TORONTO, ONTARIO - July 31, 2026 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. ("Noble" or the "Company") (TSXV: NOB) (OTCQB: NLPXF) congratulates Canada Nickel Company Inc. (“Canada Nickel”) on the announcement that Canada Nickel’s Crawford Nickel Project has received a positive Decision Statement from the Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature, marking the first mining approval issued under Canada's amended Impact Assessment Act since 2019. The Crawford Nickel Project was referred to Canada’s Major Projects Office by the Government of Canada and selected as one of the first projects to advance under Ontario's One Project, One Process framework.

Highlights:

• The Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature has issued a positive Decision Statement for Canada Nickel Company Inc.’s Crawford Nickel Project

• The Crawford Nickel Project is the first mining project to receive a Decision Statement under Canada’s amended Impact Assessment Act, 2019

• The Crawford Nickel Project is estimated to contribute approximately $70 billion to Canada's GDP and support ~185,000 person-years of employment

Until 2019, the Crawford Nickel Project was held by Noble. The project was sold to Canada Nickel in the transaction that resulted in the creation of Canada Nickel as a publicly listed company and in the distribution of shares of Canada Nickel to Noble’s shareholders under a plan of arrangement. Noble continues to hold shares of Canada Nickel (see the Company’s filed financial statements, available on SEDAR+, for more details).

Noble CEO Vance White said: “We congratulate Canada Nickel on their announcement today of having secured Federal Approval for the Crawford Nickel Project. This development confirms the Company’s vision in having transferred the Crawford Nickel Project to the team at Canada Nickel in 2019, and as a company we are proud to see Canada Nickel advance through this milestone. This is an extremely important development. It should also serve as a model for the development of other properties held by East Timmins Nickel Ltd., a company established between Noble and Canada Nickel in which Noble has a 20% interest.”

About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based junior exploration company, which has holdings of securities in Canada Nickel Company Inc., Homeland Nickel Inc., East Timmins Nickel Inc.(20%), and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ontario.

Noble holds mineral and/or exploration rights in ~70,000ha in Northern Ontario, ~14,000ha elsewhere in Quebec and Newfoundland, upon which it plans to generate option/joint venture exploration programs.

Noble holds mineral rights and/or exploration rights in ~18,000 hectares in the Timmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81, ~2,215 hectares in Thomas Twp/Timmins, as well as an additional 20% interest in ~38,700 hectares in the Timmins area and ~175 hectares of mining claims in Central Newfoundland. Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. Noble also holds ~4,600 hectares in the Nagagami Carbonatite Complex and its ~3,200 hectares in the Boulder Project both near Hearst, Ontario, as well as ~3,700 hectares in the Buckingham Graphite Property, ~10,152 hectares in the Havre St Pierre Nickel, Copper, PGM property, and ~1,573 hectares in the Cere-Villebon Nickel, Copper, PGM property, ~569 hectare Uranium/Rare Earth property (Chateau) and a ~461 hectare Uranium/Molybdenum property (Taser North), ~4,465 hectares REE Mehmet Property; the ~3,300 hectare Gull Lake REE Property; and the ~1,232 hectare Opawica Scandium and REE Property all of which are in the province of Quebec. In Newfoundland and Labrador, it holds the ~647 hectare Chapiteau REE property.

Noble’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “NOB.”

More detailed information on Noble is available on the website at www.noblemineralexploration.com.

Contacts:
H. Vance White, President
Phone: 416-214-2250
Fax: 416-367-1954
Email: info@noblemineralexploration.com

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