Benz Mining Corp. Reports Significant Gold Discoveries at Icon Camp

Columbia, Benz Mining Corp., a dual-listed gold exploration company with operations in Western Australia and Quebec, has announced significant progress at its Icon gold camp. Systematic 50 x 25 m drilling has delineated a 100-200 m-wide mineralised system across the first 1 km of the known 3 km trend, with mineralisation defined to vertical depths exceeding 500 m. The system comprises multiple stacked high-grade gold lenses, with individual lenses averaging approximately 30-50 m in width, surrounded and interconnected by a substantial mineralised halo.

Benz Mining Corp. reported results from 68 reverse circulation (RC) holes totalling 25,776 meters at the Icon gold camp, part of its Glenburgh Gold Project in Western Australia. The drilling has uncovered multiple stacked gold intersections, including:

- 26CN129: 42 meters at 3.0 g/t Au from 337 meters and 39 meters at 3.1 g/t Au from 388 meters. - 26CN125: 42 meters at 1.6 g/t Au from 318 meters and 62 meters at 1.5 g/t Au from 427 meters. - 26CN130: 35 meters at 2.4 g/t Au from 104 meters and 73 meters at 1.1 g/t Au from 355 meters.

These results reinforce Benz Mining Corp.'s interpretation of multiple stacked high-grade lenses associated with fold hinges and controlling shear structures. The systematic 50 m x 25 m drilling pattern is progressively resolving these structures, including high-grade positions previously unrecognised at wider drill spacings.

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The company sees exceptional growth potential along the remaining 2 km of the Icon trend. Previous drilling has already confirmed near-surface gold mineralisation along this eastern corridor, while geological mapping and structural interpretation demonstrate the continuation of the same favourable host rocks and controlling structures responsible for Icon's high-grade mineralisation. This geological continuity gives the company high conviction that further stacked high-grade lenses and repeating fold hinges will be defined, with the potential to significantly increase the scale of the Icon gold camp.

First-pass drilling across the eastern 2 km is nearing completion, with further substantial drilling updates anticipated as results are received, validated, and interpreted. The company is also advancing early development studies, including geotechnical investigations, metallurgical testwork, water exploration, power demand modelling, and infrastructure planning, supported by an already well-established permitting pathway.

A critical distinction in Benz Mining Corp.'s approach to understanding the Glenburgh gold system is the integration of more than 20,000 structural measurements with an extensive lithogeochemical database comprising multi-element analysis of every meter of drill sample, alongside systematic gold assay results. These three complementary datasets allow the company to identify and correlate the same favourable host lithologies, structural orientations, fold geometries, and mineralisation controls across successive drill sections.

The company's next phase of drilling will focus on completing its baseline 50 m by 25 m drilling pattern across all three principal camps at Glenburgh: Icon, Hurricane, and Thunderbolt. The objective is to ensure that the high-grade NE-plunging hinge zones are systematically identified, properly resolved, and incorporated into the geological model. This systematic approach is expected to define additional high-grade mineralisation and structural positions that were not apparent from the earlier drilling pattern.

Benz Mining Corp. aims to establish the initial gold resource base for this rapidly emerging district-scale gold system through its maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, targeted for Q1 2027. Qualified Person's Statement (NI 43-101) The disclosure of scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Mr. Mark Lynch-Staunton, a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.