Kincora Appoints Brent Cook and Laurie Thomas as Strategic Advisors and Derivative Exercise

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 1, 2025) - Gold-copper explorer and hybrid project generator Kincora Copper Limited (ASX: KCC) (TSXV: KCC) (Kincora or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Brent Cook and Laurie Thomas as Strategic Advisors.

The newly formed Advisory Board will augment the Company's exploration, asset level partner and corporate strategies, and follows the recently oversubscribed non-brokered private placement cornerstoned by leading North American natural resource sector investors including Rick Rule and Jeff Phillips.

The Company expects significant growth in its exploration activities and further asset level partnerships and is working now to secure highly credentialed personal to assist with this.

Kincora also notes the exercise of 78,000 stock options relating to the September 2023 financing and 67,000 warrants relating to the July 2025 financing (Derivative Exercise).

Sam Spring, President and CEO, and Cameron McRae, Chairman of Kincora commented,

"Kincora is delighted to have attracted such a high calibre Advisory Board to expand and strengthen our team. The additions of Brent and Laurie assists accelerate and increase recognition of our multi element and asset portfolio strategy to create shareholder value.

Brent is a globally recognised economic geologist and industry veteran with extensive capital markets and technical experience, including having worked on porphyry copper and epithermal gold systems related to the Circum-Pacific, Western North America, the Caribbean Arc, the Tethyan/Carpathian Magmatic Belt, and the Lachlan Fold Belt. Brent further strengthens our industry leading technical team.

Laurie's strategic and commercial experience, coupled with extensive relationships in the North American capital markets, will similarly add to Kincora's corporate engagement and strategy.

We are also pleased to note the exercise of investor options and warrants providing further treasury to the Company."

About Brent Cook: Mr. Cook is a renowned exploration analyst and economic geologist with over 40 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining and related financial sectors.

Brent has been and remains a highly respected consultant to various funds, major mining companies and junior explorers. Mr. Cook founded the widely respected and followed Exploration Insights newsletter and remains a Senior Advisor.

Brent received a BSc in Geology from Utah State University in 1978, has worked in over 60 countries and in virtually all geological environments.

During his independent consulting service, Brent has provided advice and analysis to several funds and companies, including Global Resource Investments, Ltd; Rick Rule; AMEC (MRDI); Mount Isa Mines; Kennecott Mining; Rio Tinto Mining; Barrick Gold (Homestake); Meridian Gold Corp/Yamana; Freeport McMoran (Cyprus-Amax); and Newmont Mining (Santa Fe). From 1997 to 2002, Brent was senior mining analyst for Rick Rule at Global Resource Investments (now Sprott- Global) and General Partner Expo 1999, 2000 Funds.