TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 27, 2026 / Sterling Metals Corp. (TSXV:SAG)(OTCQB:SAGGF) ("Sterling" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Richard Patricio was elected to the board of directors at the Company's annual and special meeting of shareholders held on October 26, 2026.

In addition, the Company announces that Albert Contardi has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Company in place of Mark Goodman. Mr. Goodman will remain a director of the Company. The Company wishes to thank Mr. Goodman for his contributions as Chairman.

Brief biographies of Messrs. Patricio and Contardi are as follows:

Mr. Patricio is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mega Uranium Ltd. Mr. Patricio is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Mr. Patricio spent the last 20 years in the early-stage investment space where he has been involved with the founding and growth of many resource-based issuers and other technology companies. Mr. Patricio presently sits on the board of directors of several companies, each of which he is a founding director, including NexGen Energy Ltd., IsoEnergy Ltd. and Borealis Mining Company Limited.

Mr. Contardi is a consultant/adviser with over 15 years of legal, investment and capital markets experience. He is currently President of CFT Financial Corporation, a Toronto based exempt market dealer. Mr. Contardi's expertise involves advising and structuring corporate finance transactions in the mining, tech and bio-tech sectors to maximize the value of projects/assets. Mr. Contardi has been called to the Ontario Bar and is a graduate of Queen's University Law School.

About Sterling Metals

Sterling Metals Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on large-scale Canadian copper exploration opportunities. The Company's flagship Soo Copper Project in Ontario comprises a 35,000+ hectare land position across the Batchewana Copper Belt, which hosts past production and multiple breccia and porphyry targets strategically located near robust infrastructure. Sterling also holds the Adeline Project in Labrador, which covers an extensive sediment-hosted copper belt with significant silver credits. Both projects have demonstrated potential for important new copper discoveries, underscoring Sterling's commitment to pioneering exploration in mineral-rich Canada.

For more information, please contact:

Sterling Metals Corp.
Mathew Wilson, President & CEO
Tel: (416) 643-3887
Email: info@sterlingmetals.ca
Website: www.sterlingmetals.ca

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SOURCE: Sterling Metals Corp.