Avrupa Minerals Submits Mining License Application for Sesmarias Copper-Zinc Project

Vancouver, BC — July 9, 2025 — NewsWall — Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: AVU) has formally submitted a Mining License Application (MLA), with all necessary documentation, for its 100%-owned Sesmarias copper-zinc VMS project in Portugal's Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). The Portuguese Mining Bureau, Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia (DGEG), will review the documentation and may request clarifications before making a decision.

Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, highlighted that the MLA submission culminates nearly 15 years of work in the Portuguese IPB and 11 years since the Sesmarias discovery. He noted that persistence and upgrading the 3D geo-structural model have led to an advanced understanding of the prospect and a robust exploration model.

The company is actively seeking a mining partner to advance the project.

Avrupa Minerals focuses its project generation work in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, presently including Portugal, Finland, and Kosovo.

Contact: Avrupa Minerals Ltd. at 1-604-687-3520.

Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director

Source: Avrupa Minerals Ltd.