Germanium Mining Corp. Closes First Tranche of Private Placement for $240,000

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — July 16, 2026 — Leads & Copy — GERMANIUM MINING CORP. (“GERMANIUM MINING” OR THE “COMPANY”) has successfully closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement, raising $240,000 in gross proceeds through the sale of 1,000,000 flow-through units at $0.24 per unit. Each unit includes one common share designated as a flow-through share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. These warrants allow holders to purchase an additional common share at $0.30 each for three years.

The funds generated from this private placement are earmarked for crucial mapping and sampling activities at the Company’s primary project, Lac du Km 35. These exploration efforts are scheduled for this summer, preceding an anticipated maiden drilling program at the same project slated for this fall.

In conjunction with the private placement, the Company also compensated an arm’s-length party with a finder’s fee of $19,200 in cash. Additionally, 80,000 non-transferable finder’s warrants were issued. These warrants grant the holder the right to purchase shares at an exercise price of $0.24 per share for a period of three years from the closing date.

All securities issued as part of this private placement are subject to a statutory hold period, which will expire four months and one day after the closing date. The securities have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and cannot be offered or sold in the United States unless registered or exempt from registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

Germanium Mining is an exploration company focused on developing promising, discovery-stage mineral properties in key Canadian mining regions.