Finlay Minerals samples 15.3% Copper and 532 g/t Silver on its 100% owned SAY Project /* 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: BOTTOM; 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 } .prnml4{ MARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT } .prnbcc{ BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE } Canada NewsWire VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 26, 2026 /CNW/ - Finlay Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: FYL) (OTCQB: FYMNF) ("Finlay" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the 2025 SAY exploration program successfully identified new, large-scale targets with continued high-grade copper and silver signatures. Highlights from the 2025 Exploration Program include: Identifying a 1,700 meter ("m") x 2,600 m multi-element soil geochemical anomaly at the IFT Target.Identifying a 1,700 m x 1,000 m high-grade Copper ("Cu") and Silver ("Ag") mineralized footprint at the IFT Target, including a rock sample with 15.3% Cu and 532 g/t Ag.Discovering the new Ozzy Zone with rock sampling of up to 2.04% Cu and 229 g/t Ag.Identifying 2 distinct multi-element anomalies at the new Ozzy Zone through biogeochemical sampling.Ilona B. Lindsay, Finlay's President & CEO states: "The 2025 exploration results on our SAY Property exceeded our expectations. Our 2025 work vectored to and identified new, large kilometer-sized anomalies with continued high-grade copper & silver values. While the SAY is an early-stage property of Finlay's, it is exhibiting some of the characteristics that one finds with significant discoveries. With $2.2 million of exploration funding in place for 2026, Finlay will advance the SAY with a considerably expanded exploration program." The 2025 exploration program, focused on the IFT and Ozzy targets with the collection of 80 rock, 292 soil, and 273 tree bark samples, in conjunction with geological mapping, to follow up on the targets generated by the Airborne Magnetic survey conducted in June.(1) The Airborne Magnetic survey identified significant and multiple northeast-trending structures. These structures resemble those found in the Toodoggone District of British Columbia, which is recognized for its potential to host larger porphyry and epithermal deposits. Sampling was focused on a 2,500 m x 2,500 m circular magnetic anomaly at the IFT porphyry target and the intersection of kilometer-scale, northeast- and northwest- trending magnetic anomalies at the Ozzy target. The IFT is located 4.5 km west of the high-grade Cu + Ag AG and East Breccia Zones delineated in 2024. The AG Target was outlined as a 200 m x 200 m high-grade Cu + Ag mineralized zone; the East Breccia assayed 1.17% Cu and 103.5 g/t Ag across 21.7m length of continuous chip sampling. (2) Refer to Figure 1 – SAY Property Targets and 2025 Surface Sample Locations underlain by Airborne Magnetics. Refer to Figure 2 – IFT Target 2025 Copper in Rock Samples. Refer to Figure 3 – IFT Target 2025 Silver in Rock Samples. Situated in the underexplored Driftwood Corridor, the SAY Project is part of a 135-kilometer geological corridor of Stikine Terrane that includes American Eagle Gold's NAK project, as well as Boliden Mineral Canada and Amarc Resources' DUKE copper-molybdenum-silver-gold prospects. IFT Target - The assay results from soil sampling and mapping demonstrate IFT is a viable porphyry target. Soil sampling along the eastern portion of the IFT identified a 1,700 m x 2,600 m Cu + Ag + Arsenic ("As") + Bismuth ("Bi") + Molybdenum ("Mo") + Tellurium ("Te") geochemical anomaly synonymous with porphyry deposit environments. The soil geochemical anomaly occurs within the large circular magnetic anomaly encompassing the IFT showing in an area that is predominantly devoid of outcrop. Mapping and rock sampling outlined a Cu and Ag mineralized area of 1,700 m x 1,000 m. Mineralization occurs as massive sulphides and lenses disseminated in wall rock as well as fracture-fill and veins. Chalcopyrite and bornite are the dominant copper-bearing sulphides analogous to the SPUR target to the east. Mapping, geochemical studies and geophysical signatures display characteristics commonly associated with porphyry mineral systems. A total of 33 rock samples were assayed from the IFT target and highlights from the rock samples can be seen in Table 1 below: Sample ID Easting NAD83/Zone 9 Northing NAD83/Zone 9 Cu % Ag g/t Au g/t J606725 627938 6211883 15.3 532 0.004 J606724 627938 6211883 9.37 324 0.004 J607467 627496 6211020 2.57 52.7 0.121 J606723 628216 6212131 1.81 50.1 0.002 J607466 627453 6211513 1.57 13.4 0.017 J606702 629305 6211653 1.39 79.1 0.009 J607465 627467 6211547 1.20 47.0 0.00