ValOre & VRIFY Expand Partnership in Brazil; Corporate Update

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”; TSX-V: VO, OTCQB: KVLQF, Frankfurt: KEQ0; “the Company”) today announced the renewal of its annual agreement with VRIFY Technology Inc. (“VRIFY”) allowing ValOre to continue leveraging VRIFY’s cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) mineral targeting platform. The extension of this partnership strengthens ValOre’s data driven exploration strategy in Brazil by combining VRIFY’s AI insights with ValOre’s in country expertise.

Pursuant to the agreement, ValOre will integrate “DORA”, VRIFY’s AI-Assisted Mineral Discovery Platform across its exploration workflows to accelerate target generation, refine drill programs, and unlock new discovery potential. In addition to ongoing work at the Company’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (“PGE”, “2PGE+Au”) Project (“Pedra Branca”) in northeastern Brazil, DORA will support ValOre’s efforts to acquire and develop additional metals and mining assets in specific regions of Brazil with tremendous exploration and discovery potential.

Expanded collaboration with VRIFY in Brazil

• AI-driven targeting at Pedra Branca: DORA identified new target zones across the 51,096-ha Pedra Branca PGE project area, which will guide follow-up work aimed at accelerating discovery and resource expansion opportunities;
• Application to regional growth strategy: ValOre will apply DORA to high-potential, underexplored gold provinces in Brazil, leveraging extensive proprietary and publicly available datasets, including drilling, geochemical, geophysical, and structural data from the Brazilian Geological Survey (SGB), to prioritize acquisition and exploration opportunities;
• Integration of AI and field expertise: The collaboration combines VRIFY’s advanced data-analytics capabilities with ValOre’s technical and operational experience to enhance target confidence and optimize decision-making across multiple projects.
  

“We are excited to add VRIFY’s expertise and cutting-edge AI technology to enhance the capabilities of our top-notch Brazilian technical team. Our collective focus will be on growth through discoveries and expanding known resources at ValOre’s Pedra Branca palladium and platinum project,” stated ValOre CEO, Nick Smart. “In addition, we are actively working to grow our portfolio of precious metals assets, through partnerships and targeted acquisitions in some of the most prospective areas of Brazil.”