ARRAS MINERALS CONFIRMS THIRD PORPHYRY CENTER - DRILLS 115.7 METERS GRADING 1.44 G/T AU & 0.24% CU AT THE BEREZSKI EAST TARGET (ELEMES PROJECT) IN KAZAKHSTAN /* Style Definitions */ span.prnews_span { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } a.prnews_a { color:blue; } li.prnews_li { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } p.prnews_p { font-size:0.62em; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; margin:0in; } .prngen2{ PADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: MIDDLE; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-TOP:black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT:black 0.5pt solid } .prnsbbb1{ BORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt } .prntar{ TEXT-ALIGN: RIGHT } .prnbsbls{ BORDER-LEFT:black 0.5pt solid } .prnbcc{ BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE } .prnsbtb1{ BORDER-TOP:black 1pt } .prnvam{ VERTICAL-ALIGN: MIDDLE } .prnpr2{ PADDING-RIGHT:0.17em } .prnml4{ MARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT } .prnpl2{ PADDING-LEFT:0.17em } .prntac{ TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER } .prnrbrb1{ BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt } ARRAS MINERALS CONFIRMS THIRD PORPHYRY CENTER - DRILLS 115.7 METERS GRADING 1.44 G/T AU & 0.24% CU AT THE BEREZSKI EAST TARGET (ELEMES PROJECT) IN KAZAKHSTAN Canada NewsWire TSX-V: ARK / OTCQB: ARRKFVANCOUVER, BC, April 23, 2026 /CNW/ - Arras Minerals Corp. (TSXV: ARK) (OTCQB: ARRKF) ("Arras" or "Arras Minerals" or "the Company") is pleased to report the first results from the 2026 drill program at the Elemes Project in northeastern Kazakhstan.Drilling re-commenced in late February and the first two holes were collared at the Berezski East target (Elemes Project). Only five holes have been completed by Arras on this target which is evolving into the third porphyry centre discovered on the Berezski Trend over the past two years.Berezski East is a gold-rich porphyry system, emplaced along a NE-SW structural corridor. Mineralization consists of magnetite and quartz-sulphide veins and local bornite dissemination that appear to be outlined by a prominent magnetic high feature that can be traced along strike for at least 800 metres. Gold-copper mineralization has been encountered from surface down to more than 400m depth with higher grade intervals approaching and exceeding 1 g/t Au over core lengths greater than 100 metres. In drill-hole EL26031, a fault zone was intersected at 315m depth after which a significant increase in brecciation along with increased potassic alteration and a notable increase in veining and copper-sulphide mineralization was encountered. This new zone reported higher copper values than had previously been encountered at this target and is potentially a new vector towards the core of the system.Highlights include:EL25031: 115.7m grading 1.44 g/t Au and 0.24% Cu starting from 317.3m depth within a broader zone of 424.0m grading 0.50 g/t Au and 0.12% Cu starting from 9.0m depth.Hole EL26031 intersected a broad zone of porphyry style alteration and mineralization across the entire hole starting from near surface and included a high-grade interval at depth after a fault zone intersected at 315m depth where alteration and mineralization increased significantly.An extensive magnetic high, that can be traced for at least 800m strike length (see Figure 2), is associated with the Au-Cu mineralization at Berezski East and thought to be caused by the magnetite and quartz-sulphide veining hosting the gold-copper mineralization. To date, approximately 400m of magnetic high has been drill-tested.Tim Barry, CEO of Arras Minerals commented, "We are pleased to report the Berezski East target is firming up as a third porphyry centre on the Berezski Trend. Hole EL26031 has confirmed and extended gold mineralization intersected by earlier drilling but importantly also intersected a major fault zone that appears to act as a key structural control on mineralization. Below this structure, there was a significant increase in the intensity of alteration, veining and mineralization indicative of a robust mineralized system. The five holes that we have drilled to-date cover 400 metres of strike and the target, we believe, stretches at least a further 400 meters to the Northeast." He went on to add, "We are planning a top-of-bedrock (KGK) drill program over the Berezski East target to help define the footprint of the gold-copper mineralization under the cover at this target that we will then follow-up with diamond drilling on priority targets here." Drilling Summary:Drilling at Berezski East continues to return wide zones of high-grade gold mineralization demonstrating the growing scale of this system. The mineralized zones are running NE/SW and are coincident with a linear magnetic high. However, results from the KGK drilling announced in December 2025 has identified good gold values in the adjacent magnetic low to the east, suggesting several parallel gold systems in this area. Arras has completed five holes here which has confirmed strong Au-Cu mine