Main Layer ” or “ MiBC ”), highlighted by 4.96 g/t gold over 2.09 m, including 30.04 g/t gold over 0.33 m in PD-26-348, beginning only 2.72 m from surface .

Importantly, these higher-grade results are being returned from several different areas demonstrating continuity. The Main Layer also contains broader lower-grade mineralization between and around higher-grade intervals, showing that the MiBC itself may have potential beyond the higher-grade material being targeted for direct ship ore (“DSO”) development.

Gold mineralization also occurs within the Matinenda Conglomerate (“ MaC ”), Upper Conglomerate (“ MiPC ”) and Upper Sandstone (“ MiBS ”) layers. Together, the MiBC, MaC, MiPC and MiBS form a shallow, stacked system of multiple gold-bearing layers at Pardo ( Figure 2 ). The Company is advancing the shallow, higher-grade portions of the Main Layer as part of its DSO development strategy, while larger volumes of mineralized material, including lower-grade mineralization across all four layers, are defining a broader bulk-tonnage opportunity.

HIGHLIGHTS

Multiple areas of shallow, higher-grade Main Layer mineralization continue to demonstrate continuity within the near-surface DSO area, where the Main