Coquitlam, BC / TheNewswire / March 13, 2024 – Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (TSXV:NTH) (OTC:CCWOF) (FRA:4T9B) ("Nord" or the “Company”) and Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV:COS) (“Coniagas”) announce that the date on which Coniagas anticipates that it will start trading on the TSX Venture Exchange has been changed to Monday, March 18, 2024, as of market open. Coniagas will trade under the symbol "COS".

Nord also announces that shareholders of record at the close of business on March 6, 2024 (the “Distribution Record Date”) will receive on March 14, 2024 one Coniagas common share and one-half of a Coniagas common share purchase warrant for every 51.5771 Nord shares held.

As previously announced, Nord’s shareholders of record on the Distribution Record Date will receive an aggregate of 5,874,600 Coniagas common shares and 2,937,300 Coniagas common share purchase warrants on a pro rata basis based on the number of issued and outstanding common shares of Nord on the Distribution Record Date. No fractional Coniagas common shares or warrants will be distributed to Nord’s shareholders; all fractional amounts will be rounded down to the next whole number without any compensation therefor. Any Coniagas common shares or warrants not distributed as a result of rounding down will be held by Nord. Each full warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional Coniagas common share at a price of $0.40 for a period of two years.

A copy of Coniagas’ TSX Venture Exchange Listing Application is available under the SEDAR+ profiles of Nord and Coniagas at www.sedarplus.ca.

About Coniagas Battery Metals Inc.

Following the closing of its previously-announced plan of arrangement, Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. will be a publicly-traded exploration and mining company focused on nickel, copper and cobalt in northern Québec. Coniagas has a near-term goal of completing the work program set out in the “NI 43-101 Technical Report Graal Nickel & Copper Project, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada” dated January 17, 2024, which has the following goals: (i) diamond drilling program for 2,000 m of NQ drilling; (ii) metallurgical testing - Develop Process engineering Flowsheet and Pilot plant tests; and (iii) assessment report and consultations with First Nations of Pessamit & Masteuiash.

Coniagas’ strategy is to focus on creating value for stakeholders through the development of its mineral properties for the purpose of mineral exploration and exploitation, with the intention to develop Coniagas into a supplier to the EV market. At present, Coniagas is an exploration-stage company with no producing properties or material assets.

About Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc.

Nord Precious Metals Inc. (formerly Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc.) recently discovered a major high-grade silver vein system at Castle East located 1.5 km from its 100%-owned, past-producing Castle Mine near Gowganda in the prolific and world-class silver-cobalt mining district of Northern Ontario. The Company has completed a 60,000 m drill program aimed at expanding the size of the deposit with an update to the resource estimate underway.

In May 2020, based on a small initial drill program, the Company published the region’s first 43-101 resource estimate that contained a total of 7.56 million ounces of silver in Inferred resources, comprising very high-grade silver (8,582 grams per tonne un-cut or 250.2 oz/ton) in 27,400 tonnes of material from two sections (1A and 1B) of the Castle East Robinson Zone, beginning at a vertical depth of approximately 400 meters. Note that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Please refer to Nord’s Press Release dated May 28, 2020, for the resource estimate. Report reference: Rachidi, M. 2020, NI 43-101 Technical Report Mineral Resource Estimate for Castle East, Robinson Zone, Ontario, Canada, with an effective date of May 28, 2020, and a signature date of July 13, 2020.

The Company also has: (1) 14 battery metals properties in Northern Quebec where it has recently completed a nearly 16,000-metre drill program on the Graal property; (2) the prospective 1,000-hectare Eby-Otto gold property close to Agnico Eagle’s high-grade Macassa Mine near Kirkland Lake, Ontario where it is exploring; and (3) St. Denis-Sangster lithium project – 260 square kilometers of greenfield exploration ground with numerous pegmatites focussed along a significant volcanic sedimentary rock – Archean granite contact near Cochrane, Ontario contiguous to Power Metals’ Case Lake Lithium properties.

Nord’s flagship silver-cobalt Castle mine and 78 sq. km Castle property feature strong exploration upside for silver, cobalt, nickel, gold, and copper. With underground access at the fully owned Castle Mine, an exceptional high-grade silver discovery at Castle East, a pilot plant to produce cobalt-rich gravity concentrates, a processing facility (TTL Laboratories) in the town of Cobalt, and a proprietary hydrometallurgical process known as Re-2Ox (for the creation of technical-grade cobalt sulphate as well as nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) formulations), Nord is strategically positioned to become a Canadian leader in the silver-cobalt space. More information is available at www.nordpreciousmetals.com.

“Frank J. Basa”

Frank J. Basa, P. Eng.

Chief Executive Officer

For further information, contact:

Frank J. Basa, P. Eng. Ontario

Chief Executive Officer

416-625-2342

or:

Wayne Cheveldayoff,

Corporate Communications

P: 416-710-2410

E: waynecheveldayoff@gmail.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc. (the “Company”) and Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. (“Coniagas”) which include, but are not limited to, comments that involve future events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Except for statements of historical facts, comments that address the Coniagas trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, resource potential, upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt and security of mineral property titles, availability of funds, and others are forward-looking. No assurance can be given that any of the foregoing will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may vary materially from those statements. General business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from forward-looking statements. A detailed discussion of the risk factors in connection with the proposed plan of arrangement is set out in the Company’s management information circular, which is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on the Company’s website.