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Intrepid Metals Announces Leadership Transition

Management Changes

NEWS RELEASE

Intrepid Metals Announces Leadership Transition

September 8, 2025 (TSXV:INTR) (OTCQB:IMTCF)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Intrepid Metals Corp. (TSXV:INTR) (OTCQB:IMTCF)

(“Intrepid” or the “Company”) announces that Mark Morabito will become the Chief Executive Officer

of the Company, replacing Mr. Ken Engquist. Mr. Morabito will now be Chair man and Chief Executive

Officer of the Company.

Mr. Morabito has more than 20 years of experience in the public markets with expertise in raising capital

and corporate development. He is the founder of King & Bay West, a merchant bank and technical

services company that specializes in identifying, fundi ng, developing and managing high -potential

opportunities. Mr. Morabito founded and has been the principal driving force behind a number of

successful resource development companies. He has raised over $1 billion in financing, including

leading the team tha t struck an off -take agreement with Hebei, China’s largest steel producer, worth

over $400 million. Mr. Morabito has a BA from Simon Fraser University and completed his J.D. at the

University of Western Ontario.

The leadership transition from Mr. Ken Engquist to Mr. Mark Morabito is driven by personal

considerations on Mr. Engquist’s part. While stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Engquist will

remain engaged with Intrepid Metals Corp. as a member of its Advisory Board. The Company expresses

its gratitude for his valuable contributions during his tenure and looks forward to his continued

involvement and support in this new role.

About Intrepid Metals Corp.

Intrepid Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for high-grade essential metals such

as copper, silver, and zinc mineral projects in proximity to established mining jurisdictions in

southeastern Arizona, USA. The Company has acquired or has agreements to acquire several drill

ready projects, including the Corral Copper Project (a district scale advanced exploration and

development opportunity with significant shallow historical drill results), the Tombstone South Project

(within the historical Tombstone mining district with geological similarities to the Taylor Deposit, which

was purchased for $1.3B in 2018 1, though mineralization at the Taylor Deposit is not necessarily

indicative of the mineral potential at the Tombstone South Project) both of which are located in Cochise

County, Arizona and the Mesa Well Project (located in the Laramide Copper Porphyry Belt in Arizona).

Intrepid has assembled an exceptional team with considerable experience with exploration, developing,

and permitting new projects within North America. Intrepid is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange

(TSXV) under the symbol “INTR” and on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol “IMTCF”. For

more information, visit www.intrepidmetals.com.

INTREPID METALS CORP.

On behalf of the Company

“Mark Morabito”

Chairman & CEO

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For further information regarding this news release, please contact:

Mark Morabito, Chairman & CEO

604-681-8030

[email protected]

Notes

1 Details regarding the sale of the Taylor Deposit can be found in South32 News Release dated October 8, 2018 (South32

completes acquisition of Arizona Mining).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws.

Such forward-looking statements relate to: the potential of the property; potential of Corral as an emerging copper asset in a highly prospective

district; the potential to host copper-gold porphyry copper mineralization ; the exploration potential of the Corral Copper Property and the

Company’s other mineral projects; and potential future production.

In certain cases, forward -looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "budget", "scheduled",

"estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that cert ain actions, events or

results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,

assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based

on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the Company can raise additional financing to continue operations; the

results of exploration activities, commodity prices, the timing and amount of future exploration and development expenditures, the availability

of labour and materials, receipt of and compliance with necessary regulatory approvals and permits, the estimation of insurance coverage, and

assumptions with respect to currency fluctuations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, and other similar matters. While the Company

considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual resu lts,

performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements ex pressed or

implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks inherent in the exploration and development of mineral deposits, including

risks relating to the ability to access infrastructure, risks relating to the failure to access financing, risks relating to changes in commodity prices,

risk related to unanticipated geological or structural formations and characteristics risks related to current global financial conditions, risks

related to current global financial conditions and the impact of any future global pandemic on the Company’s business, reliance on key

personnel, operational risks inherent in the conduct of exploration and development activities, including the risk of accidents, labour disputes

and cave-ins, regulatory risks including the risk that permits may not be obtained in a timely fashion or at all, financing, capitalization and

liquidity risks, risks related to disputes concerning property titles and interests, environmental risks and the additional r isks identified in the

“Risk Factors” section of the Company’s reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from

those described in forward -looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results n ot to be as anticipated,

estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information

is made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation

to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of

the TSX Venture Exchange) has reviewed or accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.