Coniagas Battery Metals Appoints Heidi Gutte as CFO

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — January 23, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. (TSX-V: COS) has appointed Ms. Heidi Gutte as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 23, 2026.

Ms. Gutte is replacing Remantra Sheopaul, who resigned from the CFO position effective January 21, 2026.

Ms. Gutte brings over 15 years of experience with publicly-traded mineral exploration and mining companies to the role. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and Canada. Her expertise includes corporate finance, IFRS financial reporting, audit preparation and response, tax optimization, and corporate compliance within the mineral exploration and junior mining sector.

Ms. Gutte holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg, Germany.

Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. also thanked Mr. Sheopaul for his contributions and wished him well in his future endeavors.

Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. is a Canadian junior mining company focused on nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals in Québec. The company aims to create value for shareholders through the development of its mineral properties, with the intention of becoming a critical metals supplier to the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Coniagas' 100%-owned Graal project, near Saguenay, Quebec, has undergone successful exploration, including geophysics and shallow drilling that encountered mineralization in nearly every hole. The company has confirmed an open-pit deposit model at Graal along a 6 km strike length of high-grade nickel and copper with cobalt, platinum, and palladium byproducts. Coniagas plans additional drilling, leading to the production of a NI 43-101 resource report, metallurgical testing, and consultations with First Nations.

Details regarding the Graal project and its immediate work plan are available in the “NI 43-101 Technical Report Graal Nickel & Copper Project, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada” dated January 17, 2024.

“Frank J. Basa”

Frank J. Basa, P. Eng. Member of Professional Engineers Ontario Chief Executive Officer

Source: Coniagas Battery Metals Inc.