Sun Summit Announces Upsized Non-Brokered Private Placement of up to $11.5 Million

Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SMN,OTC:SMREF) (OTCQB: SMREF) ("Sun Summit" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, due to significant investor demand, it has increased the maximum gross proceeds of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") from $7 million to $11.5 million. The Private Placement includes a combination of: (i) charity flow-through common shares in the capital of the Company (each, a "Charity FT Share") at a price of $0.14 per Charity FT Share; and (ii) non-flow-through common shares in the capital of the Company (each, an "NFT Share", and together with the Charity FT Shares, the "Securities") at a price of $0.10 per NFT Share. Each Charity FT Shares will qualify as a flowthrough share within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act").

The Company intends to use all of the gross proceeds of the Private Placement for exploration of the Company's JD, Theory and Buck properties and any other Canadian properties that the Company may acquire, provided that the Company will use an amount equal to the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Charity FT Shares to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that will qualify as "flowthrough mining expenditures" as such terms are defined in the Tax Act.

"We are very grateful for the major support we have received from high quality institutional and mining focused investors in this capital raise. This capital will fully fund our 2026 exploration program and help accelerate our progress towards an initial mineral resource estimate at JD," said Niel Marotta, Chief Executive Officer of Sun Summit.

The closing of the Private Placement is subject to certain closing conditions, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"). The Company may pay finder's fees in cash or securities to certain arm's length finders (each, a "Finder") engaged in connection with the Private Placement, subject to the approval of the TSXV. Eventus Capital Corp. has been appointed as a Finder in connection with the Private Placement. The Securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four-month hold period in accordance with applicable securities laws.

The Securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the Securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Sun Summit

Sun Summit Minerals (TSXV: SMN,OTC:SMREF) (OTCQB: SMREF) is a mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and advancement of district scale gold and copper assets in British Columbia. The Company's diverse portfolio includes the JD and Theory Projects in the Toodoggone region of north-central B.C., and the Buck Project in central B.C.

Further details are available at www.sunsummitminerals.com.

Forward-Looking Information

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