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Vancouver, British Columbia, February 27, 2025 – TheNewswire - Manning Ventures Inc. (the “ Company ” or “ Manning ”) (CSE: MANN; Frankfurt: 1H5; US: MANVF) is pleased to provide an update regarding the phase one drill program at the Copper Hill Project, located along the prolific Walker Lane Trend, western Nevada, USA.

Reverse Circulation drilling for the phase one program at Copper Hill is now complete. A total of 2,046.72 meters has been completed in drill holes CH-1 through CH-9. Assay results and preliminary interpretive geology from the logging of these holes is encouraging. The phase one holes were laid out to test for skarn mineralization on the contact between the limestone and the intrusive for the Northern and the Southern Zones. The two zones outline target areas that returned significant copper values (0.5 to > 1.0% copper) in intense skarn alteration.

Holes CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, CH-4, CH-5, CH-6, and CH-8 focused on northwest trending faults and northwest trending diorite dikes in the northern and southern target zones. All the holes intersected multiple diorite dikes and distinct structural zones. The dike margins and structural zones have skarn mineralization and strong magnetite alteration. Hole CH-9 targeted a northwest trending gravity anomaly where it intersected the Southern Zone intrusive.

Holes CH-5 to CH-7 intersected the intrusive-limestone contact where it is cut by northwest trending dikes and structural zones. Encouraging alteration and mineralization in these holes includes intervals of magnetite skarn, copper oxide, and pyrite-bearing limestone skarn.

CH-5 intersected intrusive skarn with the entire hole averaging 113 ppm with several anomalous 1.52 meter zones ranging from 687, 1230, and 501 ppm Cu.

CH-6 intersected several limestone/intrusive skarn contact zones with copper ranging from 7 to 5060 ppm, with the entire hole averaging 179 ppm Cu. Intervals included:

• 25.91 meters (152.4 to 178.31 meters) with 1082.35 ppm Cu which included

  • 3.05 meters (160.02 to 163.07 meters) with 3665 ppm Cu and

• 1.52 meters (175.26 to 176.78 meters) with 5060 ppm Cu

CH-7 intersected strongly pyritic limestone-skarn and intrusive-skarn. However, it returned no significant copper assays. CH-8 was dominantly granodiorite intrusive with garnetite skarn and clay (argillic) alteration from 36.5 to 118.87 meters. The hole ended in very strong skarn alteration and pyrite at 225.55 meters. However, it returned no significant copper assays.  CH-9 intersected skarn in granodiorite and in a new intrusive from the base of the post-mineral volcanic rocks at 60.96 meters to the end of the hole at 243.84 meters. However, it returned no significant copper assays.

Table of results to date:

Note reported lengths are intercepts length not true widths

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Figure 1: Copper Hill Project Phase 1 Drill Sites

Drill chip samples remained under the supervision of company representatives on site until picked up, on site by ALS Global and transported to their Elko Facilities.  The Company employs a system of inserting Certified Reference Material (“CRM”) into the sample stream as a supplement to the quality controls employed by ALS global.

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Image 2: Location of Copper Hill, Walker Lane Trend, Nevada, USA

* Historic Mining information was summarized from an “Unpublished Report on the Carson Sink Area, Nevada by F.C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (Field work 1911-1920) 1947”. Manning Ventures cautions investors that the historic exploration and production information is believed to be accurate but has not been verified by a qualified person.

About the Copper Hill Project

Located within the prolific Walker Lane trend in southern Nevada, Copper Hill is situated one of the premier jurisdictions for precious metals mining in the world.  Historic endowment within Walker Lane includes 50Moz Au, 700Moz Ag, and 4Mt Cu.  Copper Hill hosts copper-gold-molybdenum mineralization in both porphyry and skarn styled deposits in Mineral County, Nevada.

The Project is centered on a Jurassic Age quartz monzonite porphyry intruding Triassic age Luning Limestone. The claims are located 33 miles east of the Yerington Copper District which hosts the Yerington Copper Mine (Anaconda 1952-1978), Ann Mason Deposit, Bear Deposit, MacArthur Deposit, and the Pumpkin Hollow Mine.

Historically at Copper Hill, reported high-grade copper was mined from underground shafts from skarn and porphyry-copper styled mineralization at the Copper Mountain Mine.   Between 1914 to 1926 mining from the “Copper Mountain Mine” produced an estimated 1,000,000 pounds of copper from shallow underground workings. Historic reporting from the period of production describes ore zones of contact skarn- type and porphyry-type mineralization with shipping grades ranging from 3.5 to 11.0% copper*.

The Copper Hill mineralizing system forms a topographic high surrounded and partially covered by younger volcanic rocks. Mineralization identified at Copper Hill are bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper-native, covellite, cuprite, gold, malachite, molybdenite, silver, sphalerite (rare), and tetrahedrite.

The Copper Mountain area was explored between 1959 to 1979 by Idaho Minning Corp. and Walker-Martel who conducted ground geophysics, underground mapping, prospecting and reported 6000 feet of Rotary drilling.  Since that time ground magnetics were conducted in 2007.

Rock sampling collected at this time returned values from select samples of 7.2% and 12.7% copper and 1.06 g/t gold and 1.19 g/t gold respectively.

Warren Robb P.Geo., is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this release.

About Manning

Manning Ventures is a mineral exploration and development company focused metals and materials critical to the growing Energy Metals space. Manning’s project portfolio is focused on Copper in Nevada, Lithium/Copper in Ontario and Quebec, and multiple Iron Ore projects in Quebec.

For further information contact:

Manning Ventures Inc.

Alex Klenman - CEO

Email: info@manning-ventures.com

Telephone: (604) 681-0084

www.manning-ventures.com

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