Camino Intercepts High-Grade Copper with 83.5m at 0.94% Cu including 7.1m at 2.13% Cu at Los Chapitos, PeruVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 17, 2026 / Camino Minerals Corporation (TSXV:COR)(OTCID:CAMZF) ("Camino" or the "Company")is pleased to announce the exploration results from Phase 1 of the recent drilling campaign at its Los Chapitos copper project ("Los Chapitos" or the "Project") in Peru. This news release reports the results from eight drill holes completed along the Diva trend corridor, where drilling activities focused on several targets with the objective of expanding the known mineralized body and improving the understanding of the scale and continuity of the mineralized system. Los Chapitos is Camino's second copper project with partner Nittetsu Mining Co, Ltd. ("Nittetsu"), who is completing a 35% earn-in interest in Los Chapitos after investing CAD $10 million and after the completion of Phase 2 of the current drilling campaign (see news release dated June 14, 2023). Camino is also advancing its Puquios Copper Project in Chile with Nittetsu Mining towards mine construction and development (see news release dated April 17, 2025). Key highlights of recent Los Chapitos drill holes:Mirador: DCH-123:8.7 m @ 0.45% Cu & 8.65 g/t Ag, including5.7 m @ 0.62% Cu & 11.77 g/t AgAdriana: DCH-124:17.6 m @ 0.85% Cu & 2.48 g/t Ag, including5.4 m @ 1.64% Cu & 4.51 g/t AgDCH-125:83.5 m @ 0.94% Cu & 10.40 g/t Ag, including7.1 m @ 2.13% Cu & 34.36 g/t Ag13.6 m @ 1.13% Cu & 15.13 g/t Ag6.2 m @ 1.34% Cu & 14.10 g/t Ag14.7 m @ 0.98% Cu & 6.35 g/t AgLourdes: DCH-129:63.3 m @ 0.62% Cu & 1.62 g/t Ag, including3 m @ 2.12% Cu & 0.80 g/t Ag8.5 m @ 1.12% Cu & 4.28 g/t Ag4.3 m @ 1.09 Cu & 3.99 g/t AgEnjambre: DCH-126:17.8 m @ 0.20% Cu & 2.55 g/t Ag, including3 m @ 0.31% Cu & 4.70 g/t Ag2.3 m @ 0.46% Cu & 4.44 g/t Ag7 m @ 0.23% Cu & 1.94 g/t Ag"The Los Chapitos project is interpreted to belong to the northwest extension of the upper Jurassic metallogenic belt defined in Chile, which hosts porphyry copper deposits ("PCD"), iron-oxide-apatite deposits ("IOA"), copper-silver deposits ("Cu-Ag"), iron-oxide-copper-gold deposits ("IOCG") and epithermal systems. This belt contains several Cu-Ag deposits, from south to north such as Las Luces, Carolina de Michilla, and Mantos de La Luna, that are hosted by the La Negra ("black") formation in Chile, which is geologically equivalent to the Chocolate formation in Peru. The recent drilling results validate the geological model at the Adriana, Mirador, and Lourdes zones, and demonstrate that the interpreted Cu-Ag mineralized bodies have continuity along strike to the north and south and extend at depth," said Jose Bassan, consulting geologist."Over the past year, exploration efforts have focused on understanding the main copper corridor along the Diva northwest trend. This work included systematic 1:2,000 scale geological mapping, re-logging thousands of metres of drill core, and interpreting numerous geological cross sections, incorporating lithology, alteration and mineralization. These activities have resulted in a robust geological model," said Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Nittetsu's exploration manager.The objective of Phase 1 of the drilling campaign was to validate the geological model and to demonstrate the extension and continuity of the interpreted mineralized breccias hosting the Cu-Ag, both to the north and south, and at depths deeper than the previously known limits.Geological DiscussionThe recently completed 1,036.25 metre drilling program has increased total drilling at the Los Chapitos Copper Project to 28,660 metres, further strengthening the Project's growing exploration database. Notably, approximately 91% of all historical drilling has been focused along the highly prospective Diva trend, extending approximately 7 km, underscoring the Company's strategic emphasis on this important copper corridor.In addition to the Diva trend, other major structural corridors, such as La Estancia and Atajo, extending approximately 18 km and 8 km, respectively, remain significant, underexplored, and present compelling targets for future drilling campaigns.Drilling along the Diva northwest trend has successfully recognized a new mineralized body such as Mirador and validated the interpreted mineralized bodies at Adriana, Lourdes, and Enjambre, highlighting the upside potential of the project. (Figure 1).Eight drill holes were completed along the highly prospective Diva trend corridor (holes DCH-123, DCH-124, DCH-125, DCH-126, DCH-127, DCH-128, DCH-129, and DCH-130), testing the Mirador, Adriana, Enjambre, Maqui, Piloto and Lourdes targets. Figure 1. Target location and holes drilled in the Fall 2025 drilling campaign. Table 1. Summary of Phase 1 of the 2025 fall drilling campaign, Los Chapitos Copper Project, Peru.The project area is underlain by volcanic rocks of the Jurassic-aged Chocolate Formation, which are intruded by monzodioritic and dioritic hypabyssal bodies. Mineralization