Atico Announces US$95 Million Project Finance Facility and US$16.4 Million Convertible Debenture Private Placement for a Total of US$111.4 Million

(All amounts expressed in US dollars, unless otherwise stated)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atico Mining Corporation (the “Company” or “Atico”) (TSX.V: ATY | OTC: ATCMF) is pleased to announce the Company’s entrance into a US$95 million secured Project Finance facility with Trafigura PTE. Ltd. (“Trafigura”) to facilitate the construction and development of the Company’s La Plata project (the “Project Finance Facility”) and the entrance into a subscription agreement for the issuance of a secured convertible debenture with a face value of US$16.4 million to an affiliate of Trafigura via a non-brokered private placement (the “Debenture Agreement”).