Peloton Completes the Maiden Drilling Program at the North Elko Lithium Project, Nevada

The four-hole program, totaling 1,825 feet, successfully achieved all of its objectives: confirming the near surface presence of clay or clay bearing material ("Clay Layers") to a vertical depth of at least 500 feet; confirming the presence of Clay Layers across a widespread area with drill spacing measuring 7 by 3.5 kilometers in this program; providing data on the orientation and stratigraphy of the Clay Layers; and obtaining samples to analyze for the presence of lithium or other critical minerals.

Three of the holes were stopped at a vertical depth of 500 feet while still in clay bearing material. One of the holes was stopped at 325 feet after intersecting underlying basement rocks. The four holes were spaced about 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) apart on the NE-SW axis and about 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) apart on the NW-SE axis. A map accompanies this release.

The samples from the drill holes will be submitted for multi-element assay analysis to determine the presence of lithium as well as other elements. A split from each sample will also be subject to X-Ray Diffraction ("XRD") analysis to better understand the minerology, as well as to determine whether zeolite minerals are present, which were noted in XRD analysis of surface samples. Assay results are expected toward the end of January 2026 with XRD analysis to be conducted over the winter.

NELP is located immediately adjacent to a high-grade lithium deposit discovered in 2023 by Surge Battery Metals in north-eastern Nevada. NELP is about 37 square kilometers (14.25 square miles) in size and is 100% owned with no royalties outstanding. Peloton exploration work to date comprises an airborne hyperspectral survey, airborne magnetics, radiometric and VLF-EM surveys, geologic mapping, soil geochemistry over a 32 square kilometre grid, prospecting, XRD analysis on over 1,000 surface samples, surface tTEM geophysics, and four initial drill holes.

Peloton holds two drilling permits over NELP and presently has 24 drill pad locations permitted for follow-on programs. All drill pads are located beside existing roads to minimize environmental disturbance, and more drill pads could be added as programs proceed.

Peloton President and CEO Edward (Ted) Ellwood commented, "The drill program ran about as efficiently as could be to the credit of our field team. It is exciting to reach the drilling stage and to complete this milestone.

Map Showing Approximate Drill Locations (stars), the Claim Block Outline (purple) and Various Roads Traversing the Property (blue).

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Drill Photos:

A photo gallery of recent drilling has been added to the bottom of the NELP page on the Company's website at: https://pelotonminerals.com/projects/north-elko-lithium-project

For further information please contact:

Edward (Ted) Ellwood, MBA

President & CEO 1-519-697-2313

Richard C. Capps, PhD, is the qualified person under NI 43-101 that has approved the technical information contained within this release. Dr. Capps is the Company's Senior Geologist and a Director.

Peloton Minerals Corporation is a reporting issuer in good standing in the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario whose common shares are listed on the CSE (Symbol: PMC) and trade in the U.S. on the OTC QB (Symbol: PMCCF). There are 150,228,177 common shares issued and outstanding in the capital of the Company.

Peloton's exploration portfolio includes the North Elko Lithium Project in northeastern Nevada which is prospective for lithium, uranium, critical and rare earth minerals, as well the Golden Trail and Independence Valley Carlin style gold projects in northeastern Nevada, and a non-controlling interest in a copper porphyry project near Butte, Montana.

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